Madison
County Genealogical Society
Minutes of the Meeting - April 11, 2013
The April 2013 meeting of the Madison
County Genealogical Society was held at the Edwardsville Public Library on
Thursday, April 11, at 7:00 pm. This meeting was co-sponsored by the
Edwardsville Library. The Madison County Genealogical Society wishes to express
their deep appreciation to the Library for their co-sponsorship.
President, Robert Ridenour, called the
meeting to order.
GIFT
MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE
Do you have a family member that is
interested in (or even obsessed with) genealogy? A membership in the Madison
County Genealogical Society would be a very thoughtful gift. A gift card will
be sent to the recipient of any gift membership.
The following memberships are available:
Individual/Family Annual Membership $20.00
Patron Annual Membership $30.00
Life Membership $250.00
Contact our Secretary, Petie Hunter, at petie8135@att.net,
about a gift membership.
April
Meeting
On April 11, 2013, the meeting of the
Madison County Genealogical Society was co-sponsored by the Edwardsville Public
Library. As is usually the case when the Library co-sponsors one of our
meetings, the meeting was very well attended.
This meeting was A Visit from Abigail Adams as Portrayed by Barbara
Kay.
Mrs. Kay is from St. Louis, and has
been teaching at Highland High School for the last 28 years. She began doing
these first person historical programs about 20 years ago. Her first
"lady" was Mary Todd Lincoln and it just snowballed, going from one
woman to eleven now.
Abigail Adams was a force to be
reckoned with! Had she been born in the 1900's rather than in the 1700's, she
would have been the politician. She was a tremendous help to John Adams when he
served as Congressional delegate, as ambassador, and as vice president and
president. She was the "rock" - keeping the home and farm running,
keeping the finances straight, you name it - she was tending to it.
This presentation was very well
attended, very well received, and produced several questions from the audience.