The city directory provides an opportunity to discover our ancestors’ historical context. Pictures, advertisements, maps of the city and many more items are often included. The audience will be encouraged to understand each directory’s unique qualities. Reverse directories will also…
March 8, 2018: Pinning Together Your Genealogical Past with Pinterest - Debra Dudek Are you on Pinterest? It's more than just tasty recipes and weight loss tips. This site can help you sort, share, and promote your genealogy projects. Learn how…
Bring that special family artifact that led you to seek discoveries about your ancestral roots. Each person will have the opportunity to tell the group about the item they’ve brought and to display it.
There is much more to census records than just the Federal Population Schedules. Tina will explore additional census schedules such as Agriculture and Manufacturing, plus how state and local censuses can be used to enhance your family history. Members can…
This is a trip through time to explore the service history of several men and women. Her presentation includes a brief recap on starting research and obtaining the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), Air Force Accident Reports, Missing Air…
The society has been collecting research questions, and could use a few more. Bring your questions and the panel of “experts” will provide research advice.
Autosomal, mitochondrial, Y-DNA, chromosomes, "It's all Greek to me." Which type of DNA test is best? I've tested, so what do the results mean? DNA is one more piece of evidence to use to discover and help prove your family…
Research Study Group
The FVGS Research Study Group is a casual group of FVGS members who have no pre-determined agenda, other than learning new ways to improve genealogy searches, organization, skills, etc.
Are you interested in writing your family genealogy for publication in some format? If so, you may wish to join the Scholarly Writing Group (SWG). Currently, there are about nine society members in the group who are writing some aspect of family history for private publication for their family or in a genealogy journal or perhaps book form for a larger audience.