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Page 44 QUARTERLY April 2012
EXCHANGE NOTES
by
Jean Laws
The publications mentioned are sent to the Olympia Genealogical Society in exchange for our Quarterly.
They are filed alphabetically by state and county in the vertical files in the genealogical section of the
Olympia Timberland Library. Some of them are eventually bound and placed with bound periodicals in
storage at the Montesano Library and Timberland Regional Library Service Center. Anything in
storage can be requested through your local library.
Mason County West Virginia Genealogical Society November 2011. A scary article on Digital Formats,
What the Future Holds and How We Can Hopefully Save Some of These Photos and Other Records
for Our Great Grandchildren. On the lighter side: There Will be Piles: How to be a Genealogist's Spouse
and Tips on How to Survive.
Tama County Iowa October 2011. This issue features records and biographical stories and pictures of
Columbia twp. Also the conclusion of Carlton twp 1860 census.
Weirs and Woods, Washington County Maine Genealogical and Historical Society has an interesting
article on Maine in the Civil War and a long article remembering Brevet Major General John Curtis
Caldwell. There are many other articles in bulletins about the Civil War since it is the 150th anniversary.
Northeast Washington Genealogical Society October 2011. Compute This tells us about free ancestry
databases and how to access them. Other news on Stevens County is of interest to those researching that
area.
Crawford County Kansas Genealogical Society of Northeast Kansas November 2011. Some
information covered is: Letter from France 24 Nov 1918, Indian Home Guard: War Within a War and
Ministers in Early Days in Kansas
Whitman County Genealogical Society November/December 2011. Personal interviews of early pioneers
were collected in 1936-7. 27 Interviews were done by Fred Yoder and are being published here with
permission of his daughter. The 1st in the series is the story of Mrs. Sarah J. Wohleter. She was born in
Iowa in 1850 and was a cousin of Thomas Edison.
Washington State Genealogical Society Newsletter November/December 2011. This issue was copied
for our file by Pat Harper so take a look. There is a special tribute to Alma Greenwood by Jerri McCoy.
Toledo (Lucas County, Ohio) Area Genealogical Society December 2011. Something For Next Year,
gives the meaning behind the symbols of the 12 days of Christmas which was written as a catechism song.
e.g. Jesus was the partridge, 2 turtledoves were new and old testaments and 4 calling birds were the 4 gospels.
Who knew?
Fort Worth Texas Genealogical Society May 2011. Article on Civil War veterans of Tarrant County and
one on Cattle Barons' Row, the cattle barons and some of their pedigrees.