Celebrating our 29th year as a Society
January 1980 - January 2009

Next Meeting: 

No meetings are held in July, August and December.

September 16th

Tom Crete - Manager of Martenson's Funeral Home in Allen Park will speak on Funeral Home Records: "What's Available - What's Not."  How do we go about obtaining funeral home records, what information do they contain that would be helpful in our research, and what is not available to us.

October 21st

Lars Larson - will be educating us on "Patents".  What are they and how do we get information concerning relatives who may have submitted a patent.  Lars worked in the Detroit Patent Office for many years.  He is a member of the Taylor Historical Society.

November 18th.

Keith Wunderlich - "Vernors".  Keith does a presentation on the evolution of the Vernor's Company.  He also brings a collection of Vernor's advertising and memorabilia.  Keith will also have his Arcadia book for sale and autographing at the cost of $19.95.

No meeting in December.  Merry Christmas.

Meetings are at St. Johns Church, corner of 4th and Chestnut, Wyandotte.  Enter in back doors, on west side of church.  Click on map link below for church directions. 

Library Hours

The Library is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Our Library collection is housed at the Taylor Public Library located at 12303 Pardee Road.
Between Northline and Goddard.  In addition to many fine reference books are included, copies of members five
generation charts, surname index and research
locality profiles. 

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In the fall of 1979, an eight-session genealogy workshop was held. The persons attending
the workshop desired to keep the initiative alive and met for the first time in January 1980
   with fourteen people in attendance. The Downriver Genealogical Society became a reality.
Within 10 short years our Society hosted the statewide Michigan Genealogical Council 3
day Seminar.
The Downriver Genealogical Society has built a large genealogical library that is beneficial
to members and to all persons seeking their heritage. Our society has numerous publications
that are sold at our meetings, at our library and by mail. A more detailed list will be
included in your new member packet.
We welcome you to join and share the fun and excitement of your interest with other
members of the Downriver Genealogical Society.