January Meeting Notes

Notes from the January 17, 2011 regular monthly meeting of the society: 1. Prior to the meeting, 15 members met at Peralta’s Mexican Restaurant in Quitman to eat and talk. We had a great time. 2. During the pre-meeting help time from 6 to 7 p.m. at the library and later during the workshop portion [...]

Best Wishes of the Season

We find ourselves in the midst of the Christmas-New Year holiday season, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support of the society during the past year. We had a great party Dec. 20 at the home of President Shirley Patrick. Thanks to her for hosting and preparing [...]

October 2010 Meeting Minutes

WOOD COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY Monthly Meeting Quitman Public Library October 19, 2010 The meeting was called to order by President Shirley Patrick at 7:00 pm with 10 members present. President Shirley Patrick welcomed everyone and thanked them for coming. The minutes stood approved as presented. The financial report was passed. Treasurer Wayne McCluney reported he [...]

Covered Dish Dinner for Sept. Meeting

Next Monday (Sept. 20) at 6:30 p.m., the Wood County Genealogical Society will kick-off its 2010-2011 year with a covered dish dinner in the Shamburger Room at the Quitman Public Library. We will eat, visit, and probably talk about some things that we might like to do this year. We hope that you will be [...]

Members Tour Wood County Historical Museum

A group of members who gathered for the July “eating meeting” followed up fellowship, fun, and planning for the WCGS booth at the Old Settlers Reunion August 4-7 in Quitman and finished the evening touring the Wood County Historical Museum in Quitman. Hosts were members Lou Mallory and Barbara Coleman, members of the Wood County [...]

Plans for Old Settlers Reunion

Plans for the Wood County Genealogical Society participation in the Old Settlers Reunion August 4-7 in Quitman were finalized over dinner July 19. Members are invited to drop by and look at our exhibits and visit from 6-10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday of that week. Here’s a summary of some of our volunteer helpers/items for [...]

Minutes of April Society Meeting

Here are the minutes of the April Wood County Genealogical Society meeting which will be presented at the May meeting tomorrow, May 17, at 7 p.m. at the Quitman Public Library meeting room. WOOD COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY Monthly Meeting Quitman Public Library April 19, 2010 The meeting was called to order by President Shirley Patrick [...]

Camp Ford turns back the clock this weekend

  Scenes above from Camp Ford Reenactment 2005  (photos by Deason & Martha Hunt) —————————- Thanks to Scott Fitzgerald who posted the following about the Camp Ford Reenactment this next weekend in Tyler to the Rootsweb East Texas Genealogical Society (ETGS) mailing list. It is reproduced here with his permission. —————————- You are invited to [...]

Good Turnout For Expo

A big turnout at the Winnsboro Business Expo on the first weekend of Autumn Trails Days resulted in lots of visitors to the Wood County Genealogical Society booth/table. Fifty-one people signed the booth register and many more stopped to inquire about our genealogy and to visit. Surname some of the visitors are researching include Wilcox, [...]

WCGS Bulletin Goes “Live” Sept. 15

The Bulletin is officially up and running. Anyone who visited this site in the last 10 days probably found us in some state of tear down and rebuild. We’re not through yet, but we’ve started. Notice: The first post (which is below. Latest posts appear at the top of the page.) is about the September [...]

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