Anne Arundel Genealogical Society: From the President

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From the President

Greetings and farewell!

At our May dinner meeting, we enjoyed a fine dinner and most interesting presentation by Diane M. Rey, in period dress, portraying Maryland Gazette Publisher – Anne Catharine Green (1720-1775). We also elected officers to the AAGS Board.

Three Board positions were up for election this year. We welcome and look forward to working with our incoming officers for the 2012-2014:

President:  William M. Wood, Huntingtown, MD

VP – Programs: Connie Sparrow, Annapolis, MD

Treasurer:  Louis Sapienza, Crownsville, MD

They join VP – Membership, Tom McCarriar, Recording Secretary, Diane Osburn, and Corresponding Secretary, Doannie Tambascio, whose terms expire in 2013.

Our outgoing officers deserve recognition and thanks for their service and contributions to AAGS. They will assist the new officers who are:

President:  Shelley K. Pollero

VP – Programs:  Connie Sparrow

Treasurer:  Betty de Keyser

I would like to thank our committee chairpersons for their efforts and valuable contributions on behalf of AAGS.  Most will hopefully continue in their roles on the AAGS Board.  Our ongoing projects include: Speaks newsletter; Readings journal; cemetery inscriptions; publications, sales and CD production; bible and church records;, indexing of land records, hospitality. 

Researchers use our online Request a Search service, and pay new and renewal membership dues or research fees by credit card or PayPal via our verified AAGS PayPal account.  Our web site continues to be a work in progress as we endeavor to provide meaningful information and user-friendly access to resources for genealogists and researchers of Anne Arundel County.   

During this term, we enjoyed an increase in attendance at our excellent monthly programs on a wide variety of topics. Many of the talks and/or handouts are available on our web site.
http://www.aagensoc.org/meetings.shtml. 

We continue to promote genealogy, in general, and AAGS, in particular. We collaborate with the Anne Arrundell County Historical Society (AACHS) as volunteers at the Kuethe Library’s Historical and Genealogical Research Center. We also represent AAGS as speakers at genealogical and historical society meetings, events, workshops, festivals, and conferences.  

We are very proud of AACHS and AAGS’s collaboration with the Anne Arundel County Public Library (AACPL). We have undertaken a major indexing project to culminate in a searchable database of the Kuethe Library holdings on the AACPL web site. The Kuethe Library will continue as a non-circulating reference library that offers resources and support to historians and researchers at its Glen Burnie location.  

It was my great pleasure to serve as President of AAGS for the past two years. Thank you for the opportunity! I look forward to a continued and productive relationship with the AAGS membership and Board. 

Shelley K. Pollero
Immediate Past President - AAGS
8 May 2012

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