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2016 SPEAKERS
MARCH
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REMEMBER ...
THE TIMBERTOWN LOG HAS GONE GREEN!!!
AFTER MAY 2016 THE TTL NEWSLETTER WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
THRU EMAIL UNLESS YOU PAID $5.00 extra WITH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE
ALL PAST TTL'S WILL BE ARCHIVED ON THE SITE
LOOK UNDER> MEMBERS ONLY
THE TIMBERTOWN LOG HAS GONE GREEN!!!
AFTER MAY 2016 THE TTL NEWSLETTER WILL BE SENT TO ALL MEMBERS
THRU EMAIL UNLESS YOU PAID $5.00 extra WITH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE
ALL PAST TTL'S WILL BE ARCHIVED ON THE SITE
LOOK UNDER> MEMBERS ONLY
FAVORITE PICKS FROM MARCH TO JUNE 2016
SGS NEWSCONDOLENCES to board member Bob Sczcypka on the passing of his mother
Szczypka, Vlasta Marie Saginaw, Michigan Loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away Saturday, February 20, 2016 at Health Source Saginaw. Age 94 years. The daughter of the late Frank and Rose (Smisek) Bogar, Vlasta was born November 30, 1921 in Saginaw, Michigan. Vlasta was a 1939 graduate of Saginaw High School. She was married to August Szczypka on February 23, 1946. He predeceased her February 11, 1990. Vlasta was employed at Lufkin Rule. She was a member of St. Casimir and St. George Catholic Church, now St. Francis of Assisi Parish, its Altar Society, past president of the League of Catholic Women, Pulaski Club Auxiliary, and past member of St. Rita Catholic Church and its Altar Society. Vlasta enjoyed Bingo, gardening, playing Euchre and crocheting, and making baby blankets for Covenant. Surviving are one daughter, three sons and their spouses, Robert and Bernice Szczypka, Saginaw; George and Sue Szczypka, Indiana; Jan and Dan Zielinski, Saginaw; Tom Szczypka, Saginaw; seven grandchildren, Amy (Matthias) Hagen, Daniel Szczypka, Adam Szczypka, Kate Szczypka, Brian Zielinski, Nichole Zielinski, Jeffrey Zielinski; two great-grandchildren, Alison and Ryan Hagen; several nieces and nephews. Vlasta was preceaded in death by her son, Larry Szczypka, her sister, Rose Skolnik and three brothers, Frank, Gerald and Edward Bogar. The family would like to extend their sincere appreciation to the staff of HealthSource for their loving and compassionate care. Funeral Liturgy will take place 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, St. Casimir Church site, 2122 S. Jefferson Ave., Saginaw. Rev. Fr. Thomas Schmied, OFM Cap. will officiate with burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Friends may visit at The Snow Funeral Home, 3775 N. Center Rd. (between Shattuck and McCarty), where the family will be present on Wednesday from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and at the church on Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until time of Mass. A Vigil Service will take place 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, those planning an expression of sympathy may wish to consider memorials to Mustard Seed Shelter or League of Catholic Women. - See more at:
http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/saginaw/obituary.aspx?n=vlasta-mariezczypka&pid=177787687&fhid=10649#sthash.sHFxsWwW.dpuf Recent News and Interesting ItemsA CHANGE OF THINGS
The Saginaw Genealogical Society has not only gone GREEN by sending the majority of its newsletters by email instead of through the (snail) mail, but they have also revised their old logo and created a more updated and impressive design for the society.
It was decided at the last SGS board meeting that we would keep the SGS initials on the log, but then add in the lower penninsula of Michigan where the society resides. We also added a motto for the society: "From shared knowledge comes preserved history." The new logo was a colaboration effort from Nancy Pavlik and Debbie Sheets. Jerri Serocki' s t-shirt design was our inspiration. We hope you all enjoy the new logo. This just in...The Archives of Michigan announces that the 1940 Death Certificates have all been loaded and are now available at Seeking Michigan. Available online HERE. Please share this information with your friends and societies.
Thank you. THE SGS BY-LAWS HAVE BEEN UPDATED, APPROVED AND REPUBLISHED.
To see the changes made in February 2016 we have highlighted all the additions in yellow on the by-laws page. You can find the By-Laws on our website by going to MEMBERSHIP and then to BY-LAWS. A copy of the changes will be attached to this months issue of the TimberTown Log for all members. NOTE: FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE BY-LAWS CANNOT BE VIEWED ON HAND HELD DEVICES ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ANCESTRY.COM
Dear Family Tree Maker™ community, Since our Family Tree Maker announcement last December, we have continued to actively explore ways to develop and support Family Tree Maker and ensure you have choices to preserve your work in ways that matter to you. Today, we are pleased to announce two options for desktop software that will work with Ancestry. Software MacKiev Software MacKiev, with whom we have a long-standing relationship, is acquiring the Family Tree Maker software line as publisher for both Mac and Windows versions. Software MacKiev has been the developer of Family Tree Maker for Mac for more than six years and is thrilled at the opportunity to publish future versions of Family Tree Maker for Mac and Windows. This new agreement means you will receive software updates and new versions from Software MacKiev, and have the ability to purchase new versions of Family Tree Maker from Software MacKiev as they are released. You will have continued access to Ancestry Hints, Ancestry searches, and be able to save your tree on Ancestry with Family Tree Maker moving forward. RootsMagic We have made an agreement with RootsMagic, a leading genealogy desktop software program publisher, to connect Ancestry with the RootsMagic software by the end of 2016. With this new relationship, RootsMagic can serve as your desktop family tree software, while having access to Ancestry hints, Ancestry searches, and the ability to save your tree on Ancestry. We have heard your concerns and are working to provide the solutions you requested. These new agreements will make it possible to preserve your work on Ancestry and Family Tree Maker and enable future features and benefits to help you discover your family history. Be assured that Ancestry, in cooperation with Software MacKiev and RootsMagic, will continue to support you as you discover your family history. We ask for your patience as we work diligently through all the details to make these solutions available. You can find additional details about these Family Tree Maker partnerships on our blog. We also encourage you to continue to check back on our blog for future updates in the coming months. DID YOU SEE THIS ON Fb?
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MARCH FAMILYSEARCH INDEXING EVENT
SGS will be helping at an Indexing event
held on Saturday March 12th from 1 to 4 pm hosted by the Saginaw Family History Center. There will be a ten minute tutorial for those who want to know how to begin indexing. Or you can click on the INDEXING HELPS button above. and open a PDF file and read on how to do this. You do NOT need to come to the FHC to attend. You can stay home and index in your PJ's! Or you can go to the local public library and index . NOTE: you must be dressed to go there though. :) The FamilySearch program, records where the volunteers are donating their work from, so we are in a friendly competition with Midland and would like to get as many people to attend this event on that day in particular, but you can index any day, any time, from any place, and it will record it for your area. Lets get INDEXING ...The more the merrier! CAN YOU READ THIS?
LOOKING FOR HELP IN READING AND TRANSLATING THESE OLD GERMAN DOCUMENTS
TO SEE A LARGER IMAGE CLICK ON PHOTOS
IF YOU CAN READ THESE DOCUMENTS AND WOULD LIKE TO HELP TRANSLATE THEM PLEASE CONTACT US AT sgsmi1971@gmail.com
FOR MORE DOCUMENTS TO BE TRANSLATED PLEASE GO TO ODDS & ENDS Just weeks left to register for the Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference! March 11-12, 2016 • Sterling Heights, Michigan Click here to download the flyer for more information and session descriptions. Go to online registration. Michigan in Perspective: The Local History Conference is held annually in the Wayne/Oakland/ Macomb tri-county area and is open to anyone interested in state or regional history. The largest of our three conferences, this year’s conference offers… · Four keynotes o Reflections on Representing Michigan With Former U.S. Senator Carl Levin o Forged by Fire: Detroit’s Riots and Rebellions and How Chaos Created a Community With Jamon Jordan o A Family’s Story: Asian-American Immigrants 1965 – Present With Theresa Q. Tran o Natural and Cultural Resources: A Marriage Made in Michigan With Sandra S. Clark · Twenty-five “breakout” sessions that address local and statewide history. · Nearly 50 exhibitors/vendors for attendees to visit. · Friday Reception featuring the Dodworth Saxhorn Band. · Two days full of “meet and greets,” refreshments, and optional meals. · Saturday Gala: Echoes of Yesteryear: A Cavalcade of Characters From Michigan’s Past The Historical Society of Michigan is our state’s oldest cultural organization, founded in 1828 by territorial governor Lewis Cass and explorer Henry Schoolcraft. A nongovernmental nonprofit, the Society focuses on publications, conferences, education, awards and recognition programming, and support for local history organizations to preserve and promote Michigan’s rich history. For more information on the Historical Society of Michigan, please visit www.hsmichigan.org or e-mail us athsm@hsmichigan.org. The Historical Society of Michigan 5815 Executive Dr. • Lansing, MI 48911 Phone: (517) 324-1828 • FAX: (517) 324-4370 
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50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today Strange But True
Fordite
Fordite, also known as Motor Agate or Detroit Agate, is a unique automotive enamel material with an interesting history. The original layered automotive paint slag "rough" was made incidentally, years ago, by the now extinct practice of hand spray-painting multiples of production cars in big automotive factories. The over sprayed paint in the painting bays gradually built up on the tracks and skids that the car frames were painted on. Over time, many colorful layers built up there. These layers were hardened repeatedly in the ovens that the car bodies went into to cure the paint. Some of these deeper layers were even baked 100 times. Eventually, the paint build-up would become obstructing, or too thick and heavy, and had to be removed. As the story goes, some crafty workers with an eye for beauty realized that this unique byproduct was worth salvaging. It was super-cured, patterned like psychedelic agate, and could be cut and polished with relative ease! Wow! “RECYCLE IT!” seemed to be the resounding sentiment. And so it was... As word got around about this remarkable material, it's been said that rock hounds started showing up at auto factories, offering to help remove that problematic paint! Sadly, the techniques that produced this great rough years ago, are no longer in practice. Cars are now painted by way of an electrostatic process that essentially magnetizes the enamels to the car bodies. This leaves little, or no over-spray. The old factory methods that created this incredible material are long gone. In recent times the material has been recycled as an eco-friendly jewelry. Fordite is a 'blanket term" given to all paint slag acquired from ANY automotive factory, and is not indicative of paint found only at the Ford factory. For more information about Fordite go to: http://www.fordite.com/
From Our Readers...We are always open to new information and cool stuff to pass on to our members and followers. Recently we got a letter from a group at the Sutter Library in Yuba City, California. We would like to thank Meg Taylor from the Sutter Library and her group for their good website find! This website has many links associated with it and can be accessed from the link ABOVE. just click on the box to access it. It is also now found on our HOME page under the TABLE OF CONTENTS in LINKS (Genealogy Facts and Finds)
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