Elected Officers:

President: Ron Hardy

1st VP: Betty Trinka

2nd VP: Beverly Weldon

Sec: Virginia Piper

Treasurer: Paul Smith

Chair Persons &

Special Assignments:

Gen. Classes: Janet Cottrell

Com: Dorothy Becknell

Editorial:

Executive: Ron Hardy

Facilities: Bill Graham

FGS Del: Jeaneen Darnell

Finance: Jeaneen Darnell

Grants:

Historical: Gloria Fortney

Honors: Janice Meredith

Librarian: Janice Meredith

Membership: Linda Brown

Nom: Jim Hemphill

Office Manager:

Publications: Mary Craig

Research:

Janice Brantley

Special Programs:

Terri Walker

Asst. Special Programs:

Mary Craig

Ways & Means:

Jenise Brantley

Tulsa Genealogical Society News, Twig-bits

TGS E-Newsletter

We’re on the Web!

Check us out at

www.tulsagenealogy.org

Jan 2012

January 19th, 2012, Genealogy Class & General Meeting

6P.M. - Good and Bad Internet/Census Research

Instructor, Janet Cottrell, Education Chair

7 P.M. - “It’s On the Web Site! But Where? How? Why?”

Speaker, Dorothy Becknell, TGS Webmaster

HISTORICAL TRIVIA

In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image

was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George

Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm

behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms.

Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people

were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted.

Arms and legs are limbs,’ therefore painting them would cost the

buyer more. Hence the expression, “Okay, but it’ll cost you an arm

and a leg.”

Navigating the TGS Website!

TGS has a wonderful and instructional website.

We are going to spend some time getting

acquainted with all the information available and

how to make it work for you!

Our webmaster will take you on a

tour of the website pages and

attempt to answer any website questions you may have. So now is

your time to find out what, where and how?

Nostalgia is a

file that removes

the rough edges

from the good old

days

-Doug Larson

February 20, 2012

TGS Meeting

Come early to enjoy the fellowship and our hospitality

Door prize will be awarded at meetings!

If you have moved, changed your contact phone number or your

email address, please inform Linda Brown,

Membership Chair, (llbrown2000@cox.net) You will

receive email reminders (or phone calls) of our

meetings and other events in your mailbox...that is if

we have your correct address.

“Jacob Brown” Wautauga Settler 7:00 P.M.

Speaker: Jim Hartsell Up until the founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the colonies were separate entities governed by appointees of the British crown. Boundaries between the colonies were ever-changing, especially on the frontier as new land was surveyed and parceled out. Settlers on the frontier lived with much uncertainty, enduring Indian raids, lack of supplies, and colonial tax collectors taking money for services and protection that were never received. With the Proclamation of 1763, these frontier settlers were further hemmed in as white settlement was outlawed west of the Appalachians. One group of settlers, however, was not deterred. Don’t miss the rest of this story…

Editor’s Corner

We’ve had several members send me news items to be shared

with the society.

Terri walker is sharing this link http://ldnews.com/columns/

ci_19572322

This is an article regarding a change in the law allowing access to Pennsylvania ancestor Vital Records. Let’s hope some of your brick walls will start crumbling.

Janet Cottrell has discovered that the Vital Records Office in Tulsa, OK, has become a bit more accessible for us. It is now located at:

5051 S 129th E. Ave (918)594-4840

8:30 am-4:00 pm, Monday through Friday

She suggests the best way to enter their offices is from 51st St. entrance across from Met Life and go to the back of the building. Vital Records will have its own separate office now.

A major conference will be

held in about a month in Salt

Lake City: RootsTech. Last

year's event attracted more

than 3,000 attendees from 42

U.S. states, four Canadian

provinces, and 12 other coun-

tries. This is believed to be the

biggest genealogy conference

of the year in North America.

This year's event, to be held

February 2 through 4, should

attract at least as many again, if

not more.

And a wonderful time was had by all!

Thanks to all who are a part of

2011-2012 TGS Membership.

(Individual: $25; Family: $35

New Year begins July 1, 2012)

Meetings:

September - May

3rd Monday

Genealogy Class 6 pm

General Meeting: 7 pm

Open to public at no charge

P O Box 585

Tulsa, OK 74101-0585 918 - 627 - 4224

Library Location

9136 Briar Village Shopping Center (31st & Mingo, behind the stores)

Tulsa Genea log i ca l Soc ie ty

“Promoting Family History Research...Worth Looking for - Worth Finding!”

It was a dark, cool and rainy

night, but we had a delightfully

warm and happy time at our

pot luck dinner Dec. 19th.

Bill and Johanna Graham

decorated the L ibrary

Christmas tree and Linda and

Dale Brown and I worked

together decorating the tables

and making the rooms look

very festive. The Christmas

music kept us in a merry mood

as we enjoyed visiting with

friends and sampling the

various dishes.

Thanks to everyone who

attended and provided such

wonderful cuisine. The Hot

D e c e m b e r C h r i s t m a s C e l e b rat i o n

Apple Cider (Jeaneen Darnell)

and Christmas punches (Linda

Brown) added the perfect touch

to the evening for us.

Following the dinner we

shared many memories and

family Christmas traditions.

From going out to choose, cut

down and bringing home the

Christmas tree; being in the

kitchen as special treats and

dishes were prepared by

grandmother; attending special

services at the church; playing

with all those cousins; having our

stockings filled with fruit and

nuts by Santa and all the special

family activities and/or games.

Mar 19 - “Oklahoma Outlaws” - Larry Yadon

Newsletter Editor: Dorothy Becknell

A Warm Welcome to our newest members

Tulsa Genealogical Society wishes everyone a

joyous, healthy and VERY

genealogically successful NEW YEAR

The TGS evening concluded with

the reading of the classic poem,

“The Night Before Christmas” by

Ron Hardy, TGS President.

Overall, the most special thing

about all our Christmases,

regardless of big or small, old or

new, was not the activity of

receiving, giving or opening gifts

(although that was always

important for the kids) but was the

experience in having family

generations come together for a

time of sharing and showing love.

Those memories and traditions are

priceless!

Happy New Year!Happy New Year!Happy New Year!