The meeting will include vote for 2024 officers, review of By-Laws updates, and Sharing will be the program. Bring a new genealogy find or information on a source you discovered or your favorite heirloom.
Scott Norwick will be presenting "Ashland County in the 1950 Census Insights-and Discoveries". You are interested in receiving the Zoom link for this meeting please contact the chapter via email at [email protected].
The house or barn may no longer be there, but we can discover where your ancestors called home. The trick is learning how to use Deed/Land records and match the locations on a modern map. If you have Stark County roots, this workshop is for you!
Learn how to use Stark Library's databases to access historical newspapers to enhance family history or research projects.
An in-person conference will be held on Saturday, 24 February 2024, at the Leesburg, Florida Public Library, from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Our speaker will be Tamara Hallo. Cost is $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Please email [email protected] for a registration form.
The newly designed Archion.de and how to use it. Archion is a pay-for Protestant German Church record site. You can view the actual church records of your German ancestral hometown on this site. The discussion will be led by Carol Swinehart, who has been researching her German families for 40+ years. An educator, author, and […]
Do you have family ancestry from Ireland? A lot of us do! Join Anne Kunze as she shares pictures from her recent Ireland trip. Maybe you'll find a connection to your family, too!
A presentation by Dr. Deborah A. Abbott, "A Gift of Love: Who's Writing Your Story?" will follow after a short meeting by the Lake County Genealogical Society. The LCGS will be meeting via Zoom at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Abbott will explain why it may be a good idea to fill in the blanks of our […]
A presentation by Dr. Deborah A. Abbott, "A Gift of Love: Who's Writing Your Story?" will follow after a short meeting by the Lake County Genealogical Society. The LCGS will be meeting via Zoom at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Abbott will explain why it may be a good idea to fill in the blanks of our […]
Virtual Meeting Presenter: Eric Migdal This is part 2 of a two-part program. The program highlights the understanding of genetic genealogy for use in your research of your family, using a few of the presenter’s DNA matches. Eric will show how to use information found on family trees and researching the facts to expand your […]
Meet Janis Robinson Daly, author of The Unlocked Path. An Examination and Celebration of Family History. How the secrets of our past can surprise, delight, educate and inspire the writing of a novel.
Join OGS Director Noel Poirier for an examination of the family and military training of American Revolutionary General the Marquis de Lafayette and hear about what it was like to portray the Marquis de Lafayette for public programming at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. This webinar will be recorded for future viewing on the OGS website.
Daniel Horowitz presents "Locations Are Everything: The Places Your Relatives Were."
1870 Illinois resident, James Taylor, was born in Ohio -- but where and to whom? No will, probate, death record, obituary, or other record names his parents. In this case study, speaker Shelley Bishop will illustrate how indirect evidence drawn from extensive research in a variety of sources was analyzed and correlated to identify his […]
The Sandusky County Kin Hunters will meet on Sunday, March 10, 2 PM at the Sandusky Township House, next to the Fire Station, 2207 Oak Harbor Rd (N SR 19), north of Fremont. Kathy Webb will tell us about The 1913 Flood in Sandusky County.
Ohio Genealogy Society - Lorain County Chapter will present an online program, “Faith of our Fathers” on March 11 at 7 pm. Peggy Lauritzen, author, researcher, and instructor, will present this program on our country’s religious history and diversity. A number of different religions and their beginnings will be discussed. Before state and vital records […]
Geauga County seniors recorded memories of family and living in Geauga County. These recordings have been transcribed and are available in the Anderson Allyn Room of the Chardon Public Library.
Get your family photos and souvenirs out of boxes and into a creative display you can enjoy. Bring 3 or 4 items relating to a single subject (birthdays, pets, vacation, grandchildren, etc.) and a pair of scissors.
The Ohio Genealogical Society - Fairfield Chapter is having a "Coffee with a Genealogist" event on Friday, March 15, 2024, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am at Panera Bread, 1374 Ety Rd NW in Lancaster. Members will be present to answer your questions.
Charlene Hankinson will present a program on organizing your genealogy. She submitted a successful Pioneer application in 2023 and the committee was very impressed with it.
Special guest will be Todd Kleismit, Executive Director of America-250 Ohio, about upcoming grant cycles. America-250 Ohio will be opening up another grant cycle in the spring and anticipate providing over $600,000 in grant monies for local and state programming that supports the America-250 Ohio initiative. To register for the meeting, click: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcrf-uorjgqGNbZ96gEqrQrk8N63eJhNW07
Learn what to do when Google and traditional sources don’t return useful information as we research our family history. We will learn to explore resources that are invisible to Google and information that is hidden deep within web sites and proprietary databases. The “hidden web” lies buried within the collections for commercial web sites, libraries, […]
Genealogists use archives every day to locate records about their ancestors. Are there records that you are not accessing because you don't know they exist? Not all records are online, indexed, or microfilmed. Digging deeper into the local and state archives to find unique and relatively unknown records might be the next step in your […]
The Ohio Genealogical Society, Fairfield Chapter meeting will be Thursday, March 21, 2024 at the Genealogical Research Library, 503 Lenwood Drive in Lancaster. Refreshments at 6:30 pm, short business meeting at 7 pm, followed by the 'Library Lock-in". There will be members available to help with your 'brick walls', how to get started on your […]
Richland County Chapter Research Day- Bring a guest and use the OGS library facilities to conduct research free of charge. At 1 p.m., Jenna Kish, OGS Archivist, will present "Processing Your Genealogy For Your Descendants" in the OGS library conference room. Presentation will also be available through the Zoom platform; nonmembers can contact the Richland […]
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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!