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Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists is open to all who wish to attend. The meeting is held during the Church of the Brethren's Annual Conference. It starts with a short business session and every even year, an election for a Vice-President, who will then succeed the President. The remainder of the scheduled meeting time is given to a presentation on a genealogical subject by a guest speaker.
The next meeting will be sometime the first week of July 2011 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. When details of the meeting are determined, it will be reported here, posted on the Brethren list, announced on the Fellowship's Facebook page, and noted in the quarterly journal. Information about the conference, with which the Fellowship's meeting is associated, can be found at brethren.org which is the Church of the Brethren's official site.
Informal meetings among Fellowship members and interested church and family historians take place at the Fellowship's exhibit booth throughout the week in the Annual Conference exhibit hall.
Following is a selective review of some recent annual meetings followed by a list of the dates and locations of all the Fellowship's annual meetings and those scheduled in the near future.
![[The 2010 Annual Meeting]](images/2010meeting.jpg)
The Fellowship's 2010 meeting was held at 3:30 Monday afternoon July 5th, in
Room 331 of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh PA. The well-attended
meeting was introduced to our new journal editor, Bonita Rogers, by Ron McAdams, who chaired
the meeting. Merle Rummel, the invited speaker showed an indepth Power Point presentation on the early
Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana churches, not only identifing them but tracing the associated
families' migration into the area and also their movement out of the churches. He included
the theological context and ecclesiastical history of the covered periods by discussing the
universalist, pietist and anabaptist beliefs of key individuals. Links to the online version
will be provided to the cob-net.org site after Merle sends his presentation materials and are posted
by Ron Gordon.
An overly clipped video
of most of Merle Rummel's presentation is posted on the
Fellowship's Facebook page.
![[The 2010 exhibit booth]](images/2010exhibit.jpg)
The Fellowship had a booth in the Exhibit Hall at Pittsburgh. It attracted new members and
was a convenience to current members to renew their memberships. Free copies of
a nicely bound family history, HYLTON GENEALOGY From Castle to Cottage
Hilton Hylton Helton by Hazel S. Moore and a supplement compiled
by Wanda Hylton Almgren were available at the table.
Members and the genealogically-minded traveled to San Diego CA to meet at the Town and Country Resort and Convention Center, which provided the Le Sommet Room at the top of the Regency Tower as our location. Ron McAdams chaired the meeting and reported that we had a volunteer to be the editor for our quarterly journal. She anticipates publishing the next issue in October. Alberta McAdams distributed copies of her Treasurer's Report.
A new feature in addition to photographic records of our annual meeting was provided by Thomas Liby with the use of a camcorder to record the meeting. See the Fellowship's Facebook page for segments on the business and presentation this year. Because of his ineptness, again no photographs were taken this year.
Karen Garrett and Neal Fitze from the Brethren Heritage Center gave a tag team presentation on the collections, work, and volunteers of the Center in Brookville Ohio. Penetrating questions followed the report on their activities, goals, and projects. Ken Shaffer contributed a compare/contrast view of what he can and cannot do at the Brethren Historical Library and Archives vis a vis the Brethren Historical Center in selling and giving away different classes of books. If interest is generated after watching the videos of their presentation, more information can be obtained from the Center's website at brethrenheritage.org or by contacting them directly (428 Wolf Creek St, suite H1, Brookville OH 45309 / (937)833-5222 / mail@brethrenheritage.org).
In consideration of the financial status of the Fellowship and the anticipated low attendance at a West Coast conference, Ron decided not to have an exhibit booth at this year's Annual Conference of the Church of the Brethren. Thomas Liby mentioned his hope that we could have an exhibit at other Brethren groups' meetings. There will be an exhibit booth at next years' conference in Pittsburgh PA.
This year's meeting was held on Saturday the 12th of July 2008 at 1:00 p.m. in the Dominion Room of the Marriott Hotel in Richmond Virginia.
Informal meetings among Fellowship members and interested church and family historians took place at the Fellowship's exhibit booth throughout the week in the Annual Conference exhibit hall from Saturday 12 July 2008 through Tuesday evening 15 July 2008.
The annual meeting for 2007 was scheduled for 1:00 to 3:00pm Saturday 30 June 2007 in the Cleveland Convention Center.
Twenty interested individuals were in attendance. Ron McAdams introduced our new President Becky Young Hoatland, who then
chaired the meeting. Bert McAdams gave the financial report which was accepted. Thomas Liby was elected Vice-President.
After the business meeting A. Wayne Webb presented an article on Burial Records of Elder Joseph Myer,
discussed his proposed Brethren Newspaper Initiative to solicit funds to digitize old periodicals, and offered for sale
his republication of the History of the Church of the Brethren Southern Ohio District. Numerous small group conversations
filled the remainder of the time.
[No photo was taken of the 2007 business meeting.]
The Fellowship did not have an exhibit booth at the Cleveland Conference due to financial reasons.
![[The 2005 Annual Meeting]](images/2005meeting.jpg)
The Fellowship's 2006 meeting was held on Saturday afternoon July 1st, in
the Marriott Hotel, Iowa Ballroom, Salon C prior to the start of the Church of
the Brethren Annual Conference. A notably large group came to hear the
speaker Jane Davis talk about the Brethren in Missouri 1795 - 1865. However, the
first order of business was an announcement from Paul Roth,
pastor of the Linville Creek Church of the Brethren near Broadway VA, concerning the historic home and ten
acre farm of Elder John Kline, a
significant Civil War period church leader. The current Mennonite owners
are wishing to sell now and are giving the Brethren first right of refusal on
the property. Developers are wanting the property to build townhouses, which if
happens, all the historic structures would be destroyed. Interested people must
act quickly to purchase the farm and save this precious rich heritage from
demolition.
In other business, Bert McAdams gave the Fellowship's financial
report and Dwayne Wrightsman announced the slate of candidates, which was
approved by those attending. Continuing as President is Dwayne Wrightsman,
continuing as Vice-President is Becky Allen, and Bert McAdams was elected for a
two year term to the new position of treasurer.
![[The 2005 exhibit booth]](images/2005exhibit.jpg)
The Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists again maintained an exhibit booth at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines during the 220th Annual
Conference of the Church of the Brethren from July 1st through July 5th, 2006.
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AN APPEAL TO ALL BRETHREN GROUPS An historic landmark for all Brethren is the John Kline home. Please prayerfully consider helping to save this significant piece of a transitional, developmental period of a historic peace church, the peace movement, and 19th century American history. Its potential future use as a training and educational facility can be explained by the passionate and visionary local pastor, Paul Roth. Time is very short. Decide now! |
The Fellowship's 2005 meeting was held on Saturday
afternoon July 2nd, in the Peoria Illinois Holiday Inn City Centre prior
to the start of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference. Ron McAdams,
the Membership Services Coordinator, gave a financial report and Wayne Webb, the
journal editor, and Dwayne Wrightsman, the speaker, were introduced.
Dwayne Wrightsman gave a very informative presentation on his working paper,
"Related Brethren Families Botetourt County, Virginia
1799." He discussed its subtitle "Family Relations Among the 42 German
Baptists of Botetourt County Whose Names Appeared on the 13 December 1799
Petition to the Virginia Legislature Seeking Exemption from Fines for not
Attending Muster." His well-researched study listed the families in this
Brethren community and indicated the various interpretations of the signatures
on this historical document, of which a copy was included.
To fill vacancies, Dwayne Wrightsman was elected President of the Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists and Becky Allen was elected Vice-President.
The Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists was again
represented in the Exhibit Hall of the Peoria Convention Center, site of the
Church of the Brethren Annual Conference. The FOBG exhibit booth was open
throughout the Conference from July 2 - 6, 2005.
![[Ronald Hollinger staffing 1999 exhibit booth]](images/9exhibit.jpg)
Ronald Hollinger, the president of the Fellowship, brought
his personal genealogical library for the exhibit booth for interested visitors
to peruse throughout the week in the Annual Conference exhibit hall (Midwest
Express Center).
The 1999 meeting was held in Milwaukee Wisconsin at 2:30 Saturday afternoon July 3rd in "Lakeshore B" at the Hyatt Regency. Ronald Hollinger, as President of the Fellowship, chaired the meeting. Ron McAdams gave the treasurer's report and discussed the Membership Directory. It was agreed that the directory will now reflect the 1982 directory format: the front section will include the researchers' name, address, and E-mail address along with a right column listing the surnames submitted by individual researchers; then, the back section will be the comprehensive alphabetical listing of surnames and the code identifying the researchers listed in the first section. It will be a surname index including the researched surnames of all past and current members of the Fellowship. The next directory will be published in December 2000, the fourth quarter of each even year, and will be mailed with the Winter issue of Brethren Roots.
Ken Shaffer reported on the progress of the Gospel Messenger Obit Index saying that it never was in a database, but was originally intended as an in-house document using a word processing (WP 5.1) format. The 3700 pages still will comprise less that 20 percent of a CD. So, the CD will also include a RTF format, ascii, and/or WordPerfect 8.1 format.
Thomas Liby noted his lack of progress on the cemetery survey as part of the FOBG Homepage. The consensus of the meeting is that he should be free to transcribe cemetery records published in back issues of the Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists NEWSLETTER and upload copies to the internet as part of this project.
![[Ronald Hollinger chairing 1999 meeting]](images/9meeting.jpg)
Discussion of the time for next year's meeting considered
the changed schedule for the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference running
from Saturday evening to Wednesday noon. It will be announced here, on the
mailing list, and in Brethren Roots when a decision is made.
To be presented at next year's annual business meeting of the Fellowship will
be a proposed Constitution and By-Laws. Two items pertaining to it were agreed
upon by the meeting: a Life Membership (with the "Comp" - complimentary, and
regular annual membership) will be available; and if the FOBG would dissolve,
any remaining assets would go to the Brethren Historical Library and Archives.
![[Ronald Hollinger staffing 1998 exhibit booth]](images/8exhibit.jpg)
The 1998 Annual Conference was at the Orange County
Convention Center in Orlando, Florida (home of DisneyWorld). The exhibit booth
for the week provided materials for those interested in genealogy and Brethren
history. Adjacent to the Fellowship's booth, again this year, was the popular
Brethren Encyclopedia exhibit.
![[Ronald Hollinger chairing 1999 meeting]](images/8meeting.jpg)
Ronald Hollinger, the Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists
president, chaired the meeting in the huge Orlando convention center at 12:30
Friday 3 July 1998.
![[Lorraine Frantz Edwards staffing 1997 exhibit booth]](images/7exhibit.jpg)
The 1997 Annual Conference was in Long Beach, California
(with Disneyland nearby). Exhibit booth assignments placed the Fellowship's book
adjacent to that of the Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc.25 June 1965 Ocean Grove NJ 24 June 1966 Louisville KY 22 June 1967 Eugene OR 28 June 1968 Ocean Grove NJ 27 June 1969 Louisville KY 26 June 1970 Lincoln NE 25 June 1971 St Petersburg FL 30 June 1972 Cincinnati OH 27 June 1973 Fresno CA 26 June 1974 Roanoke VA 26 June 1975 Dayton OH 01 July 1976 Wichita KS 25 June 1977 Richmond VA 21 June 1979 Indianapolis IN 05 July 1980 Seattle WA 25 June 1981 Indianapolis IN 21 July 1982 Wichita KS 29 June 1983 Baltimore MD 28 June 1984 Carbondale IL 04 July 1985 Phoenix AZ 27 June 1986 Norfolk VA 02 July 1987 Cincinnati OH 29 June 1988 St Louis MO 09 July 1989 Orlando FL 06 July 1990 Milwaukee WI 04 July 1991 Portland OR 02 July 1992 Richmond VA 24 June 1993 Indianapolis IN 20 June 1994 Wichita KS 29 June 1995 Charlotte NC 04 July 1996 Cincinnati OH 04 July 1997 Long Beach CA 03 July 1998 Orlando FL 02 July 1999 Milwaukee WI 17 July 2000 Kansas City MO 30 June 2001 Baltimore MD 29 June 2002 Louisville KY 05 July 2003 Boise ID 03 July 2004 Charleston WV 02 July 2005 Peoria IL 01 July 2006 Des Moines IA 30 June 2007 Cleveland OH 12 July 2008 Richmond VA 04 July 2009 San Diego CA 03 July 2010 Pittsburgh, PA 02 July 2011 Grand Rapids MI 07 July 2012 St. Louis MO 29 June 2013 Charlotte NC 28 June 2014 Columbus OH __ July 2015 Tampa FL
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