Interlibrary Loans and Microfilm Notice from Kansas

For those who request microfilm reels from the Kansas Historical Society, we have received a notice from them that they are suspending their out-of-state interlibrary loan program indefinitely as of April 1, 2013. The problem stated it that of ongoing staff vacancies.

BGS Meeting May 13, 2013

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will have their monthly meeting May 13th in the library's upstairs meeting room.

6:00 pm  Beginner's Corner: What is a First Cousin, Twice Removed? ~ Barbara Fulton
6:30 pm  Early Session: Map It Out ~ Carol Wesson
7:00 pm  Program: Google Earth for Genealogy ~ Video

Ask a Genealogist Day will be held in the Local and Family History room in the Bartlesville Public Library on Saturday May 18th from 9 am to 4 pm.

1940's CENSUS CLASS

On Saturday, April 13, experienced genealogists, Jay G. Lamb and David McIntosh, will teach a 1940's Census Class in the library’s upstairs meeting room starting at 1:30 pm.

To register for this class, please call the Local and Family History Department at the library at 918-336-4167.

BARTLESVILLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MONTHLY MEETING - APRIL 8, 2013

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will meet on April 8, 2013 in the upstairs meeting room of the public library. 

The programs will begin at 6 pm with Randy Porter presenting "Non-Traditional Genealogical Sources".  He will discuss using the Family Bible, baby books, diaries and letters to help you trace your family history.  At 6:30 pm, Meg Greenwood wil discuss scanning documents and other family items you wish to archive.  At 7 pm, Gary Nealis, photo archivist for the Frank Phillips Home, will speak on "Saving, Protecting, Identifying Family Photographs".  He will give advise on how to scan it, protect it, identify it, and save it. Gary will include photos, negatives and damaged negatives in his talk.

The public is invited to this evening's programs.  All programs are free of charge.

Bartlesville Genealogical Society's December 10 Meeting

            The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will be meeting on December 10, 2012 at 6:00 PM upstairs in the Bartlesville Public Library.   The evening will begin with Beginner’s Corner led by Barbara Fulton.  Barbara is an experienced genealogist and teacher of family history research.  Her topic for December will be “Some Important Things You Need to Know about Genealogy”.

            Beginner’s Corner will be followed by a time of holiday festivities.  Members will share from their own genealogy research.  Some will share about their greatest find, others their most embarrassing research mistake, the highlight of their research, or the story behind a family treasure. Some interesting and funny stories will be shared.

Members will bring finger foods to share with everyone there.  They are encouraged to bring new packages of underwear or socks to be donated.

The following Saturday, December 15, 2012 members of the society will be on hand in the Library’s Local and Family History Room to help anyone interested in learning how to research their family heritage.  They will also give ideas on how get past the brick walls of research, and show what resources are held locally. Members will be available from 9 AM until 4 PM. This is a free service provided by the genealogical society.

GENEALOGY 101 BEING OFFERED AGAIN

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will again present the popular short course "Genealogy 101" at Bartlesville's Public Library, Conference Room A (upstairs). The class will meet from 1:30 until 3:30 on Saturday, October 27, 2012.

The instructor for this course will be Barbara Fulton. Barbara is an experienced genealogist who has taught a number of classes locally. The class will include tips for how to begin the search for one's ancestors and how to organize the information that is found.

The class is open to all and is free, but there will be a fee of $3.00 to cover the cost of the handout (which will be very useful to researchers).

Registration is required - to insure that enough handouts and seating will be available. To register, sign up at the library's Local and Family History Room or call 918-331-2757 or 918-338-4167 by Friday, October 26, 2012.

Oklahoma Newspapers Available on Gateway

The Oklahoma Historical Society is in the process of creating an online repository of Oklahoma historical materials. They are making these available on http://gateway.okhistory.org
 
Currently, you can browse through thousands of Oklahoma newspaper pages dating from the 1840s to the 1920s. You can :

• Search by keyword
• Explore by title, date, or location
• View, save and print articles  

Visit this web site often to see the newest additions.OHS's goal is to include every newspaper published prior to 1923 held in their collection.

Soon you will be able to easily search newspapers from Washington County from your home computer!

Bartlesville Genealogical Society Meeting October 8th

Change of Meeting Location

            The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will hold its monthly meeting and free monthly classes on Monday, October 8, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 1501 Swan Drive in Bartlesville.  Participants should enter through the west doors. There will be many opportunities to receive instruction in genealogical research.

            Beginners’ Corner will begin at 6:00 PM.  Barbara Fulton will lead the group in learning how to take good genealogical notes.  She will offer tips on what to include in your notes.

            A variety of programs will begin at 6:30 PM.  Tours of the New Family Search will be available.  Small groups will be led through the research area and shown what is available to aid in their own research. A Question and Answer session will allow visitors and members to ask about where to find information, which web sites have free information, and any other questions they may have. Experienced genealogists will be on hand to answer the questions. Fold3, a website specializing in military and veteran information, will be introduced to those attending.

            Watch for other events coming up this month. Barbara Fulton will lead her popular class “Genealogy 101”.  This is a class for those getting started or who would like a refresher on genealogical research. Experienced genealogists will be on hand for “Ask a Genealogist Day”.  They will help you find the information you need in the library’s Family History Room.  Dates and times will be published later.

 Contact person: Nancy Turner, 918-331-7785 or npturner@cableone.net

MONDAY AUGUST 13 BARTLESVILLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY CLASSES AND MEETING

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society is continuing its offering of free monthly classes.  On Monday, August 13, upstairs at the Bartlesville Public Library, BGS members and visitors have the opportunity to receive instruction in three areas-to assist them in researching their ancestors.  Free handouts are also provided.

            Beginners’ Corner, at 6:00 will give information on marriage records.  Local genealogist, Barbara Fulton, will explain the different types of marriage records, where to find them, and how the internet can help you find copies of marriage records.

            At 6:30, Nadine Hawke of the Bartlesville Public Library will take attendees on a virtual tour of the Local and Family History Room, located in the library. She will discuss the various research sources to be found in this room.

            At 7:00, Janice Meredith will talk about Order from Chaos! Janice is a former president and board member of the Tulsa Genealogical Society.  She currently serves as Librarian for the Tulsa Genealogical Society Library.  Janice is a professional genealogist who teaches genealogy classes, owns Searching On Site, and is a member of the Daughters of American Revolution.  Her experience makes her well qualified to talk on the topic of getting your genealogical research organized.

GENEALOGY 101 BEING OFFERED AGAIN

     The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will again present the popular short course "Genealogy 101" at Bartlesville Public Library, Conference Room A (upstairs).  The class will meet from 1:30 until 3:30 on Saturday, July 21, 2012.

     The instructor for this course will be Barbara Fulton.  Barbara is an experienced genealogist who has taught a number of classes locally.  The class will include tips for how to begin the search for one's ancestors and how to organize the information that is found.

      The class is open to all and is free, but there will be a fee of $3.00 to cover the cost of the handout (which will be very useful to researchers).

     Registration is required - to insure that enough handouts will be available.  To register, sign up at the library's Local and Family History Room or call 918-331-2757 or 918-338-4167 by Friday, July 20, 2012.

NEW ANCESTRAL RESEARCH CLASSES OFFERED BY BARTLESVILLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

MONDAY, JULY 9th

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society (BGS) is having its regular monthly meeting on Monday, July 9, in the Public Library’s upstairs meeting room, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

The first class (all classes are provided free to the public) will be especially for those “lineage seekers” who want to learn more about how to find their ancestors.  Experienced Instructor, Barbara Fulton, will teach the “Beginners’ Corner” class entitled “I Can’t Find My Great Grandfather—What do I do next?” in the northeast corner of the large meeting room .

At 7:00 Rose Beavers will present a thirty-minute informational class on DNA testing and its use in helping us discover our ancestry.  Rose had the unique privilege of being invited by Ancestry.com to participate in cost-free DNA Gene testing.

The 7:30 class segment will be a panel presentation on Courthouse Research.  Attendees will receive a handout revealing which agencies in the courthouse provide particular information, and there will be a “quick review” of library books available on such research.  Incoming BGS President Jack Fulton and Past President Jay Lamb will be sharing their own experiences of what they have learned as they visited courthouses in search of ancestor information. They will also be responding to audience questions and comments regarding what can (or cannot) be discovered in courthouse records.

SATURDAY, JULY 21st

Experienced Genealogical Researchers will be available (from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 21) to “coach” beginners who want to learn how to do the research via computer or other library resources that will lead them to their ancestors.  The “coaches” will also assist any other genealogists who have hit a “brick wall” in their research.  So bring your questions to the Local and Family History room on Ask-a-Genealogist-Day.  The help is free!

Also, on July 21, from 1:30 until 3:30, Expert Genealogist Barbara Fulton will be offering her ever-popular “Genealogy 101” class in the Public Library Meeting Room.  There is no fee for the class except a $3.00 charge to cover the cost of the take-home guide.  However, reservations are required.  To register, sign up at the Library’s Local & Family History Room or call 918-331-2757 or 918-338-4167 by Friday, July 20.

TULSA GENEALOGY CENTER PROGRAMS FOR JULY

Tulsa City-County Library's Genealogy Center is offering these classes in July. All are held at the Hardesty Regional Library at 8316 E. 93rd Street.

Saturday, July 7
9:30 am - noon  Beginning Genealogy Workshop
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm  Free Genealogy Websites
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm  Information Overload: Organizing Your Genealogy Records

Saturday, July 14
10:00 am - 11:30 am  Treasure Hunting in the Oklahoma Historical Society's Indian Archives
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm  Historygeo.com Historic Maps

Saturday, July 21
9:30 am - 10:30 am  Adoptees Have Rights Too!
11:00 am - noon  Navigating the Genealogy Center's New Web Page
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm  Tulsa Area Genealogy Libraries and Museums

Saturday, July 28
9:30 am - 10:30 am What's Coming on the Internet
11:00 am - noon  Locating Online Manuscripts
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Beginning to Understand Land Records
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm  Sift Through South Carolina

Sunday, July 29
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm  Step-by-Step: Finding Ancestors in the Civil War

Course information can be found at Tulsa City-County Genealogy Center' s web site or call them at 918-549-7691.

1940 CENSUS UPDATE- OKLAHOMA NOW COMPLETELY INDEXED

According to FamilySearch blog from June 15th, you can now search for people by name who lived in Oklahoma in 1940.

Simply go the FamilySearch's home page at http://www.familysearch.org/ , type in the person's name, select "Residence," type in "Oklahoma", then type in the year "1940." Click on the Search button.

Other states now completely indexed on FamilySearch are Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming.

These are not indexed on Ancestry yet. States that are now available on Ancestry are Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Nevada and NewYork.

FREE NEW CLASSES AND ASK-A-GENEALOGIST DAY

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society is continuing its offering of free monthly classes. 

On Monday, June 11, in Meeting Room A upstairs at the Bartlesville Public Library, BGS members and visitors have the opportunity to receive instruction in three areas — to assist them in researching their ancestors. Free handouts are also provided.

            Beginners’ Corner, at 6:00 (taught by skilled genealogist Barbara Fulton), will consider “Commonly Mistaken Assumptions in Genealogy” (e.g., that a man’s widow may not be the mother of his children).

            At 6:30, experienced genealogist Meg Greenwood will present a twenty-minute class on “Grave Matters” (what you can discover about ancestors from cemeteries).  As an example, she will use William Johnstone, one of Bartlesville’s founders, who (it has been discovered through cemetery research) was born in Canada to a Scottish father and a Canadian mother.  Greenwood will list websites where searchers can find similar information on their own families.

            At 7:00, Nancy Turner, former 7^th and 8^th grade teacher at Wesleyan Christian School, will provide information on “Heraldry” and how the heraldic system can be used to discover more about your family.  Attendees will learn about the system that lists clans as well as the individual families within those clans.  She will also explain what some of the symbols in heraldry can tell about the family members of those clans.

            Later this month, on Saturday, June 16, there will be qualified genealogists at the public library (in the Family History Room) from 9 am until 4 pm to assist researchers.  Visitors may Ask-A-Genealogist to help them with their search.  This monthly service is free, provided by members of the Bartlesville Genealogical Society and the Bartlesville Public Library.

THREE FREE CLASSES ON THE CENSUS

Including Information on the 1940 Census!

Monday, May 14th

Bartlesville Public Library

Meeting Room A (upstairs)

LOCAL GENEALOGISTS TO CONSIDER

“THE VALUE OF CENSUS INDEXES”

The Genealogical Society’s three free classes would fit comfortably under the banner “The Value of Census Indexes”. 

Experienced genealogists have found that Census Records provide the closest thing to a “goldmine of ancestral information” that has ever been discovered.  The every-ten-years enrolling of residents (since 1790 in the US) gives such details as names of ancestors, ages, spouse(s), children (birth number, birth order, survival number), birthplace of individuals, their parents, and their children, occupations, educations, location (residency:  rural, city, township, county, state), marital status — married, divorced, widowed, or single, length of marriage  (to date of census), and much more data.  However, “browsing” a census (going one page at a time to find the gold) is tedious business!  That’s why indexes are so valuable.  The indexes lead searchers to the right census which, in turn, provides information to lead searchers to other sources!

For the 6:00 Beginners’ Corner class, Instructor Barbara Fulton will be explaining location and use of some of the Bartlesville Public Library’s richest resources:  “Census Indexes”.  These are alphabetical listings in books which list people living in the United States between 1607 and 1906.  Although the very early census listings were compiled from a variety of sources (colonial petitions, passenger arrivals, naturalizations, tax records, voter lists and other sources), the majority of the published records list folks who were counted in the U.S. Censuses.

The 6:30 session, “Come, Help Make History” — presented by Lisa South, Assistant Director of the Family History Center at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — will tell how ordinary folks are helping to make the 1940 Census Data quickly and easily accessible by creating an index of all the people listed.

At 7:00, Instructor Barbara Fulton will be presenting complete, detailed information on the contents of the newly released 1940 Census:  “The Whole Story”.

All three classes on May 14 are free and open to the public as a service of the Bartlesville Genealogical Society and the Public Library.  Classes meet on the second floor of the Bartlesville Public Library (located between Johnstone and Dewey and between 6^th Street and Adams Blvd).  An elevator is available.

"Help Make History" Tri Ward 1940 Census Indexing Party

Sponsored by the Bartlesville Family History Center

Saturday, April 28 2012
8:00 am to 6:00 pm (come and go)

Indexing Goal for the day: 5,000 names

Everyone is invited:

• Current indexers
• Those who want to become indexers
• Those who want to know more about the indexing program
• Young Women and Young Men
• General Public

Computers available in the Family History Center.
For more information contact
Stan or Lisa South   918-333-0382
Willena Patterson    918-333-4431

*Note
Current indexers please bring your laptop if you have one with downloaded batches.
Those wishing to become Indexers, if you have a laptop, please bring it so that the program can be downloaded to your computer.

People will be available to answer questions about the indexing program.

CENSUS INFORMATION CLASS

Saturday, May 5, 2012
1:30 pm -3:30 pm
Meeting Room A
Bartlesville Public Library


Barbara Fulton - an experienced genealogist who has taught a number of successful classes locally- will be presenting a Census Information class.

  The class will list what useful information is available from the Census records that have been compiled in the U.S. every ten years since 1790.  The class will outline the particular information contained in each Census — because the data collected (questions asked) varied from one ten-year period to the next.  For example, the 1900 Census was the only one to include a person’s year/month of birth. Also provided will be a list of sources that make Census records available to genealogists.

Some beginning researchers do not realize what data “gold mines” the Census records can be.  Some of the facts that can be discovered by a knowledgeable search of these records include: names of ancestors, ages, spouse(s), children (birth number, birth order, survival number), birthplace of individuals, their parents, and their children, occupations, educations, location (residency: rural, city, township, county, state), marital status — married, divorced, widowed, or single, length of marriage (to the date of the census), and much more data (when the researcher knows where to look and how to interpret the data).

It is helpful to know the state and county where an ancestor resided at a particular time.  This information can take one directly to the Census listings of person or family.  But computers and indexed records now make it possible to search for a name “in any/all censuses.” 

This class is open to all and is free, but there will be a fee of $3.00 to cover the cost of the handout (which will be a very useful tool for researchers). 

To register, please call 918-331-2757, or the Local and Family History desk at 918-338-4167, or drop by the Local and Family History department in person to sign the registration sheet.
This program is sponsored by the Bartlesville Genealogical Society.

Genealogy Workshop with Billie Stone Fogarty

Saturday, April 28
9:30 am -4:30 pm
Hardesty Regional Library
8316 E. 93rd St.
918-549-7550

Join professional genealogist Billie Stone Fogarty as she discusses:

• Land Runs, Lotteries and Homesteading in Oklahoma
• Finding and Using Historic Newspapers in Genealogical Research
• The Causes, Participants and Records of the War of 1812
• Bundling, Banns and Bonds: Love and Marriage in Early America

Fogarty is president of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and serves on the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Oklahoma Genealogical Society boards.

Presented by the Genealogy Center and sponsored by the Tulsa Library Trust.

For more information about this workshop, contact the Genealogy Center at 918-549-7691.

Free and open to the public.

Documenting Your Family Tree

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will be sponsoring a class called "Documenting Your Family Tree" Saturday March 17th from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. in Meeting Room A (upstairs) at Bartlesville Public Library. The instructor will be Jeanette Yokley. The class is free and open to the public. To register for the class, call the Local and Family History desk at 918-338-4167.

Gene Norris Presentation in Tahlequah

The Cherokee Nation will host its first Cherokee Nation History Talk for 2012  this February 24 at 10:30 a.m. at the Council Chambers in the Tribal Complex, located at 17675 S. Muskogee Avenue in Tahlequah. This presentation is free and open to the public.

This first talk will feature Gene Norris, Cherokee National Historical Society senior genealogist. His topic will be "My Great Grandma was a Cherokee Princess and Other Misconceptions."

Genealogy 101 class

The Bartlesville Genealogical Society will be offering a free class open to the public on Genealogy 101, this Saturday, February 11th, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., in Meeting Room A (upstairs) at Bartlesville Public Library. Barbara Fulton will be conducting the class.

To sign up for the class, please call the Local and Family History desk at 918-338-4167.

Genealogy Workshop with Michael Hait

Saturday, March 17
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Hardesty Regional  Library
8316 E. 93rd St.
918-549-7550

Join certified genealogist, author and lecturer Michael Hait for this all-day workshop. Hait will discuss:

• What is a Reasonably Exhaustive Search?
• Using the Genealogical Proof Standard to Research a Slave Community
• Research in the Old Line State: An Overview of Maryland Genealogy
• Researching Online at the Maryland State Archives Website

Hait has more than 10 years of research experience on families from Connecticut to South Carolina to Tennessee. His specialties include Maryland genealogy, Delaware genealogy, Civil War research and African-American genealogy. Plus, he has conducted extensive research on slave families in Maryland and the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War. He currently serves as the vice president of the National Capital Area (Washington, D.C.) Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and as coordinator of the Resource Library for Lowcountry Africana.

For more information about this workshop, contact the Genealogy Center at 918-549-7691.

Free and open to the public.

Richard Sigmund

We're getting a lot of requests to verify the information that a Richard Sigmund was involved in a car accident in October of 1974.  Our research has found the following:

We were unable to locate information concerning the accident in the Bartlesville newspapers of that time.  Newspapers were checked for the dates 17 October 1974, 18 October 1974, and 19 October 1974.  We checked the Vital Statistics for hospital admittance and there was no Richard Sigmund listed.  The family may have chosen not to have his admittance listed in the newspaper.

We checked the City Directories for that time frame and cannot find any Sigmunds living here.

We have gone through 1973 and 1974 telephone books under church listings, looking for Sigmund's name as pastor (some did not list their pastors).  We also looked for Sigmund in the telephone books, and did not find any listings for him.  He may have come from Tulsa since Oral Roberts University lis located there, and he may have been a student pastoring a small church in Bartlesville.

We are unable to document his presence in Bartlesville during this time, though it is certainly possible that he was here, there just is no way to document the story using the records checked.