First Thursday of every month, 7 p.m., at the PCGS Library and Research Facility on the square in Bolivar, MO
UPCOMING MEETING:
Member Share Time and Fellowship
From April 2016 meeting:
Download the
presentation of "Genealogy and DNA" by Will
Westmoreland (PDF format)
INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY:
If Bolivar schools are closed because of weather, the library will also be closed. There will be no night meeting, either, if school is closed on a Thursday. If bad weather develops on a Thursday afternoon before the regular monthly meeting, members can call 417-777-2820 to find out the status of the meeting. If the area is under a "Tornado Warning" or a "Winter Weather Warning" the library will be closed.
The PCGS Library Hours are
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat.
RECENT & UPCOMING MEETING PROGRAMS:
2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025
Meeting minutes are attached on a separate page which can be accessed from here.
April
2003--PCGS
Members "Show and Tell"
May--Gary Ayres of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans
June--Linda Myers of the
Missouri State Archives
July 3--PCGS Members "Show
and Tell" about Revolutionary War ancestor
July 10--Daytime
meeting--Gloria Bogart Carter, genealogy
columnist--1:30 p.m.
August 7--Linda
Crawford speaking on old terminology
September 4--PCGS Members
"Share your Research" time
September 11--Research
night
October 2--Father Moses
Berry "African-American Heritage
of the Ozarks--Remembering Our
Ancestors"
November 6--Election of
PCGS Officers for 2004
December 4--Christmas party
January
8, 2004--Annual
meeting, Program by Bill Kallenbach,
"Charles U. Becker, Missouri Secretary of
State"
January 15--"Basic
Genealogy" class
February 5--cancelled
due to snow
March 4--video on "Old Jail
Museum"
April 1--Charles Gass "Land
Surveying System"
May 6--Dale Newcomb
"Propaganda on Coins"
June 3--Linda Cushman,
author "All for the Southern Cause"
July 1--Rena Smith and
Reva Altic, "Overcashes in Pennsylvania"
August 5--Jim Hamilton,
Editor of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press
September 2--Charles Gass,
"The Lewis and Clark Expedition"
October 7--PCGS
Members "Audience Participation" time
November 4--"Genealogy
Quiz" & election of PCGS Officers for
2005
December 2--Christmas party
with refreshments
January
6, 2005--Ray
Carneal on railroad history
February 3--Diane
Eilenstein "Preserving Cemeteries in the
National Parks"
March 3--no program
April 7--Linda
Crawford "Melungeon Research"
May 5--John Lower "Relict
Plants as Vestiges of Vanished Homes"
June 2--Jeff Patrick from
Wilson's Creek Battlefield
July 7--Bethany Adamson,
"United Daughters of the Confederacy"
August 4--Mark
Stephens, "Old Photos and Restoration"
September 1--Barbara
Davolt, Polk County Public Administrator
October 6--Bob
Neumann, Springfield-Greene County
Archivist
November 3--Laura
Hoffer Ritter, records available at
Pitts Chapel
December 1--Christmas
celebration
January
5, 2006--Members'
New Year's Resolutions
February 2--"The Life and
Times of Patrick Gass" by Charles Gass
March 2--Teresa Barker
"Formation of the Universal Brethren and
Dunkard Churches
April 6--Kermit
Hargis, Polk County Emergency
Management Director
(CANCELLED)
May 4--Matt Forir,
"River Bluff Cave in Greene Co., MO"
June 1--Member Share Time
July 6--Bob Marsden,
Leslie's Craft Carousel, "Framing &
Displaying Heirlooms"
August 3--Larry
Dablemont, local author, "Authoring a book
of family stories & history"
September 7--Dale Goodman
of Cedar County
October 5--Michael Price
"Dating of Old Photographs"
November 2--Diane Warren
"Diary of a Civil War Ancestor"
December 7--Christmas
party
January
4, 2007--Planning
meeting, no program
February 1--John
Rutherford, "Was any of your family in
military conflicts?" (cancelled-snow)
March 1--Paul Mott
"Wills and Trusts" (program
postponed-meeting still held)
April 5--Ernestine Kinsey
"Stewarts in the Civil War"
May 3--Ed Kurtz, "Homes in
Bolivar"
June 2 (Saturday)--picnic
at Dunnegan Park 3 - 8 p.m. Program "Ozarks
Trivia"
June 7--no meeting on
Thursday night
July 5--Larry Dablemont and
his Uncle Norten
August 2--Brenda
Pearson from Shell Title Company
September 6--Wilbur Zink
"Jesse James and the Younger Gang"
October 4--Cheri Jones
"Scrapbooking"
November 1--Elections; Dr.
Jack Roy "Buttercup Churn and Mixer"
December 13--Christmas
party; "Member share time"
January 3, 2008--Planning
meeting, no program
February 7--Herb
Boyce, "Unearthing Hidden Treasures"
March 6--Jean
Vincent "Hidden Treasures in the National
Archives"
April 3--Sandra
Brown "How to Care for and Preserve your
Documents"
May 1--Mixed
presentation by multiple speakers
June 5--Research
night at PCGS Library
June 21
(Saturday) Picnic at Dunnegan Park 3 - 8
p.m.
July 3--Member
share time
August 7--Linda
Crawford "Old Documents"
September 4--Carolyn
Mott "Campbell Family"
October 2--Susan
Sparks "Exploring the 100 year time capsule"
November 6--Elections/Christine
Thiessen "DAR"
December 4--Christmas
party; "Member share time"
January 8, 2009--Planning
meeting, no program
February 5--Ben Gravely
"First Churches of Polk County"
March 5--Susan Sparks
"Inventors of Polk County"
April 2--Richard Sunderwirth
"The Burning of Osceola, Missouri"
May 7--Peter Nichols "The
Springs of Cedar County"
June 4--Ken White
"Experiences with the Truman Family: the
Common and Uncommon Couple"
June 13 (Saturday) Picnic at
Dunnegan Park Pavilion 1, 4 p.m.
July 2--Member Share Time
August 6--Charles Gass "Polk
County Railroads"
September 3--Debbi
Roberts-McGinnis "History of the
Collector's Office"
October 1--James Whitman
"Trip to England"
November 5--Elections;
Susan Sparks "Bolivar's
Water/Sewer System"
December 3--Christmas
Fellowship
January 7, 2010--cancelled due to
inclement weather
February 4--cancelled due
to inclement weather
March 4--Wayne Holmes, author
of "Rocky Comfort"
April 1--Member share time
May 6--Ben Gravely "Local
Newspapers Old and New"
June 3--Charles Gass "Lewis
and Clark Expedition"
June 26 (Saturday) Picnic at
Dunnegan Park Pavilion 1,
4 p.m. moved to the PCGS facility
July 1--Ezell Goodwin
"The Cave and Springs of
Stockton"
August 5--Dan Cross "Tokens
and Coins"
September 2--Jean Raney
"Wimberly Journals"
October 7--Carolyn Mustain
Mott "Howard S. Keeling"
November 4--Elections; Bob
Phillips "Fair Play and Dunnegan"
December 2--Christmas
Fellowship; Debbi Roberts-McGinnis "Israel
trip"
January 6, 2011--member share time
February 3--cancelled due
to snow
March 3--Doug Porter
"Archaeology: The Lone Rock Petroglyph"
April 7--William Walker
"Mexican War"
May 5--Dan Cross "A Story
from Down Under: How Coins from
Australia ended up in Polk County"
June 2--Ezell Goodwin
"Oldtime Cheese Making"
June 25 (Saturday) Picnic at
Dunnegan Park Pavilion 1, 4 p.m.
July 7--Member Share Time
August 4--Christine Thiessen
"Escape from Iran"
September 1--Leta Gass "75
years of the Ozark Empire Fair"
October 6--Brad Wright, "Lake
Stockton"
November 3--Elections; Dr.
Tim Wood "Quakers in America"
December 1--Christmas
Fellowship and share time
January 5, 2012--member survey; round
table discussion
February 2--Dr. Donald Jump,
DDS "The History of Dentristy in
Missouri"
March 1--Jan Breshears Thomas
"Findagrave.com"
April 5--Bob Phillips
"Paynterville, MO"
May 3--Patrick Douglas
"Douglas Family Bible Returns Home"
June 7--Leta Gass "All the
Bolivars in the USA"
June 23 (Saturday) Picnic at
Dunnegan Park Pavilion 1, 4 p.m.
July 5--Member Share Time
August 2--Ezell Goodwin
"Gypsies in Polk County"
September 6--Dustin Jones
"Murder Mystery"
October 4--Tom Rafiner "Civil
War, Order no. 11"
November 1--Elections; Morris
Westfall "Halfway, MO"
December 6--Christmas
Fellowship and share time
January 3, 2013--"You Thought You Knew
What We Do" a behind-the-scenes look at
PCGS
February 7--Jeff Patrick,
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
March 7--Ben Gravely "Cable
Mill in Polk County"
April 4--Shawn Thacker
"Genealogy and Technology"
May 2--Leta Gass "Polk
Counties in the USA"
June 6--Member Share Time
July 4 --No MEETING
July 11--Potluck dinner at PCGS
facility 6 p.m.
August 1--Nick Maas,
"Polk County Ice Cream and Milk
Business"
September 5--Gary Ayres
(program postponed); Member Share Time
October 3--Ed Hagerman
"History of the FFA in Missouri"
November 7--Elections; Leta
Gass "Trip to Ireland"
December 5--Christmas
Fellowship (CANCELLED)
2014
January 2--Member Survey
February 6--cancelled
March 6--Leslie James "Map Preservation"
April 3--Mike Henderson "Polk County Boys in the Civil War"
May 1--Dr. Stephen Trobisch "A Diary of a German Officer in Missouri during the Civil War"
June 5--Member Share Time
June 28 Potluck dinner
July 3 NO MEETING
August 7--Dr. Stephen Trobisch "Dear Soul, 15th century book"
September 4--Dale Goodman
October 2--Richard Kee "Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun"
November 6--Elections; Mike Henderson "Ruyle Civil War Diary"
December 4--Christmas Fellowship
2015
January 1--No meeting because of holiday
February 5--William Walker "War of 1812"
March 5--Marilyn Smith "History of Highway 65"
April 2--Steve Haberman "Greene County Archives"
May 7--Jerry Fry "The Lyon Project"
June 4--Tom Rafiner on his book about Missouri's burnt district during the Civil War "Cinders and Silence"
July 2--Member Share Time
August 6--Daniel Keith "History of Confederate Battle Flags"
September 3--John L. Rothdiener "S.S. Sultana Disaster"
October 1--Steve and Sandra Goforth "Touring the Brown House"
November 5--Elections; Genealogy Basics
December 3--Christmas Fellowship
2016
January 7--Brick Wall Night
February 4--Leta Gass "How to Write Your Life Story"
March 3--William Walker "World War I"
April 7--Will Westmoreland "DNA"
May 5--"An Evening with Molly Brown" Erin Smither of the State Historical Society of Missouri
June 2--Member Share Time
July 7--Leta Gass "The Pledge of Allegiance"
August 4--NO MEETING
September 1--Jeff Patrick "Guarding Our Borders" a book about Gen. John J. Pershing and Pancho Villa
October 6--Erin Smither, "Springfield Streetcar Strike"
November 3--Elections; Susan Sparks "Untold Stories"
December 1--Christmas Fellowship
2017
January 5--cancelled due to weather
February 2--Genealogy Q&A
March 2--Billy Pearson "Hickory County"
April 6--Ben Francka "Geology of Polk County"
May 4-- Erin Smither "State Historical Society of Missouri"
June 1--Member Share Time
July 6--Tiffany Phillips, Polk County Circuit Clerk
August 3--Reminiscence and Sharing
No meeting in September
October 5--Leslie James "Prohibition"
November 2--Elections; "A Genealogical Potluck"
December 7--Christmas Fellowship
2018
January 4--no meeting
February 1--Research Night
March 1--Ethan Davis "Missouri in the Civil War"
April 5--Group discussion "Questions from your Descendants?"
May 3-- Linda Kimbrell "Manhattan Project"
June 7--Member Share Time
July 5--Ethan Davis "Top of the Rock" Museum
August 2--Anne Keller "Louisiana, Missouri"
No meeting in September
October 4--Member Share Time
November 1--Elections; Anne Keller "Baskets"
December 6--Christmas Fellowship
2019
January 3--no meeting
February 7--Julie Trout "Bloody Benders of Labette County, Kansas" cancelled
March 7--Jolee Martinez "Drake House in Bolivar, Missouri"
April 4--Tim Ritter "Sifting through the Ashes"
May 2--PCGS 25th Anniversary Celebration
June 6--Native Americans in Missouri by Rita Gentle Rain
July 4--no meeting
August 1--Julie Trout "Bloody Benders of Labette County, Kansas"
No meeting in September
October 4--Storytelling Time
November 1--Elections; Morris Westfall
December 6--Christmas Fellowship
2020
January 2--Research Night/Brick Wall Night
February 6--Family Heirloom Night cancelled due to weather
March 5--Family Heirloom Night
April 2--cancelled due to CDC regulations for COVID-19 pandemic
May 7-- cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
June 4--cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
July 2--cancelled
August 6--cancelled
September 3--cancelled
October 1--Genealogy webinar
November 5--Sharon Fieker Cummins from the "Adoption Triad of the Ozarks"
December 3--Member Share Time
2021
January 7-- cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
February 4--cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
March 4--cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
April 1--cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
May 6-- cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
June 3--cancelled due to COVID-19 uncertainties
July 1--Member Share Time
August 5--Morris Westfall
September 2--Carol Poindexter "Polk County Recorder's Office"
October 7--Kenneth Murray "Picture Collection of Polk County"
November 4-- Brad Wommack "Care and Preservation of Tombstones"
December 2--Member Share Time
2022
January 6--cancelled due to weather
February 3--cancelled due to weather
March 3--Betty Doyle "So You Think You're Related to a President"
April 7-- Tim Ritter "The Young Brothers Massacre, 1932"
May 5-- Morris Westfall "Ozark Tobacco & Candy Co."
June 2-- Sue Entlicher "My Time in the Missouri House of Representatives"
July 7-- Linda Anderson "The Osage of Missouri"
August 4--Donna Prudhoe/Deb Shirley "Mailing Mae"
September 1--"Free Genealogy Research Tools"
October 6--Leta Gass "Evil Women of the World"
November 3--Anne Keller "DAR"
December 1--Fellowship and Share Time
2023
January 5--Morris Westfall "History of the MFA"
February 2--Betty Doyle "J. J. Bentley, Methodist Preacher" (Living History Tour)
March 2--Leta Gass "The Man with Two Lives" (Living History Tour)
April 6--Jim Hamilton "My History as a Newspaper Editor"
May 4--Rachel Lightfoot, "Duties of the Polk County Clerk"
June 1--Sandy Crawford, Missouri Senate "You Can, Too. Our Journey to the Missouri Senate" book
July 6--Leslie James, Missouri State Archives
August 3--Tim Ritter: "Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt – A Big Bucket of Ugly."
September 7--Kaitlynn McConnell, "Ozarks Alive"
October 3--Jeff Patrick, "World War I"
November 2--Elections; Linda Crawford, "History of Gold, MO"
December 7--Fellowship and Share Time
2024
January 4--Dave Berry, former publisher of Bolivar Herald-Free Press
February 1--Morris Westfall "Governors of Missouri"
March 7--Jean Pufahl Vincent "Treasures and Tales of the Polk County Museum"
April 4--Diane Warren "Civil War Diary"
May 2--Billy Marshall "Orleans in Polk County"
June 6--Tim Ritter "Tornado Outbreak of April 18, 1880"
July 4-cancelled because of Independence Day holiday
August 1--Katherine Faulkner "Election of 1896"
September 5--Tiffany Phillips, "Duties of the Circuit Clerk"
October 5--Susan Kelly, "OzarkWatch Magazine"
November 7--Elections; PCGS 30th Anniversary Celebration
December 5--Fellowship and Share Time
Meetings are free and open to the public. Everyone welcome!
Meeting
schedule for the year 2024
Business
Meetings/Programs,
1st Thursdays of every month
(held at
PCGS Library)
January 4
February 1
March
7
April 4
May 2
June 6
July 4 - cancelled
August 1
September 5
October 3
November 7
December 5
