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Licking County Genealogical Society
A Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society
101 West Main Street, Newark, OH 43055-5054
(located on the 2nd Floor of the Newark Library, main branch of the Licking County Library.)

Phone: (740) 349-5510


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Next Regular Meeting: Monday, June 4th, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
1st Floor Meeting Room of the Licking County Library, 101 West Main Street, Newark, OH.

General Meeting:
Program: “Elias Hughes, First settler of Licking County"
Presented by: Robert Tharp, Local historian.


Please plan to attend and bring a guest.
Meetings and events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated.

For more information call the LCGS Library at 740-349-5510.

 


NOTICE: The LCGS Library will be closed, Saturday, May 26, 2012 for the Memorial Day weekend.
Please plan accordingly.

 


The picture below was taken 20 years ago in 1992 and shows the 1st Inductees in
The First Families of Licking County.

 


L.C.G.S. is celebrating our 40th Anniversary this year.
Of course we haven't been on the Internet that long but we have been around
cyperspace for about 14 years. What to see what the web site looked like in
July 1998 -
Click Here.

 


Are you ready for the 1940 Census?
On April 2, 2012 the National Archives will release the 1940 Federal Census
More information is about the census and its availability can be found at:
http://www.archives.gov/research/census/1940/general-info.html
  

 

Sensational opportunity to buy Histories of Licking County
Choose from "Licking County, Ohio 1982", "Brister's 1909 History, Volume 1" or "Brister's 1909 History, Volume 2"


Now only $15.00 each
Click
here or on the picture above to see the Histories of Licking County order form in PDF format
Fill it in and print it out, and mail it to the Licking County Genealogical Society
(be sure to print another copy for your records as the order form can not be saved to your computer.)

 

NEW - August, 2011
"Licking County Citizens
on the Ohio Squirrel Hunters Roster
During The Civil War"
Listing of about 400 men from Licking County
who served during the Civil War.


$4.00 plus Ohio sales tax. Add $2.00 if mailed.
See
Publications web page for more

The Licking County Genealogical Society's Library is Open to the Public: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 1 - 4 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. -
NOTE: New extended hours for Tuesday and Thursday.
Please see Calendar and Info pages for more. The Licking County Genealogical Society is an all volunteer organization.



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The Info page has lots of information about how to contact LCGS, become a member of LCGS,
how to join First Families of Licking County, Ohio, how to join Civil War Families of Licking County,
information about the L.C.G.S.Pioneer Families Project, a brief description of our holdings,
how to search much of our holdings, and much more.

Licking County Courthouse
at Christmas, 2010

L.C.G.S. is located in the Newark Library,
main branch of the
Licking County Library,
101 West Main Street, Newark, OH

L.C.G.S. Library on the 2nd floor of
The Newark Library, main branch of the
Licking County Library,
101 West Main Street, Newark, OH

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 ANNUAL APRIL DINNER
was held on April 1, 2012.
See you next year.
April 2012 Dinner Pictures -
Click Here.

AWARDS

BIOGRAPHIES

CALENDAR
Meetings & Events

CEMETERY PHOTOS
Hosted by The Licking County
Genealogical Society

C.I.G.
Computer Interest Group

EDUCATION

F.A.Q.

NEW - FAMILY NAMES
in the Family History Section
of the L.C.G.S. Library

NEW - FAMILY PICTURES
Pictures that have been donated to L.C.G.S.
Help us identify those that are unknown.

FAMILY SEARCH.COM

FAMILY SEARCH.COM
RECORD SEARCH FOR
CANADA, U.S. & MEXICO

FAMILY SEARCH.COM
OHIO DEATH CERTIFICATES (1908-1953)

FIRST FAMILIES OF
LICKING COUNTY
Application & Rules now online

HERITAGEQUEST ONLINE 
HeritageQuest access is back!
Licking County Library Card
needed for access from home.

 INFORMATION
Officers, Chairman, Lantern Staff
Library Holdings, etc.

L.C.G.S. LIBRARY

LICKING COUNTY
RESEARCH
 

LICKING LANTERN
and
L.C.G.S. Quarterly Table of Contents
from 1976-current issue

LICKING LIBRARY
ONLINE DATABASES

LINKS
A Good Place to Start for
Research Resources
(Licking County Resources
Licking County Cemeteries,
Deaths &Obituaries, and much more.

MAP OF L.C.G.S LIBRARY

MEMBER'S WEB SITES
Check out our members web sites with Surnames,
Family History & more.

MEMBERSHIP FORM
Join L.C.G.S.

OHIO CENSUS
L.C.G.S Microfilm Holdings
 

 OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
MEMBER DATABASES

ONLINE PUBLICATION
Pre-1808 Transcribed Land Records

ONLINE PUBLICATION
Index to 1812 Licking County Tax Duplicate

ONLINE PUBLICATION
Index to 1816 Licking County Tax Record

ONLINE PUBLICATION
Index to Early Licking County Home Register
1838-1872

PHOTO GALLERY

PIONEER FAMILIES
See also:
Licking County Bicentennial Pioneer Applications

PUBLICATIONS
L.C.G.S. Publications
& other items for sale

PUBLICATIONS
& Other Items for Sale
ORDER FORM

PUBLICATION
"ATLAS" INDEX

PUBLICATION
"THE GREEN TREE"INDEX

PUBLICATION
"PROBATE RECORDS 1829-1904" INDEX

REVOLUTIONARY
WAR SOLDIERS
Of Licking County

SCHOOL PICTURES
from Licking County

SOCIETY OF CIVIL WAR FAMILIES
of Licking County

 TOWNSHIP MAP
With Year Formed,
Range &Township
 

NEW - "WHAT'S NEW"
web page.

NEW - YESTERYEAR PICTURES
from Licking County
 

1820 CENSUS
Head of Household

 

   

The Licking County Genealogical Society now offers AncestryLibrary edition to patrons of the society's library.
The 4 computers for patron use in the society's library can now access this valuable resource offered by ProQuest and Ancestry.com.

Greater Licking County
Convention & Vistors Bureau

Beginner's Corner

Researching In Licking County

Licking County Bicentennial Web Site


NEW - May 26, 2012
The following new links have been added to the
L.C.G.S. Links web page in May, 2012.
1940 Census Enumeration Districts Maps
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NEW - April 27, 2012
Reprints of the Fallsbury and Perry Townships Cemeteries book and the Licking County Marriage Book 1
are now available. See our
Publications page and use our Publications Order Form to order.
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NEW - April 27, 2012
Several events have been added and some changed on the
LCGS Calendar web page.
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NEW - April 17, 2012
The following new links have been added to the
L.C.G.S. Links web page in April, 2012.

DeKalb County, Illinois Genealogy Online
90,000 vital records online.

Newark High School Class of 1965 Facebook Page

Newark High School Class of 1965

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NEW - April 15, 2012.
3 additional photos were added to the 2012
April Dinner photos web page.
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NEW - April 15, 2012.
30 photos and one pdf file submitted by Nola Miles Rogers have been added to the
Yesteryear Pictures from Licking County web page.
Surnames mentioned in this photos are: Ball, Berry, Bragg, Dyke, Frost, Hull, Hupp, Martin, Miles, Neibarger, Neighbarger, Nethers, Painter, Penn, Perkins, Rector, Rogers, Sherman, Varner, Ward, and Wright.
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NEW - April 15, 2012.
Our L.C.G.S. Librarian, Ruth Osborn, brought to our attention the other day,
that if you have a Licking County Library card, you can access full text articles and obituaries
that have been published in the Newark Advocate newspaper from Nov. 20, 2002 - present.
See:
http://www.lickingcountylibrary.info/researchDatabases.aspx#55
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NEW - April 12, 2012
See the pictures from the 2012 Dinner - click here.
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NEW - April 15, 2012
Past posting as well as current posting of "What's New" have been moved to the NEW
"What's New" web page.
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Beginner's Corner
THE OHIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
OGS conducts an annual summer genealogy workshop.
For information visit the society's web site at:
http://www.ogs.org and click on "Events" in the menu.
THE NATIONAL GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
NGS maintains References For Researching Online and
Online and Home Study Courses are also available.
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Ft. Wayne, IN)
Getting Started at the Genealogy Center
http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx
FINDING YOUR ANCESTORS - FREE Online Genealogy Course from Brigham Young University at:
http://ce.byu.edu/courses/pe/999015068001/public/start.htm
BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
http://www.arkansasresearch.com/guideindex.htm
Dear Myrtle - Your Friend in Genealogy - Research help for beginners and more at:
http://www.dearmyrtle.com/index.htm
LDS FAMILYSEARCH RESEARCH GUIDANCE
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp

LDS FAMILYSEARCH RESEARCH HELPS
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Click on "Research Helps"

LDS FAMILYSEARCH RESEARCH WIKI
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page
ROOTSWEB'S GUIDE TO TRACING FAMILY TREES
http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/
Genealogy Spot - Getting Started and additional information
http://www.genealogyspot.com/
About.com's Genealogy web site. Guide to Genealogy at:
http://genealogy.about.com/
The following commerical sites also have free information on How to do genealogical research.

Ancestry.com - Getting Started and Learning Center
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/start/main.htm

Genealogy.com - Learning Center
http://www.genealogy.com/genehelp.html
Louis Kessler's Genealogy Software Programs information and links
http://www.lkessler.com/gplinks.shtml
Genealogy Web Sites at:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gentutor/websites.html
Free Downloadable Forms
Ancestry web site at:
http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm
Family Tree Magazine web site at:
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html
Census Extraction Forms at:
http://www.genealogy.com/00000061.html
FamilySearch.org has online forms for U.S., British, Irish, Canadian census extraction, plus family group sheets, blank timelines, etc. at: Click here.
About.com has downloadable family tree fan charts, pedigree charts, family group sheets, and relationship charts at:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/free_charts/
Misbach Enterprises at:
http://misbach.org/pdfcharts/
Census Forms (Federal, State, Canadian, and more) plus other useful forms created in Microsoft Excel at:
http://www.censustools.com/
Obituaries Help.org - Free Genealogy Family Tree Forms
Obituaries Help.org - Free Printable Blank Family Tree Forms
Source Documentation Cheat Sheet from Family Tree Magazine at:
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/upload/images/PDF/documentation.pdf
"Genealogy Source Citations Quick Reference" by Thomas MacEtee at:
http://www.geneabloggers.com/Citations_Quick_Reference.pdf
Just For Kids - Family Tree Charts from Disney. Click on "Fun & Games", then click on "Family Tree". 3 Family Tree Charts that can be printed out.
Just For Kids - Family Tree Magazine Web Site for Kids Click on the link to visit Family Tree Kids! Lots of stuff for the Junior Genealogist - games, activities, forms, information, etc.
Also ideas for Teachers and Parents. Check it out.
Researching In Licking County, Ohio
LICKING COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
101 West Main Street, Newark, Ohio 43055-5054
(located on 2nd floor of the Newark Public Library)
Phone: (740) 349-5510

Hours: Wed.-Sat. 1-4 P.M. and Tues. and Thurs. 12-4 P.M.

Out of state and beyond Licking County in Ohio - Please email us two weeks in advance if the regular hours do not fit in your schedule. We will try to find a volunteer to open up the library for you and then email you back if we can accommodate you.

For additional information see: Information page
LICKING COUNTY WEB SITE - http://www.lcounty.com/
LICKING COUNTY RECORDS & ARCHIVES -
http://www.lcounty.com/records/
LICKING COUNTY COURTHOUSE - PROBATE COURT
Courthouse Square, Newark, Ohio 43055
Phone: (740) 349-6137
Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Monday-Friday
LICKING COUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILDING - RECORDERS OFFICE
20 South Second Street, Newark, Ohio 43055
Phone: (740) 349-6060
Hours: 8:30 A.M - 4:30 P.M. Monday - Friday
Web site: http://www.lcounty.com/rec/
LICKING COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
675 Price Road, Newark, Ohio 43055
Phone: (740) 349-6535
Hours: 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Monday - Friday
Web site: http://www.lickingcohealth.org/
LICKING COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
101 West Main Street, Newark, Ohio 43055
Phone: (740) 349-5500 Fax: (740) 349-5575
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 A.M-9 P.M.
Fri-Sat. 9 A.M-5:30 P.M.
Sun. 1-5 P.M. (April-Oct)
Web site: http://www.lickingcountylibrary.info/
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
For Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Records.
Walk-in: Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
225 Neilston Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Phone: (614) 466-2531

Mail Requests: Ohio Department of Health
Vital Statistics
246 N. High Street, 1st Floor, Revenue Room
P.O. Box 15098
Columbus, Ohio 43215-0098

See the Ohio Department of Health - Vital Records web site at: http://www.odh.state.oh.us/vitalstatistics/vitalstats.aspx
more detailed information
For more Licking County Resources see
the LCGS Links page.
Also check the resources listed in the LCGS Menu above.

 More Detailed Information is available at:
Licking County Research

To contact LCGS, please refer to the Info Page.

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