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MEETINGS AND MEMBERSHIP PAGE   

GENERAL MEETING
No meetings June, July, August

GUESTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME

DATE

First Tuesday of each month from September to May

LOCATION

Department of Aging, 1715 Lansing Avenue, Jackson, MI

MEETING

6:00 PM Social Time,  6:30 Meeting

WELCOME TO THE 2011-2012 YEAR

Place of Meetings

CROUCH CENTER
JACKSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGING
1715 LANSING AVENUE

Time
SOCIAL TIME 6:00 P.M.

MEETING TIME 6:30 P.M.

 

SCHEDULE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

DATE

TIME

LOCATION

AGENDA

September 13, 2011


6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Tompkins Center Steward Museum

Tompkins Center Stewart Museum

October 4, 2011


6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

Finding Female Ancestors
Presenter:  Karen Krugman

November 1, 2011


6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

Solitude in Stone Slide Show
Presenter:  Clyde Chamberlain

December 6, 2011


6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

Adoptee research & Growing Up With Kellogg
Presenter:  Phil Rosenberger

January 3, 2012


6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

Overview of "In Their Own Words" interview program
Presenter:  Larry Martin

February 7, 2012

6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

JCGS Library and the 1940 census

by Rosalee Griewahn, Chian Kuntz

M-Z names have cookie duty

March 6, 2012

6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

Find A Grave

by Deb Hayes-Wolfe

April 3, 2012

6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

Researching Your Civil War Ancestor

by Derek Davey

May 1, 2012

6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

Rosie the Riveter

by Mae Sleight, Marcy Van Schoick, Ruth Dean

Election of Officers     

June

No Meeting

Have A Safe Summer

July

No Meeting

Have A Safe Summer

August

No Meeting

Have A Safe Summer

September 4, 2012

6:00 Social

6:30 Meeting

Department of Aging

TBD

 

BOARD MEETINGS

All members are invited to attend the Board Meetings

DATE, TIME

Third Tuesday of each month 6:30 pm.
Meetings held all 12 months

PLACE

JCGS Library
211 Ganson Street

 

JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OFFICERS
2012-2013 YEAR

PRESIDENT

RAE PIERCE

VICE PRESIDENT

RICH COTTRELL

SECRETARY

CAROLYN PALMER

TREASURER

JUDY MOULTON

PAST PRESIDENT

STACY STONER

LIBRARIAN

ROSALEE M. GRIEWAHN

LEXICON EDITOR

DIANNE JONAS

NEWSLETTER

LAURIE LIGHTFOOT

COURTHOUSE RESEARCH

H. ELAINE ENGLAND

RESEARCH EMERITUS

DORIS LITTEBRANT

RESEARCH

CHIAN KUNTZ

WEB MASTER

CARL COLBY

MGC DELEGATES

STACY STONER & CARL COLBY

 

MEMBERSHIP

Click below for Membership Application

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Membership Year
September 1-August 31
Dues payable September 1

Dues:  $20 a year
Single Member or family at a single address

$25 per year International

Membership benefits:

·         bimonthly newsletter

·         society's periodical publication, THE LEXICON, published quarterly

·         free use of computers at the Genealogy Library

·         free access to Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest.com at the Genealogy Library

·         field trips to out-of-town libraries,  including Allen County Library, Fort Wayne, IN

·         use of all materials housed at the Jackson County Genealogy Society Library

 

SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS    

THE JCGS NEWSLETTER, free to members

The JCGS newsletter is published six times each year.  It features news of the society's activities, such as meetings, programs and participation in community events.  The newsletter also provides information regarding activities of other genealogical societies and programs of interest to JCGS members.  Rounding out the newsletter's content are articles of genealogical and historical interest involving Jackson County, Michigan.

 

THE LEXICON, free to members

The Lexicon is the quarterly indexed periodical of the Society specializing in Jackson County information.   Regular features include newspaper excerpts, family histories, tombstone inscriptions, naturalizations, deeds, court records, censuses, probate records, and other articles of interest to Jackson County researches.

 

PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE BY THE SOCIETY

Publications of interest to those searching Jackson County ancestors have been published over the years and are available to purchase. 

Clicking into the button below will take you to a page of publications published by the Society.

JCGS PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE

 

 

 

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JACKSON, MI  49204

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