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LEGACY
NEWSLETTER
From the President
Unbelievably, half of 2014 has disappeared and become the
past. All too quickly the future is upon us. What does this
mean for SGES? Our Board must begin strategic planning
for the next fty years. It will be a monumental task when you
consider the future and the sheer explosion of knowledge
over the last fty years. Will genealogy reach a new frontier?
The answer is yes.
I call upon you to think about the frontier of our library. While
the SGES collection has grown substantially and will continue
to grow, our building will not. Will we be in the same location
in fty years? The answer is plainly no. We must plan for the
future of our collection - both its form and format. New
methods of storage offer options like digitization and e-
books accessible from anywhere. The next horizon is yet
beyond us, but it is time to begin discussion.
Our program in July will address DNA. Have you heard about
the advances in DNA so that your DNA can now pinpoint
your ancestral homeland down to the country rather than just
the continent?
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2014 Executive Board
President
Betty Reed
First Vice President
Dan Winko
Second Vice President
Michael Lawson
Treasurer
David Bahn
Recording Secretary
Valerie Bennett
Corresponding Secretary
Jeanne Carter
Historian
Jon Ferguson
Parliamentarian
Don DuClose

2014 Committee Chairs
Bylaws, Policies & Procedures
Dick Cardell
Cemeteries
Jon Ferguson
Editorial
Liz DuClose
Education
Jeanne Davis
Legacy Project
Connie Bradshaw
Library
Carla Mellott
Logistics
Jon Ferguson
Membership
Elizabeth Stoefer
Public Relations
Aretta Mattox
Seminars
Michael Lawson
Technology
Dan Winko
Webmaster
Denise Olson
Recently, Ancestry announced a focus on the future with DNA.
Ancestry discontinued their Y-DNA and mtDNA tests to focus
entirely on the autosomal Ancestry DNA. This was a decision
to look over the horizon. If you want to view their article, you
can access it at http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/
2014/06/12/comments-on-y-dna-and-mtdna-tests
As my personal imagination spins, I envision attaching DNA
results to our vital records. I can imagine at the birth of a child,
DNA of that child is taken and placed on the birth certicate.
To coincide, DNA not taken at birth would be taken at death
and attached to the death certicate. DNA is already placed
on le in the CODIS system if you are connected with the
government, military or the law. In time, that might lead to
attaching DNA to all names on census records of the future.
Of course, privacy still remains to be addressed. However, I
received notice today from our insurance company that in
order to serve us better, they were establishing a Health Care
Provider share of our information. I didnt see an opt-out
clause so maybe our insurance company gets the rst swipe at
our DNA to decide our coverage based on our genetic
history! Our DNA of the future will perhaps pinpoint
particular locations: not just the world continents, but
individual villages and townships, right down to the location
of the actual ancestral homestead and local cemeteries.
Imagine attaching DNA to individual surnames. Perhaps a
follow through with DNA on our most used records- census
records of the future. It is imaginable and therefore it is
conceivable for the brilliant, scientic minds of today.
All of that was said to re-state the SGES Board has a task
before them in Strategic Planning. We need to imagine an
unknown frontier. Do you have a vision for the future? Are you
a forward thinker? Your help is more than welcome. We need
volunteers and we need thinkers. Step up and volunteer to
help with planning and let your imagination ride the waves of
the future of SGES. Contact : president@sgesjax.org to
participate in the organization of SGES in any area.
Yours for growing trees,
Elizabeth Betty Poag Reed
President, SGES
Thank You
Jon Ferguson, Becky Frisbee, Mike Lawson, Jim McKenney
and Betty Rudd for providing meeting refreshments.
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SGES Library
We invite you to visit our library
located at 6215 Sauterne Drive,
Jacksonville, Fl 32210 or call us at
904-778-1000.

Library Hours
10am - 3pm every Wednesday &
Thursday and the rst and third
Saturday of each month

Online Archives Update
Our online archives continue to
grow. Each collection is
presented as a searchable data
table. Youll nd the archives at
http://sgesjax.org/archive.
Collections include:
SGEQ Index of Articles
Library Catalog - Books
Library Catalog - Periodicals
Library Catalog - Maps
Library Catalog - Family
Research
Library Catalog - Data CDs
Library Catalog - Microche
Library Catalog - Microlm
Cemetery Indexes

Call for Articles!

The Publications committee
is calling for articles on
research techniques for the
September 2014 issue.
Deadline for submission is
August 14th.
Memorial for Donald H. DuClose
Our Parliamentarian, Don DuClose, died July 2, 2014. He was
the husband of Liz DuClose, our Editor. Don was born on
September 28, 1943 in Oak Park, Illinois. His parents were
Donald Edward DuClose and Thelma Lillian Johnson. His
father worked for the railroad which split his location
between Chicago and Jacksonville, causing young Don to
attend two different schools each year until they moved to
Jacksonville in 1955. His interest included photography,
nature, biology, marine science. He graduated from Alfred I.
Dupont High School and received a BS Degree from
Jacksonville University.
We shall miss his quick smile and his sense of humor.

GeneaWebinars Calendar
Pat Richley-Erickson, better known as DearMYRTLE - Your
Friend in Genealogy, has built an online calendar listing all
kinds of upcoming webinars, online meetings and hangouts.
Youll nd the GeneaWebinars Calendar at the link below and
Google users can add it to their calendar making it even
easier to keep up with these fun and informative events. Most
of them cost you nothing to attend. Mondays with Myrt (and
cousin, Russ) are always fun.
http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/p/geneawebinars-calendar.html

FamilySearch Scanning Service
FamilySearch has installed Lexmark MFP scanners in over
2,800 local family history centers in North America so patrons
can easily scan documents and photographs. Lexmark has
developed software for the MFP to save the scanned photos
and docs directly into your free FamilySearch.org online
account or to a thumb drive. If saved to your
FamilySearch.org account, they can be tagged, explained,
shared with others or attached to an ancestor in your family
tree at FamilySearch.
Contact your local family history center for details. You can
nd your nearest family history center using the locator at
https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator.
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Scout Troop Adopts Parsons Cemetery
Kevin Demarest is a Scout Leader and the father of Jacob, who needed a project for his Eagle Scout
Badge. Kevin asked if we could suggest a suitable project. Of course we could! The small Parsons
Cemetery had become overgrown since the last caretaker had to give it up. It needed more than just a
gentle mowing. Jacob accepted the challenge and recruited three fellow scouts: Hugh Hackney,
Holden Hackney and Richard Cooper, to team up with him.
Not only did they accomplish a lot, they were so happy with the results that the troop has adopted the
cemetery maintenance as a community project and plan to keep it in good shape.
SGES salutes Troop 475 at Ft. Caroline Methodist, a thoughtful leader and a willing project manager!
The Southern Genealogists Exchange Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 2801
Jacksonville, FL 32201-2801
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