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Genealogy Society Presents and light refreshments. For those unable to attend in person, the Blake Library in Stuart

How To Use Probate Records the meeting will be available on Zoom. To participate on including an extensive
research library, access
Zoom, go to mcgsfl.org and register by Oct. 13.
To Find Ancestors A full-time genealogist and family historian since to several genealogy
2012, Lyttle owns Heritage Detective, LLC, offering websites and assistance
Probate records are a rich genealogical resource, according professional genealogical services including research, from MCGS volunteers.
to Annette Burke Lyttle, the featured speaker at the Martin education and writing. She was a faculty member The society’s meetings
County Genealogical Society’s October meeting. Presenting for “Exploring Quaker Records in America” at the are held in the John F. and
“Probate Records: Wills and a Whole Lot More,” Lyttle will Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburg in June 2020 Rita M. Armstrong Wing
discuss how to find probate records online and mine them and course coordinator for “From Sea to Shining Sea: of the Blake Library. For
for genealogical gems. “These records can contain wills,” Researching Our Ancestors’ Migrations in America” for more information about Annette Burke Lyttle
she says, “but often the best information comes from other the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy in January 2021. She membership, activities
records – and our ancestors didn’t even have to die to make will coordinate the fall virtual intermediate foundations and services go to mcgsfl.org or call MCGS President
an appearance in a probate action.” course for the Salt Lake Institute later this year. Lyttle is Lisa Tompson, (772) 888-2422.
Free and open to the public, the meeting will be in- a member of the board of the Association of Professional
person 1 to 3 p.m, Friday, Oct. 15 at the Blake Library Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist.
in Stuart. Face masks are optional. In addition to Lyttle’s In addition to its monthly programs, the Genealogical Treasure Coast
presentation, the meeting will include a business session Society offers a variety of services at the genealogy room in
Outdoors

By Jim Weix
It is time to start
Fall in Love thinking about hunting
season. Being a
Wisconsin native, I
must admit that I find it
Stuart With Senior Living strange to think about
hunting, while still
watching the weather for
hurricanes. However,
I’ll take that situation
over sub-zero blizzards.
One thing that is nice is that you don’t have to
wait for a season to hunt rabbits, wild hogs, raccoons,
coyotes, opossum, skunk, beaver or nutrias. They are
legal to harvest all year, with a daily bag limit of 12-
only on rabbits.
The deer archery season for our zone is open Sept.
18 and runs through Oct. 17. The crossbow season
also starts Sept. 18 and runs through Oct. 22. The
muzzle-loading season starts Oct. 23 and runs through
Nov. 5. The general gun season is from Nov. 6 and
runs through Jan. 23. There is also a youth deer hunt
weekend Oct. 30 and 31.
Turkey is open to archery from Sept. 18 to Oct. 17
and crossbow from Sept. 18 to Oct. 22. Gun season
runs Nov. 6 through Jan. 2.
I suggest going to https://myfwc.com/ for a
complete list, including dove, waterfowl, and other
migratory birds.
Unfortunately Florida still hasn’t figured how to
have a black bear hunt. The one stab they made at
it was a total disaster. I find this somewhat comical
because Wisconsin has had successful bear hunts
for decades. It would seem that somebody from the
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
would simply pick up a phone, call the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources, and ask how it is
done.
The one thing that I have discovered in Florida is
that it is hard to find places to hunt on private land,
at least on the Treasure Coast. In Wisconsin it was
not hard to find a farmer that would let you hunt on
their land. Here it seems that you either have to lease
hunting rights or join a hunt club.
Fortunately Florida does have plenty of public land
to hunt on. Go to https://myfwc.com/recreation/wmas/
and you will find thousands of acres to hunt on right
here on the Treasure Coast.
Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer.
Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl
Association’s Hall of Fame for his work in helping
MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS restore thousands of acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker

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at (772) 341-2941 or by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.

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