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: Jae Jaeger

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:

Jenise Brantley

Special Programs:

Terri Walker

Asst. Special Programs:

Mary Craig

Ways & Means:

Jenise Brantley

Tulsa Genealogical Society News

TGS E-Newsletter

We’re on the Web!

Check us out at

www.tulsagenealogy.org

June 2012

You are invited to attend our TGS

June Mini-Workshop

Some facts about 1940

U.S. population, 132,164,569 in 48 states Lifespans, 62.9 years, men 60, women 65.6 Salaries, $1900/year, minimum $1.04/ hour

Draft began Oct. 16, 1942, 16-million registered

Nylon stockings for women introduced First McDonalds’s, Bugs Bunny debuts

Costs, Autos $800, gas .18, house $6,800, stamps .03 Most popular auto, Chevrolet, 431,000 sold

Olympics in Japan cancelled Wilbur Shaw won Indy 500

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.

The TGS Annual

Business Meeting

Congratulations to the following

TGS members who were re-

elected to the Board of

Directors (2012-2015) during the

Annual Business Meeting on May

21st, 2012. Linda Brown, Mary

Craig, Jeaneen Darnell and

Beverly Weldon. Their

nominations were submitted and

accepted by acclamation. They

will serve full 3-year terms

beginning in July.

Proposed changes to the TGS

By-laws were suggested and a

vote will be called during a

special-called Business Meeting

on August 20th, 7pm. More

details in July E-Newsletter.

Carolyn Steele (Renown author and TGS member)

continues her blog, Preserving Legends, concerning all things

even remotely touching on genealogy, whether stories,

research, or just interesting tidbits of life.

You are invited to visit at:

http://preservinglegends.blogspot.com/

Reminder: Undocumented genealogy

is mythology.

Why it’s Important to Cite Sources

Everyone knows it’s important to cite sources, but if you have a

copy of the record in front of you, what’s the big deal?

So you can find your proof again. Imagine taking weeks to

find a record on microfilm, then later you need to re-check the

film. If you forget to cite the source, you’ll have to repeat that

lengthy search.

So others can find your proof. If you want to share your

research, pass it down to descendants or submit it to a

genealogical journal, you’ll want to be able to show where you

found everything.

To give your research reliability and credibility. If you

want to be confident you’re telling the true story of your

ancestors and you want to be recognized for your hard work in

doing the research, cite your sources.

To help you figure out how to resolve conflicting

information. If you have a birth year from a census record that

also reinforces a family story, and conflicting information from a

birth certificate, you’re faced with a dilemma. But the birth

certificate will likely be more reliable, because it’s a primary

document and was created closer to the time of birth. (Reprinted from the Family Tree Magazine newsletter)

The Tulsa Annals

2011-2012 Tulsa Annals were

ema i l ed to the current

membership in May. If you have

not received your copies (47.1 &

47.2) or if you had problems

downloading the publication

attachments, please let us know.

The Tulsa Annals are an

important benefit of your

membership. The TGS Board

made the difficult decision to

email the publication to help

reduce the expenses of printing

and postal service. Check the

attachments you received to

make sure you have the Winter,

47.1 and Summer, 47.2 Issues.

June 30th marks the end of Tulsa Genealogy Society’s 2011-2012 year. July 1st will be the date

our current membership will renew.

E-Newsletter subscriptions are available to current

membership and a new password will be announced

for the Member’s Only Directory on the website.

after July 1st.

So please bring in or mail your dues as soon as

possible to:

TGS Library

Attn: Membership

P.O. Box 585

Tulsa, OK 74101-0585

Individual: $25 Household: $35

Patron: $100 Sustaining: $150-$500

Corporate: $1000

Membership Dues are Due Now

Genealogy: It’s

not a hobby,

it’s an obsession.

Indians, Squatters, Settlers and Soldiers in the

“Old Southwest” Presented by the FGS

Local host The Alabama Genealogical Society

Aug 29 - Sep 1, 2012 Birmingham, AL

Visit the FGS 2012 Conference Website to review this year's sessions and

special events and register for the conference.

http://www.fgs.org/2012conference/

Grave Dowsing

Our May Mini-Workshop was very

interesting. Barbara Fulton from the

Bartlesville Genealogical Society shared

fascinating tidbits about grave dowsing.

She explained how the dowsing rods

worked and demonstrated them at the

meeting.

After the

m e e t i n g ,

we each

r e c e i v e d

our own

d o w s i n g

rods and

traveled to

the Perryman Cemetery in Tulsa (32nd

and Utica) to get in some personal

dowsing experience. We all had a great

time.

TGS Members, May 12th, 2012

The theory of relativity says that no matter what you

do in life, your relatives will have a theory.

TGS Programs of 2011 - 2012

“Thank You” Betty Trinka, TGS Program Chair, for such a great year of programs!

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!”

May Meeting Review

June 21st - Mini Workshop

Kathy Huber, “Settling America, Her Historic Land Distribution”

Families of the Territorial Towns

The settlement of Oklahoma and Indian Territory is a fascinating story.

Our speaker, David Breed, led us from the settlement of our lands

beginning with the Trail of Tears displacement of the Indians to the

establishment of Oklahoma and Indian Territories which later became

the state of Oklahoma. He related how the railroad which was extended

through Indian Territory often brought more displacement of the

Indians through the migration of white settlers who settled near the

railroad. Gradually settlements began springing up including Tulsa. As

white settlers came, the Indians were regulated by government treaties

and allotments reducing their land holdings. The land runs opened more

lands to white settlers, towns were built and county governments were

established. In 1907 Oklahoma became a state and Oklahoma City

became the state Capitol in 1910 replacing Guthrie.

Newsletter Editor: Dorothy Becknell

David Breed, Speaker

Summer Activities

Goodness, we have really had a great year at Tulsa Genealogical

Society! As we will take a few months off for summer fun with

family and friends, remember be prepared as you travel to

document more genealogy history from your family visits.

We will have our annual “Just Desserts” social in August. Start

thinking and planning now what delicious dessert you will share.

And just for fun we are adding ice cream to the mix. It will

definitely be a “cool” time for us to be together. I will announce a

definite date in next month’s newsletter.

There will be a “special-called” business meeting Monday,

August 20th, 7 pm for all current

members.

Regularly scheduled September General

Meetings and Beginners class topics will

be announced as soon as information

becomes available.