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Sioux Valley Genealogical Society was organized by Ray Novak when fourteen interested persons met at his home in January, 1972. Two of these charter members are still active in the society. From this humble beginning, the society has grown to nearly 200 members. Ray was the first president, Verlyss Jacobson the first secretary / treasurer. People donated books that were housed in the basement of the Novak home for a few years before being moved to the Old Court House Museum in Sioux Falls. Prior to that, meetings were held in homes and at schools. The newsletter, started after the first meeting, was published monthly and later named "Pioneer Pathfinder". Eventually it became a quarterly. Programs at monthly meetings are designed to assist researchers. Every two years a seminar with a nationally known speaker is held in April. The library, manned by volunteers and open to the public, is rich in city, county, and family history books, obituary files, magazines, CDs, cemetery records, and maps. |
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| The purpose or objectives for which this Society has been organized are: to assemble people who are interested in preserving family history; to carry on projects of a genealogical nature; including the publication of the Pioneer Pathfinder; instruction of interested persons and to provide a means of carrying out the above objectives. |
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