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Our society could not operate with out the generous contributions of time and talent from our volunteers.

Wherever you are on your genealogical journey, we hope this group will provide the opportunity for us to get to know each other, provide mutual help, encouragement, assistance, advice, and a recognition that we share a common quest.We will be sharing research strategies, activities, problems, and success stories, that are unique to African American history and culture.

The September 2024 FxGS Newsletter is available to members!

Members were sent an email with a link to allow them to download the newsletter. The newsletter is also available on our website.

Do you have a genealogy story that you would like to share as an article in the FxGS Newsletter? To do so, email your article to newsletter@fxgs.org.

The German Special Interest group will meet on Monday 16 September 2024 from 1 pm to 3 pm at the Virginia Room in the MAIN Fairfax Library at 10360 North St., Fairfax, VA 22030. Bob Dunfield will give a presentation on the Virginia Room holdings in its own collection for German Genealogical resources. These will be compared to the extensive listing of holdings that John D. Beatty, Head Librarian of the Allen County Public Library, gave at the IGGP Conference June 2023. This is a good opportunity to see in person the Virginia Room resources that are available to support your family genealogy research.

The change in venue was due to a scheduling conflict at the Pohick Library in September.

Our October meeting will be back at the usual place at the Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Rd., Burke, VA on Monday, 21 October 2024. At this meeting, Ilka Lazaroff will present "Solved and Unsolved Genealogical Mysteries of the Webber Family."

The last date set for group scanning at NARA's Innovation Hub is as follows:
9/24, Tuesday.