School may be out, but learning doesn’t take a break at the Ohio Genealogical Society. Our Summer Sessions are already off to an early start and offer classes and workshops designed to help the novice to the advanced family researcher gain tools to enable them get more from their research efforts. All programs will be held at the Samuel D. Isaly Building, 611 State Route 97 W, Bellville, Ohio except where noted. The sessions are open to the public and are free except where indicated. You can find a complete listing at www.ogs.org under the Events tab or on our Facebook page.
There will be a pair of two hour workshops designed for OGS chapters/societies slated for June. Saturday, June 11 beginning at 10 a.m., learn how to get the word out by attending one entitled Utilizing Social Media. On Saturday, June 18 at 10 a.m., a workshop on How to Judge a Lineage Application will be held, both will provide important information for your group. With the new Society of Families of the Old Northwest Territory (SFONT) lineage society being inaugurated during the 2017 State Conference at Kalahari in Sandusky, Ohio the latter session can better equip you to assist those in your chapter/society who are considering making an application.
For these and other programs offered by OGS, check our website at www.ogs.org, follow us on Facebook or Twitter or call 419-886-1903 for more information.
Sat. 5/28 10 a.m. Underutilized Court Records-Guardianships, Civil and Criminal Courts/Cheryl Abernathy
Sat. 6/11 10 a.m. WORKSHOP Utilizing Social Media (2 hours)
Sat. 6/18 10 a.m. WORKSHOP How to Judge a Lineage Application (2 hours)
Fri. 6/25 1 p.m. Ticked Off; Those Pesky Pre-1850 Census Tic Marks/Peggy Clemens Lauritzen
Sat. 7/23 10 a.m. WORKSHOP How to Apply to an OGS Lineage Society (2 hours)
Fri. 7/29 1 p.m. Beginning Genealogy/Marleen Applegate
Sat. 8/6 1 p.m. Misbegotten Children; Tracing the family Lines of the Illegitimate and Babies /Peggy Clemens Lauritzen
Sat. 8/20 9 a.m. Chapter Management Seminar (6.5 hours)
Fri. 8/26 TBA Researching Funeral Home Records/Deborah A. Abbott, Ph. D.
Sat. 8/27 1 p.m. An Introduction to Autosomal DNA/Mary Milne Jamba
Tue. 9/6 7 p.m. Researching Funeral Home Records/Deborah A. Abbott, PH. D. This will be held at the Shaker Heights Public Library Main Branch.
Sat. 10/1 9 a.m. OGS FALL SEMINAR This will be held at Quality Inn & Suites Conference Center- Bellville, Ohio/Deborah A. Abbott, Ph. D.
Sat. 10/8 10 a.m. U.S. Colored Troops/Eric Johnson
Fri. 10/14 10 a.m. Annual Librarian’s Seminar
Sessions are subject to change, call 419-886-1903 to verify. Additional sessions may be added at a later date.