Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 11 Issue 2 October 1, 2013 October meeting • Thursday, Oct 3rd • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • Members’ Corner • Wild Goose Chasing • Letter from the editor Members Corner Pat Tostevin thought these three books might be of interest to the membership. • How Our Ancestors Died: A Guide for Family Historians by Simon Wills. • The Unofficial Family Archivist: A Guide to Creating and Maintaining Family Papers, Photographs, and Memorabilia by Melissa Mannon. • On Your Own – How to Design and Construct A Family History Book to Inform and Captivate Readers by Elayne and Stephen Denker. I put these books on my winter reading list. • Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes • The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes • America and the Tintype by Steven Kasher Pat has also provided a write up of a recent experience she had and wanted to share it with the membership. I very glad she did. In a small shop in Allyn I found a stack of letters with a sign reading, WWII Love Letters, 4/$1.00. Immediately, my genealogy radar went on alert. WWII love letters! Who wrote them, where did they come from, and how could the family part with them? Unfortunately, I wasn’t the first to find them and the storeowner and her assistant told of all the interesting things people had planned to do with the letters. Decoupage, background papers for a scrapbook, paper decorations, altered books, etc. Apparently, they had sold many of them before I got there. , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 11 Issue 2 October 1, 2013 October meeting • Thursday, Oct 3rd • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues - single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • Members’ Corner • Wild Goose Chasing • Letter from the editor Members Corner Pat Tostevin thought these three books might be of interest to the membership. • How Our Ancestors Died: A Guide for Family Historians by Simon Wills. • The Unofficial Family Archivist: A Guide to Creating and Maintaining Family Papers, Photographs, and Memorabilia by Melissa Mannon. • On Your Own – How to Design and Construct A Family History Book to Inform and Captivate Readers by Elayne and Stephen Denker. I put these books on my winter reading list. • Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes • The Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes • America and the Tintype by Steven Kasher Pat has also provided a write up of a recent experience she had and wanted to share it with the membership. I very glad she did. In a small shop in Allyn I found a stack of letters with a sign reading, WWII Love Letters, 4/$1.00. Immediately, my genealogy radar went on alert. WWII love letters! Who wrote them, where did they come from, and how could the family part with them? Unfortunately, I wasn’t the first to find them and the storeowner and her assistant told of all the interesting things people had planned to do with the letters. Decoupage, background papers for a scrapbook, paper decorations, altered books, etc. Apparently, they had sold many of them before I got there. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2013,V11 I2 MCGS Oct 2013 newsletter.pdf,V11 I2 MCGS Oct 2013 newsletter.pdf Page 1, V11 I2 MCGS Oct 2013 newsletter.pdf Page 1