Yearly Archives: 2019

Have you ever wanted to learn how to research your ancestors, create a family tree, or even find some unknown relatives? Please join us as we share information on where and how to conduct genealogical research from society members and local genealogy experts.

On Thursday, January 30, 2020, at 11:30 am, the Lake County Genealogical Society will have a Pot Luck lunch meeting. We will have special interest groups by popular demand. Each table will cover a different topic, so ask questions and share information with your table. Bring your genealogy questions, a dish to share, and tableware and join us.

Lake County Genealogical Society meetings are typically held on the last Thursday of the month from 10:00 am to noon, but because this is one of our Pot Luck meetings we will meet at 11:30 am for lunch. We do not meet the months of August and December. We meet in the Morley Library basement (184 Phelps St., Painesville). Please check our web site (www.lcgsohio.org) for any changes in meeting date/time/location or call Dave at 440-209-1639 or Cynthia at 440-951-0914 for more information.

Learn and meet people and have fun – Please bring a dish to share and come and join us!!!

On November 21 at 10:00 am, our guest speaker, Liz Pearson will present “English and Welsh Research”. Liz Pearson is a native of England whose foray into genealogical research started about 35 years ago when an attempt to identify her grandmother turned into her very own family history addiction. Since then, she has spent thousands of hours combing the myriad English and Welsh archives in the UK, the US, and online for herself and others.

Lake County Genealogical Society meetings are typically held on the last Thursday of the month, but due to the Thanksgiving holiday we will meet on November 21. We do not meet the months of August and December. We meet from 10:00 am to noon in the Morley Library basement (184 Phelps St., Painesville). Please check our web site (www.lcgsohio.org) for any changes in meeting date/time/location or call Dave at 440-209-1639 or Cynthia at 440-951-0914 for more information.

Please come and join us!!!

Have you wanted to learn how to do research to find your ancestors, create your family tree, or even find some unknown relatives? Please join us as we share information on all the different places for research and how best to use them from society members and local genealogy experts.

On Thursday, October 31 at 10:00am, retired Morley Children’s Librarian Tony Petruzzi will present “My Roads to Italy and Sicily: A Journey of Travel and Genealogy”.

Lake County Genealogical Society meetings are typically held on the last Thursday of the month from 10:00 am to noon in the Morley Library basement (184 Phelps St., Painesville). We do not meet in December or August. Please check our web site for any changes in meeting date/time/location or call Dave at 440-209-1639 or Cynthia at 440-951-0914 for more information.

Have you wanted to learn how to do research to find your ancestors, create your family tree, or even find some unknown relatives? Please join us as we share information on all the different places to research and how best to use them from society members and local genealogy experts.

On September 26 at 10:00am, our guest speaker will be Bonnie Snyder. Bonnie has been granted permission to show a presentation originally presented by Diahan Southard and Lisa Louise Cooke at Rootstech in 2018. We will learn how to track down a DNA match that does not have a tree. Bonnie is an avid genealogist, has a lot of experience, and is the Lake County Genealogical Society’s Program Chair. Bonnie said, “I am looking forward to sharing it with the group.”

Lake County Genealogical Society meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month from 10:00 am to noon in the Morley Library basement (184 Phelps St., Painesville). Please check our web site for any changes in meeting date/time/location or call Dave at 440-209-1639 or Cynthia at 440-951-0914 for more information.

On June 27 at 10:00am, our guest speaker will be Mary Milne Jamba. She will talk about “Epitaphs and Icons: What You Can Discover in the Graveyard.” Mary is an avid genealogist with more than 20 years of research experience. She lectures nationally and locally on a variety of topics.

Currently, Mary serves as trustee and education chair of the Ohio Genealogical Society, immediate past president of the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the OGS, Program Chair of the Western Reserve Historical Society Genealogical Committee, Treasurer of the Great Lakes Chapter of APG and the DNA User Group Leader at the Computer Assisted Genealogy Group Cleveland.

Lake County Genealogical Society meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month from 10:00 am to noon in the Morley Library basement (184 Phelps St., Painesville). Call Dave at 440-209-1639 or Cynthia at 440-951-0914 for more information. Guests are always welcome!

On May 30 at 10:00 am, Cynthia Turk will talk about “Our Local Probate Digitization Projects and Tips for Finding the Records.” It sounds very specific to our area, but all the principles apply elsewhere. She will share her experience with the project, some wonderful finds in the records, and some little used indexing resources.

Cynthia began her genealogy in the early 1990s and began taking clients in 1995. She is the past president of Lake County Genealogical Society and Northeast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society and a member of OGS, NGS, APG and others. Her book, Scranton Road Cemetery: Introduction, Inscriptions, and Interments is still available. Her time is filled with many projects, web mastering two GenWeb sites, and indexing projects including FamilySearch. Her ancestors are in lineage groups for Ohio, Lake County, and Cuyahoga County.

Lake County Genealogical Society meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month from 10:00 am to noon in the Morley Library basement (184 Phelps St., Painesville). Call Dave at 440-209-1639 or Cynthia at 440-951-0914 for more information. Guests are always welcome!