The Old Northwest Territory, officially called the United States Territory Northwest of the Ohio River, was created by the U.S. Congress through the Northwest Ordinance, and it existed between 13 July 187 to 3 March 1803. The territory encompassed today’s…
The 14th Annual Genealogy Librarians’ Seminar, an educational gathering for professionals who work in the genealogical and local history field in Ohio’s libraries, will be held on Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Samuel Isaly Library of the Ohio Genealogical…
Written by guest blogger, Stacey Adger. Stacey is a trustee of the Ohio Genealogical Society and covers the Youngstown and Trumbull Districts. Stacey is also the Publicity Chair for OGS. In addition, she is a co-chair for the 2017 OGS…
How long has it been since you signed in to the OGS web site membership page – www.ogs.org – by typing in your surname and membership number in the box on the left. Check out every section including the new…
1. Read the Rules 2. Properly fill out the front page of the application and sign the application 3. Fill out the Ascent Chart starting with yourself and working backwards 4. Collect the documentation required to prove the…
Below you will find some suggestions and examples concerning source citations that will be helpful when submitting lineage application documents. Also attached is a list of further suggestions, websites, and books that will help you with source citations. Source citations…
Today, at the Samuel D. Isaly library of the Ohio Genealogical Society, a workshop was held to help individuals that wanted to apply to a lineage society. OGS now has 5 different lineage societies, each unique in its own way.…
Authors invest much time, money and talent in their books. Please remember that a couple of pages of a copyrighted book/magazine article, manuscript, etc. can be copied for your personal research use. Any more than that, you need to obtain permission…
“Ticked Off: Those Pesky Pre-1850 Census Tic Marks” will by the topic of a class by world-renowned speaker Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, who luckily lives just up the road from the Ohio Genealogical Society library. The date is Saturday, June 25th…
The opening up of the land was the major reason for our pioneer ancestors to migrate into Ohio. OGS Trustee Cheryl Abernathy just sent out a Facebook note that her county land records were now online. We checked and, sure…