• Daniel P. Seelye, President
• George R. Seeley, First Vice President
• Eugene A. Seelye, Second Vice President
• Joan J. Phillips, Secretary
• William Thresher, Treasurer
• Mark Cilley, Judge Advocate
• James R. Seeley, Genealogist
• Veronica Seeley Newell, Asst. Genealogist
• Marshall B. Seelye, Past President
• Wesley Waring, Director at Large
• Katherine M. Olsen, Director at Large
• Terry Tietjens, Director at Large
• Mary N. Seley, Historian
• John R. Seely, SGS Database
• George R. Seeley, Membership
• Ruthetta Seelye Hansen, Publicity
• Terry Tietjens, Research Center
• Ramon E. Hall, Newsletter Editor

The 1999 Reunion of the Seeley Genealogical Society was held in Abilene, Kan., Sept. 8-11, 1999. Registrations totaled approximately 105 members and included members from Canada and Argentina. The opening session of the reunion included welcoming remarks from Lynn Peterson, former Mayor of Abilene; Lynda Lowry, Executive Director of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce; and Wayne Miller, President of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce. Dennis Medina, Curator of the Eisenhower Museum; Nancy Scholl, Tour Coordinator of the Abilene Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Jeff Sheets, Director of the Dickinson County Historical Society discussed their respective areas for serving reunion attendees during their visit to Abilene. Terry Tietjens, Seelye Research Center Director, identified opportunities for research available at the research center and offered tours of the Seelye Mansion, a National Historic Landmark, for all reunion attendees.

An allocation of $1000 was made from the general fund to the research fund to complete the Fred Hart research and to fund continued research. The following training sessions were conducted for the benefit of the membership: “Beginning Genealogy” by Katherine Olsen; “The Seeley Database” by John R. Seely; “Ancestral Files and PAF Program of the LDS” by Valerie Wilson of Salina; and “GEDCOM Files, E-mail, and Web Pages” by Daniel P. Seelye. In addition, the facilities of the Seelye Research Center were open and available to all members who wanted to do research and to explore the computer capabilities of the center.

Ramon Hall,
SGS Newsletter Editor