HURON SHORES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (IoscoCountyMichigan) November 30 2007 1


Indexers Are The Genealogist’s Best Friends

HSGS Web Site. < is the address for our HSGS's indexes on the Internet. The search engine for this site, or all of Michigan or any of the other Michigan’s counties is We currently have 1,179 indexes, 28,205 printed pages, and 1,245,348 name citations indexed: If indexes were printed out they would be 9 feet tall and weight 284 pounds. All these files are on HSGS’s master file on our computers external drive, & the CD we sell. But only about 94% are on the web site (does not include new indexes within the last month, draft indexes not yet finished, & a some random data corrections). The status of our master indexes & CD follows:

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On the web, current / 891 / 904 / 928 / 979 / 994 / 1009 / 1021 / 1057 / 1063 / 1081 / 1104
On the web, out dated / 54 / 54 / 54 / 31 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30
New, not sent to web / 13 / 20 / 24 / 16 / 7 / 11 / 13 / 6 / 18 / 22 / 15
Future, being edited / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 / 7
Future, partially done / 36 / 37 / 38 / 38 / 38 / 23 / 22 / 23 / 23 / 23 / 23
Totals / 1001 / 1022 / 1051 / 1071 / 1076 / 1080 / 1093 / 1123 / 1141 / 1163 / 1179

HSGS member and Vice-president Dan Stock is HSGS’s Web Master and places our indexes directly on our USGENWEB web site.

Books Donated to HSGS this Month By Alonzo Sherman of Oscoda:

  • MichiganCemetery Atlas, By Library of Michigan, 1991.
  • Iosco CountyLog Marks, by W Neil Thornton, ©1991.
  • High Iron Along the HuronShore, by W Neil Thornton, ©1992.

New Indexes Added This Month:

  • Warblers: 1975(10), 1979(10), 1979(12), 1980(02), 1980(03): by Barbara Johnson of Eden PrairieMN.
  • The Tawas Herald: 1935(06), 1935(07), 1935(08), 1935(09), 1935(10). By Joan Doerr of GettysburgPA.
  • Unknown Family Photo Album (Pontiac, Flint, Rochester, VassarTecumseh, MI). By Alonzo Sherman of Oscoda MI.
  • Blueberries 1860-1911. By Alonzo Sherman.
  • Shoreline Players Program 2007(11). By Alonzo J Sherman.
  • TawasBay Players 2007(10). By Alonzo J Sherman.
  • Oscoda Area Schools 1971-1972. By Alonzo J Sherman.

New Files Scanned this Month by Alonzo Sherman:

  • Warblers: 1962(01). 1962(02), 1962(03), 1962(04), 1964(05), 1952(05), 1963(12), 1964(01), 1964(02), 1964(03), 1964(04), 1964(10), 1964(12), 1974(09), 1974(11), 1974(12), 1975(01), 1975(03), 1975(04), 1975(05), 1979(12), 1980(02).
  • Unknown Family Photo Album (Pontiac, Flint, Rochester, VassarTecumseh, MI). Shoreline Players Program, 2007(11).
  • Blueberries 1860-1911.
  • Chevrier’s Journal 1894-1895.
  • Goody Sherman’s Pig 1636-1642.
  • GraceLutheranChurch 1980-2004.
  • AbigailSwedishEvangelicalLutheranChurch 1864-1930.
  • Oscoda Area Schools 1970-1971.
  • AuGres Glass Negative.
  • Wah Sash Kah Moqua (Book).

FLASH! Members, look for your HSGS Officer’s ballot for 2008 in the mail. Please vote & return your ballot.

FLASH! Next HSGS meeting is 5:30pmThursday January 20 2008 at the Different Blend Coffee House, 315 W Bay St (US-23), East Tawas MI, 989-362-2403.

FLASH! HSGS membership is due January 1 2008. Please make a $10.00 check payable to HSGS and mail to HSGS, 6010 N Skeel Ave, Oscoda MI 48750, or drop it off at the Parks Library. Also include your current mailing address, phone number & E-mail address, so we can keep our records current. Thanks.

HSGS’s Treasurers Report:Savings $1,251.93, Checking $89.66, cash $2.00, = Total $1,343.59.

Wanted. HSGS needs a copy of the HSGS Newsletter for November 2004.

HSGS is moving into separate room in the Parks Public Library. We will have slightly more bookshelves, but the other aspects of space are about the same. The new room will give us much more privacy than sitting in an open room adjacent to five public Internet computers and the library desk. All items are moved into the new room except one file cabinet. Now comes the final organization, which may take a month or two.

TRAINING AVAILABLE (One Time Events):

Year/Mo/Day / Description/Location/Contact
None known for Dec 2007 & Jan 2008

OTHER TRAINING:

  • Individual Training Schedule (Recurring), see p10 of February 2005 Newsletter.
  • Individual Training Schedule (By Appointment), see p11 of February 2005 Newsletter.
  • Training Courses Online, see p11 of February 2005 Newsletter.

SOME USEFUL GENEALOGICAL INTERNET ADDRESSES:

See June 2005 Newsletter. Prepared by Judy Sheldon. Please notify us at of any broken links or links you think should be added to this list. If you have any updates please let us know, as we will publish an updated list in the next few months.

HURON SHORES GENEALOGICALSOCIETY ACTIVE MEMBERS.

C/o Robert J Parks Public Library, 6010 N Skeel Ave, Oscoda MI 48750, and Phone 989-739-9581. The Library is open Mon, Fri & Sat 9:00am-5:00pm & Tue-Wed-Thur 9am-8:00pm (HSGS member available by chance or appointment). Officers, active project leaders and indexers are listed below:

Name / Current Projects / Phone & E-mail
Anschuetz, Greta L / Transcribing the Warblers / 215-694-9332, <>
Birnbaum, Charles / IoscoCounty Death Indexes, News Herald Index, Saginaw News Obits / 989-362-5994 <>
Carraway, Marianne / WAFB Newspaper 1955-1993 / 989-739-9569 <
Daniels, Lugene / 2008 Secretary, Burleigh Twp Farming / 989-756-3852
Doerr, Joan / Tawas Herald Newspaper Index / 410-461-1407 <>
Donaldson, James / Assists,with His Oscoda Press Collection / 313-835-2440 <>
Farrand, Jim / Transcribing the Warblers / 989-469-2308 <>
Gervais, Eileen / Transcribing the Warblers / 989-469-3524
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Johnson, Barbara / Transcribing the Warblers / 952-934-7797, <
MacMurray, Jim / TawasSchool Yearbooks / 330-824-34230

Petee, Bonnie / Transcribing various records / 810-636-9348 <>
Sheldon, Judy / Treasurer & Secretary / 989-739-5497 <>
Sherman, Alonzo / Librarian/Publications/Indexes. / 989-739-3650 <>
Stock, Dan / Vice-president & web master / 989-739-4239 <>
Stonehouse, Naomi / President, writing local booklets / 989-362-8187 <>
Summers. Leona / Oscoda Press Index / 989-724-6510 <none>

HISTORY OF THE HURONSHORES GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

See March 2006 Newsletter.

MICHIGAN MANUALS FOR SALE

See June 2007 issue.

FOR-FEE-RESEARCHERS

  1. IoscoCountyMichigan:
  • Naomi Stonehouse, 111 5th Ave, Tawas CityMichigan48763, 989-362-8187, .
  • Jean Dudley, 4591 Deep River Rd, Standish MI 48658, 989-846-4653, .
  • Iosco County News-Herald, 110 W State St, POB 72, East Tawas MI 48730, 989-362-3456. Reportedly published articles can be purchased for $5.00 per page plus postage.
  1. ArenacCountyMichigan:
  • Jean Dudley, 4591 Deep River Rd, Standish MI 48658, 989-846-4653, .
  • ArenacCounty Historical Society & Museum, 304 E Michigan Ave, AuGres MI 48703, 989-876-6399.
  1. Other Michigan Counties: Inquire at the Library of Michigan for a list of for-fee-researchers, 717 Allegan St, Box 30007, LansingMI48909, 517-373-1580.
  2. AllenCounty Public Library at Fort WayneIN.
  • Betty Thomas, 306 Mabry Cv, Fort WayneIN46825-1123

HSGS’s Indexers Roll Of Honor

See June 2007 issue.