Our meeting location has changed from the First Friends Meeting on West Friendly Avenue to the fellowship hall at
Peace United Church of Christ which is located at 2714 West Market Street
in Greensboro just off W. Wendover Avenue. The fellowship hall is located in the rear of the building.
Park in the back and enter the door nearest N. Lindell Road. Click here for a map showing our new meeting location.

We wish to express our appreciation to First Friends Meeting for the use of their fellowship hall for our meetings for these many years.

Meetings continue to be held at 10:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month, January through May and September through November. GCGS's genealogical exchange journal library is open for members to check out some other societies' journals from 9:00 a.m. until noon on meeting days. Regular meetings usually conclude about 11:30 a.m. Occasionally, our Computer Users' Group will meet at the conclusion of our regular meetings. Non-members are always welcome to attend these free program.

Scheduled GCGS Meetings:

• 18 February 2012 - An informal discussion meeting. Please bring any interesting or unusual research finds, pictures, documents, etc to share. Also if you have hit a brick-wall, maybe someone will be able to help you with some solutions.

• 17 March 2012 - We will have Jim Schlosser, to present a most interesting program on the colorful life of O. Henry. Jim Schlosser is a retired, feature article writer for the Greensboro News and Record. He still occasionally submits stories to the N & R.

• 21 April 2012 - Dr. Loren Schweninger, UNCG history professor, will speak about a book he wrote with John Hope Franklin, "In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family in the Old South ". The book is about the matriarch of a remarkable African American family, Sally Thomas, went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation to a "nearly free" slave who ran her own business and purchased liberty for herself and one of her sons. "In Search of the Promised Land' offers a vivid portrait of the Thomas-Rapier family and the life of slaves before the Civil War.

• 19 May 2012 - Stewart Dunaway's program is titled "The McCulloh Great Tracts and their impact on genealogical research.The McCulloh Great Tracts – Their Impact on Genealogy Research." He is working on ALL Land Grants being plotted in Eastern Guilford County and is assisting in locating Tract 11 which crosses over into "today's" Guilford County. The presentation has a number of maps, and grant plats to illustrate the Tract 11 into Guilford.

• June, July and August - no meetings

Other Genealogical Events of Interest :
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• 13 February 2012 - Alamance County Genealogical Society will meet at the Western Charcoal Steak House, 142 N. Graham-Hopedale Road Burlington, NC 27215, 336-227-1448. The buffet and fellowship is at 6 PM and the program, Carol Troxler will speak on "Farming Dissenters - The Regulator Movement in the Piedmont", at 7 PM.

• 15 February 2012 - The Heritage Research Center of the High Point Public Library 6:30 to 7:30 PM in the Morgan Community Room, 1st Floor High Point Public Library. "Poor Folks, Rich Lives: Tracing Your Poor and Landless Ancestors". Pre-registration is not required.

• 18 February 2012 - The Heritage Research Center of the High Point Public Library 12:30 to 1:30 PM in the Morgan Community Room, 1st Floor High Point Public Library. "African-American Genealogical Research: A Basic Introduction ". African-American family researchers face many challenges in completing their genealogy. Get a basic overview of how to begin a voyage of discovery into the lives of your black ancestors. This discussion is followed by a brief tour (15 to 20 minutes) of the Heritage Research Center for those interested in the relevant resources contained in our local library. Pre-registration is not required.

• 25 February 2012 - The Heritage Research Center of the High Point Public Library 12:30 to 1:30 PM in the Morgan Community Room, 1st Floor High Point Public Library. Stories from the Underground Railroad". Conducted by Meltoina Young, this presentation is part art exhibition, part history, and part decoding of the secrets behind the quilt patches that are synonymous with the Underground Railroad. Areas examined will include why slaves sought out the Underground Railroad, the contributions of the Quakers, and a look at some of the heroic individuals who faced capture and death to help others to obtain freedom. An examination will be made of the �myth� of the significance of quilts to the success of traveling the Underground Railroad, including a lesson in decoding the quilt patterns used to communicate with runaway slaves pursuing freedom. The story of the Underground Railroad is one of courage and determination in the face of great peril, and should not be forgotten. This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information please contact Nic Covington, (336) 883-8512

• 16-18 March 2012 - The Charles Bascombe Shaw Memorial Scottish Heritage Symposium will be held in Lauringburg, NC.
  Visit http://www.sapc.edu/shc/scottishheritagesymposium.php for complete details.

• 23-24 March 2012 - The Fairfax Genealogical Society presents its Annual Conference and Genealogical Expo, “Find Your National Treasure,” at the Fairfax Marriott at Fair Oaks, 11787 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway, Fairfax, VA. There will be three study tracks the first day and six the second with nationally known speakers, Pam and Rick Sayre, Barbara Vines-Little, Tom Jones, Charles S. Mason, Jr., Char McCargo Bah, Claire Bettag and Richard Camaur and DearMYRTLE. Visit http://www.fxgs.org for further details.

• 30 March 2012 - The North Carolina Genealogical Society will hold a Tar River Regional Workshop, Genealogy Done Right in Rocky Mount, NC. How good is the information you have gathered? Do you still have brickwalls to break down? Of course, we all wonder if we have done everything we can, and whether we did it right. The speaker will be Tomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS. Dr. Jones’ lectures include “How to Avoid Being Duped by the Internet”, “Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Ancestor”, “Organizing Evidence to Overcome Record Shortages” and “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Genealogists". Click here for the registration form. The workshop description and registration information is available at www.ncgenealogy.org. This workshop has a space limit so remember to register soon.

• 2 June 2012 - The Heritage Research Center of the High Point Public Library sponsors its annual GenFest 2012, from noon to 5 pm in the lobby of the High Point Public Library. Vendors and heritage organizations will be on hand to answer questions, share their knowledge and offer products related to genealogy. If you or your group are interested in attending as a vendor and are not one of our usual invitees, please contact us at (336) 883-3637 or at ncroom@highpointnc.gov.

• 29 August - 1 September 2012 - The Federation of Genealogical Societies will hold its Annual Conference in Birmingham, AL, in conjunction with the Alabama Genealogical Society. Visit http://www.fgs.org/2012conference/ for further details as the date approaches.

• 4-7 October 2012 - The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society will hold its 33rd annual national conference, “Our African and Southern Heritage,” at Embassy Suites Airport Hotel, 204 Centerport Dr., Greensboro. There will be 32 speakers and facilitators on a variety of topics. Please email the Society at ncaahgs@aol.com or call (336) 547-0178, for further information, or if you are interested in speaking or appearing as a vendor.

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