What's New!
Here you will find things we're working on that don't have their own dedicated space on our site just yet.
Cemetery videos hosted by "History in Your Own Backyard"
Our cemetery videos that we have partnered with Satolli Glassmeyer to produce now have their own page on our website and can be viewed directly from that page.
Website Update
Some of you may have noticed the disappearance of our Calendar Page. Since we have always listed our meeting schedule directly on our main page, that is the one place to look for it now. We hope to keep it up to date as things change. If you should find it outdated, please send us a friendly reminder.
AmazonSmile
We have an AmazonSmile account. What is that you ask? It is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization (which we hope is the Rush County Genealogical Society, of course).
You can learn more about this program at this webpage. Check it out today!
Presentations
On February 08, 2020, our President Carol Jones presented her tips on using Family Tree Maker, Ancestry.com, etc.
to facilitate research.
This file is an MPEG 4 Audio file with the m4a file extension. If you are not sure how to play this file or have difficulty playing it, you may find help here.
to facilitate research.
This file is an MPEG 4 Audio file with the m4a file extension. If you are not sure how to play this file or have difficulty playing it, you may find help here.
On May 09, after a few test runs using Zoom, we repeated Carol's presentation on Ancestry tips, and the following is a video of that presentation in MPEG 4 Video format with the file extension mp4. The presentation begins shortly after the 4:00 minute mark of the video. If you are not sure how to play this file or have difficulty playing it, you may find help here.
On November 09, 2019, our own member Joel David gave an update presentation on his work preserving and restoring the David and Ball Cemeteries, which after several years is now essentially complete.
On June 10th, Marilyn Yager presented "Gathering Genealogical Information from the Cemetery". Discussion included the 5 must-take photos as well as safe techniques for reading and cleaning stones. An audio capture of her presentation is available for download below. We now have the associated powerpoint presentation as well, you can download it here!
On May 13th, Larry Stout of Orange Township gave a presentation on his research into the famed Knowles Shaw, "The Singing Evangelist". We have an audio capture of his presentation available for download below.
On March 11th, photo preservationist Joan Hosteler presented her program, "Family Photographs: From Daguerreotypes to Digital". You can view her presentation online here, or download the powerpoint file directly. We have an audio capture of her presentation and it is available for download below. Please note, Joan skipped over some of the latter slides in her powerpoint presentation on Saturday.
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On January 21st, Marilyn Gray Roberts presented "A History of Mays - Its Commerce, Culture, and People". We have an audio capture of her presentation and it is available for download below. This file is an MPEG 4 Audio file with the m4a file extension. If you are not sure how to play this file or have difficulty playing it, you may find help here.
On November 16th, 2016, Jeannie R. Regan-Dinius, Director of Special Initiatives for the Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, gave a wonderfully informative presentation on Gravestones. She spoke of cultural and religious traits of stones and those from different time periods, as well as the changing symbology and material from which tombstones are made. We have an audio capture of her presentation and it is available for download below.