Madison
County Genealogical Society
Minutes of the Meeting – May 12, 2022
On May 12, 2022, the Madison
County Genealogical Society held a meeting at the Edwardsville Public Library.
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
Institutional Membership $25.00
Contact our Secretary, Petie Hunter, at petie8135@att.net, about a gift membership.
May Meeting
On May 12, 2022, Mike Slater made a presentation on Using Ancestry
DNA to Find Missing Ancestors
or Unknown Ancestors.
Because of the many references Mike made to the
displays on the computer, a transcription of the presentation without the
displays would not be very valuable. The talk was interesting in that Mike
discussed using Ancestry DNA to find many distant cousins of which he had had
no prior knowledge. These cousins varied from war heroes to professional baseball
players to convicted capitol criminals. He also found places in the family
trees that showed people were not who they were supposed to be.
Although the audience was small, this presentation was well received. The comments and questions caused the meeting to last almost until the library closing time.