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Fall 2001 | Summer 2001 | Spring 2001 | Winter 2001

February/March 2004

• Protected from the Elements: Storing Heirlooms at Home, By Maureen A. Taylor
  Naturalizations with an Insight to History, By Juliana Smith
• The Pennsylvania Railroad, Submitted By Karen Blumenshine
• The Writer’s Corner: using Photographs to Jump Start Your Writing, By Bobbi Schirado
• The Brechting Family History, By Mary Rasch Alt
• History of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Parish - Part VI, By Lisa Christensen
• Wedding Anniversary Announcements in the Grand Rapids Shopping News - Submitted by Sue Irvine, Indexed by Evelyn Ehlers

Departments:

• Editor’s Notes, “Family History Month” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Virginia Staal - Family is First in Her Heart
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• The News in Brief
• We Need Memories
• Welcome to New Members
• Michigana Needs Ancestral Sketches
• Book Review: Living Family History, Creating a Multimedia Biography
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Denni Peterson
• 100 Years Ago - The Rockford Register - Edited By Nancy

November/December 2003

Features

• Returning Jascha - By H. David Morrow
• The Library of Michigan - an Enduring Resource, By Mary Rasch Alt
• History of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Parish - Part IV, By Lisa Christensen
• The Online WMGS Index to Women Who Resided at the Michigan Soldiers Home
• Submitted by Wanda Schottler
• The Johansson - Lavine Family Bible, Submitted By Don Bryant
• Wedding Anniversary Announcements in the Grand Rapids Shopping News
• Submitted by Sue Irvine, Indexed by Evelyn Ehlers
• Subject and Every Name Index to Michigana Volume 49Departments

Departments

• Editor’s Notes, “Family History Month” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Suzanne Carpenter, a Most Interesting Hostess
• WMGS Membership News -
  • Time to Renew Your Membership
  • Snowbird Alert
  • New WMGS Acquisitions at the Grand Rapids Public Library
  • Welcome to New Members
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Book Reviews - Your Guide to Cemetery Research, by Sharon De Bartolo Carmack,
  Reviewed by Nancy Myers
• The Ancestry of Dr. J. P. Guilford Seventeenth Century New England Colonials and a Few Eighteenth Century Immigrants, by Joan s. Guilford, Ph. D.,
  Reviewed by Evelyn Sawyer
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Denni Peterson
• 100 Years Ago - The Greenville Independent - Submitted By Trena Vander Woude

August/September 2003

Features

• The National WWII Memorial
• United States Daughters of 1812
• The Legacy Project
• Autograph Books - A Unique Resource
• In Search of the Wild LNU’s
• New LDS Church and MyFamily.com Partnership
• Reunion Resources - By Denni Peterson
• Finding Aid - New York State Census Questions - By Suzanne Carpenter
• History of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Parish - Part III, By Lisa Christensen
• Wedding Anniversary Announcements in the Grand Rapids Shopping News
  Submitted by Sue Irvine, Indexed by Evelyn Ehlers

Departments

• Editor’s Notes, “Family History Month” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Roger Moffat
• WMGS Membership News -
  • Welcome to New Members
  • National Genealogical Society Family Papers Collection
  • Kent County Pioneer Certificate Program
  • Fall Bus Trip to Allen County Public Library
  • New WMGS Acquisitions at the Grand Rapids Public Library
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Book Reviews - By Evelyn Sawyer
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Denni Peterson
• 100 Years Ago - The Greenville Independent
• Queries

May/June 2003

Features

• WMGS Heritage Tea
• New WMGS and Michigana Preservation Project
• Information Location - The “New” Old Grand Rapids Public Library
  By Bobbi Schirado
• Information Location - The New “Temporary” Allen County Public Library
  By Bobbi Schirado
• Abstract of Title, Submitted by Pat Fry
• History of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Parish - Part II, By Lisa Christensen
• Netherlands Research Sources on the Web, By David Joyce
• Family History Strategies from a Clogged Vacuum Cleaner, By Julianna Smith
• The Hillebrand Family Scrapbook, Submitted by Mary Rasch Alt
• Wedding Anniversary Announcements in the Grand Rapids Shopping News
  Submitted by Sue Irvine, Indexed by Evelyn Ehlers

Departments

• Editor’s Notes, “Michigana Needs Lots of Heads” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Lisa Christensen - Multi-talented
• WMGS Membership News -
  • WMGS Chronicles its Own “Family” History
  • Welcome to New Members
  • Bus Trip to the Library of Michigan
  • Proposed WMGS Bylaw Changes
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• CD Review - Genealogy, Climbing Your Family Tree - by Denni Peterson
• The Answer Elf
• Book Review, Father Marquette - by Nancy Myers
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Queries

Features

• WMGS DataMaster Report for 2002
  By Roger Moffat
• New WMGS and Michigana Preservation Project
• History of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Parish - Part I
  By Lisa Christensen
• A Diary: One year in the life of Rosa Johnson Blackmer, a Michigan Pioneer Wife
  By Karen Blumenshine
• A Father’s Legacy
  By Marlene Fabbro
• 100 Years Ago: the Greenville Independent
  Compiled by Trenna Vander Woude
• Minutes of the North Berlin and South Ionia Aid Society - Part II
• Minute Book Donated by Sue Irvine, Transcription by Denni Peterson
  Compiled by Sue Irvine and Beverly Summers
• Wedding Anniversary Announcements in the Grand Rapids Shopping News
  Submitted by Sue Irvine, Indexed by Evelyn Ehlers

Departments

• Editor’s Notes, “Rambling Thoughts from Sleepless Nights” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Don Bryant - Helping to Access Family History
• WMGS Membership News -
  • Remembering a Friend - Warren John Catanach
  • Welcome to New Members
  • Spring Bus Trip to the Allen County Public Library
  • New Acquisitions at the Grand Rapids Public Library
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• The Answer Elf
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Queries

FALL 2002

• Guidelines for Using Records, Repositories, and Libraries
• National Genealogical Society
• The Ken Gackler Award of Merit
• Wedding Anniversary Announcements in the Grand Rapids Shopping News - Submitted by Sue Irvine, Indexed by Evelyn Ehlers
• 100 YEARS AGO: The Middleville Sun - Compiled by Roberta Meeker
• Preserving My Family’s History
• Minutes of the North Berlin and South Ionia Aid Society - Part I
• Minute Book Donated by Sue Irvine, Transcription by Denni Peterson
• The Grand Rapids Boat & Canoe Clue Annual Banquet - 1919 - Submitted by Sue Irvine
• Subject Index to Vol. 48, Issues 1, 2, 3, and 4 - Compiled by Sue Irvine and Beverly Summers
• An Every Name Index to Vol. 48, Issues 1, 2, 3, and 4 - Compiled by Sue Irvine and Beverly Summers

Departments:

• Editor’s Notes, “:”What Michigana Is and Is Not” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Ken Gackler = Commitment
• WMGS Membership News -
  • Manuscripts, Acquisitions and Gifts in 2002
  • Welcome to New Members
• Beyond Genealogy Contest Is a Tie
• The Answer Elf
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Book Review: Honoring Our Ancestors

SUMMER 2002

Features:

• 100 YEARS AGO: The Middleville Sun - Compiled by Roberta Meeker
• UNIQUE RESOURCE: Using School Records to Enhance Your Research - By Lisa Christensen
• Evidence and Clues in Land Records - Harlan Was Cleoma Greenly’s Brother - By Shirley De Boer, CG
• Wedding Anniversary Announcements in the Grand Rapids Shopping News - Submitted by Sue Irvine, Indexed by Evelyn Ehlers
• National Register Sons of the American Revolution, Part V - Submitted by Evelyn Sawyer

Departments:

• Editor’s Notes, “Oh, the Stories We Tell!” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Evelyn Sawyer - Preserving and Protecting Records for All
• WMGS Membership News -
  • A Ceremony of Remembrance and an Old Soldiers Picnic
  • NGS Guidelines for Genealogical Self-Improvement and Growth
  • Research in Ft. Wayne
  • Welcome to New Members
• Beyond Genealogy Contest
• The Answer Elf
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman

SPRING 2002

• INFORMATION LOCATION: WMGS Visits the Allen County Public Library By Denni Peterson
• BEYOND GENEALOGY - More Than Vital Statistics - Beyond Genealogy Contest Rules
• 100 YEARS AGO: The Middleville Sun - Compiled by Roberta Meeker
• FINDING AIDS: Submitted by Wanda Schottler
• County Clerk Contacts and Vital Record Costs in Michigan
• State Vital Record Sources
• The Mystery of the Homeless Bible; A Case Study Following
• Three Centuries of Clues By Bobbi Schirado
• MAP RESOURCE: Grand Rapids Before the Freeways - Submitted by Don Bryant
• The Seymour - Palmer Letters Submitted by Margot Mueller Else, Nancy Palmer Mueller, Shelley Mueller Pew Fletcher
• UNIQUE RESOURCE: Insurance Records, Part II - Submitted by Donna Rogers
• National Register Sons of the American Revolution, Part IV - Submitted by Evelyn Sawyer

Departments:

• Editor’s Notes, “Why Isn’t Everything Indexed?” - by Bobbi Schirado
• Our Extended Family: Cyndi Kuhlman = Enthusiasm
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Queries

WINTER 2002

Features

• 100 YEARS AGO: The Middleville Sun, Compiled by Roberta Meeker
• UNIQUE RESOURCE: Insurance Records, Part I, Submitted by Donna Rogers
• BEYOND GENEALOGY: The Reading of Casper’s Will, By Vee Houseman
• INFORMATION LOCATION: Wyoming Township and City Resources - Story and Photographs by Joanne Bailey Boorsma
• FINDING AID; The Eleventh Census of the United States - 1890; A Special Census for Union Veterans and Their Widows - by Bobbi Schirado
• National Register Sons of the American Revolution, Part IV - Submitted by Evelyn Sawyer

Departments

• Editor’s Notes, “Some of Them are ALIVE!!!” - by Bobbi Schirado
• WMGS Membership News:
  • Welcome to New Members
  • WMGS Publishes Index to The History of Kent County
  • Our Extended Family: Shirley De Boer, CG
• Book Review: The Fonger Family, Reviewed by Mary Alt
• Village Square, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Computer Talk, - Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Queries

FALL 2001

Features

• Recent Additions to the Family History Room at the GRPL
• National Register Sons of the American Revolution, Part III - Submitted by Evelyn Sawyer
• History Mystery Contest - Tell Me Your Name . . . The 1865 Diary of a Western Michigan Woman - By Shirley M. De Boer, CG., and Bobbi Schirado
• Index to the Michigan Horticulturist, 1885 and 1886 - Compiled by Sue Irvine
• You Can go Home Again - An Immigrant’s Visit to “The Old County’ in 1910 - Submitted by Steve Adriaanse
• The Smalley-Mason Wedding Book - Submitted by Sue Irvine
• Civil War Soldiers - Contributed by Sister Michael Ellen Carling, O.P.
• Review of “the History of the Great Lakes Region,” the 26th Annual Great Lakes Historical Conference - Reviewed by Mary Alt
• Subject and Surname Index for Michigana Vol. 47, Issues 1, 2, 3, 4, 2001 Compiled by Sue Irvine

Departments

• Editor’s Notes, “Family History Month”
• WMGS Membership News
  • Marlene Fabbro, WMGS Treasurer
• Village Square, Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Computer Talk, Edited by Cyndi Kuhlman
• “Exploring Internet Myths,” By Juliana Smith
• Queries

SUMMER 2001

Features

• Information Location - The Michigan Veterans’ Facility
• Finding Aid - Using Michigan GAR Records for Family History Research
• The DeBlaay Family Record
• The Mystery of the Homeless Bible, Part II
• Information Location - The Byron Center Historical and Genealogy Society
• Sometimes You Have to Laugh - The Zen of Genealogy
• National Register Sons of the American Revolution, Part II

Departments

• Editor’s Notes
• WMGS Membership News
  • Meet WMGS Secretary, Janet Jensen
• Village Square
• Computer Talk
• Book Reviews
• Queries

SPRING 2001

Features

• A Family History Mystery Contest
• Company F, Sixth Michigan Cavalry Photographs Needed
• The Rasch Family, From Napoleon to the Civil War, By Odette Rasch Howard, Phil Rasch and Mary Rasch Alt
• Civil War Resources in West Michigan
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, By Bruce Butgereit
• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, By Susan Norder
• The Women’s Relief Corps, By Marcia Bruin
• Tell Me Your Name . . . The 1865 Diary of a Western Michigan Woman, Submitted by Mary Jo Rood Robertson
• The Simmons Family, By Wenda Fore
• Western Michigan Genealogical Society Constitution and Bylaws

Departments

• Editor’s Notes, By Bobbi Schirado
• Welcome to New Members
• WMGS Vice President is mmmmmmm. Koole
• Village Square, By Cyndi Kuhlman
• Strauss Speaks at March Meeting
• Computer Talk - By Cyndi Kuhlman
• Queries

Winter 2001

Features

• Goodbye Friend: Kenneth Palmer, by Evelyn Sawyer
• Cyndi Kuhlman is New Chairman of the Board
• Your Opinion Count! Vote on New WMGS Bylaws Will Be at April Meeting
• Meet the First WMGS President of the 21st Century
• FINDING AIDE, A Cross Index to Selected City Streets and Enumeration Districts, 1910 Census by Shirley De Boer, CG
• National Register Sons of the Revolution
• Over 500,000 Surnames Available on WMGS Databases, by Roger Moffat
• The Mystery of the Homeless Bible, by Bobbi Schirado
• Dutch Reunion
• Lonesome Letters in 1856 Grand Rapids, by Sue Irvine

Departments

• Editor’s Notes
• Gifts and Donations to the GRPL
• Welcome to New Members
• Book Review: Ravenna Township, Michigan 150 Years, 1849-1999, by Evelyn Sawyer
• Book Review: Genealogical Periodical Annual Index, by Lisa Christenson
• Village Square, by Cyndi Kuhlman
• Computer Talk - by Cyndi Kuhlman
• 100 Years Ago in Michigan, the Zeeland Record, By Shirley Putman Blaquiere
• Queries

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