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September Meeting Information

The Northeast Mississippi Historical and Genealogical Society will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at the Oren Dunn Museum at Ballard Park on West Main Street, Tupelo, MS. Kenneth McGehee, curator and director of the museum, will present a program and host a tour of the facility. The program will be presented in the meeting room at the Tupelo Parks and Recreation building adjacent to the museum. A tour of the Oren Dunn Museum and outside exhibits will follow. The public is invited to attend. Admission will be free but donations are appreciated. The Society usually meets at the Lee County Library for its monthly meeting, so please be mindful that this is a change of meeting sites. For more information, contact Susie Dent, nems.hgs@gmail.com

Meeting at Tupelo Veterans Museum

The monthly meeting of the Northeast Mississippi Historical and Genealogical Society will be at 6 p.m., Thursday, August 27, at the Tupelo Veterans' Museum at Ballard Park on West Main Street, Tupelo, MS. Mr. Tony Lute, curator and founder of the museum, will provide a program and tour of the museum. The Tupelo Veterans Museum pays tribute to the men and women who dedicate their lives to the concept of ensuring freedom for all Americans. Donations for the museum will be accepted. For more information, contact Susie Dent, 662-844-2307 or nems.hgs@gmail.com.

The following description of the Tupelo Veterans' Museum is posted at www.tupelo.net.

Tupelo Veterans Museum
Located in the Oren Dunn City Museum is a wonderful collection of memorabilia honoring the men and women who dedicated their lives to the concept of ensuring freedom for all Americans. Founded by Tony Lute, who began collecting WWII artifacts since he was 16, he has continued to pursue his mission by opening the museum and is grateful to the many donors who have entrusted him with their treasures.
Among the collection you will find a display signed by one of the last surviving marine that raised the flag on Iwo Jima, a Nazi banner, a clock from a crashed Japanese zero made by Seiko and still runs, a German luger, .32 caliber officer’s dress pistol and a 9 mm German Radem. In addition a nice assortment of weapons representing Allied and Axis countries, a Kreigs Navy Flag, Nazi K98 Mausers used at the battle of Stalingrad, two rifles which were captured by the Russians at the end of WWII, and many exhibits that children will enjoy.
The artifact collection includes items from every country that participated in the war. There are thousands of artifacts on display with some of the most interesting objects including the flag that flew over the U.S. Capitol at the hour the D-Day invasion began and a functioning clock from a Japanese kamikaze plane.
Open Tuesday-Friday, 9am-4pm and Saturday 10am-3pm. Closed Sunday and Monday but will open for special groups by appointment.
Admission is by donations. For more information call 662-844-1515 or by email veteransmuseum@bellsouth.net.
www.tupelo.net

Invitation to contribute to Quarterly

While Melissa is away, the mice will play. I am inviting you all to contribute articles, queries, photos, Bible pages, court records, genealogy, family trees and history for publication in our "Quarterly". You may submit your items to: nems.hgs@gmail.com or contact me at the same email address for more information. You may also mail items to: NEMH&G Society, P.O. Box 434, Tupelo, MS 38802-0434. Without contributions from people like you, our Quarterly could not be possible. Thanks ya'll, Susie Dent, president and editor.

Away

I will be away from the Library for much of the month of July -- I will be taking time off for Carpal Tunnel Surgery and time to recover from the surgery. If anyone needs to meet with me for help with the library's genealogy resources, please give me a call at 662-841-9013 to set up a time, so I can be sure to catch up with you while I am there!



The Lee County Library staff is always willing to help, but some are not as familiar with the library's genealogy resources as I am. Also, the Reference department will be running short of staff due to my absence and will not have as much opportunity to provide one-on-one assistance. Please let me know if I can make plans to assist anyone during the times I will be available.



Otherwise, I look forward to being at work again full-time beginning in August!



Have a wonderful summer!



Melissa Holekamp

Genealogy/Reference Librarian

Lee County Library

662-841-9013

219 N. Madison St.

Tupelo, MS 38804

ProQuest is providing the Lee-Itawamba Library with a free two week trial for three of its online products.

This is only a trial - and we will only have access from 05 Jun 2009 to 19 Jun 2009.

Here are the three online products.

eLibrary
ProQuest Historical Newspapers - Boston Globe
ProQuest Newsstand

To log in, go to:
http://trials.proquest.com/ptc?userid=3000169

The password is: welcome

Enjoy!

June Meeting!

"Usually, the members of the Northeast Mississippi Historical & Genealogical Society get together for a "Meet and Eat" fun meeting in June of each year. However, this year, this dinner meeting will not be held in June due to the number of people who will be out of town or who will be otherwise obligated. Instead, the Society members are invited to bring their own personal genealogy research to the Lee County Library, 219 N. Madison, Tupelo, MS to join others for a group workday. Please meet at 6 p.m. June 25, on the second floor Genealogy Department where Society member volunteers Jennell Murphey and Sandra Knight and others will be available to guide and advise on searching for ancestors using the Library's resources. For more information, email Susie Dent, nems.hgs@gmail.com" - Susie Dent