Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 9 Issue 4 January 1, 2012 January meeting • Thursday, January 5th • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • The Potluck • Bounty Lands update • Family Stories, Cemetery records, and Brick Walls • Letter from the editor The Potluck I was unable to attend the annual potluck. I heard through the grapevine it was successful. No ambulance rides. In the back of my mind I always had a nagging question about these affairs. What exactly does a genealogist bring to a potluck? Roots? Seeds? Nuts? (There’s usually enough at one of these gatherings that bringing more is just overkill.) Bounty Lands Update Last month I shared that my grandfather2 received a land warrant for service during the Florida Indian Wars. Just where was the land located? Further investigation reveals that for this particular conflict, the warrants were for land in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. A lot of veterans didn’t move or use the lands awarded to them. There was a thriving trade by land investors who bought the warrants and later sold them to people who really , OCR Text: Mason County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 103 Shelton, WA 98584-0103 The Mason Log Volume 9 Issue 4 January 1, 2012 January meeting • Thursday, January 5th • 7:00 p.m. Start time • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 12th & Connection • Membership dues single: $15.00 Couple: $20.00 • Find us on the web at http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wamcgs/ The inside scoop • The Potluck • Bounty Lands update • Family Stories, Cemetery records, and Brick Walls • Letter from the editor The Potluck I was unable to attend the annual potluck. I heard through the grapevine it was successful. No ambulance rides. In the back of my mind I always had a nagging question about these affairs. What exactly does a genealogist bring to a potluck? Roots? Seeds? Nuts? (There’s usually enough at one of these gatherings that bringing more is just overkill.) Bounty Lands Update Last month I shared that my grandfather2 received a land warrant for service during the Florida Indian Wars. Just where was the land located? Further investigation reveals that for this particular conflict, the warrants were for land in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. A lot of veterans didn’t move or use the lands awarded to them. There was a thriving trade by land investors who bought the warrants and later sold them to people who really , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2012,V9 I4 2012 MCGS Jan newsletter.pdf,V9 I4 2012 MCGS Jan newsletter.pdf Page 1, V9 I4 2012 MCGS Jan newsletter.pdf Page 1