Bonnie Jacobsen created the Yucaipa Valley Genealogical
Society in 1982. The first several meetings were held at Provident
Savings and Loan and other places, finally settling at the Yucaipa
Valley Branch Library.
The first Board of Directors consisted of:
- President; Bonnie Jacobsen
- Vice President; John Reynolds
- Recording Secretary; Rosalind Bennett
- Treasurer; Eloise Cunningham.
At the close of 1982 there were a total of 59 members
of which 53 were Charter Members.
The charter members were:
Carol Barnard, Rosalind Bennett, Ruth Bowen, Elva Brooks, Gladys
Corcoran, Eloise Cunningham, Alberta Danley, James Danley, Glen
Downer, Lula Downer, Margaret Eichman, Rita Farrow, Randall Fentress,
Mildred Fife, Patricia Flory, Clarice Fulkerson, Marny Goens,
Ruth Henderson, Shirley Hetrick, Evelyn Hofmeister, Barbara Hunt, Mildred
Hutchinson, Robert Hutchinson, Wanda Hyde, Bonnie Jacobsen, Harriet
Johnson, Bertha Keeton, Dorval Keeton, Dorothy Lee, Linda Long,
Leonard Lord, Vera Lord, Barbara Magana-Thomas, Maebelle Marshall,
Marie Martin, Wayne Martin, Arlene Mitcheltree, Lorna Olmos, Ruby Parks,
Darren Patton, Abie Peters, Gerada Peters, Virginia Reed, John Reynolds,
Priscilla Smart, Pearl Smart, Pat Stafford, Stan Stafford, Kathleen
Talley, Kathy Tolliver, Virginia Tolliver, Ann Whitlock, and Mary Woodmansee.
