Beginning the Journey to Your Ancestors

Beginning the Journey to Your Ancestors
A Beginning Genealogy Class
Hosted By Oklahoma Genealogical Society
 
Presented by Jim Ike, President Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Location: OGS Resource Center,
               4516 NW 16th Street, Oklahoma City, OK
 
 
This is a four part series of in-person classes to be held on the dates listed below.  There is a class at 1-3pm CDT and one at 6-8pm CDT.  So there should be a class that would fit your schedule.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Fees: $95 ($90 for OGS members) for either of the four part series
 
Family History has become a very popular activity for teenagers to octogenarians.  Many have started without having the basics under their belt.  By taking a basic course you can minimize the pit falls of continuing your journey unprepared.  Over these four sessions Jim will show how to get started properly, where to find information on your ancestors and how to record your family history for your own satisfaction and sharing with others. These sessions will give you a running start down the road of finding who were and about your ancestors and beginning a fulfilling activity that you can fill your life with enjoyment.
 
Jim, a retired engineer, has been a Genealogist since the late 1990s, a Board Member of the OGS for over twenty years, is a Staff Member of the OGS Resource Center and is the Leader of the OGS Computer SIG.  He has spoken on many subjects in the realm of genealogical research and computer use for over twenty years.

 

Monday, 6:00pm CDT, Apr 1, 2024

Walt Stoyanoski
 
     "Taking a Genealogy Vacation"
 

      Speaker:   Walt Stoyanoski, OGS Board Member

Walt Stoyanoski will present “Take a Genealogy Vacation”.  He will discuss some things to think about and do before you leave on your road trip.  He will talk about the genealogy road trip he and his sister took to New England several years back, some of the interesting things they found and the people they met.

After retiring, Walt became interested in genealogy while going through his deceased aunt’s family history research papers and began searching for his great-grandmother’s grave.  He is now trying to improve on his aunt’s work and document information she was unable to source. Since then he and his grandson have made ancestor hunting trips to Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.  He and his sister have been to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.  He enjoys the detective work and walking where his ancestors did.


 
Meetings start at 6:00 pm in the Musser Learning Lab in the Research Library at the Oklahoma History Center, 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive, Oklahoma City (across from the State Capitol–see map)
 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Monthly programs are free for members and non-members alike, but we encourage you to join!  Your membership dues help us to provide more and better resources for the genealogical community.

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April 1
OGS Monthly Meeting
Walt Stoyanoski will present "Taking a Genealogy Vacation"
April 13
OGS Computer SIG
Meeting topics will be annouced about two weeks before the meeting.  Our meetings are currently a hybrid meeting with in-person and Zoom attendees.  Go to the OGS Computer SIG area of our website for Zoom ...
May 6
OGS Monthly Meeting
Rachael Johnson will present "Holocaust Remembrance/Researching Jewish Ancestry"
May 11
OGS Computer SIG
Meeting topics will be annouced about two weeks before the meeting.  Our meetings are currently a hybrid meeting with in-person and Zoom attendees.  Go to the OGS Computer SIG area of our website for Zoom ...
June 3
OGS Monthly Meeting
La Nell Shores will present "Researching in Arkansas - Land of Contrasts"