About Elaine Obbink Zimmerman
Registered Nurse Auditor – Self Employed (Hospital, Private)
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Baltimore
Registered Nurse, State of Maryland
Past President of Howard County Genealogical Society
Past President Embroiders Guild of American-Constellation Chapter
Past Member, Maryland State Archives Research Advisory Board
Past Chairman, Howard County Cemetery Preservation Committee
Publications Chairman, Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc.
President, Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc. (2001- 2005)
Memberships:
Embroiders Guild of America
Friends of the Archives – Calvin College (Dutch Ancestry)
Harry S. Truman Library
Association for the Advancement of Dutch American Studies (AADAS)
About Kenneth Edwin Zimmerman
Retired Federal Government – Project Manager
Facilities Manager (Worked Part-time) with BWCUMC.org
Retired from US Army Reserves-Vietnam & Desert Storm Veteran
Associate in Arts, Catonsville Community College
Bachelor of Business Administration, George Washington University
Past President of Baltimore County Genealogical Society (1995-1997)
Past Chairman, Computer Users Group, Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Past Notebook Editor, Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc. (2002-2017)
Past Member in the National Society Sons of the American Revolution and the Maryland Society SAR 1992-2012
| Past State Registrar 1993 to 1996, 2007 to April 2010 Past State Secretary 1996 to 2000 Past Maryland State Genealogist 2003-2007 Past Eagle Scout Chairman 2004-2008 Past Color Guard Adjutant and Marching Member Past Membership Chairman 2004-2008 Past Chapter Secretary, Charles Carroll of Carrollton 2004-2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Past and Chapter President, Charles Carroll of Carrollton |
Past Registrar, National Congress Of Patriotic Organizations, Inc. 2002
Past Recording Secretary with Maryland Society War of 1812 2002- 2003 and Past Board of Manager 2004 and Past Member prior to Oct 2012
Boumi Shrine Camping Club – Past Secretary 2001 & 2002, 2010. Wagon Master for 2003, Board of Directors 2004-2005 and Treasurer 2006-2008. .
Memberships:
Masonic Family, Maryland Lodge Palestine #189,and Boumi Shrine of Maryland
Both Members of:
Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc.
Maryland Historical Society & Maryland Genealogical Society
Star Spangled Banner Flag House and War of 1812 Museum
National Genealogical Society
The Society for the History of the Germans in Maryland
Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
- Author, “Records of St. Paul’s Cemetery 1855-1946”, Elaine Obbink Zimmerman and Kenneth Edwin Zimmerman, Family Line Publications, 1992
- Author, “Interment Records 1883-1929 Lorraine Cemetery & Mausoleum”, Elaine Obbink Zimmerman and Kenneth Edwin Zimmerman, Family Line Publications, 1995
- Author, “Guide to Research in Howard County, Maryland”, Kenneth E. Zimmerman (Editor Elaine Zimmerman, self publish, 1997
- “A History of the Dutch Settlement in Lancaster County, Nebraska by Gustav Adalph Bade” Edited by Elaine Obbink Zimmerman and Kenneth Edwin Zimmerman Willow Bend Books, April 2001
- Delegate, Federation of Genealogical Societies for Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc.
- Editor, “Mount Carmel Cemetery Publications – Five Volumes” Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc. Family Line Publications and Willow Bend Books
- Editor, “Western Cemetery – Four Volumes” Baltimore County Genealogical Society, Inc. Willow Bend Books
- Instructor, Genealogy Course – “Back to the Basics and What You have Forgotten”
- Instructor, Basic Computer Instruction – Courses & Private Classes
- Lectures, Maps in Genealogy
- Lectures, Vital Records
- Volunteer, Maryland State Archives – Hall of Records Reference Room
- Vendor Representative at National Conferences, Family Line Publications
- “Edna A. Kanley Award” for outstanding services at Baltimore County Genealogical Society Inc. and Life Member, May 2001
National Genealogical Society (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2019)