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From: "Richard N. Kinkead" <>
Subject: Fw: [IAHENRY] Henry County Genealogical Society disbanned
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 16:43:56 -0500


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard N. Kinkead" <>
To: "Leslie W. Saint" <>
Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [IAHENRY] Henry County Genealogical Society disbanned


> Leslie-
>
> It's a pity. I found my ancestor, Albert W. Kinkead of Mt. Pleasant, and
> his family through the collection of the HCGS at the Mt Pleasant Library.
I
> also found the first written documentation of my relationship to my GGGGF,
> Joseph Kinkead of Morning Sun, in the same collection.
>
> Many thanks to you all.
>
> Dick Kinkead
> Lantana, FL
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leslie W. Saint" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:25 AM
> Subject: [IAHENRY] Henry County Genealogical Society disbanned
>
>
> > Listers,
> >
> > I was in Mt. Pleasant for a day. At the Library the Henry County
> > Genealogical Society had their newsletter posted that they voted in
> > September to disband as was no one doing active research. Earlier this
> > year they were going to disband but decided to have beginning
> > genealogical classes. Apparently there wasn't much interest. The HCGS
> > did most most of the cemetery, birth and death indexes in the 1970's.
> > As with other counties in IA the IA Genealogical Society did the actual
> > publishing of the books. Many of the members that did this work are
> > elderly and a new generation has not come forward. We should be
> > thankful for all the work they did. And because no one has come forward
> > in Henry County, few if any of the queries that are posted on this list
> > are answered.
> >
> > Norma Jenning, you might want to confirm this and take the make the
> > appropriate changes to the Henry Co., IA Genweb page.
> >
> > Leslie W. Saint
> >
> >
> > ==============================
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records,
> go to:
> > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
> >
>

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