Welcome to Our BVGS Website!!
Treasurer Julie and Secretary Loree are happy to welcome you to the BVGS website!
New membership dues for the year 2022 remain at $10 for individual, $15 for family, and $1 for junior members to the age of 18 years. An October new membership dues will apply to the next year. If you have a change of address, be sure to let us know. Annual dues are payable in January and become delinquent at the April meeting at which time the membership will cease. A quarterly newsletter is included with membership.
2022 BVGS Officers & Committees
- Barbara Butcher - President/Registered Agent
- Pam Paulson - Vice-President
- Loree Hamilton - Secretary
- Julie Miller - Treasurer
2022 Committees
Board: Carolyn Hotze (2), Frieda Peterson (1), plus Officers Barbara Butcher, Pam Paulson, Loree Hamilton, Julie Miller.
Newsletter: Barbara Butcher.
Scrapbook: Pam Paulson.
Member Volunteers Needed . . .
Tentative 2022 Roll Calls & Programs:
January 3, 2022 - No Meeting Scheduled
February 7, 2022 - No Meeting Scheduled
March 7, 2022 - Meeting canceled due to snow.
April 4, 2022 - Welcome Back to All BVGS Members and Guests. Regular Meeting Scheduled to Begin at 1:30 p.m.
May 2, 2022 - Regular Meeting Scheduled to Begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Nishna Heritage Museum on 117 North Main Street in Oakland, Iowa.
June 6, 2022 - Regular Meeting Scheduled to Begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Sweet Vale of Avoca Museum at 504 North Elm Street in Avoca, Iowa.
July 11, 2022 - Meeting scheduled at the Eckels Library Genie Room in Oakland beginning at 1:30 p.m. Special Birthday Celebration.
August 1, 2022 - Meeting scheduled at Clear Title LLC located at 535 West Broadway, Suite 203 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Meet in the Conference Room at 1:30 p.m.
September 12, 2022 - Meeting scheduled at the Eckels Library Genie Room in Oakland beginning at 1:30 p.m. Work on Funeral Memorial Cards.
October 3, 2022 - Meeting scheduled at the Eckels Library Genie Room in Oakland beginning at 1:30 p.m. Work on the Turner Family History Donations.
November 7, 2022 - Year-End Holiday Party at Destinations located in Oakland, Iowa. Meet at the restaurant at 11:00 a.m.
December 5, 2022 - No Meeting Scheduled
January 4, 2021 - No Meeting Scheduled
February 1, 2021 - No Meeting Scheduled
March 1, 2021 - No Meeting Scheduled
April 5, 2021 - Roll Call: Covid-19 Experience. Program: Catch-Up on Everyone. Please wear masks.
May 3, 2021 - Regular Meeting Scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
June 7, 2021 - Regular Meeting Scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
July 5, 2021 - Roll Call: Are you related to the Minick Family? Program: "Memoirs of the Minick Family" by Julie Miller.
August 2, 2021 - Program: "VHS Tapes to DVD" by Pam Paulson.
September 13, 2021 - Field Trip: To IGS Library in Des Moines, IA. Open hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
October 4, 2021 - Program: Using Scanners and Scanning Programs.
November 1, 2021 - Lunch at Destination Coffee & Cuisine in Oakland at 11:00 a.m.
December 6, 2021 - No Meeting Scheduled
January 6, 2020 - No Meeting Scheduled
February 3, 2020 - No Meeting Scheduled
March 2, 2020 - Roll Call: Update on your Genie work in the last three months. No Program - Time spent visiting!
April 6, 2020 - Meeting Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Guidelines
May 4, 2020 - Meeting Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Guidelines
June 1, 2020 - Meeting Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Guidelines
July 6, 2020 - Meeting Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Guidelines
August 3, 2020 - Meeting Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Guidelines
September 14, 2020 - Meeting Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Guidelines
October 5, 2020 - President Barbara Butcher will be at the Genie Room at 1:30 p.m. and invites any interested members to stop by if they feel comfortable. Coronavirus Guidelines to be followed.
November 2, 2020 - Meeting Cancelled Due to Continued Local Coronavirus Cases.
December 7, 2020 - No Meeting Scheduled
January 7, 2019 - No Meeting
February 4, 2019 - Roll Call: Do you have any 2018 Christmas celebrations left besides BVGS? Program: Re-Scheduled Christmas Party.
March 4, 2019 - No Meeting
April 1, 2019 - Roll Call: How long have you been a BVGS member? Program: Photos from Our Past.
May 6, 2019 - Roll Call: Yes or No - Do you know anything about Amelia Jenks Bloomer? Program: Carolyn DeLay portrays Amelia Jenks Bloomer.
June 3, 2019 - Roll Call: What are your birth & childhood locations? Program: Ruby Bentley "Something Macedonia."
July 8, 2019 - Society's 40th Anniversary Dinner Party. Meet at 11:30 a.m. at Buck Snort in Oakland, Iowa. "Photos from Our Past" at Genie Room following meal.
August 5, 2019 - Roll Call: What did your family do for fun in the old days? Program: Gayle Strickland "The Good Old Days."
September 9, 2019 - Roll Call: If you could do it all over, what Dream Career would you choose? Program: Pam Paulson.
October 7, 2019 - Roll Call: Tell your Grandmothers' first and middle names. Program: Loree Hamilton "Diary Stories Etc."
November 4, 2019 - 2019 Christmas Party in Genie Room!!
December 2, 2019 - No Meeting.
January 1, 2018 - No Meeting
February 5, 2018 - Roll Call: Did you make any New Years Resolutions? Program: 2017 Christmas Party. (Meeting Canceled due to snow storm.)
March 5, 2018 - Roll Call: Do you subscribe to any newspapers online? Program: Last chance for our 2017 Christmas Party. (Meeting Canceled due to rain, hail, sleet, & wind.)
April 2, 2018 - Roll Call: Have you had any recent successes with your research? Program: General Organizational Meeting.
May 7, 2018 - Roll Call: Do you subscribe to any newspapers online? Program: Barbara Butcher "Using Digitized Newspapers."
June 4, 2018 - Roll Call: How many binders of your own family history have you made? Program: Mary Sternberg "Using Binders in the Genie Room."
July 19, 2018 - Tenth Anniversary Dinner Party. Meet at 11:30 a.m. at El Sol Family Mexican Restaurant in Oakland.
August 6, 2018 - Roll Call: Are you the owner of any diaries? Program: Loree Hamilton "More Diary Stories."
September 10, 2018 - Roll Call: Did you have any ancestors serve in the Revolutionary War? Program: Carolyn DeLay "Jeremiah Hatch."
October 1, 2018 - Roll Call: Do you have any ancestors with the surname of Lewis or Clark? Program: Colleen Wilbur "Lewis & Clark in the Loess Hills."
November 5, 2018 - Roll Call: Tell us some fact about yourself that we probably don't know. Program: TBA or "Writing Your Own Obituary."
December 3, 2018 - Christmas Party in the Genie Room!
January 2, 2017 - No Meeting
February 6, 2017 - Roll Call: Did you ever keep a Diary? Program: Loree Hamilton - "Yesteryear This 'n That" - More Diary Stories.
March 6, 2017 - Roll Call: Name an ancestor you truly admired and tell why. Bring a photo if you have one. Program: Show 'n Tell of two treasured items from your family history.
April 3, 2017 - Roll Call: Easter Traditions. Program: Pam Paulson entertains with Easter Songs.
May 1, 2017 - Roll Call: If you could be any person for a day, who would it be? Why? Program: Susan Vance will have the program on Coal Miners.
June 5, 2017 - Roll Call: How many siblings did you have? Your mom? Your dad? Program: Mary Sternberg - "Mama's Sisters - Against All Odds!"
July 10, 2017 - Anniversary Dinner Party - Meet at 11:15 a.m. at the Embers Restaurant in Avoca, Iowa. Tour of the Sweet Vale of Avoca Museum after we eat.
August 7, 2017 - Roll Call: Do you go to the Iowa State Fair? Program: Peggy Engle will have the program on Essential Oils.
September 11, 2017 - Roll Call: Name a favorite food or snack you liked for school lunch that starts with the first letter of your last name. Program: Russ Brandes will have the program.
October 2, 2017 - Roll Call: Do you own a quilt that belonged to an ancestor? Program: Colleen Wilbur will do her "Quilts & Pioneer Women" program.
November 6, 2017 - Roll Call: If our Society had kept a Diary since 1980, what might be an entry that could be found in it? Program: Loree Hamilton - "Yesteryear This 'n That" - More Diary Stories.
December 4, 2017 - Christmas Party in our Genie Room at 1:30 p.m.
January 4, 2016 - No Meeting.
February 1, 2016 - Roll Call: What do you love most about your home town? Program: Install 2016 Officers and Annual Meeting with Review of By-Laws.
March 7, 2016 - Roll Call: Tell how much time you plan to devote to volunteering in the Genie Room in 2016. Program: Work session. That is, unless someone volunteers to do a program.
April 4, 2016 - Roll Call: Name your ancestors who have lived in the Walnut, Iowa area. Program: Barb Butcher will go over searching in the Walnut, Iowa newspapers online.
May 2, 2016 - Roll Call: Name a place you would love to travel to. Program: Phyllis and Russ Brandes.
June 6, 2016 - Roll Call: What is one thing you would still like to learn to do? Program: Susan Vance to present.
July 11, 2016 - Roll Call: How many years were your parents and/or you married? Anniversary Dinner Party at Buck Snort Restaurant in Oakland, Iowa meeting at 11:15 a.m. Visit Macedonia Museum after eating.
August 1, 2016 - Roll Call: If you could be any person for a day, who would it be/why? Program: Carolyn Hotze to present - Marty Rieken from Funeral Home.
September 12, 2016 - Roll Call: Did you have any nicknames growing up? What were they? Program: Carolyn Hotze to present - Marty Rieken from Funeral Home.
October 3, 2016 - Roll Call: What is the craziest thing you've ever eaten? Program: Pam Paulson to present an update on our new computer and technology.
November 7, 2016 - Roll Call: What is the oddest/most unlikely job you have ever done? Program: Diary Entry Reading by Loree Hamilton.
December 5, 2016 - Roll Call: Name a favorite Christmas tradition. Christmas Party in the Floyd Caughell Genie Room.
January 5, 2015 - No Meeting
February 2, 2015 - Installation of Officers & Review of By-Laws, etc. MEETING CANCELED - SNOW STORM.
March 2, 2015 - Roll Call: Share any comment you like. Program: Installation of Officers & Review of By-Laws, etc.
April 6, 2015 - Roll Call: Your place of birth? story? Program: "Organizing the Perfect Family Reunion."
May 4, 2015 - Roll Call: Share a solved or unsolved family history mystery. Program: Work Session.
June 1, 2015 - Roll Call: Share a good childhood memory. Program: "Now What Did I Name That!? - Digital archiving and new scanner use.
July 6, 2015 - Roll Call: Share your full legal name and heritage. Program: Anniversary Dinner Party at the Buck Snort restaurant in Oakland. Meet around 11:15 a.m. to order around 11:30. Plan to visit the Oakland Museum after the meal.
August 3, 2015 - Roll Call: Share a place of interest you've seen. Program: "Unusual Headstones" by Barbara Butcher.
September 14, 2015 - Roll Call: Name a favorite clothing fashion period. Program: Movie Day.
October 5, 2015 - Roll Call: Share a favorite cousin memory. Program: Pam will do her "Now What Did I Name That?" program on digital archiving and using our slide/negative scanner.
November 2, 2015 - Roll Call: What do you feel is the ideal age? why? Program: "Human Interest Stories" from Grandmother's Diary Readings by Loree Hamilton.
December 7, 2015 - Roll Call: Tell about an unusual Christmas gift you have received. Program: Christmas Party at Floyd Caughell Genealogy Room.
Barb Butcher
John, I will send an email to you. Barb
John W. Altenburger
I've misplaced Barbara Butcher's e-mail address and have something interesting to send her. I'm a member. John Altenburger
Anita Casey
Is your society interested in receiving restored, digitized, and labeled vintage photos of Macedonia School classes and sports teams from the 20s and 30s?
Anita Casey
These would serve as a donation to your society. For some researchers, the photos might be the earliest pictures they've seen of their ancestors.
Barb
Are you offering these as a "gift" to our Genealogy Room or will there be a charge for them? If there is a charge, what would it be?