Jackson Michigan Genealogy Library Genealogical Society of Jackson MI

SPONSORING THE JACKSON COUNTY MICHIGAN
SOCIETY GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY

JACKSON COUNTY MICHIGAN

WELCOME TO THE 2011-2012 YEAR

Place of Meetings

CROUCH CENTER
JACKSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGING
1715 LANSING AVENUE

Time
MEETING TIME 6:30 p.m.

SCHEDULE OF GENERAL MEETINGS
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	AGENDA
September 13, 2011	6:30--Meeting time	Tompkins Center Stewart Museum	Tompkins Center Stewart Museum
October 4, 2011	6:30--Meeting time	Department of Aging	Finding Female Ancestors Presenter: Karen Krugman
November 1, 2011	6:30--Meeting time	Department of Aging	Solitude in Stone Slide Show Presenter: Clyde Chamberlain
December 6, 2011	6:30--Meeting time	Department of Aging	Adoptee research & Growing Up With Kellogg Presenter: Phil Rosenberger
January 3, 2012	6:30--Meeting time	Department of Aging	Overview of "In Their Own Words" interview program Presenter: Larry Martin
February 7, 2010	6:30--Meeting time	Department of Aging	Annual How To Do Computer Ancestor Research (NOT on computer problems in general) M-Z names have cookie duty

March, April and May meeting topics to be announced.

NEW

CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR CERTIFICATE

APPLY NOW

The Jackson County Genealogical Society will be offering a Civil War Ancestor Certificate to commemorate the start of the Civil War in 1861.

CLICK button for detailed information on the Jackson County Civil War Certificate project.

CLICK button for civil War Ancestor Certificate application.

120 PIONEER CERTIFICATES AWARDED
Data and genealogical information available

The Genealogy Society is now making available data and genealogical information from this program.

FOR MORE DETAILS CLICK BELOW:

JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
LIBRARY

ADDRESS
LOCATED AT:
211 W. Ganson Street
Suite 170
Jackson, MI 49201

MAILING ADDRESS
JACKSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 188
JACKSON, MI 49204

PHONE
1-517-768-9266

HOURS

TUESDAY
1 to 5 pm

THURSDAY
1 to 5 pm

SATURDAY
10 am to 4 pm

EMAIL
jcgs.library@yahoo.com

RESEARCH REQUEST

The JCGS Library is staffed by volunteers and always eager to help you with your genealogical requests.

For further information regarding requests please go the the SOCIETY LIBRARY page.

Email or mail (above address) your request to us today.

Click here for Society Library Page

JACKSON COUNTY MICHIGAN GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

The Jackson County Genealogical Society, an organization formed and dedicated to the encouragement and enhancement of genealogy, was formed in 1977.

Society objectives are:

Preserve and make available for genealogical research the records of the Jackson County Michigan area.
Encourage and assist the study of family history, promote the exchange of genealogical knowledge, and encourage the central deposit of genealogical records.
Cooperate with other genealogical societies and assist Jackson County area libraries in collecting genealogical records, expanding their collections of published genealogical records, and publishing genealogical material.
Publish material of genealogical interest and use to Society members.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

During the fall of 2008 members of the Austin Blair Camp No. 7 Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War replaced the headstones of eight veterans of the Civil War buried at Jefferson Cemetery. A dedication ceremony attended by more than 100 people many descendents of the Veterans was held on Saturday, May 30, 2009, at the Cemetery in Columbia Township, Jackson County Michigan. Click to see pictures and information.

webmaster: JCGS Library Staff
Up-dated FEBRUARY 1, 2012

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