Donations & Memorials

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Seminar is April 15. See 2023 Spring Seminar for more information.

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Our country is one of religious diversity. Except for the very early days in the colonies, there has never been a "state religion". A number of different religions and their beginnings will be discussed. Before state and vital records were mandated, churches were valuable information that can be used as substitutes for vital records.

 

Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG, FOGS, has an amazing ability to bring laughter into the lives of her audience members. She is a frequent lecturer at many local societies in Ohio, as well as Family History seminars. She has presented at Brigham Young University, and ICAPGen, and taught Continuing Education classes at several community colleges and The Ohio State University. Peggy is a featured columnist in Reminisce magazine, has written several Legacy QuickGuides, and has filmed as an instructor for Ancestry Academy, and worked as a researcher for Ancestry ProGenealogists. She was award the title of Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society in 2018.

 

OGS members, do you have a favorite photograph, artifact, or story of one of your ancestors? Bring it to share at the meeting so we can get to know each other better!  (How to share your screen.)

Reliving the past tradition of our December meetings, members enjoyed a holiday social and shared stories.

 

The program began with a short presentation about the WSGS WA Pioneer Pursuit project concerning those Washington ancestors who lived in Washington when it was a territory. WSGS is hoping to raise interest and volunteers to work on the project.  A recording of the announcement is included with the general membership meeting recording.

 

A recording of the Zoom meeting is available for OGS members.  Log in to the website and click on left side banner Community Events / Recordings*. 

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It’s that time of year again to start up SIGs for the year.  Make this year the year to attend a SIG meeting or two!  This is a great venue to get to know more about genealogy software, DNA, how to write your story or ethnic research.  The plus side is getting to know fellow members in a small group setting.  Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are a benefit of membership so make sure your membership status is updated to access this wonderful benefit.  As we have been doing the last couple of years, the meetings will be held virtually.  However, we are switching the platform for our meetings to Google Meet.  Google Meet functions much like Zoom for the attendees.  You’ll find similar buttons that Zoom has.  The gain for changing over is that the SIG facilitator will be the one sending out invites and creating the meeting links.  The links will still be found on the corresponding SIG webpage.  If you would like to be on the SIG list, please send an email to the facilitator to be included on their list of members.  You’ll find their email contact on the Membership List.

 

Feel free to contact the facilitator to learn more about a group. More information is shared on the SIG pages and the related Forums once you have logged onto the OGS website.  Access to the SIGs and Forums is a benefit of membership; if you aren't a member yet, join up and start taking in all that OGS membership offers!!

 

• ANCESTRY - Greg Nordlund; meets 4^th Saturday 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
• DNA - Nancy Cordell; meets 2^nd Tuesday 6:30 pm
• FAMILY HISTORY WRITING - Laura Carroll meets 1^st Monday 7:00 - 9:00 pm (note change in start time)
• FAMILY TREE MAKER - David Abernathy; meets 4^th Thursday 10:00 am
• FAMILY SEARCH.org – Carolyn Gibbons; meets 4^th Wednesday 6:00 - 8:00 pm
• GENEALOGY CHAT - Peggy Cooley; meets 3^rd Wednesday 1:00 - 2:30 pm
• ITALIAN - Greg Nordlund; meets quarterly (Nov, Feb, May, Aug) 1st Saturday 11:00 am.
• LEGACY FAMILY TREE - Jerri McCoy; meets 3^rd Saturday 1:00 pm

OGS is always interested in starting new SIGs, if you have a topic in mind please contact Kerry Upton. Every SIG needs a coordinator, please let Kerry know if you are willing to be a SIG coordinator. All SIG meetings will be hosted on Google Meet.

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See the National Archives website for more information.

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The Olympia Genealogical Society's website is designed to allow our members to engage with each other as they trace their ancestors, fill out their family trees, and discover their family histories. We want to make this site a dynamic experience where members can share with and learn from one another. Here are just a few ways to engage on this site today:

• Go to Members Login* in the main menu and log in.
• Review your Profile and provide any appropriate revisions to your Contact Info and Member Settings. Email a photo of yourself to Membership@OlyGenSoc.org for posting to the Membership List.
• Under the Surnames tab of your profile, add the names of your ancestors.
• Join one or more of the Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
• Contribute to one of the Forums.
• Submit feedback, topic ideas or tips to Webmaster@OlyGenSoc.org.

If you aren’t already an OGS member, please consider joining and engaging with our community. To do so, see Membership in the menu in the left column.

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OGS provides a searchable public database to which an OGS member can add the surnames of their ancestors. At this writing, the database includes 348 entries. See OGS Surname Database for more information.

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See the current issue and the Archives.