APRIL, 1924       Volume 2   LINCOLN, NEBR   Number 2

 

Genealogical Material Wanted

   THE NEBRASKA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY will be glad to consider for publication in the Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record

   FIRST. Manuscript genealogical records of family lines including record of the original settler in America and the first five succeeding generations of his descendants, provided such material has not been com pletely published elsewhere, or where such material is a correction of matter previously published. References to printed authorities, giving volume and page should when possible accompany such material

   SECOND. Manuscript genealogical records of the last four or five generations, accompanied by a transcription of Bible records or tombstone inscriptions to substantiate the dates of birth, death and marriage.

   THIRD. Verified church records including vital records of births, marriages, deaths and burials.

   FOURTH. Verified transcriptions of old burying ground inscriptions.

   FIFTH. Verified transcriptions of old wills, provided they have not been previously published elsewhere.

   SIXTH. Transcriptions of Bible records of single families prior to 1850.

  Published by the Nebraska Genealogical Society; issued in quarterly numbers at two dollars a year; single copies seventy-five cents.

  The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record is a magazine of History and Genealogy. Manuscripts, data and queries upon these subjects are solicited and will be given careful consideration.

  Contributors should attach to their manuscripts their full names together with the authority for the statements made therein. Address all correspondence to the managing editor.

EDITORIAL STAFF. MISS MABEL LINDLY, Managing Editor. 1715 SO 20th St., Lincoln, Nebr.
MRS. J. J. STUBBS, '26    Omaha, Nebr.	MRS. S. D. KILPATRICK, '26 Beatrice, Nebr.       .
MRS. THEODORE WESTERMANN, '25 Bronxville, N. Y
MRS. DAVID HILL, '25     Salina, Kas.	MRS. H. B. MARSHALL, '25 Lincoln, Nebr.

112	THE NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST GENEALOGICAL RECORD

   The Nebraska Genealogical Society held its second annual meeting Friday, January 25, 1924, at the Chamber of Commerce, Lincoln, Nebraska. The reports of the various officers showed a gradual growth during the past year. The membership had increased twenty five percent, four life memberships had been given to the Society, and forty-nine books and pamphlets had been added to our library. The Treasurer reported $200 in the permanent fund and $259.14 in the checking fund. The election of officers resulted as follows:

   COATS-OF-ARMS. The Nebraska Genealogical Society has the coats-of-arms in colors of the following families: Plum, Wakelee, Hawley, Wheeler, Morgan, Schlather, Schwarz, Forster, Vogt, Hess, Hopkins, Waterman, Clarke, Almy, Easton, Coggeshall, Borden, Fenner, Tew, Peckham, Weeden, Greene, Ames, Bullock, Townsend, Richmond, Winthrop, Gorton, Harris, Sayles, Howland, Mullins, Inman, Steere, Rhodes, Williams, Olney, Angell, Winsor, Freeman, Edgar, Kouwenhoven, Stoutenborough, Crawford, Loveland. These are in two sizes: the small size sells for fifty cents; the large size, one dollar.

   The Pioneer Press of San Francisco, California, has just published a very valuable pamphlet of thirteen pages, containing inscriptions taken from the cemetery of the Presbyterian Church at Westfield, New Jersey, and containing illustrations from the Rahway cemetery. These inscriptions were copied in 1899 by Mr. George W. Thomas, member of the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society. from old tombstones and cover a period from the year 1740 to the year 1899. The pamphlet presents a very pleasing appearance, the workmanship being of the best.