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Show PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENEALOGICAL MI. That tho rqcent sessions pf the International In-ternational Congress of Genealogy held in San Francisco marked a new era in the genealogical society movement move-ment In this and other countries and that its activities would add great Interest In-terest to the work, was a statement made by Mrs. Vincy R. Barker, who" has returned from California, after attending the convention. Mrs. Barker made the trip as the official delegate of the Ogden Stake Relief society and as one of the representatives re-presentatives of the Stone-Jones Genealogical Gen-ealogical society. She also attended the convention of the Utah Society which was held on July 27th, the day before the opening of the International Internation-al Congress sessions. This convention, conven-tion, she said was marked with excellent excel-lent expositions of the methods of teaching pursued in the branch organizations or-ganizations of the Utah Society, by Nephi Anderson and Susa Young Gates and that, in addition to the Utah people, many interested persons from other states and countries were present. pre-sent. At the opening session of the International Inter-national Congress of Genealogy, she continued, a permanent organization was effected and the name changed to "The International Genealogical Federation. An organization committee com-mittee was also appointed and this committee will devise ways and means to finance future conventions and to secure money to carry on the work of the central organization for the general benefit of the affiliated societies. A decision was also reached to admit ad-mit all genealogical, historical, patriotic, patri-otic, eugenic and family societies and Individuals to membership In the Fed-eratlon, Fed-eratlon, and each of these organizations organiza-tions will be required to select Its, best posted member as a medlary through whom its communications to and from the federation may be handled. hand-led. To further augment the gathering gather-ing of genealo'gical data, a committee was appointed to memorialize the Congress of the United States to provide pro-vide for the systematic compilation and publication of vital statistics. In this connection, too, Mrs. Barker Bark-er stated, the following resolution was passed: "That the International Genealogical Genealogi-cal Federation have ior one of Its purposes- the collection and preserva--tion of Genealogical data. That the committee on organization be Instructed Instruc-ted to provide for the collection of data for the purposes of eugenics. That the influence and prestige of this congress be used In asking states to adopt a uniform system of record- provide, that the registers of voters call for the names of parents and date of birth of voter, and to standardize forms for public records." Among the interesting subjects on the program was a paper on Chinese genealogy prepared by a native Chinese, Chi-nese, prominent In the University of California and translated by him into English, with the assistance of Mr. H. B. Phillips and read by the latter. A paper on Hawaiian genealogy was prepared and read by Louis Cart-wright Cart-wright Jr. Other papers read were "The Maori Race;" "Tho Relation of Genealogy to Eugenics:" "The Study of Genealogy and its Place In the Realms of Human Society." These papers, together with the other proceedings, will be published by the Utah Society In the October number of the Utah Genealogical magazine. |