Barton County Genealogical Society Newsletter

Monthly meetings are held the third Sunday of each month and begin at 2pm. They are held in the Bessie McMurtry room at the Mary K. Finley Library loacted at 300 W. 10th Street  in Lamar, MO. Memberships are $10.00 per year. The membership year runs from August 1 to July 31.

All meetings are open to the public and visitors are always welcome!

November 18, 2007

   The Barton County Genealogical Society met at the Mary K. Finley Library on November 18, with 10 members attending.
   President Bruce Robertson called the meeting to order. Sylvia Sanders read the October minutes, and they were approved. Bob Douglas gave the treasurer's report.
   The society will pay dues to the state genealogical society in January.
  Kay Hicks demonstrated the new recording unit, which is a digital version of a tape.
  Dorothy Roberts and Edith Walters will meet to work out a list of questions for interviews.
  Kay HIcks set up the computer for reviewing work that had been accomplished on the research of Barton County cemeteries.
  The goup will meet again December 16. Anyone interested in genealogy is invited to attend, visitors are always welcome.

There was no meeting held during December due to the ice storm.

A website has been created on Rootsweb to provide online access to Barton County genealogical materials. Anyone who has suggestions or information for the website please contact the webmaster at mobcgs2@hotmail.com. Some content has been added and more is to be added soon. You can access the website at the following URL http://www.rootsweb/~mobcgs2/.

Members are now working on two projects

Oral Histories will be recorded of our county's 80 year olds. A digital recorder and voice recognition software have been purchased and a list of questions to ask during the interview is being determined. Plan on taking part in this exciting project.

Several local cemeteries are being inventoried and pictures taken of the headstones to create a cemetery database. This exciting project will allow researchers to access the inscriptions and pictures of their family burials online. Several cemeteries will be added to this site soon.

Next meeting will be January 20th
at 2:00 pm
at the Mary K. Finley Library