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Welcome to the website of the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, Inc.
This is a special time for us as we begin our 35th year of service to our community and to genealogists across the United States and in many foreign countries. We are constantly adding new features to our website. We hope you find our pages and links interesting and helpful as you search for your ancestors.
We also provide free educational programs at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month (September through June). On the third Wednesday evenings at 7:00 we offer a free discussion group for person who use computers in their genealogical research. Both of these are open to the public with no pre-registration required. Throughout the year, we will also offer classes that do require pre-registration and a user's fee.
Membership in our society is open to anyone living anywhere in the world. Click on the following link for an application
form. We invite you to join our organization and to join us at our various educational offerings.
Curt Sylvester, President
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News
Funeral Card Collection
We are seeking funeral cards to add to our online archive.
Check out the collection.
Military Symposium
The 3rd annual Military Symposium will be held in Fort Wayne October 8-9, sponsored by the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana. Sessions will be held at the Allen County Public Library in Meeting Rooms A-B.
With the approaching sesquicentennial of the Civil War, all six classes will be devoted to aiding family historians in research of their Civil War ancestors. Genealogy Center Director Curt Witcher opens the program with an overview of "Using Military Records for Genealogical Research." The remaining five sessions will be presented by Amy Johnson Crow, a popular genealogy speaker, researcher, and author.
Her topics include "The Last Full Measure: Military Burials" , "Researching Your Civil War Ancestors Online" , "State and Local Records for Civil War Research" , "After Mustering Out: Researching Civil War Veterans" , and "For Benefit of the Soldier: Civil War Fraternal Organizations."
Registration fee is $25, payable to the Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana, sent to: Military Symposium 2010, ACGSI, PO Box 12003, Fort Wayne, IN 46862. A class schedule and registration form are available online. For additional information call 260-421-1225.
Next Meeting
The next society meeting will be held Sep. 8, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the main Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza.
Curt Witcher will present What's New at the Genealogy Center.
Veterans Honor Roll
ACGSI is sponsoring the Web site for the 21st Century Allen County Veterans
Honor Roll at www.veteranshonorroll.org.
If you know of veterans or active troops who are missing from the roll, please forward
that information to John Hannigan.
Workshop
A beginning genealogy workshop is scheduled for Oct. 2, 2010. See the registration form for more information.
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