The Ohio Genealogical Society is pleased to offer a series of webinars originally presented by genealogy educators Lisa Alzo and Thomas MacEntee. These webinars are being presented as a members-only benefit. They may not be downloaded or shared. These webinars…
Family Search representative, John DeJong, along with Ashland County Probate Court Administrator, Nancy Dyer and Ohio Genealogical Society representative, Marleen Applegate met today at the Ashland County Probate Court to review and assess material for digitization. Exciting things are going…
The Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS) is proud to announce the formation of its fifth lineage society, The Society of Families of the Old Northwest Territory (SFONT). This new lineage society will be open to both members and non-members. Applications will…
One of the additions to www.familysearch.org this year are the camera and microfilm icons in the main library catalog under the “Search” tab. Search for your county of interest in the locality field and check out all the subject divisions.…
The Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS) is proud to announce the formation of its fifth lineage society, The Society of Families of the Old Northwest Territory (SFONT). This new lineage society will be open to both members and non-members. Applications will…
The website www.familysearch.org is a goldmine of information for those researching Ohio ancestors. Millions of records have been digitized, indexed, and arbitrated to make it easy for you to search these records from the comfort of your home at any…
Genealogy and the recording of family history has been around for a very long time. For some reason, in the 1950’s it became a popular hobby again. Many genealogical organizations were started to encourage people to follow their hobby. This…
One of our OGS members is teaching her 10-year old daughter, Emma, how to do research on her family. Last week Emma and her mom came to the Samuel D. Isaly Library to research. Emma is a member of several…
Today we honor a long-time member, benefactor, past chair of the OGS Cemetery Committee, and a past Trustee of the Ohio Genealogical Society – Lolita Thayer Guthrie – on her 90th birthday.Lolita’s involvement with OGS began innocently enough in 1990…
Today, I attended the funeral at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Bellville for Lois (Robinson) McCullough, a longtime volunteer who joined the Ohio Genealogical Society back in 1961, just a few months short of getting the appellation of “OGS charter…