Madison County Genealogical Society
Minutes of the Meeting - May 8, 2014
The May 2014
meeting of the Madison County Genealogical Society was held at the Edwardsville
Public Library on Thursday, May 8, at 7:00 pm.
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.
May Meeting
On May 8, 2014,
Larry Darnell presented a program titled Publishing for Posterity: Saving Your Research for Future Generations.
Mr. Darnell has a 30-year plus career in Information Technology, actively
researches and documents his family history, and maintains the St. Clair County
Genealogy Society Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/SCCGS.
Larry discussed the
types of materials to protect and the various methods of protecting your data.
He had a handout which you can download here.
This presentation was very well attended, very well
received, and produced several questions from the audience.