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We invite you to join us for the meeting of the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night, April 1st from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Georgene Chastain has prepared a manuscript about her paternal grandparents, Michael and Matilda Check. They both immigrated from Austria-Hungary to Bethlehem, PA, in the late 19th century or early 20th century. This will be part of a compilation of her entire family history. All four of her grandparents immigrated from the same village in Austria-Hungary. The audience for this story is her family, especially her children. But she is also planning to submit the entire family history narrative of her compiled research to the Czecho-Slovak Genealogical Society International (CGSI) for their library, the library at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and the Bethlehem Public Library. We are looking for manuscripts to review at the May 6, June 3, Oct. 7, 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.

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.

April Meeting, Topic TBD

“Who Do I Think I Am? Finding Family in Slovakia”

Regularly scheduled board meeting

April 10 African American SIG meeting From 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Topic: "What websites have you found to be most useful?"

Are you new to genealogy? Feel the need for a refresher on certain topics? Are you trying to figure out what to do with all the names and dates that you have gathered? Are you running into brick walls before you feel like you‘ve even gotten started? We can help! Led by Stephanie Glotfelty, a co-editor of the FxGS newsletter, the Beginners’ SIG is a chance for novice genealogists to gather, learn, and share some of the challenges they are facing. Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 7:00-8:30 p.m. In even-numbered months, the meeting is on Zoom. Contact Stephanie at beginners@fxgs.org to get the Zoom link.

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.

Using French archives to research German people in Alsace-Lorraine will be presented by Bob Greiner.

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

Join us while two of our members share research advice. Lea Edwards will provide advice on "Planning a Research Trip." Nathan Shepherd will speak on "Property and Poll Tax Records: Using Taxes to Make Death (and Life) Certain"

The State of AI Genealogy in Spring 2024: How we got here, and where we‘re going!

The VA SIG will meet on April 22, 2024 from 1-3pm. The topic will be the Scots-Irish in Virginia. It hasn‘t been decided whether the meeting will be on zoom or in-person at the Hollin Hall Senior Center. Please check the website a few days before the meeting for additional info. Questions - please email Amy Breedlove at albreedlove@comcast.net

The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution welcome FxGS members on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, for a 1-hour Docent tour and then orientation to the DAR Library.