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From: "juanita" <>
Subject: Re: [IAHENRY] Henry County Genealogical Society disbanned
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2003 17:56:25 -0600
In-Reply-To: <008a01c3a191$65ad1e40$c03db4cc@youro0kwkw9jwc>


This is too bad. I wonder if there's a possibility for Henry Co. and
nearby Jefferson Co. IA genealogical societies to merge. Surely
there's a need for the records of Henry Co. to be preserved and
available for research.

juanita

Wow, Leslie -- This is so sad! I grew up in Mt. Pleasant (not
> really having any ancestors from there, but in Decatur County,
> Iowa).. I just can't believe there aren't any younger people to
> take over... Thanks for your note. Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
>
> ----- 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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> > genealogy records,
> go to:
> > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237
> >
> >
>
>
>
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