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The early constitution provided for an oak tree seal which was used for the Society prior to 1911, when that was changed to an eagle.<ref>Shirley Langdon Wilcox, ''[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/galleries/aboutngs/history_of_ngs_4.0.pdf The National Genealogical Society: A Look at Its First One Hundred Years]'' (pdf), (2003), 7 (accessed 14 January 2017).</ref> Early NGS emphasis was on heraldry, and collecting marriage data about the members' ancestors.</ref> Monthly meetings (October to May) were started in 1908; annual banquets in 1910.<ref>Wilcox, 16</ref> An NGS library of genealogical books was begun in 1912, a lending service by mail started in 1964, and in 2001 the collection was moved to the St. Louis County Library in Missouri.<ref>Wilcox, 14-15.</ref> NGS annual awards were instituted in 1955, a Hall of Fame, and annual NGS conferences in the states in 1981, and annual competitions in 1982.<ref name="W11">Wilcox, 11.</ref> Research trips organized through NGS to various destinations around the world were begun in 1998.<ref name="W11" /> | The early constitution provided for an oak tree seal which was used for the Society prior to 1911, when that was changed to an eagle.<ref>Shirley Langdon Wilcox, ''[http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/galleries/aboutngs/history_of_ngs_4.0.pdf The National Genealogical Society: A Look at Its First One Hundred Years]'' (pdf), (2003), 7 (accessed 14 January 2017).</ref> Early NGS emphasis was on heraldry, and collecting marriage data about the members' ancestors.</ref> Monthly meetings (October to May) were started in 1908; annual banquets in 1910.<ref>Wilcox, 16</ref> An NGS library of genealogical books was begun in 1912, a lending service by mail started in 1964, and in 2001 the collection was moved to the St. Louis County Library in Missouri.<ref>Wilcox, 14-15.</ref> NGS annual awards were instituted in 1955, a Hall of Fame, and annual NGS conferences in the states in 1981, and annual competitions in 1982.<ref name="W11">Wilcox, 11.</ref> Research trips organized through NGS to various destinations around the world were begun in 1998.<ref name="W11" /> | ||
For a more detailed history of NGS see Shirley Langdon Wilcox's ''[ | For a more detailed history of NGS see Shirley Langdon Wilcox's ''[https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/wp-content/uploads/NGS-History/history_of_ngs_4.0.pdf The National Genealogical Society: A Look at Its First One Hundred Years]'' (pdf) (2003). | ||
== NGS Officers == | == NGS Officers == | ||