Remembering 11 Sep 2001

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This poster...
was found in the basement of the Administration Building at Oak Hill Cemetery while the Superintendent Chris Cooke & I were in this basement storage area looking at something that is a mystery for both of us (look for that mystery tomorrow... we need your help!). The poster was used at some sort of ceremony at the cemetery, apparently. The poster board is warped, but it conveys the important message just the same. Click on the photo for a larger, better image.


- Photo taken & submitted by JGWest
Another reminder of our TSGS meeting Tuesday, 14 September at 7PM at Willard Library, 2nd. floor.

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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Indiana State Fair 2010...

Becky & I attended the State Fair as we do most years. We are a 4-H family and I judge state fair exhibits each year for the 4-H Genealogy Project.

One of the attractions each year is the sand sculpture in the Ag Building... this year it is a copy of the State Fair Shutter Train that goes all the way around the fair grounds. It is pulled by a tractor. In the sand sculpture, it is farm animals riding around the fair.

- Photos taken & submitted by JGWest

THE CAPTAIN'S LOG –TSGS News

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Summer Vacation time for TSGS
has come to an end...

... the society is ready to begin an exciting new year!

Our first meeting of the 2010-2011 year will be next Tuesday night - 14 Sep 2010 at 7PM (notice we are meeting at a different time, one half hour earlier... our new time to be able to leave a little earlier for the library employees). We always meet on the second Tuesday of each month except for the vacation months of July & August.

Kenneth Gilkey of the Ohio Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will be our guest speaker. He will tell us about the exciting, interesting tale of the capture of Ft. Sackville in Vincennes during the Revolutionary War.

Another important event will happen just 4 days after this first TSGS meeting on Saturday, 18 Sep 2010 at Willard Library... a free all-day genealogy workshop proudly sponsored by the Tri-State Genealogical Society. The event begins at 8AM and goes through 4PM. It is called "Tree Roots" with the four sessions presented by Terry Prall, a retired teacher; his genealogical adventure began in 1990. He attended the Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research at Samford University in 2001 and The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, 2000-present.

John G. West, TSGS President

Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG Video

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From today's Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter...

"People are connected in surprising ways," says Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA -- arguably one of the most influential genealogist of our time. She describes the many connections in a new video that is part of the NGS Online Video Series, produced by award-winning filmmakers Kate Geis and Allen Moore.

Click here [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY42QvEaV88] to see this video and take a look at the many related videos in the right-hand column.

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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Here is a photo of my youngest son,
James William Warner West.

James got 3 given names since his two older brothers got my middle name (Phillip Gregory West) and my first name (John Jefferson West). I ran out of names to give a third son from me, so we just ended up naming him after all of my other ancestors: (Warner West... my grandfather); (William Wood, William Ellis West, William Huff, William Allen Kimble, William Allen, William Lewis, William Haynes, William Gardner, William H. Woodis, William Allen Long [this William was my Uncle Bill, Mom's brother, who died not long before James was born]) and (James Tobias Long & James Henry Wood).

Interestingly, the lady in the oval frame over James' right shoulder (left side in this photo) is Donna Isabelle Mayes who married James Henry Wood. James Henry Wood is buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in Evansville and except for my mother & father is the only ancestor buried in Evansville and in Indiana!

- Photo taken on James' 32nd. Birthday - 2010 by JGWest

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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The Frog Follies was in town...
with over 4,000 street rod cars in and about everywhere this past weekend. Linda Young-Niemeier took photos of these cool vehicles while the members of the Scott Township Fire Department collected for the MDA!
Jeff Niemeier is collecting a donation from the driver of this great car! Below is a poster to identify the workers for MDA along that intersection. (Click on photos to get a larger, clearer image.)

Love this yellow fender/hood view showing the open louvres! Below is a Scott Township Fire Department member waiting on cars to stop and make a donation to MDA. Henry Ford once remarked that consumers could buy any color car they wanted as long as it was black! ;)

Below Jenny Griesmer is getting donations from this bright yellow street rod.

The following colorful modified pre-1949 street rods were photographed by JGWest.

I believe that the above was the greenest of all of the cars I saw at the 4-H Center. The beautiful car below has a unique water wave with its patriotic stars & stripes!

There were many orange colored cars, but this was one of my favorites.

This one had a very nice mini-rod duplicate... only the engine on the mini-car was more "souped-up" than the original.

From the FIRST MATE's PHOTO ALBUM...

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Former TSGS President, Don Counts, recently had the honor to present an award to Vanderburgh County Sheriff Eric Williams. As the Editor of the City-County Observer, Don presented the award on behalf of the newspaper. The John F. Kennedy Club of Vanderburgh County held its 3rd annual JFK Family Fun Day on Saturday, 28 Aug 2010, at Burdette Park with over 500 in attendance. Dan Kisner, Staff Artist of CCO drew the caricature (below) of Sheriff's Williams favorite law enforcement character... Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith TV show. The Chairman of the Board of the City-County Observer, Ron Cosby made brief remarks before introducing Don to make the presentation.

Sheriff Eric Williams

City-County Observer

Outstanding 2009 Public Servant of the Year

For more information about CCO and the JFK Fun Day read the article by Ralph Edwards:

JFK Family Fun Day Huge Success.

- Photo taken by Nikki Ervin and submitted by Don Counts (Copyright by City-County Observer & Dan Kisner - 2010)