<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Winter 2021 Newsletter<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hello Family Members<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I can not believe that it is the holiday season again
and the winter is coming. There have been a few snow flurries in the valley, but
we have not had a large snow storm. We do not mind the cold weather so the snow
can stay away a little longer. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We had the Fall Business meeting at the Snell Bush
Church and we were able to prepare the building for the winter. At our meeting,
we discussed the project to install a handicap ramp. It was decided to install a door on the cemetery
side of the building (where the old toilet was in the book room ) with a
handicap ramp leading into the church. We are asking our family members for
comments on this project and it will be voted on in the Spring of 2022. Currently, there is one entrance to the
church and this can be an issue when we have our reunion. Also, putting a
handicap ramp at the front of the church would take away from the style and
look of the front of the church.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Because of the Covid rules and mandates, projects and
events at the church were delayed or canceled, but we were able to have our
Annual Family Reunion last August. It was mostly attended by the family living
close by, but as usual it was a great day to gather at Snells Bush Church to
honor our ancestors and reconnect with family.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our family, who lived in those early years, also
struggled to overcome the problems of the time while working and raising
families. They faced trying times throughout the years of a milk strike, Two
World Wars, Spanish flu, Great Depression and other events. They made it through the trying times and we
can as well.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The painting of the church is progressing and will be worked on in the Spring. We are hoping
that next year will not be as wet as this year so this project can be
completed. The painter still has to
paint the steeple and we need a dryer season and a lift to accomplish this
task. The lights in the steeple will
also be changed while we have the lift for the painting project. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our carpenter will place led lights in the front two
stained glass windows at the front of the church ( the windows came from the Old
Yellow Church in Manheim when it was torn down in the 1960’s). A section of the third window from the old
Yellow church will soon be in the Herkimer Historical Society depicting the
Pickert family, it was held by family members for many years. We attempted to convince the family members
to donate the windows to the church so all three windows would be together
again. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The grounds of the cemetery are in good condition and
thank you for the great groundskeeping performed during the year. There were
two weddings this year and we have a few planned for next year. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Annual Family Reunion in August was a success even
though it was attended mostly by local family members. The bateau was on display
from the Mabee Farm operated by the Schenectady Historical Society. Nancy
Timmerman Cioch spoke about our ancestors, especially William Feeter, working
the bateau on the canal during the American Revolution. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The “powder puff” man came to spray under the church
building to make sure the wood eating “powder puff” ( powder post) beetles will not return. He
was able to detect a new colony of “power puff” beetles on one of the center
boards under the church, so we will continue spraying each year. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The window project is still under way and we had one
window return and another window was taken out for repair. We did have a little problem with one of the
weddings which was held after the window was taken out. The wedding party
requested that we install the window for the wedding but settled on painting
the ply-board covering the window opening white. So our president Bill
Timmerman painted the ply-board white on both sides so photos could be taken
and the church would look terrific. The wedding was a success.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Nancy and I have been working on the files and stacks
of notes, letters, documents collected that are in the files at Snells Bush
church. It is interesting to read these items. The Journal and Courier
newspaper printed in St. Johnsville ran many articles on the family and they
contain interesting items. Some of the articles are fading over time and need
to be copied. Nancy and I have been working all summer on these items and will
continue during the winter. These articles tell the story of the area and how
they lived. Also the genealogy books that we sell have many stories of the
family travels, events that happened and interesting things that every child of
the next generation should know. These genealogy books tell the story of the
United States development and they make great gifts for the holiday
season. Just maybe the books will be
read, especially since the history of our country is not taught in schools. In re- reading these books, something new is
read each time. The records that we have in our files also tell the story of
our family members homesteading on the frontier and their various travels to the
gold rush in California and Alaska homesteading in Canada and Mexico. Please
read the diaries of Willard Broat that are located on our website. It
gives us a look into how they lived and worked in those times. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kevin Jorrey our webmaster would like family stories
to put on the web. We need to put new items on the web—photos as always nice to
send to Kevin. Please also send up a date on the genealogy of your family. The information is only the name put on the
web—no other information. We need to add
interesting items every so often as we have many hits on the site. We also have found family members from the
site. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please contact us either
by email or snail mail with any updates and stories that we can share with the
family (births, marriages , and deaths).
If you updated your mailing address or e-mail address please also let us
know.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It takes a lot of time and funds to keep our Snells
Bush Church in order and funds are always needed. Currently, the only way that
we receive funds is from donations from our family members and the ice cream
social. There are two ways that you can
donate to our church to keep the reunion going every year. The first is by sending in donations and the
second is to volunteer for a position or run a fundraising event. We are
always looking for new types of fundraisers. We are looking at our younger
family members to organize and run the event.
<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">As usual we have genealogy books available. They hold a
lot of information on the early families that lived and worked and attended
Snells Bush Church those many years ago. The stories are wonderful in these
books and every member needs to have copies of these genealogy books. Tell your children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren about these stories. This is your heritage, be proud of it. Also
we need updates on your family history—who died—who got married—and who is the
new arrival in your immediate family. It is important to keep this information
up to date. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:21pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The SZT Family would like to wish everyone </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Happy Holidays</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> and if you are in
the area please contact us to visit Snells Bush, we will be happy to open the
church for you to visit. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Happy holidays from the members of the SZT
board<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Bill
Timmerman President<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sarah
Timmerman Israel Corresponding Secretary and Historian <span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">We
are always looking for updated contact and family information for our extended
family. We are a family proud of our history and have to keep younger
family members involved. We are constantly getting people who discover our
family on the web, by DNA or people searching for genealogy. They are very
interested in how they are related to our family.</span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Please
contact us at our mailing address<span class="gmail-yiv6942164626gmail-apple-tab-span"> </span></span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 42pt"><b><span style="color:black">Snell- Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion Inc. <br>
P O Box 623 <br>
Little Falls New York 13365<span></span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 42pt"><b>www.</b><a href="http://szt-genealogy.org/" target="_blank"><b>szt-genealogy.org</b></a><span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:black">We
are also on Facebook please look for us--- Snells Bush Church. </span></b><span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">If
you need to contact us, please e-mails or phone us at the following contacts:</span><span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 42pt"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 42pt"><span style="color:black">Sarah Timmerman Israel<span class="gmail-yiv6942164626gmail-apple-tab-span"> </span>Nancy
Timmerman Cioch<br>
</span><a href="mailto:sarahtisrael@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sarahtisrael@yahoo.com<span class="gmail-yiv6942164626gmail-apple-tab-span"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none"> </span></span></a><a href="mailto:ncioch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ncioch@yahoo.com</a><br>
<span style="color:black">518-489-2725<span class="gmail-yiv6942164626gmail-apple-tab-span"> </span>315-866-3419</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Patrick Babcock is our coordinator for our email mail
server. If you have changes to your
email address, please send them to us.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">Kevin
Jorrey--- our web master would like genealogy updates and interesting stories
to put on the web. www.</span><a href="http://szt-genealogy.org">szt-genealogy.org</a><span style="color:black"> <b> </b> </span><span></span></p>
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