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Register now for your membership in the Berrien County Genealogical Society 
for 2010
 
2010 Membership

Or, if you wish to pay by check click HERE to view and print your membership application.

 Coming Soon....
 "Members Only" page on our site.

Members Only page will offer the following:

Discount on BCGS Publications

Access to a Members Only Blog
(which will allow you to communicate with others researching in Berrien County)

Opportunities to contribute articles to the
 BCGS newsletter "PastFinder"

And much more. 

Watch this website for details!

Pioneer Ice Cream Social Rescheduled


August 25 23, 2010 Time: 6:30 p.m.

Pioneer Certificate
June Ice Cream Social

August 25, 2010 6:30 p.m.    Pioneer Ice Cream Social  (Note day change—4th Wednesday)
Held at: 313 N. Cass Street , Berrien Springs, MI 49103

This event is to recognize those who have completed the requirements for Pioneer Certificates and a ceremony to present the certificates. 
One of the fun things that we are planning on doing this year is to get everyone to participate in the Ice Cream Social.  All that you need to do is bring with you a 5 Generation Pedigree Chart filled out as best you can. 
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS ~

̃ If you have your personal  information filled out on a pedigree chart you will receive a dish and spoon. 

̃ If you have your parents information filled out on the chart you will receive Ice Cream. 

̃ If you have your Grandparents filled out on the chart you will receive toppings. 

̃ If you have your Great Grand Parents filled out you will receive Whipped Cream.

̃ If you have your Great Great Grandparents filled out you will receive the banana and a cherry to put on it.   

Because we will need to know ahead of time how many people to plan for, we will request an RSVP with a report of how many generations are completed on your chart. 

REGISTER NOW AT: info@bcgensoc.com

Those who have registered will be first in line!

The Pedigree charts will be on display for everyone to view - and perhaps discover a common ancestor! 

Be sure to register at info@bcgensoc.com and put  Ice Cream Social in the subject line of the e-mail and let us know how many generations you have completed.

Remember - No Pedigree Chart, No Ice Cream!

After Ice Cream, joins us in a tour of the buildings on the Historic Courthouse Square

MEMBERSHIP

If you would like to become a member of the Berrien County Genealogical Society please click here for our membership page

Anyone who is a member of the Berrien County Genealogical Society is also a member of the Michigan Genealogical Council.


July 21, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
LDS Church in St. Joseph, MI

Come in out of the HOT Rainy weather and join us for a presentation from our
Guest Speaker: Harold Henderson, "Hortense vs. the rest of the world – or, What to do when you don’t have Perry Mason on your team". – Based on some research Harold is just finishing up, from Kane County, Illinois in the 1840’s.  Many of us will recall how every episode of the old TV show "Perry Mason" ended with a dramatic tearful confession that explained the whole mystery. Even as a kid Harold began to suspect the world didn't always work that way! What do we do when we as researchers don't find a record that provides all that -- or worse yet, we find conflicting "confessions"? The case of Hortense Goodrich illustrates an approach using indirect evidence. Bonus: Within Hortense's tragic story there's an extra 169-year-old mystery of a new kind that Harold has not been able to solve, and audience members may have some ideas about possible explanations.