If you've 'lost your way' - genealogically speaking! - consider submitted a detailed question for our panel at the September General Meeting on September 18. The deadline is September 3. Click on the image for details. Or click Control/P when viewing the image to print the question form. Bring the completed form to the August General Meeting OR turn in to Janet Loveless at the Fernandina Beach Library OR email details to Webmaster Jim Miller OR post on the AIGS forum (must be logged in as member for this last option). Please include your name and email address.

 

 

An AIGS member will be available in the Genealogy section to answer your pressing research questions.  Come on down, browse the Society's collection, and get some potential new ideas for your family history research!

 

If you would like to volunteer to help answer others' questions, contact our volunteer coordinator Carol Miller.

 

Many families have a story of an ancestor who was Native American. Proving this fact has always been elusive, but for a genealogist, the legend piques our curiosity, the elusiveness our interest. Researching a Native American (NA) ancestor, however, can be confusing and time consuming, sending the researcher down a rabbit hole of incomplete record sources - made more difficult, by the specificity of the documents for each tribe - or at least, that's how researching your NA ancestor is spun to new genealogists. In truth, you discover your NA ancestor, at first, just like you research any other ancestor, one generation at a time.

The evening's talk revolves around personal research into the ancestors of Partridge's grandmother Della Grenier (Greenia) and his main research tenet: “Nothing is what you think it is, until you can prove it is!” He managed to discover various lines of ancestry for her - research that he had not previously pursued due to the lack of accessible records. His great-great-grandmother's family was a most colorful family and have a remarkable story to tell. The facts and records surrounding them will introduce the audience to Native Americans, coureur des bois, gypsies, "River Rats," Eugenics, racism, and poverty as it affected a whole community of “outsiders” in upstate Vermont. This talk however is more than just a story, it’s a concrete example of the FAN principle of genealogical research (family, associates, and neighbors).

 

Public welcome.

An AIGS member will be available in the Genealogy section to answer your pressing research questions.  Come on down, browse the Society's collection, and get some potential new ideas for your family history research!

 

If you would like to volunteer to help answer others' questions, contact our volunteer coordinator Carol Miller.

An AIGS member will be available in the Genealogy section to answer your pressing research questions.  Come on down, browse the Society's collection, and get some potential new ideas for your family history research!

 

If you would like to volunteer to help answer others' questions, contact our volunteer coordinator Carol Miller.

"Have You Lost Your Way?"

 

Panel discussion. Submit your question before the September 3rd dealine. Information is pinned to the top of this page.

An AIGS member will be available in the Genealogy section to answer your pressing research questions.  Come on down, browse the Society's collection, and get some potential new ideas for your family history research!

 

If you would like to volunteer to help answer others' questions, contact our volunteer coordinator Carol Miller.

An AIGS member will be available in the Genealogy section to answer your pressing research questions.  Come on down, browse the Society's collection, and get some potential new ideas for your family history research!

 

If you would like to volunteer to help answer others' questions, contact our volunteer coordinator Carol Miller.

TREASURE? or TRASH?  Preparing For The Future Of Your Collection

 

Marcia Fleming Pertuz
 
When you die, what will happen to all your family history research and artifacts? No one knows and values your collection more than you. It is up to you to take control—or not. Marcia will discuss ways you can ensure your materials end up where you want them to go and how to find and work with repositories, or family members, that will accept your personal and family records.
 
Marcia Fleming Pertuz, is a retired elementary school teacher and principal. She serves as the chair of the AIGS Library Committee and teaches part of the annual AIGS Beginner Class in Genealogy. Marcia has been doing genealogy for over 30 years.  She holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and has participated in the 18 month Professional Genealogy Online Study Group (ProGen). Professionally she specializes in research in Nassau County, Florida, as well as helping family historians set up systems to organize their research. Her personal research areas of interest include Pennsylvania, Colonial New England, Colombia, Spain, France, Poland, and Slovakia. 

 

Public welcome.

An AIGS member will be available in the Genealogy section to answer your pressing research questions.  Come on down, browse the Society's collection, and get some potential new ideas for your family history research!

 

If you would like to volunteer to help answer others' questions, contact our volunteer coordinator Carol Miller.

No General Membership Meeting in December - see you in 2019!