DATE	First Tuesday of each month from September to April. The May meeting is the second Tuesday of the month.
LOCATION	Department of Aging, 1715 Lansing Avenue, Jackson, MI
SOCIAL HOUR	6:00 to 6:30 pm--Dinners will NO longer be available.
MEETING TIME	6:30 pm

 

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
2009-2010 YEAR

PRESIDENT	STACY STONER
VICE PRESIDENT	RICH COTTRELL
SECRETARY	LAURIE LIGHTFOOT
TREASURER	JUDY MOULTON
PAST PRESIDENT	JUDY MOULTON
LIBRARIAN	ROSALEE M. GRIEWAHN
LEXICON EDITOR	DIANNE JONAS
NEWSLETTER	MARK NYE
COURTHOUSE RESEARCH	H. ELAINE ENGLAND
RESEARCH EMERITUS	DORIS LITTEBRANT
RESEARCH	CHIAN KUNTZ
WEB MASTER	JCGS LIBRARY STAFF
MGS DELEGATE	STACY STONER

 

MEMBERSHIP

Click below for 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.