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For a sneak preview of May’s general meeting, visit the IRGS blog and look for the topic “meetings” (also tagged as announcements). New

Calendar highlights: Recent additions include the April 8th meeting of the Mayflower Society and the April GIG meeting schedule.

It's past time to renew your membership for 2010. Renew now to be re-added to the mailing list!!! See the Membership page for more info and the renewal form. And don't forget to specify your surnames for the 2010 registry!

Announcing the debut of the 2009 IRGS Surname Registry, an online listing of surnames being researched by members of the Indian River Genealogical Society. A contact form is available if you want to connect with our researching member. Visit the new Surnames page and see the Countdown to Membership story on page 8 of the October 2009 Newsletter for more information.

Member share tips will now appear on the IRGS Blog. Check it out and become a follower! Better yet, become a contributor!!! New

From the November FSGS Conference in Melbourne, read more about this in the IRGS Blog.

¤ A German Genealogical Interest Group has formed. It meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 3 PM. Marg Putzke is the leader. See the Calendar and Education pages for more information.

¤ Visit the IRGS Blog for information about meetings of the other societies in our area.

Social Networking announcement
If you attended our February double-header [after all, it is spring training season], then you know what we mean. Drew Smith, one of The Genealogy Guys, briefed us on the many networking tools available on the Internet and their value to a genealogy researcher. If you have a Facebook page, you can now join the Indian River Genealogical Society, Inc. Facebook group. We are also looking at using a Blog as part of our information delivery spectrum. It's all experimental now so please bear with us as we learn the ins and outs of this new-to-us technology. To peek at our blog, visit irgsblog.blogspot.com. See our Links page for several new entries.

The Calendar has been updated through July and beyond. We are now using Google Calendar to list our events. This allows us to post extended information, pertinent links, and even provide driving directions if you need them.

Congratulations to our new Officers, elected at the December 8, 2009 meeting. President: Tom Garvey, Vice President: Tony Young, Treasurer: Pat Burdsall, Recording Secretary: Marilyn Row, Corresponding Secretary: Diane Chazotte. The new officers were then sworn in by Jim Runnels.

The refreshment committee is asking each member to sign up for one monthly meeting and bring a special treat from your "archives", perhaps Grandma's ethnic cookies or Aunt Mable's special candy. All of us have some special treat or recipe that has been passed down from an ancestor. How about sharing this treat with fellow IRGS members?

The Postcard Book is now available and will be on sale at the general membership meetings. The book is also available at the Friends of the Library Shop and at local retailers such as the Vero Beach Book Shop. See the Meetings page for a special program offering on the Postcard Book. Bring the road show to your organization or group gathering.