This page has been created to provide information to members of BAGS in addition to the meeting information on the main page.  It might include hints, event news, or whatever strikes me as worth passing along.
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BAGS monthly newsletters (members should use the link emailed to them)  BAGS Quarterly: Cumulative Table of Contents since December 2001 General meeting attendance figures can be found here.    August 2009 Show and Tell Photo Layout created by Leo Waltz - click here to view a 4 page PDF document of pictures from our August meeting. Photo Pages-- Single photo of January 2007 exhibit at Friendswood Public Library. The BAGS October 2006 exhibit on Military Ancestors -- Photos are here: http://txbayareagen.org/freeman/october2006.pdf Photos of the FTM workshop held Sept 30, 2006 are available at the following link: http://txbayareagen.org/seminars/FTMworkshop.pdf Photos from August 2006 Show & Tell -- both files below are a 5 page PDF document containing 45 photographs formatted for duplex printing (two sided), but they can be printed one sided.  The first file contains a background image which makes it look better when printed.  Select one of the following: For broadband users (DSL & Cable) -- http://TxBayAreaGen.org/2006ShowTell-bg.pdf For dial-up users wishing a smaller file -- although smaller, it is still about 1.8MB -- http://TxBayAreaGen.org/2006ShowTell.pdf Also, several photo collections can be found on Flickr at the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/36673785@N00/sets/72157603054897737/ will show the FTM Workshop, BAGS Aug 2005 Show & Tell, BAGS 2006 Show & Tell, and 2006 BAGS Freeman Library as individual photo albums, not as multi-photo pages like the PDF files.  These are useful if members wish to capture individual images rather than the event as a whole. Notes for items below: If you use Internet Explorer, you may get a security warning; just permit the content. It is suggested that you maximize your browser window (F11 will give you the full screen in most browsers.)  Page loading will be slow for dial-up users.  Screen resolution of 1024x768 or more is recommended. Photos from January 2005 Meeting Photos from December 2004 Holiday Dinner Photos from September 2004 Meeting Photos from August 2004 Meeting Note: The pages will advance every 15 seconds if you do not manually advance.

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Membership renewal From the bylaws: "Dues shall become payable at the regular General Membership meeting in September of each year.  Any member whose dues remains unpaid at the last day of October will be dropped from the membership rolls as of that date.  Upon receipt of the dues, member shall be reinstated without inclusion in the Society's Year Book." Application for membership (revised 6/22/2009)   By-Laws of the Bay Area Genealogical Society as amended April 2005 Members should send all applications and changes to E-mail, phone number or postal addresses to: Bay Area Genealogical Society P. O. Box 891447 Houston, TX 77289-1447 or send an e-mail to: Registrar@TxBayAreaGen.org

News - BAGS -  Most recent will be at the top   (Articles are lightly edited; some email addresses have been removed.)

BAGS Cookbook Correction Mary Martin let us know about this correction to one of her recipes. "On page 20 of the BAGS Cookbook under "Three Bean Salad" it should read:  1/2 cup vegetable oil or 1/2 cup salad oil instead of 1/2 cup salad dressing.  It is one of mine, and I think that I may have entered this one into the computer wrong.  It won't taste the same if salad dressing is used.  My cousin caught this as she was looking at the cookbook while visiting me recently, sharp eye." Thank you, Mary!

Hurricane Ike Anthology October 24, 2008 Susie Ganch, Historian Hurricane Ike was a devastating event for our area.  With your help, BAGS is going to publish a chronicle documenting this historical event.  We are asking that all of our members participate in this anthological publication for preserving the history of our area.  Please submit a narrative about your experiences; you may wish to include some the following:  • What you did to prepare before the hurricane?  • Did you evacuate?  If so, where did you go and when did you return?  Please give the names and relationships of those you traveled with.  In which town/subdivision do you live? • If you didn’t evacuate, what was your reaction as the storm approached and then hit our area? • What damage did you have to your property; was your power out–for how long; what damage did you observe in the area? • How were your family members affected?  Were you able to keep in touch? • Were you here during any previous hurricanes?  If so, how did they compare to Ike? • Include any pictures you may have of the weather, damage, etc.  Please send your story to Susie Ganch.

"Bulletproofing your genealogy files and let your computer be your friend!"  November 16, 2007 BAGS meeting presentation Presentation and seminar outline files are available. see this page for links.

The BAGS October 2006 exhibit on Military Ancestors was a success.  Photos of the exhibit are here:  http://txbayareagen.org/freeman/october2006.pdf Photos of the March 2005 BAGS exhibit display at the Freeman Library:  Click here for a 3 page PDF document with photos of the exhibit (Clicking a link above will call up a three page, approx. 2 MB PDF photo document about the exhibits. It will be slow to load if you are a dial-up user.  If you use the Acrobat plug-in to view PDF files in your browser, then you will see page 1 as soon as it is loaded rather than having to wait until the entire document has completed loading, so remember that pages 2 & 3 are continuing to download and you cannot view them until each page has completed.)

In the Mail BAGS  - The following letters may be lightly edited.

Medieval battle records go online  The detailed service records of 250,000 medieval soldiers - including archers who served with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt - have gone online. The database of those who fought in the Hundred Years War reveals salaries, sickness records and who was knighted. The full profiles of soldiers from 1369 to 1453 will allow researchers to piece together details of their lives. Thomas, Lord Despenser is the youngest soldier on the database, whose career began when he was aged just 12 in 1385. Elsewhere, the career of Thomas Gloucestre, who fought at Agincourt, can be traced over 43 years and includes campaigns in Prussia and Jerusalem.  'Remarkable survival'  The website is the product of a research project by Professor Anne Curry of the University of Southampton and Dr Adrian Bell of the University of Reading. Dr Bell said: "The service records survive because the English exchequer had a very modern obsession with wanting to be sure that the government's money was being spent as intended. "Therefore we have the remarkable survival of indentures for service detailing the forces to be raised, muster rolls showing this service and naming every soldier from duke to archer." He said accounts from captains showing how funds were spent and entries detailing when the exchequer requested the payments can be found.  The free-to-use website, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, also shows which soldiers rode the furthest.  Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/8160081.stm Published: 2009/07/20 18:24:38 GMT © BBC MMIX The Soldier in later Medieval England: An exciting new AHRC research project. For more information:  http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/

From Dick Eastman’s column: New Archivist of the United States: David Ferriero President Obama is said to have picked David S. Ferriero, now chief executive of the research libraries at The New York Public Library, to be the Archivist of the United States. The selection, which had been rumored among historians, was reported earlier today by the National Coalition for History's newsletter. A spokesman for The New York Public Library declined to comment. Before his New York job, Ferriero had been Duke University's librarian and had worked for 31 years before that in the Massachusetts Institute of Technologies libraries. He succeeds Allen Weinstein, who resigned for health reasons in December.  Submitted by Alice Braud-Jones and found at the following link: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/07/new-archivist-of-the-united-states-david-ferriero.html

Passed along by Alice Braud-Jones - This is an interesting way to raise money for the Ellis Island Foundation.  You can submit your family photo for a $50.00 donation and it will be included on their Flag of Faces.  Each image can be enlarged and searched by name. American Flag of Faces™ Launched Online The following announcement was written by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation: Will Be Featured Exhibit at Ellis Island Ellis Island, NY (April 2009) – The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. today announced the official launch of its new American Flag of Faces™ website at www.FlagOfFaces.org. This interactive website invites all Americans to submit photos of their families, their ancestors, even themselves to become a part of this living, ever-changing American mosaic. Participants can upload digital photos at www.FlagOfFaces.org with a tax-deductible donation of $50 to become part of the American Flag of Faces™. This dynamic website, created and produced by ESI Design and Artgig Studio, opens with an animated red, white and blue flag populated with user-submitted images. Each image can be clicked on and enlarged. Users can also search by name to call up specific individual or family photos. The American Flag of Faces™ will also become a central exhibit in the upcoming Peopling of America® Center, an exciting new expansion of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. The Flag of Faces exhibit will consist of a large video installation providing a mosaic of all the portraits submitted by individuals and families who have made America their home throughout the generations. The Peopling of America® Center will enlarge the story currently told of the Ellis Island Era (1892-1954) to include the entire panorama of the American immigration experience, with exhibits dedicated to those who arrived before Ellis as well as those who arrived post-1954, right up to the present. With the anticipated 2011 opening of The Peopling of America® Center, Ellis Island will illustrate the American immigration story across the generations, and the museum will be renamed Ellis Island: The National Museum of Immigration. The launching of the American Flag of Faces™ is just in time for Mother’s Day. Honoring ancestors and family by submitting their images to be a part of this exciting new exhibit makes a very special tribute to America’s “moms” on May 10. And proceeds will help support the creation of the upcoming Peopling of America® Center at Ellis Island. To learn more or to upload an image, visit www.FlagOfFaces.org. Photos may also be submitted by mail. Applications are available by calling (212) 561-4588 or writing: The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc., c/o Flag of Faces, 17 Battery Place, Suite 210, New York, NY 10004-3507.

Passed along by Claudia Grafton: TEXAS CITY ANCESTRY SEARCHERS The Texas City Ancestry Searchers has volunteers available to help in family history on Mondays from 5:00pm to 7:00pm; Wednesdays from 10:00am to noon and from 3:00pm to 5:00pm; and on Saturdays from 10:00am to noon.The service is located at the Moore Memorial Library, 1701 Ninth Ave. N, in Texas City.  Hispanic research in the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico, as well as German research  assistance is available by appointment. For information or to schedule an appointment, please call (409)938-8053, (409) 948-2650, or (409) 945-7049.

Forwarded by a BAGS member: Addicted to Genealogy? Love libraries and research?  Interested in learning about new resources? The Allen County Public Library Historical Genealogy Department in Fort Wayne, Indiana is pleased to announce our electronic newsletter, "Genealogy Gems: News from the Fort Wayne Library." If the above describes you, sign up for our newsletter and read about one of the major genealogy research libraries in the nation. Each month, learn about new collections, department special events, source highlights, new acquisitions, websites, and much more.  Learn what is going in the Genealogy Department of the Allen County Public Library. We will keep you up to date on our outstanding temporary location, where the books are on open stacks, available for your perusal. Information about the construction at the old library site, and our plans for moving back in 2-3 years will also be included. To subscribe to this mailing list send a message with ACPL NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE in the subject line to: kspears@acpl.lib.in.us.  You will NOT receive a confirmation message; you will just begin to receive the newsletters, which are scheduled to be published approximately once a month. Sue Kaufman, Librarian Allen County Public Library Historical Genealogy Department PO Box 2270 200 E. Berry Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 260-421-1225  260-421-1386 (fax) www.acpl.lib.in.us

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