TriState Genealogical Society 40 th Anniversary 1977 st

Tri-State Genealogical Society 40 th Anniversary

1977 st 1 Ship’s Log

Willard Library Past Director Don Baker January 1976 to August 1989

Joan Elliott Parker, First Special Collections Librarian 1979 to 1992

THE FAMILY TREE Poem Contributed by Edna Kasper I think that I shall never see The finish of a Family Tree As it forever seems to grow From roots that started very low Way back in Ancient History times In Foreign lands and distant climes From them grew trunk and branching limb That dated back to time so dim One seldom knows exactly when The parents met and married then Nor when the twigs began to grow With odd named children, row on row Though a verse like this is made by me And the end is in sight as you can see 'Tis not the same with Family Trees That grow and grow through centuries.

Tri-State Genealogical Society Organizing Officers

40 Years of Presidents ► ► ► ► Mrs. Hal Casper (Edna Ruth) Bettie Cummings Cook Don Counts John G. West Kenneth William Franks Marjorie Blocher Kinsey George T. Wolf Margery Shaw Karin Marie Kirsch Virginia Aldridge Debra Travers Brenda Joyce Jerome Christine Hoehn Pictured Pictured Pictured Pictured

Organizing President Mrs. William Bender Jr. (Jeanne) Sept 1977 3 months (d. 7 Jul 2004)

Past President Edna Kasper 1977 -1978 (9 months)

Past President Bettie Cummings Cook C. G. Total of 8 terms 1978 -1980 1987 -1989 1994 -1995 2005 -2008

Past President Don Counts 1980 -1982 2011 -2013

Past President John G. West Total of 9 terms 1982 -1984 1989 -1992 2004 -2005 2008 -2011

Past President Kenneth Franks 1984 -1985 (d. 20 Dec 1991)

Past President Marjorie Blocher Kinsey C. G. 1985 -1987 1997 -1999 (d. 21 Jul 2003)

Past President George T. Wolf 1993 -1995 1999 -2000

Past President Margery Shaw 1995 -1997 (d. 28 Jul 2012)

Past President Karin Marie Kirsch 2000 -2002 Current Recording Secretary

Past President Connie Conrad 2014 -2015 d. 1 Dec 2015 Gone too soon!

Past President Brenda Joyce Jerome C. G. 2015 -2016

Past President Debra Travers 2013 -2014

Past President Virginia Aldridge 2002 -2003

Past Presidnet Christine Hoehn 2016 -2018

Current President 2018 -2019

2018 TSGS Board Christine Hoehn Virginia Aldridge Dixie Barger Karin Marie Kirsch Vannetta Mc. Dowell Betty Postleweight Peggy Newton Janet Mann

Packet Editors ► ► ► ► Michael L. Cook C. G. Sharon Roberts Glenda Trapp Michael L. Cook C. G. Marjorie Blocher Kinsey Brenda Joyce Jerome C. G. Glenda Trapp Karin Marie Kirsch Bettie Cummings Cook C. G. Peggy Newton Patricia Sides Peggy Newton Brenda Legate Rosemary Barger 1977 -1980 1981 -1984 1985 -1986 1987 -1988 1989 -1991 1992 -1993 1994 -1995 -1997 1998 -1999 2000 -2003 2004 -2006 2007 -2008 2009 -2015 2016 - Current

Packet Editors Sharon Roberts Brenda Joyce Jerome Karin Marie Kirsch Bettie Cummings Cook

Packet Editors Peggy Newton Patricia Sides Brenda Legate Rosemary Barger

2017 -2018 Board Members Peggy Newton, Karin Marie Kirsch, Vannetta Mc. Dowell, Dixie Barger, and Christine Hoehn, with John Sheer

2010 Board Back Row: Douglass Korb, Bettie Cummings Cook, Sue Hebbeler, Don Pierce, Mary Lou Bevers, Becky West. Front Row: John G West, Brenda Joyce Jerome, Don Counts, Karin Marie Kirsch, Janet Mann

2009 Board Back Row: Larry Goss, Don Pierce, Mary Lou Bevers, Betty Cummings Cook, Sue Hebbeler, Brenda Joyce Jerome, Douglass Korb, John G. West. Front Row: Janet Mann, Gloria Strott, Becky West, Karin Marie Kirsch, Don Counts

2014 Board John Sheer at podium. Seated: Connie Conrad, Don Pierce. Standing: Karin Marie Kirsch, Sue Newcomb, Mary Lou Bevers, Larry Goss, Rena Goss, Chris Hoehn, ? , Janet Mann

Current Willard Library Director Greg Hager 1994 to Present

Current Special Collections Librarian Lyn Martin 1992 To Present

Special Collections Workers ► ► Joan Elliott Parker, Past Special Collections Librarian Lyn Martin, Current Special Collections Librarian ► ► ► Carol Money Carol Bartlett Aleshia Heckel Peggy Newton Vannetta Mc. Dowell Brenda Legate Marilynn Mearling Erika Johnson Lucy Hart Vickie Olson Stan Schmitt § Past and Present Library Assistants (several are not included)

Past Special Collections Team Carol Bartlett Carol Money Aleshia Heckel Peggy Newton

Past Special Collections Team Vannetta Mc. Dowell Marilynn Mearling Brenda Legate Erika Johnson

Current Special Collections Team Not Pictured ► Lucy Hart ► Lucinda ► Vickie Stan Schmitt Sweeny Olson

In Memoriam Kenneth W. Franks (d. 20 Dec 1991) ► Margery Shaw (d. 8 Apr 1996) ► Mrs. Wm Bender Jr. (Jeanne) (d. 24 Jul 1999) ► Sandra Bitz (d. 9 May 2011) ► Eleanor Glenn Tenbarge (d. 14 Dec 2011) ► John Powell (d. 10 Dec 2014) ► Sue Hebbeler (d. 3 Feb 2015) ► Leroy Anderson (d. 8 Feb 2015) ► Daniel Korb (d. 15 May 2015) ► Connie Conrad (d. 1 Dec 2015) ► Don Pierce (d. 7 Apr 2016) ► Mary Lou Bevers (d. 20 Sep 2016) ►

Members Larry & Rena Goss Jacqueline & Ernest Payne

Members Kenneth & Peggy Gilkey Becky & John West

Members Avanelle & Elmer Hebbeler John Powell Kay Lant Don Pierce

Members Douglass Korb Sue Hebbeler Peggy Newton Linda Young

Members Graham Denby Moore Cheri Baumberger Charles Browning Dee Margedant

Members Gail Arnold Mary Lou Bevers Larry Goss John Sheer

Members Debra Switzer Dee Browning Gerri Gerhardt Gloria Strott

Members Margaret Brooke Betty Palmer & Marilynn Mearling Rebecca Shelton Eleanor “Glenn” Tenbarge

Members Bert Burgdorf Jane Juncker Saltzman Eloise Weller Linda Saltzman Mc. Call

Members Ted Brian Lankford Kay Lant Christopher Myers

Members Kay Lantiff Susie Newcomb

Members Bill Bartelt

Members Bettie Cummings Cook & John G. West Dennis Au & Harold Morgan Don Counts & Rebecca Shelton Brenda Joyce Jerome & Connie Conrad

Meetings Ron Darrah, George Wolf, Vannetta Mc. Dowell, Graham Denby Moore, & John G. West

September 2017 meeting Nancy Hasting program on DNA 101

Meetings Program by Mary Lou Bevers

Breakout Sessions Karin Marie Kirsch leading a German Genealogy mini-workshop

Breakout Sessions Connie Conrad leading a mini-workshop session

Meetings A Holiday Social. Sue Hebbeler is on the immediate right; behind her is Kenneth Gilkey.

Meetings Look at all of those familiar faces.

Meetings First time the Victorian Christmas Tree was decorated

Meetings Karin Marie Kirsch leading the meeting

Meetings Don Counts, Mary Lou Bevers, Dan & Douglass Korb

Meetings Nancy Hasting program on DNA 101, Fall 2017

Meetings Peggy Gilkey

Meetings Ken Gilkey giving his program on Fort Sackville

Meetings Dr Mark Browning, Browning. Genealogy. org

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The Last Workshop First Baptist Church, Evansville, IN

th 40 Anniversary Celebration

th 40 Anniversary Celebration

th 40 Anniversary Celebration

Photo Credits ► John G. West – TSGS Cruiser Blog Spot ► Betty Palmer – Willard Library Employee Albums ► Vannetta Mc. Dowell – Personal Collection ► Cheri Baumberger – Personal Collection & Capt Henry Vanderburgh 2007 Pictorial ► Willard Library Special Collections

Thank You For supporting Tri-State Genealogical Society for 40 years