New for 2025, the OGS Library in Bellville, Ohio, will be open one Saturday a month, 9:00am-5:00pm. Linda Swanson, OGS Librarian, and Jenna Kish, OGS Archivist are available for patron questions. Regular library hours are Tuesday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm.
Please join Linda Swanson, OGS Librarian, and Jenna Kish, OGS Archivist, as they revisit changes and additions to the OGS Library and Archives performed in 2025. This annual update is an in-person event at the OGS Samuel D Isaly Library in Bellville, Ohio.
Please come for a "show and tell" of memorial works found at the Ohio Genealogical Society Library. Linda Swanson, OGS Librarian, will highlight what can be found in these memorials and why OGS collects them. Saturday Showcase is a series of presentations by the OGS staff featuring particular resources of the Library and Archives. They […]
Join Jenna Kish, OGS Archivist, for an in-depth look at the papers, letters, photographs, and other memorabilia from Ross E. Holaday, Ohio representative and US Consul to Cuba and Manchester, England, and his wife Harriett Curl Holaday. The presentation will include passenger lists, dinner menus, photographs, letters, and invitations from the Holadays’ time abroad in […]
Join Linda Swanson, OGS Librarian, as she highlights some of the library's resources regarding the Virginia Military District. This territory was bordered by the Ohio River on the south, the Little Miami River to the west, and the Scioto River on the east and north. Virginia used these lands as payment to Revolutionary War veterans […]
Lorain County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Lorain County, Ohio is pleased to welcome Kris Rizbusnitski as the guest presenter for its upcoming Monday, May 11th program at 7 p.m. E.T. Kris Rzepczynski, is an archivist at The Archives of Michigan in Lansing, with a special interest in genealogy and local history. He has […]
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Ohio Genealogical Society Writing Contests
OGN Contest 1 July – 30 September
OGSQ Contest 1 September – 31 December
OGS is sponsoring its genealogical writing contest to reward amateur and professional genealogical authorship and to help fill the pages of its renowned journals with articles.
Prizes range from $25 – $100. Full Writing Contest Details
PLEASE NOTE: All Lineage Society applications are due Nov 30!