Events Calendar
Events
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Stark County-Memory Makers: Friday Edition
Stark Library-Plain Community Branch 1803 Schneider Street NE, Canton, United StatesGet ready to snip, stick, and share! This hands-on workshop is a chance for kids, teens, and adults to disconnect from screens and uncover their own story. A variety of materials will be provided to create pages for your scrapbook. Feel free to bring any projects you have been working on at home!
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Stark County-Digging Into Ancestry DNA
Stark Library-Lake Community Branch 565 Market Ave. SW, Uniontown, OH 44685, Uniontown, United StatesStark Library Genealogist Stephanie will talk about her personal experience using Ancestry DNA, which allows you to find information not available through records alone.
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Medina County – Genealogy Discussion Group
Medina County District Library 210 South Broadway Street, Medina, OH, United StatesConnect with fellow genealogists to discuss research, share hints, and ask questions. All are welcome! No registration required. Attend in person at Medina Library, 2nd floor Conference Room 2A.
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Stark County-Memory Makers: Friday Edition
Stark Library-Plain Community Branch 1803 Schneider Street NE, Canton, United StatesGet ready to snip, stick, and share! This hands-on workshop is a chance for kids, teens, and adults to disconnect from screens and uncover their own story. A variety of materials will be provided to create pages for your scrapbook. Feel free to bring any projects you have been working on at home!
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Stark County-Memory Makers: Friday Edition
Stark Library-Plain Community Branch 1803 Schneider Street NE, Canton, United StatesGet ready to snip, stick, and share! This hands-on workshop is a chance for kids, teens, and adults to disconnect from screens and uncover their own story. A variety of materials will be provided to create pages for your scrapbook. Feel free to bring any projects you have been working on at home!
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OGS Library Open 9am-5pm
The OGS Library in Bellville, Ohio, is 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.
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Road Trip to Family History at the OGS Samuel D. Isaly Library
Planning a genealogy road trip in July? Add the OGS Library as a stop! Librarians from Medina, Wayne, Stark, and Summit Counties are bringing their local genealogy and history expertise to us! They, along with OGS staff, will be available to answer your questions and help you research at the OGS Library. Open to all […]
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Richland County OGS Meeting
Monthly Meeting
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Stark County-Accessing Historical Newspapers
Stark Library-East Canton Branch 224 N Wood St, East Canton, OH 44730, East Canton, United StatesNewspapers are living history, capturing important events and personal information. Learn how to access historical newspapers using Library databases to find your family history or conduct another research project.
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OGS Chapter Connection Zoom Meeting
Featured OGS Chapter Connection Zoom MeetingVirtual EventJoin us from 7:00 to 8:00 pm for our next OGS Chapter Connection Zoom Meeting. We discuss ways to improve your chapter or society and many facets of chapter management. Suggestions for topics to be discussed are always welcome. Chapter members are welcome to attend.
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Stark County-Memory Makers: Friday Edition
Stark Library-Plain Community Branch 1803 Schneider Street NE, Canton, United StatesGet ready to snip, stick, and share! This hands-on workshop is a chance for kids, teens, and adults to disconnect from screens and uncover their own story. A variety of materials will be provided to create pages for your scrapbook. Feel free to bring any projects you have been working on at home!
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Stark County-Genealogy Puzzle
Stark Library-Plain Community Branch 1803 Schneider Street NE, Canton, United StatesAre you a history buff? Participants will work together to solve puzzles and discover the story of Stark County’s own Robert Pinn.
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Stark County-Memory Makers: Friday Edition
Stark Library-Plain Community Branch 1803 Schneider Street NE, Canton, United StatesGet ready to snip, stick, and share! This hands-on workshop is a chance for kids, teens, and adults to disconnect from screens and uncover their own story. A variety of materials will be provided to create pages for your scrapbook. Feel free to bring any projects you have been working on at home!
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Medina County – Family History Series: Patriot or Not? Using the GPS on a Closed DAR Line
Medina County District Library 210 South Broadway Street, Medina, OH, United StatesThis case study illustrates how following the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS) to collect records and correlate evidence helps trace a Pennsylvania family’s possible movement to Ohio and Indiana. The Colglazier family, said to be of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, is traced through land, probate, census, tax lists, and military records to find if they are indeed […]
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Medina County – Genealogy Discussion Group
Medina County District Library 210 South Broadway Street, Medina, OH, United StatesConnect with fellow genealogists to discuss research, share hints, and ask questions. All are welcome! No registration required. Attend in person at Medina Library, 2nd floor Conference Room 2A.
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Chapter Connections – Thursday
Featured Chapter Connections – ThursdayVirtual EventJoin us from 7:00 to 8:00 pm for our next OGS Chapter Connection Zoom Meeting. We discuss ways to improve your chapter or society and many facets of chapter management. Suggestions for topics to be discussed are always welcome. Chapter members are welcome to attend.
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OGS Library Open 9am-5pm
The OGS Library in Bellville, Ohio, is 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.
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Richland County OGS Meeting
Lineage Society Potluck
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Licking County Chapter – Finding an Ohio Pioneer Family Using Migration Routes and mtDNA
Licking Co Genealogy Society at LC Library 101 W. Main Street, Newark, United StatesThe Licking County Chapter of OGS is pleased to welcome Kelly Bergheimer as a guest presenter for her program “Finding an Ohio Pioneer Family Using Migration Routes and mtDNA” on Sat., Aug. 15th at 1 p.m. This free program will be held online via Zoom and is open to the public. To receive the Zoom […]
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Stark County-Journaling My Story
Stark Library-North Branch 189 25th Street NW, Canton, OH 44709, Canton, United StatesOne of the best gifts we can give future generations is recording our stories. Learn how to capture your memories through journaling with our Family and Local History staff. We know the right kind of questions to get you started and will help you along the way. Trust us; future great-great grandchildren will be glad […]
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Stark County – From Roots to Branches: Explore Your Family History
Stark Library-DeHoff 216 Hartford Ave SE, CantonGet help taking the most important step in finding your ancestors- your first! Learn how to get started searching, gathering, and organizing your family history.
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2026 OGS Fall Retreat
FeaturedThe Ohio Genealogical Society 611 State Rte 97 W, Bellville, OH, United StatesGet Tickets Free – $280.00 -
OGS Library Open 9am-5pm
The OGS Library in Bellville, Ohio, is 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 […]
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Licking County Chapter – New England Explorers
Licking Co Genealogy Society at LC Library 101 W. Main Street, Newark, United StatesThe Licking County Chapter of OGS is pleased to welcome 1st VP of OGS Deborah Deal as a guest presenter for her program "New England Explorers" on Sat., Sept. 12th, […]
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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!