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PO Box 8254 | Bend, Oregon 97708-8254 | Phone: (541) 317-9553

Email: bgs@bendbroadband.com

DISTANT VOICES Newsletter of the Bend Genealogical Society

Our mission is to provide essential resources for researching, teaching,

exchanging, and preserving the records of family history.

Join us on Tuesday, May 16th for a morning of genealogy.

10 a.m. at Williamson Hall—2200 NE Hwy 20—Bend (behind Jake’s Diner off Hwy 20)

Nancy Noble presents: “Ohio and Missouri: Gateways to the West”

NOTES

General meetings

are the 3rd Tues-

day of the month

at 10 a.m. and

will resume in

September.

Schedule a BGS

Mentor during

the summer.

See p. 10.

The BGS Writers

Group meets on

Tuesday, May 23.

Everyone is wel-

come. You can

join the group at

any time.

See p. 9.

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We are excited this year to celebrate our 25th program year as the Bend Genealogical Society.

We are as enthusiastic about genealogy today as all our honored predecessors were. Come join

us for a year of memories and new beginnings for the next 25 years.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Marsha Lakes

I f you have attended a recent meeting, you are

aware that I have said that I need to step down

from my position due to health reasons. I am very

sad about this. BGS means a great deal to me.

Because of my health, my husband Rick and I have

decided to move closer to our children and grand-

children, who all live in the Southwest. Our plans

are to put our house on the market within the next

few months.

BGS is in the unfortunate situation where we have

no one in line to step into the President's position.

As you know, Bob Deane has been serving as our

Vice President for the past few years, but he is una-

ble to assume the President's position due to his own health issues. Bob does plan to

continue as the V.P.

So, we are in the position where we have a full slate of officers for the new member-

ship year (June 2017-18), except for the office of President. For this reason, I am willing

to remain in the position until we move, which most likely will be in the Fall. BUT, I

need to be clear that I will step down as President at some point in the near future. I

am reaching out to you all to see if there is someone who is willing to shadow me over

the next few months and then be willing to assume the position when I leave.

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Marsha and her husband Rick.

Notice that their grandson,

Devon snuck into the picture.

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APPOINTED POSITIONS

Parliamentarian: Maggy Wilcox

Membership Committee: VACANT

Program Committee: VACANT

Librarian: VACANT

Education: George Larson

Finance Committee: Patricia deWitt

Records Preservation: VACANT

Publicity: Gus Oberg

Newsletter: Sandy Thompson

Yard Sale Co-Chairs: Jill Muinch and Patricia deWitt

ELECTED OFFICERS

President: Marsha Lakes

Vice President: Bob Deane

Interim Secretary: Gus Oberg

Treasurer: Sandy Thompson

Director at Large #1: Charlie Brown

Director at Large #2: Ann Evensen

Past President: Glen Roberts

To reach any of the BGS Officers or Committee Chairpersons, send an email to the BGS general email box, and it will be forwarded to him/her. Or call the BGS Office/Library and leave a message for the individual you want to reach, and it will be passed on.

BGS Phone: (541) 317-9553

BEND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS & COMMITTEES

BGS EMAIL ADDRESS:

bgs@bendbroadband.com

BGS WEBSITE: http://www.orgenweb.org/deschutes/bend-gs/

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (continued from page 1)

For the best year ever,

we need your help!

Contact Marsha,

to volunteer today.

During the next few months, we will be planning the next membership year... setting up our calendar, deciding

on activities we will offer, speakers and topics for meetings next year, the 2018 Spring Seminar, etc. All of these

things are planned by the Board over the summer months when we have limited activities except for our Annual

Yard Sale/Fund Raiser in June and our library remains open during the summer months. By the time I must step

down, the majority of activities will be planned. Please give this some serious thought and let me know if YOU

are able to help our organization move forward.

As I mentioned above, we are planning our speakers for next year. Do you have a recommendation for us? Do you

have a topic that you would like to see us cover? Do you have some special experience that you would be willing

to do a presentation on? Every year several of our members offer to provide presentations. As you know, we are a

group of genealogy enthusiasts, learning and growing together. Can you help?

We have a busy lineup of events over the next two months, including the May 16th meeting when our own Nan-

cy Noble will be speaking about "Ohio and Missouri: Gateways to the West," and we will be voting on our new

Board at this time (see p. 8). We have several activities lined up with the Deschutes Public Library System here in

Bend and in LaPine (see p. 3). I hope you all are saving things for the yard sale and will be willing to help Jill and

Patricia with the sale (see p. 5). The yard sale proceeds are the primary source of our budget that allows us to pro-

vide special speakers from the region, our spring seminar, and the operations of our organization.

I feel it is a privilege and an honor to serve as your President. I pray that I have served this organization well. BGS

has 25 years of history to build on as we go into the future. Thank you for this opportunity. I treasure both the

organization and the relationships that I have I developed as a result. Thank you all. I wish BGS another 25 years

and that all of you experience success and surprises as you research your family.

Your friend and colleague, Marsha

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May 16, 2017— 10 a.m. At Williamson Hall

Ohio and Missouri:

Gateways to the West

Presentation By Nancy Noble

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I f you have ances-

tors who came

west during the early

years of the westward

movement, chances

are that they came

through either Ohio

or Missouri.

Besides being known

as the Buckeye State,

Ohio is also called

"The Gateway to the West" because so many of our ances-

tors passed through Ohio on their westward journey.

And we all know that Missouri was the major jumping off

place for both the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail.

Both Ohio and Missouri have interesting histories and

many resources available for the genealogist. Nancy will be

highlighting some of the resources on May 16. Come and

enjoy a cup of coffee with your genealogy friends.

PRESENTATION

Monthly Program Meetings

Resume in September.

Scheduled Speakers TBA.

Coming Up

KNOW ROOTS at the Public Library

Everyone is invited to the Public Library events. If any of your

friends would like a short experience searching for an ancestor, tell them about the “Meet With a Genealogy

Mentor” sessions. Walk-ins welcome.

May 8, 2017 Meet with a Genealogy Mentor

Downtown Branch, 6:00–7:30 p.m.

May 11, 2017 What can you learn from DNA Testing?

East Bend Branch, 6:00–7:00 p.m.

May 17, 2017 Beginning Genealogy

LaPine Branch, 6:00–7:00 p.m.

May 20, 2017 Meet with a Genealogy Mentor

East Bend Branch, Noon–1:30 p.m.

May 23, 2017 Writer’s Group—See p. 9

June 17, 2017 BGS YARD SALE

Help BGS & clean out the unwanted items in your house!

See p. 5

October 29 to November 4, 2017 BGS TRIP TO SLC

Join the BGS group for 5 days of re-search in Salt Lake City at the Family History Library, the largest genealogical library in the world. Contact Nancy Noble at (541) 593-3585 (or email: bob.nan@msn.com) for details, costs and to reserve your spot for the trip.

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is the

world’s tallest arch at 630 feet. Construc-

tion began in 1963 and it was opened to

the public on 10 June 1967.

BGS Genealogical Library Williamson Hall—2200 NE Hwy 20

Normal Hours of Operation

Tues. & Wed. 1:30–5:00 p.m.

Thursday 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Occasionally, a volunteer is not available to open the library. Feel free to call ahead of your visit to make sure someone is there.

BGS Phone: (541) 317-9553

Thank you to our fabulous Library Volunteers in April:

Hugh Pickering, Lori Hill, George Warren & Cindy Larson

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Steve and Nancy Zalewski were two of the fantastic volunteers that helped form the Bend Genealogical Society.

Steve brought computer experience to the fledging genealogy group and completed several computer applications,

which are still in use today. We were sad when they left Bend for travel and adventure. They haven’t stopped travel-

ing in their RV, but their home base is in Texas now.

I remember when Nancy and I moved to Bend in 1990.

I had just completed a family history for my mother.

I wrote a computer program to organize our family data

because I was not aware of genealogy programs like Per-

sonal Ancestral File (PAF), which was the most popular

at that time. When I saw what PAF could do, I marveled

at its capabilities and converted my data to PAF and

used PAF for many years.

While watching a local TV channel, I saw an announce-

ment for a meeting of the Genealogical Committee of

the Deschutes County Historical Society. Nancy and I

thought it would be interesting to see what they had to

say, so we went to the Reid School Building, where the

meetings took place. When the meeting began, a fiery and

articulate Adele Loudermilk began the meeting and was clearly the matriarch of the genealogical group. Adele

had a clear idea about the importance of an autonomous genealogical group in Bend and worked tirelessly to-

ward that end. In the following years, Adele and I worked closely together as officers in the society. We were part

of the migration from a Genealogical Committee to the Bend Genealogical Society (BGS), and its move to Wil-

liamson Hall. Adele completed her own family history in spite of her failing eyesight, but she never let her infir-

mity stand in the way of her progress.

Before learning better techniques through BGS, I was inefficient at recording my research. BGS and its speakers

helped me better organize my ancestors, better describe my sources, and better use the facilities at the Family

History Library in Salt Lake City, as well as its own library, and many other research venues in Oregon.

My advice for those just beginning... START NOW! Always begin with yourself. Interview family members and

pay special attention to those that are older. Record the interviews either on video or audio and transcribe them.

Ask short questions that require long answers. Instead of asking, "Where did you live?" ask, "What do you re-

member about growing up?" Once you get them talking, you can occasionally interject questions that they have-

n't answered. Let them talk and try to guide the interview based upon what they are sharing with you.

Record the source of every piece of information you put in your family history. Every event, date, place, and loca-

tion must have a source that can be corroborated by another researcher. Consult one of the many books that de-

scribe methods to record your sources and repositories. Use a popular genealogical program if you can. It's much

easier than recording all of your work on paper, but if you can't, use what you can, but use something!

(Continued on page 5)

Memories of the Bend

Genealogical Society by Steve Zalewski

Steve and Nancy Zalewski enjoying life!

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Ask other members about the program they use and why they like it. Take advantage of trial versions of software

to see which one is intuitive for you.

My thoughts about the Society in the next 25 years: BGS has obviously made great strides in the past 25 years.

Membership size, the library size, the credibility of the Society in the community have all grown due to the vol-

unteers through the years. Without volunteers that give of their time, the Society would cease to exist and the

genealogical community would suffer. Consider participating in your Society's growth. I know there are many

things pulling you in different ways and you can find many excuses why you can't. However, remember that you

are the recorder of history for your family. This is a solemn responsibility. It's also incumbent on you to share

your knowledge with others that have that same calling. Don’t deprive others of your knowledge. Genealogy

works best when knowledge is shared.

Steve

(Continued from page 4)

Memories of the Bend Genealogical Society by Steve Zalewski

It’s Coming – The BGS YARD SALE Saturday, June 17, 2017

Time is flying! Our biggest fund raiser

is only a month and a half away and we

need your help! Now would be a good

time to do some “spring cleaning” (and

ask your friends and neighbors for un-

wanted items, too).

Drop-off times at Williamson Hall for donations are:

Thursday, June 15, from 10am–3pm & Friday, June 16, from 9am–4pm

Please price your items – and remember, we do not want clothing or

electronics (computers, printers, TV’s, etc.). Small kitchen appliances

are acceptable. If you have large items that need to be picked up, call

Jill Muinch at (818) 231-7890. Also, if items are broken or unsellable,

please DO NOT bring them to BGS. It is expensive to dispose of those

items at the dump.

To have a successful yard sale, we need you to help! Can you help sort

and price merchandise on the drop-off days? And on the day of the

sale, volunteers are needed starting at 7am and especially at cleanup

time. If you have a truck or SUV, you can help by taking left-overs to

other charities. Sign-up sheets will be available at the May 16 meeting,

or you can call Jill Muinch (818) 231-7890, or email her about how you

can help at: jmuinch@msn.com.

We need your willing hands to help make the Yard Sale a success!

JILL MUINCH & PATRICIA DE WITT, Yard Sale Co-Chairpersons

From Trash to Treasure

WIN FAMILY TREE MAKER!

Our membership year runs

from June 1 to May 31. The

new Family Tree Maker is

sending us two free copies of

FTM 2017. BGS will give them

to two lucky people who ei-

ther renew or are new mem-

bers by October 10. The draw-

ing for the winners will occur

at the October 17 meeting.

Membership remains $20

and helps support BGS.

Find the membership form at:

http://www.orgenweb.org/

deschutes/bend-gs/

membership.html.

THE BEND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

EXISTS TO HELP YOU!

May 2017 — DISTANT VOICES — Page 6

Railroad Retirement Board Records by Sandy Thompson

T he U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) was created in 1935 as an independent agency in the executive

branch of government. It administers a social insurance program that provides retirement benefits to our

country’s railroad workers and families, consequently railroad workers don’t participate in Social Security.

The National Archives in Atlanta has about 54,000 cubic feet of RRB inactive claim folders per NARA’s overview

of the records. The inactive files are limited to railroad workers who worked in the industry after 1936 and for

persons whose employers were covered under the legislation. The files transferred to NARA have been inactive

for at least 7 years.

My mother said that one of her older brothers had worked for the railroad, but I had no idea when or where or

what he did. He had moved away from Oregon, when young and died in Florida. I only met him a couple of times

when I was a teenager and he came to Oregon to visit his brothers and my mother. Of course, I never thought to

ask him about his time working for the railroad. So, when I discovered that there is a finding aid for the RRB rec-

ords at the Midwest Genealogy Center (MGW) in Independence, MO, I decided to try it.

The finding aid is part of the MGW

free Quick Look feature. I selected

the RRB from the Collections drop-

down (be sure to look at the other

collections, especially if you have

Midwest ancestors). I entered Fell-

man in the Last Name field and

Frank in First Name. I left Important

Date blank and clicked Submit.

The search returned one record,

which had the right DOB and DOD,

so I was quite sure I found the right

Frank Fellman. To illustrate what

the results of a search looks like

when multiple records are returned,

I repeated the search with just his last

name for this article.

Obviously, having an idea of a DOB

and DOD are really helpful. Notice

that there are two J. Fellmans. Some

truncated name results may also be

returned.

Click on the name link and the record

is displayed for you.

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http://quicklook.midwestgenealogycenter.org/

Truncated Names: Possible Matches

Some names in the database have been truncated to five characters.

Following are results match to the first five characters of your search.

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I wrote down all of the numbers in the finding aid record and clicked

the “Submit your request” link. The link takes you to the RRB page at

the National Archives in Atlanta (https://www.archives.gov/atlanta/

public/railroad-retirement-board-records.html). This page suggests

sending SSN, too, but I didn’t. If there are multiple possibilities in the

results, send the best ones, but add as much more information as possible, such as spouse’s name, location, etc.

Put all the finding aid information in an email and sent it off to: atlanta.archives@nara.gov.

Within a day I received an automatic reply confirming my email was received and I should hear from the Ar-

chives within 10 days. And I did. The archivist wrote that the file was located and had 117 pages. The total cost to

copy the entire file at 80¢ per page was $93.60, but since RRB files have many administrative records and forms

relating to the pension that don’t have much genealogical value, they offer an abbreviated version of 25 pages

that are most relevant in terms of genealogical research for a cost of $20. I could either request photocopies or

digital scans. I emailed back, selecting the $20 option and digital scans. The Archivist’s response said he would

call once the scans were completed to arrange payment (credit card or check/money order would work). A week

later, he called, I gave him a credit card number and a few minutes later, I received 3 emails, each with a PDF at-

tachment. He had split the scans into 3 PDFs to keep the attachment size down. I ended up receiving more than

25 pages for $20 and it was so much FUN looking through the PDFs! And I’m still studying them.

I learned the name of the railroad that employed him (New York Central Railroad Company) and various ad-

dresses to which the pension was sent (I didn’t know some of the locations). His wife’s name, including maiden

name, was on several of the pages.

One page listed some of his chil-

dren’s names and dates of birth.

Frank was born in Finland and one

of the pages had the location in

Finland. I already knew it, but if I

hadn’t known, having the phoneti-

cally-spelled location (Jagupstad

instead of Jakobstad) could have

helped. You never know what sort

of document on which you might

find a birthplace written that you

didn’t know.

The most surprising piece of infor-

mation was that Frank was color

blind. He claimed a disability annui-

ty because of diagnosed color blind-

ness. Finding RRB records worked and it wasn’t that hard. Now, after Judy Russell’s presentation about NARA

records at the Spring Seminar, I’m ready to try to find more ancestor records in the National Archives!

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Railroad Retirement Board Records Name F FELLMAN

Date of Birth 00 Sep 1901

Date of Death 1970

Record ID 577672

Claim ID A896007

Claim Location X014

Link: Submit your request

Work history section of Frank’s annuity application in 1939

to the Railroad Retirement Board.

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T he Bend Genealogical Society’s membership year

is from June 1 to May 31. We will be electing

Officers for the Board of Directors for the 2017–2018 year at the May 16th meeting. The current Board is present-

ing the slate of officers below your consideration. Nominations from the floor can be made at the meeting.

Position of President—Marsha Lakes

It has been my honor and pleasure to serve Bend Genealogical Society as President for three years now. I have

continued to grow in leading BGS, but also in my own personal genealogical journey. Genealogy continues to be

something I love to do and something I love to share. Please read my message on p. 1 to understand what is hap-

pening in my life. I can serve as President in the next few months, but I will need to step down. I am hoping one

of you would like to shadow me and agree to step up when I leave. Thank you for your consideration.

Vice President—Bob Deane

Although I grew up in Maine and my roots are in New England, New Brunswick, and Northern Italy, I have lived

in Oregon since 1978 and in Bend since 2001. The genealogy “bug” was planted in me decades ago by both grand-

mothers, and I have been seriously pursuing my family history for the past 15 years. I have served as the Vice

President for the past two years, and it would be an honor to serve again in the coming program year.

Treasurer—Sandy Thompson

I have lived in Bend since 1982 and joined BGS in 2002 after attending a Genealogy Boot Camp. Researching fam-

ily history is tons of fun and I really enjoy sharing my adventures. I love retirement now after a 46-year career as

an accountant/manager in business, in government and for another nonprofit. I’m looking forward to continuing

to serve BGS as the Treasurer again in the coming year.

Secretary—Susan Agli

I have lived in Central Oregon since 2003. I am currently a full-time real estate broker (since 2007). My grand-

mother was passionate about family history. She researched for many years and I can remember seeing books

stacked against her chair, and as she got older there was a large magnifying glass to help her read the small print.

If she could experience the ease of researching now she would be thrilled. I look forward to serving as Secretary

in the coming year.

Director at Large #1—Eileen Krueger

I have been interested in genealogy for many years, moved to Bend in 2008 from Reno, Nevada, and discovered

BGS through the internet. I search a lot online and visit archives and courthouses whenever I can. I use Family

Tree Maker, as well as paper, for recording my findings. Some of my other interests include quilting, photog-

raphy, and doll house miniatures.

Glen Roberts will continue to serve on the Board as the Past President and provide his expertise.

Ann Evensen continues to serve on the Board as the Director-at-Large #2. The Directors-at-Large are

elected to two-year terms. As a long-time member, Ann brings her love of genealogy to the Board.

Election of Officers for

the BGS Board of Directors

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A big to , who

has served on the Board for the last two years as a Di-

rector at Large. His broad experience in business and

management was an asset to the Board.

Another big to , who

has always brought his “can do” attitude to BGS.

And a third big to the Hospitality team

that brews fantastic coffee; the greeters that make

everyone feel welcome; LaVerda Gallager, who keeps

membership entry up-to-date; Lori Hill, who keeps

the Library going; all the Library volunteers, who help

everyone that comes in; the meeting set-up folks that

make our meeting hall comfortable; and the mentors

that give special help to anyone who asks. Without

volunteers, BGS would not exist. We thank you all for

a fantastic 25th Program Year!

County Lines Change

We all know that one of the first things we need to do

before looking for land records at the courthouse is to

figure out which county to go to. County boundaries

have continually changed throughout history.

Judy Russell showed us a free interactive map website,

where you can see the county lines change over time.

Give it a try and see if it helps you.

The Newberry Library’s Atlas of Historical County

Boundaries. You can zoom, move the map

around, and select different time periods to see the

historic county boundaries.

http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/index.html

Railroad Companies

The National Archives in Atlanta recommended this

31-page guide to finding railroad companies records.

Let us all know if you make a discovery!

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

~sponholz/records.pdf.

T here are a couple new

arrivals here at the

Deschutes Public Library.

The Stranger

in My Genes

by Bill

Griffeth

Bill Griffeth, a

longtime genealogy buff,

takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: “If

the results were correct, it meant that the family I had

spent years documenting was not my own.” Bill under-

takes a quest to solve the mystery of his origins, a

quest which will shake his sense of identity. As he takes

us on his journey, we learn about choices made by his

ancestors, parents, and others.

Click here to go to the catalog listing

Finding your Roots – Season 3 (DVD)

Professor Gates' weekly series continues

and looks at an ever-widening spectrum

of our nation's fascinating ethnic mix-

ture. DPL has Season 2, as well.

Click here to go to the catalog listing

THAT THIS &

BGS Writers Group

If you are interested in writing,

join the BGS Writers Group. If you

have missed prior meetings, that’s

okay. You can join the group

anytime; everyone is welcome.

Topics to write about are prese-

lected, but not mandatory. You can write about what-

ever interests you. If you don’t write a piece, come

anyway for inspiration.

4th Tuesday of the Month

2:00–3:30 p.m., Williamson Hall

We read our stories to the group and feedback might

be offered in gentle, supportive ways. Sally Brown,

our facilitator, makes the group fun and helpful at the

same time! Next Writers Group dates & topics:

Tuesday, May 23—Growing Old

Tuesday, June 27—Summer Jobs

Charlie Brown Thank You

Thank You Gus Oberg

Nate Pedersen

Community Librarian

DESCHUTES PUBLIC

L I B R A R Y

Thank You

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You will work on your own genealogy question one-on-one with a BGS volunteer mentor. Maybe you want help

with a particular family line, with online searches, with a genealogy program, or with a pile of puzzle pieces.

You don’t have to be a Society member to schedule a volunteer mentor. There is NO COST.

Location: Mentoring sessions occur at Williamson Hall, where the BGS Genealogical Library is located. Wi-Fi is

available. Bring your laptop and work alongside the mentor, if desired (laptop is not required though).

Request an appointment for mentoring on a date & time that is most convenient for you (during hours the

Library is open). We’ll do our best to find a volunteer that can meet with you on the date/time you request.

How to schedule a mentor: Fill out a Mentoring Request Form to tell us about your question(s) and the date/time

you would like to meet with a mentor. The form is available at meetings, in the Library, or can be filled out online

at the BGS website (online request is preferred). George Larson will confirm your appointment by email.

You can email mentoring at: bgsmentoring@gmail.com

Do You Have Questions About Genealogy?

Are You Just Getting Started and

Want Help Learning Research Skills?

Try BGS Genealogy Mentoring!

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