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Our current project is the continuation of the digitization of the pension files for the 2nd USCT Infantry Regiment. Space is limited, so registration is required. Click above for information on how to register.

We invite you to join us for the meeting of the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night, May 6th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Xochi (pronounced Sochi) Kuo has prepared three manuscripts about her Chinese-American family. The audience for these stories is her family, and they were written especially for children. One of the manuscripts includes both illustrations and a narrative text. The other two manuscripts are currently only text, with graphics to be added later. When completed, each story will include both text and illustrations. If you have young children or grandchildren, their comments would be welcome. A short questionnaire that could be used to record comments is available if they wish to participate. Constructive criticism is always welcomed. We look forward to hearing your comments and suggestions. You can send copies of your written review notes to Xochi at gardenhousebooks@gmail.com. We are looking for manuscripts to review at the 2024 meetings on Nov 4 and Dec 2. Your participation is important in holding the meetings and sharing your experience in preparing manuscripts for family, friends, community archives and libraries, and publication. We are all at different levels of writing skills and experience, and we enjoy helping each other. Whether questions of grammar, comma usage, spelling variations, or those fiendish footnotes, we welcome the opportunity to discuss and debate the issues. If you wish to be added to the members‘ list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com. Join us at the online Zoom meeting and see how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. See how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.

Michael Hill and Marlene Parker invite you to participate in the May Zoom meeting. Part of the meeting will include ways of identifying old photos. Please have available some old photos for group analysis and discussion.
Please send us an email to aamericansig@fxgs.org if you plan to attend.

You may invite others who have an interest in exploring African American genealogy.

In this webinar, Shannon will give a brief overview of the growing field of forensic genealogy.

In “Reconstructing a Great-Great Grandparent with Borland Genetics,” we will explore the cutting-edge process of ancestral DNA reconstruction. In “DNA Tools – Present and Future,” we are invited to navigate the evolving landscape of DNA analysis tools and envision the future of genetic genealogy.

Regularly scheduled board meeting

What you need to know to get ready to go!

Our current project is the continuation of the digitization of the pension files for the 2nd USCT Infantry Regiment. Space is limited, so registration is required. Click above for information on how to register.

This topic, presented by Marian Burk Wood, addresses the Genealogy Proof Standard and documentation.

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.

Our current project is the continuation of the digitization of the pension files for the 2nd USCT Infantry Regiment. Space is limited, so registration is required. Click above for information on how to register.

We invite you to join us for the meeting of the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night, June 3rd from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, to review a manuscript prepared by Jenni Ford. While interviewing family members, she was told that her grandmother‘s uncle, Elbert Smith, was convicted of shooting at a man while he was in a drunken stupor. The bullet missed his intended target, but killed Elbert‘s first cousin, a teenager who was standing behind the man who was targeted. Jenni went on a quest to prove or disprove the story and fill in the blanks. We are looking for manuscripts to review at the Nov. 4 and Dec. 2 meetings. If you have a manuscript you are writing for your family or publication, members of the Family History Writers’ Special Interest Group would enjoy reading and reviewing your family narratives to help you to make them even better. We are all at different levels of writing skills and experience, and we enjoy helping each other. Whether questions of grammar, comma usage, spelling variations, or those fiendish footnotes, we welcome the opportunity to discuss and debate the issues. If you wish to be added to the members‘ list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com. Join us at the online Zoom meeting and see how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. See how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.

June Meeting, Topic TBD

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.

We invite you to join us for the meeting of the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night, October 7th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, to review a manuscript prepared by Fran Millhouse, The Loss of the Mechanic. The steamboat Mechanic, built in Marietta, Ohio, was the steamboat that Lafayette was on when it struck a submerged tree and sank in the Ohio River. No passengers were lost, but Lafayette lost his carriage and the bags of “fan mail” from his tour of the U.S. It was 1825, and he was on his way to Cincinnati. We are looking for manuscripts to review at the Nov. 4 and Dec. 2 meetings. If you have a manuscript you are writing for your family or publication, members of the Family History Writers’ Special Interest Group would enjoy reading and reviewing your family narratives to help you to make them even better. We are all at different levels of writing skills and experience, and we enjoy helping each other. Whether questions of grammar, comma usage, spelling variations, or those fiendish footnotes, we welcome the opportunity to discuss and debate the issues. If you wish to be added to the members‘ list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com. Join us at the online Zoom meeting and see how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. See how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.

Join with genealogists at all skill levels in the conference room in the Virginia Room for Open Genealogy Night.