Stark County Chapter #76
Ohio Genealogical Society
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CHAPTER OFFICERS:
Lauren K. Landis, President & Newsletter Editor
David Halter, Vice President
Martha Mertz, Treasurer
Mary Biller, Recording Secretary
Gloria Sturm, Corresponding Sec.
Stark County Chapter OGS Mission
Since its formation in 1973, the mission of the Stark County Chapter of OGS has been to bring together all persons with an interest in genealogy as a hobby or as a profession.Monthly Meetings
Chapter meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. in the Mckinley room of the Stark County District Library at 715 Market Ave North, in Canton, OH, on the second Thursday of each month, with the exceptions of the annual picnic in July, the annual banquet in November, and the Christmas break in December. Meeting program descriptions can be found on the meetings page and guests are always welcome.
The Latest News |
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Hi everyone and welcome to the Stark County OGS website. I hope that everyone has been having a safe and enjoyable spring this year and is looking forward to the changes that it brings. Speaking of changes you will begin to see a number of changes in this website in the next coming months that will hopefully make your experience here both easier to navigate and provide new and better services to both members and non-members alike. The first of these is a new contact mail form that allows you to address your questions directly to an officer or to the various parties concerned with the subject of your email. This will provide you with better access to our officers and give you a quicker response on your queries or problems. The next change to be implemented will be a total site redesign to allow users to easier access to our existing content and also to make the site easier to expand with new content like our members only section and other future projects. These developments will help us address the needs of our members that were outlined in our survey that we conducted last year You can view those results by clicking here. If you cannot read the file then please download and install Adobe Reader by clicking here. If you are still having trouble please use the contact page to send me an email and I can assist you. In society news we are happy to announce the formation of the First Families of Stark County, Ohio. This is a lineage society within the Stark County Chapter that is similar to First Families of Ohio. To qualify you must have had ansectors that lived in Stark County before January 1, 1826. If you think you might be eligible please download, print and fill out our FFSCO Application and mail it to the address on the application for review. Also make sure to look at the FFSCO Rules of Evidence to make sure that all of your references qualify. Make sure to get your applications in before August 31 in order to be inducted into the first class of entrants at our Annual Banquet in November. If you have any questions about the application process or would like to help out in reviewing them please talk to Pat Willaman or you can contact him through our contact form by selecting the First Families of Stark County button. One more thing, we are now join on Facebook. If you would like to join our Facebook group just search for the Stark County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society and join up. You can get in touch with other members and also post queries that the other members of Facebook might be able to help you with. Well that is it for now take care and we hope to see you again either on here or in person at one of our monthly meetings. |
At the Last Meeting |
| April 9: Heitger Funeral Home - Jeff Heitger of the Heitger Funeral Home talked to us about the Massillon's oldest family owned business and shared some of his families stories about the history of the business. |
Upcoming Events |
| May 14: Field Trip - Massillon Public Library - We will be touring the genealogical sources that the Library has to offer and doing a little research too so bring your notebooks. (No business meeting this month.) |
Membership
If you or a family member have an interest in genealogy or tracing your family history, you may become a member of the Stark Chapter of OGS. Paid Memberships include attendence at monthly meetings, the genealogy newsletter, The Tree Climber, which is published 6 times a year, and free queries published in The Tree Climber.
| Single Membership - 1 Year | $10.00 |
| Joint Membership - 1 Year | $15.00 |
You can find an application on the following link Membership Application. Just print and fill out the form and mail it along with a check for the right amount to the address provided.
Contact Us
You can get in touch with us in a couple of ways. If you would just like to leave a comment about the website or what families you are researching please go and Sign and then View our Guestbook.If you have a specific question or research query you would like us to answer for you please fill out the Email form on our Contact Page and we will be happy to get in touch with you. And as always we welcome you to come see us in person at one of our monthly meetings.
Updated: May 13, 2009
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