Madison County Genealogical Society
Minutes of the Meeting – February 10, 2022
On February 10, 2022, the
Madison County Genealogical Society held a meeting using
ZOOM.
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 $25.00
Patron Annual Membership $35.00
Contact our Secretary, Petie Hunter, at petie8135@att.net, about a gift membership.
February
Meeting
On
February 10, 2022, Ellen and Gregory Thorson presented a program on Using FamilySearch
to Preserve Family Memories.
Ellen and Gregory Thorson are volunteer representatives for FamilySearch
International. Their primary assignment is to find new records for FamilySearch to preserve [for free] in 42 counties in
Illinois. Another assignment is to visit Genealogical and Historical Societies
and raise awareness of the many free services FamilySearch
provides for societies and for individuals.
In this presentation, via Zoom, briefly showed how FamilySearch
benefits record custodians. The majority of their presentation focused on how
individuals can use FamilySearch, free of charge,
to preserve family memories — documents, photos, stories, and audio. They supplied
a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation, as there is more
information included by links than could be covered in this meeting.
The PDF of the PowerPoint
presentation will be posted on the MCGS website, along with another PDF
containing links to videos and articles
where one can learn more about using the FamilySearch
facilities.
Although the
audience was again small, this presentation was very well received and provoked
questions and comments.