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News : Notes from March 24, 2011 Meeting
Posted by Linda Cottrell Liss on 2011/4/12 20:20:00 (1561 reads)

The Roane County Historical Society, Inc. met on Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:00 p.m. at the Roane County Library for its regular monthly meeting. Ten members and three guests were present. The R.C.H.S. did not meet in December 2010 due bad weather and the society does not regularly meet in January-February.

The meeting was called to order by Rick Greathouse, President. Linda Liss led the opening prayer and the pledge to the American flag was recited. The November 2010 meeting notes, as posted on this website, were read by, Susan Tucker, Recording Secretary.

Carol Board-Westfall, Treasurer, gave the treasurer's report which reflected a $5,000 anonymous donation to the society.

Linda Liss, Membership & Corresponding Secretary reported current membership at 195. She has sent greeting cards were needed and responded to various other inquiries.

Susan Tucker reported that she has done an inventory of publications available through the R.C.H.S. The publications list is available on this website.

The 17th Annual Genealogical Fair sponsored by the R.C.H.S. will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2011, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in the Heritage Park Community Building, Spencer, WV.

As an informative introduction of the guests, each person present reported on the family lines they are researching, told a bit about themselves and/or told how they got started with family genealogy.

Old Business: Carol Board-Westfall reported on the 2010-11 plaque project. Plaques for fifteen historic churches and one house were ordered and have been received. She also reported that she has been collecting information needed to proceed with the proposed plaque to honor the former WV Congressman Harry Chapman Woodyard who was from Roane County.

Linda Liss reported on the 1st Annual Essay Scholarship. The guidelines and applications were distributed to interested Roane County High School seniors on January 18th. The $500 scholarship winner will be announced at the school's annual award ceremony in May.

New Business: Susan Tucker, Carol Board-Westfall and Susie Wyatt worked during the Winter break to clean-up and rearrange the society's library located on the lower level of the Roane County Public Library. Additional shelving, a new file cabinet, storage containers and other items were purchased to make that rearrangement possible.
While rearranging the library several folders of obituaries were found. Patty Wyatt is sorting and putting the obituaries into a usable format. They will remain a part of the library's extensive obituary collection. Additional work days in the library will be scheduled as needed.

The next scheduled meeting of the R.C.H.S. will be held on Thursday, April 28th at 7:00 p.m. at the Roane County Public Library. Members are urged to attend and guests are always welcomed.

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News : Notes from October 28, 2010 RCHS Meeting
Posted by Linda Cottrell Liss on 2010/11/6 0:28:10 (1634 reads)

The Roane County Historical Society, Inc. held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, October 28th at the Roane County Library in Spencer. Rick Greathouse, President, opened the meeting with prayer and the pledge to the flag was recited. Members present were: Carol Board-Westfall, Linda Liss, Hazel Gandee, Susan Tucker, Rick Greathouse, Patty Wyatt and Marvin Stemple.

Carol Board Westfall gave the treasurer?s report and Susan Tucker read the minutes from the September meeting.

Carol reported that several new books have been added to the society?s library.
New books include:
Clay County Marriages & Index (1991) by the WV Genealogical Society,
Curry Funeral Home Death Notices (1949-2008),
Jackson County Deaths (1950-2000),
Obituaries from Times Record, Vol.4, A-Z (2007-2010), and
Sinnett Family Tree by John P. Sagert

Linda Liss, Membership & Corresponding Secretary, reported current membership at 200. She has been sending greeting card to members for illnesses and/or deaths. Also, she has greeted new members with emails or letters and has contacted the different genealogy societies with whom we exchange or provide newsletters to bring all those files up-to-date.

Linda is working on a book about the buildings/homes which the society commemorated with plaques in the year 2009. She will make copies of the book available to the RCHS Library.

Linda reported that she has met with the guidance counselor at Roane County High School to continue making plans for the $500. R.C.H.S. Essay Scholarship. The scholarship committee will meet on Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. immediately before the society?s meeting to look at guidelines and the essay application.

Sue Tucker reported that two digital photo frames are now on display in Spencer, one at the Antique Mall and one at the Roane County Library. The frames hold images from Jack Nida?s book ?Images of America.?

Mark your 2011 calendars: 17th Annual Genealogy Fair, is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Heritage Park Community Building in Spencer.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the next meeting of the R.C.H.S. is scheduled a week earlier, on Thursday, November 18th, 2010, 7:00 p.m. at the Roane County Library, downstairs. Members are urged to attend and guests are always welcome. You may contact Linda Liss, WVRoots@aol.com if you have questions or comments about Society activities.

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News : 2010 Genealogy Fair a Success
Posted by Linda Cottrell Liss on 2010/10/7 17:50:00 (1525 reads)

The Roane County Historical Society, Inc., sponsored the 16th Annual Roane County Genealogy Fair on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the Heritage Center Community Building in Spencer, 9 am. ? 3 p.m.

The fair was deemed a success with registrars receiving over 150 guests. Everything went well and the weather cooperated with a beautiful sunny day. The vendors and others having display tables reported a good day with a steady flow of genealogists searching for clues to their family history.

As always, the American Legion Auxiliary delighted taste-buds with their baked goods, hotdogs, coffee and cold beverages. Yum, yum!

Rick Greathouse, RCHS President, introduced Mr. Joe Gieger, Jr., Director of WV Division of Culture & History Archives in Charleston, as the 10 a.m. guest speaker. He brought those present up-to-date on resources available to budding or long-time family genealogists. He related that the State Archives & History department was instrumental in replacing & refurbishing state highway historical markers; that the department had first-hand input in researching the 11,427 names for the Veteran?s Memorial at the State Capitol Complex; that the Archives has a good Civil War Soldiers & Sailors database available; that the department offers grants for historical preservation projects and that genealogical in nature workshops are being held on Tuesdays at the Archives Library. He shared many other ideas and food for thought not covered in this article. We thank him for sharing his Saturday morning with us.

Johanna Nutter, Fair Chairperson, drew numbers for the hourly door prizes. Richard Griffith of near Las Vegas, NV traveled the farthest to attend. He received the quilted wall-hanging. Tom E. Cottrell, of Xenia, OH won the genealogy bag and Patty Wyatt of Spencer won the raffle for the 5-volume set of books: Cemeteries of Roane County, WV.

Linda Liss, Membership Secretary, reports that two renewals and six new society memberships were received during the fair.

Carol Board-Westfall, treasurer, thanks the Hur Herald, Spencer Newspapers and the WVRC radio station for advertising the fair free-of-charge. We extend our thanks to Jim Cooper of the Times Record newspaper for the follow-up article in the Sept. 30, 2010 paper. Also, special thanks to Richard Griffith, society member and webmaster, for the collection of fair photos posted to this site.

We extend our special thanks to all those who helped in any way to make this year?s fair a success.

The 17th Annual Roane County Genealogy Fair is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2011, - exact time and site to be announced.

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News : September 23, 2010 Meeting Notes
Posted by Linda Cottrell Liss on 2010/10/7 16:20:00 (1560 reads)

The Roane County Historical Society, Inc. met Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the Roane County Library for their regular monthly meeting. Rick Greathouse, President, called the meeting to order. Jack Nida, 1st Vice President, led an opening prayer and the pledge to the flag was recited.

Carol Board-Westfall, Treasurer, reported a good balance to carry on the work of the society and Johanna Nutter read the minutes from the previous meeting. Linda Liss, Membership & Corresponding Secretary, reported the gain of one new member, bringing membership to 193. Members who had not paid their 2010-11 dues have been contacted.

The society is continuing the process of identifying historic homes, churches and other buildings in Roane County to recognize with a plaque. Any pre-1910 building, home or church, that has been maintained, is eligible for inclusion in this ongoing project, if it still displays some of its original architectural features. If you own or know of a qualifying structure, please contact Carol Board-Westfall, email at carol@wvroane.org or phone her at 304-927-1340.

The RCHS is seeking a photo of the late Congressman Harry Chapman Woodyard. (1867-1929). Woodyard, wholesale grocery and lumber businessman, served nine terms as Congressman from Roane County. The society is making plans to recognize Roane County?s only U. S. Congressman with a memorial plaque which will include his likeness. If you have a photo to share, please contact Carol Board-Westfall.

The RCHS is always interested in and looking for ways to interest young people in genealogy and preserving their family history & the history of Roane County. To that end the Society is making plans for accepting and processing applications for the first annual $500 scholarship to be awarded by the R.C.H.S. Using specific guidelines, Roane County High School seniors will be invited to write an essay on their family history/genealogy. The winning essay will receive the scholarship during the school?s Spring awards ceremony. The Essay/Scholarship Committee includes, Linda Liss, Carol Cronin, Marvin Stemple and Johanna Nutter.

Carol Cronin, newsletter editor, reported that she is scanning and transferring older issues of the society?s newsletter, The Journal, to compact disks. Several years of newsletters can be stored on one disk.

Plans for the Saturday, September 25th, 16th Annual Genealogical Fair, sponsored by the society, were discussed and finalized. Johanna Nutter, Chairperson.

The meeting adjourned. Those in attendance were: Carol Board-Westfall, Susan Tucker, Susie Wyatt, Patty and Bernard Wyatt, Rick Greathouse, Hazel Gandee, Carol Cronin, Denver Gandee, Johanna Nutter, Jean and Jack Nida, Bob Ashley and Linda Liss.

The next meeting of the Roane County Historical Society, Inc. is scheduled for Thursday, October 28th, 7 p.m. at the Roane County Library downstairs. Members are urged to attend and guests are welcome.

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News : 17th Annual Genealogical Fair
Posted by Richard Griffith on 2010/7/15 20:40:00 (2374 reads)

The 17th Annual Genealogy Fair, is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2011, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, at the Heritage Park Community Building in Spencer.

The community building is located at:
110 Church Street
Spencer, WV
(Click here for a map.)

For more information or to reserve a table contact:
Johanna Nutter johanna@wvroane.org
or
Carol Board-Westfall carol@wvroane.org

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