How to Build Historical Context

Come join us on Tuesday, June 15 at 7:00 – 8:00pm, to listen to a professional recording of a lecture by Professor John Philip Colletta, titled How to Build Historical Context. The program will be introduced by Dennis Partridge, and this month we will be using a different technology, called Google Meet. Please use the following link to login. […]

July 2021 Business Meeting

Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend.

How to Write Biography

You’ve explored a broad array of sources for discovering the facts of your ancestors’ lives, and you’ve depicted those facts schematically on pedigree charts and family group sheets. In last month's meeting you saw how those bare-bone facts may be fleshed out into real-life events, which is what many of us are seeking in genealogy. A narrative genealogy or family history is a collection of biographies of people related by blood—in other words, an anthology of the life stories of kinfolk. In this lecture, we’ll see the process of constructing and narrating the biography of an ancestor. Come join us on Tuesday, July 20 at 7:00 – 8:00pm, to listen to a professional recording of a lecture by Professor John Philip Colletta, titled How to Write Biography.

August 2021 Business Meeting

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend.

UNF Excavations at the Mocama (Timucua) Indian Village of Sarabay (Big Talbot Island)

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
Presentation by Keith Ashley, UNF Professor of Anthropology. Located on Big Talbot Island, Sarabay was one of the local Mocama Indian communities mentioned by French and Spanish explorers during the 1560s. The University of North Florida (UNF) first investigated the site in 1998-99 and returned for more excavations in the fall 2020 and summer 2021. […]

August 2021 Library Committee Meeting

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
The library committee will hold it’s regular bi-monthly meeting at the Fernandina Beach Library on 30 August, 2-4pm. Anyone interested in joining this committee and/or attending this meeting should contact Marcia Pertuz at library@aigensoc.org.

September 2021 Business Meeting

Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend. Join with Google Meet: meet.google.com/cwt-ekde-nihJoin by phone: (US) +1 650-667-2463 (PIN: 495225113)

September Education Committee Meeting

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
The AIGS Education Committee will hold it’s first meeting in anticipation of starting back our Beginning Genealogy classes in January! All current (and past) members of the committee are encouraged to attend, so that we can get ourselves off on the right course. The committee chair is Jean Mann, and please contact her from your […]

September Membership Committee Meeting

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
This meeting will discuss the duties of the Membership Committee and begin work on developing a New Members Welcome Packet.

October Programs Committee Meeting

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
The programs committee will meet at the Fernandina Beach Library to discuss potential programs for 2022.

October 2021 Business Meeting

Online
The Amelia Island Genealogical Society board and officers meet monthly to handle the society business. AIGS membership is welcome to attend. This meeting is virtual: https://meet.google.com/cwt-ekde-nih or phone in at +1 650-667-2463 (PIN: 495225113) Required Agenda Items The Board must approve the slate of candidates to serve in 2022. Board will also appoint an Audit […]

Collecting family history with a Harley and a camera

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
Theron Rogers, as a volunteer for Find a Grave, goes around on a Harley Davidson taking pictures of gravestones. Theron will give us a short introduction to Find a Grave, a website that allows you to see the burial sites of your family and friends. He will then tell us about his adventures on his motorcycle, the many cemeteries he visited and the fascinating graves he discovered and photographed.
Free

Migration Patterns of Germans within America

This is a virtual webinar put on by the Florida State Genealogical Society for free. Any AIGS member can attend. The GoToWebinar link to register is here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2978814905850037262 We’ll explore how historical events channeled Germans into certain areas and how chain migration drew allied families together. Many migrated from NY/MD/PA down the Shenandoah Valley into […]

Membership Committee Meeting

Fernandina Beach Library 25 N 4th St, Fernandina Beach, FL, United States
Membership committee meeting.
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