Membership Meetings

Join us along with guest speaker, Geoff Rasmussen who will be giving us an overview of Legacy 9.0 software. You will hear the benefits of using the software for your genealogy and the new features that have been rolled out. Geoff will also be answering all of your questions. GIVEAWAYS - TWO Lucky LCGS Members will […]

July Meeting: Unusual Source Records for Genealogical Research with Sue Kaufman. Program overview: Some of the more interesting bits of researching our families are the stories that we hear and the stories that we discover.  Through the documents, it is often us, the researcher, who weaves those stories from the names, dates, places from those […]

August Meeting: Ancestry ThruLines: Maximize your Ancestry DNA Results with Patti Smith ~ Understanding how to effectively use ThruLines can help individuals avoid common pitfalls such as the temptation of gathering unverified relatives to grow their family tree, contaminating the Ancestry database with unnecessary and incorrect data, and trusting the accuracy of the family tree […]

September Meeting: WikiTree’s DNA Features with Mags Gaulden.  What would happen if there was only one single family tree – in the world? We would all be able to find our ancestors and only have to look once. WikiTree is that; a single, global, family tree. It’s powered by close to 900,000 volunteers all working collaboratively […]

Technology to the Rescue: Tools Every Genealogist Needs in Their Tool Box with Linda Debe. Attendees will learn how to work smarter, not harder with free tools from programs to extensions, to built-in features from their operating system. These tools help with organization, research, writing, and plotting land deeds, as well as abstracting, extracting, and transcribing records. There is something for everyone, and who doesn’t love FREE?!?!  

November Meeting: Facebook as a Tool to Break Thru Brick Walls with Drew Smith. Learn to use Facebook successfully to find living relatives or to share your questions, problems, and brick walls with other genealogists. Speaker will be remote. To attend this program virtually, use the following link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcuirqzkrGdI9la2Vtz_WEwfdzZxlXnq_ Handout for this meeting […]

Join us for our January 2024 monthly meeting with speaker Bryan Mulcahy as he presents his program on Types of Libraries. Libraries are not all the same. From a genealogical research perspective, libraries have rare book collections, periodicals, local history collections, access to online databases, as well as other resources that are unique to that […]

Join us for our February 2024 monthly meeting with Debra Dudek who will be presenting Using FOLD3 Library Edition. Love it or hate it, Fold3 is cornering the market on American military records online.  Learn how to navigate the site, browse resources effectively, and find the hidden gems on this fantastic database. Visit Debra at her […]

Join us for a Saturday Membership Meeting with Steve Colburn when he presents his program "Archival Research for Genealogists."  This class is designed to help genealogists supplement their family research by going beyond the commonly-used sources with archival materials.  These materials are often not found when using typical, general-purpose databases and online search engines.  We […]

Join us for our monthly meeting with speaker Bryan Mulcahy when he presents his program on City Directories. City directories can be very useful for genealogical research, but often are overlooked by genealogists.  In one form or another, city directories have been published in various parts of the United States since the 1700s. They have been […]