Union County Genealogical Society

Union County Genealogical Society met Nov. 26 at the library in Creston. Jane Briley presided. Officers elected for 2013 are Briley, president; Roger Nurnberg, vice president; Dorothy Eyberg, secretary; and Elaine Brown, treasurer.

Brown reported 50 copies of the newly-reprinted book, “Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Union Counties, Iowa, 1887,” were recently received and are available for purchase at the library. Eyberg reported obituary books of 2002 and 2010, containing obits from the Creston News Advertiser and Afton Star Enterprise, are now on the reference shelf.