WVGS Events & Registrations

Upcoming events

Past events

08 May 2023 German Genealogy: What do You Need to Know?
10 Apr 2023 Early Virginia Land Surveys and Grants with Resources
13 Mar 2023 Let's Get Social with Genealogy and Social Media
13 Feb 2023 Finding an Ancestor’s Land at the Bureau of Land Management Website and in Plat Maps
09 Jan 2023 Understanding the Ethnic Ancestry in Your DNA
14 Nov 2022 Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and Vigo County's Contribution to the Civil War
10 Oct 2022 “Finding the Correct Place: Maps and Gazetteers for Scottish Research”
12 Sep 2022 ”Treasure Awaits: the Genealogy Center’s Digital Collections”
08 Aug 2022 DNA: What Do I Do With It Now That I Have It? Working With DNA Test Results
11 Jul 2022 Researching Your Irish Ancestors on Line – Searching and Browsing for Success
13 Jun 2022 How to Plan Your Digital Afterlife
09 May 2022 Using Tree Information Provided by DNA Testing Companies
11 Apr 2022 National Archives Resources at the Chicago Branch
14 Mar 2022 Accessing European Church Records
14 Feb 2022 Breaking the Brick Wall: Researching in Black & White, Finding the Enslaved and More
10 Jan 2022 Researching Colonial Pennsylvania
08 Nov 2021 The Great War: Researching your World War I Ancestors
11 Oct 2021 Was Your Ancestor Truly Gone Or Just Hidden Within the Records?
13 Sep 2021 Beginning Your Kentucky Research
09 Aug 2021 “Using Ortssippenbucher to Research Your German Ancestors”
14 Jun 2021 Diseases, Disasters, Distress: Bad for Your Ancestors, Good for Genealogy
10 May 2021 Dowered and Bound Out: Records of Widows and Orphans
12 Apr 2021 Mason and Dixon's Survey: Genealogical Implications of Changing Boundaries
08 Mar 2021 "The Early Northwest Territory"
08 Feb 2021 "Its Not all on line: Researching in Archives"
11 Jan 2021 "Names: Their Origins, Meanings and Characteristics"
06 Jan 2021 WVGS Board Meeting, 2021
14 Dec 2020 Before 1850: Strategies for American Research
19 Nov 2020 5 Ways to Enhance Your Genealogy Research with Old Maps
09 Nov 2020 FACEBOOK GENEALOGY TECHNIQUES
12 Oct 2020 10 Tech Tools You Can't Live Without Webinar
14 Sep 2020 Researching Irish Ancestors Webinar
24 Aug 2020 Google Search Methodology Webinar
08 Jun 2020 Immigration and Naturalization Process and Records
11 May 2020 The Early Northwest Territory
13 Apr 2020 Understanding Mason and Dixon
09 Mar 2020 German Research
18 Feb 2020 2020 Beginning Genealogy Classes
10 Feb 2020 Vigo County Cemeteries
13 Jan 2020 Roadblock Rescue Team Assistance
08 Jan 2020 WVGS Board Meeting, 2020
09 Dec 2019 2019 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social - MEMBERS ONLY
11 Nov 2019 Researching Your WW1 Ancestors
14 Oct 2019 Early Court Records of the Indiana Territory, 1790-1830
14 Sep 2019 GENEALOGY HOT SPOT 2019
14 Sep 2019 CEMETERY RESTORATION WORKSHOP
09 Sep 2019 Finding Dead Ancestors
03 Sep 2019 "Beginning Legacy Classes"
12 Aug 2019 It's Not All Online
07 Aug 2019 WVGS Board Meeting, 2019
18 Jul 2019 Local History of Vermillion County Indiana
08 Jul 2019 Understanding Censuses
10 Jun 2019 Our Purpose and Function
13 May 2019 Google Earth for Genealogy
08 Apr 2019 Proving Adoption
23 Mar 2019 DNA Interest Group
11 Mar 2019 Researching Your German Ancestry
19 Feb 2019 Beginning Genealogy Classes 2019
14 Feb 2019 Legacy User Group & Computer Help
11 Feb 2019 Photo Detecting 101
14 Jan 2019 The Amazing Interurban
11 Dec 2018 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social - MEMBERS ONLY
12 Nov 2018 Colonial Era Research
08 Oct 2018 Maggie Delaney - Irish Indentured Servant
10 Sep 2018 The Firelands, The Connecticut Western Reserve and The Ohio Territory
01 Sep 2018 GENEALOGY HOT SPOT
13 Aug 2018 Genealogical Collections, Vermilion and Edgar Counties Il.
09 Jul 2018 Using 150 Google Country Search Engines
23 Jun 2018 Vigo County Bicentennial Birthday
11 Jun 2018 Anglicans, Recusants, Reformers, Separatists and Non-Conformists
18 May 2018 "Which DNA Test is Right foe You?"
14 May 2018 Red and Black, - The Untold Story
09 Apr 2018 The Battle for Bounty Land: War of 1812 and Mexican and American War
24 Mar 2018 DNA Interest Group
12 Mar 2018 Writing a Family History
20 Feb 2018 "Beginning Genealogy Classes 2018"
12 Feb 2018 Fort Harrison: Vanguard on the Wabash 1811-1818" and "War of 1812 Society"
08 Jan 2018 Roadblocks, Red Lights, and Detours
11 Dec 2017 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social - MEMBERS ONLY
13 Nov 2017 "The Canal in Vigo and Clay Counties - Wabash & Erie Canal" by Jeff Koehler
11 Nov 2017 DNA Interest Group
09 Oct 2017 "Identifying Dates of Photos through Period Clothing and Accessories" by Peggy Apgar
11 Sep 2017 Live Webinar - "Genealogical Adventures Overseas: Exploring the Findmypast Collection" by Jen Baldwin
02 Sep 2017 GENEALOGY HOT SPOT
14 Aug 2017 Using Newspapers in Your Research
25 Jul 2017 Which DNA Test is Right for Me
22 Jul 2017 DNA Interest Group
10 Jul 2017 Live Webinar - "A Guided Tour of Cyndi's List 2.0" by Cyndi Ingle
12 Jun 2017 "Using DNA to Solve a Family Mystery" by Tim Phipps
08 May 2017 "Turn Your Story or Family History Into an E-Book" by Ashley Wadsworth
22 Apr 2017 Cemetery Restoration Workshop
10 Apr 2017 Live Webinar - "Apprentices, Indentured Servants and Redemptioners: White Slavery in America" by Peggy Clemens Lauritzen
25 Mar 2017 Public Scanning Day
18 Mar 2017 DNA Interest Group
13 Mar 2017 "She Came From Nowhere..." - A Case Study Approach To A Difficult Genealogical Problem" by Michael Lacopo
07 Mar 2017 "Beginning Genealogy Classes 2017"
13 Feb 2017 "Researching Techniques for 3 WVGS Counties" by Tony Barger, Pat Wilkinson and Dalanne Miller
19 Jan 2017 Legacy USERS Group - 3rd Thursday of the Month
09 Jan 2017 Live Webinar "German Parish Records " by Gail Blankenau
05 Jan 2017 Legacy USERS Group - 1st Thursday of the Month
04 Jan 2017 WVGS Board Meeting
12 Dec 2016 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social - MEMBERS ONLY
07 Dec 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
19 Nov 2016 DNA Interest Group
14 Nov 2016 "Frontier Resources and the Society of Indiana Pioneers" by Jan Aikman Dickson
02 Nov 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
25 Oct 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
10 Oct 2016 "How We Changed the Frontier and How the Frontier Changed Us" by Dennis Latta
05 Oct 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
27 Sep 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
13 Sep 2016 Live Webinar "Buckeye Beginnings: An Introduction to Ohio Research" by Amy Johnson Crow
07 Sep 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
23 Aug 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
08 Aug 2016 "Kentucky Land Records" by Kandie Adkinson
04 Aug 2016 Legacy USERS Group - 1st Thursday of the Month
04 Aug 2016 Legacy Computer Help Group
03 Aug 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
30 Jul 2016 DNA Interest Group
26 Jul 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
21 Jul 2016 Legacy USERS Group - 3rd Thursday of the Month
12 Jul 2016 "Beyond the Basics" by Steve Szabados
06 Jul 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
28 Jun 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
13 Jun 2016 Live Webinar "Before & After 1858: English & Welsh Wills and Death Records" by George Morgan
01 Jun 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
24 May 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
09 May 2016 "Researching Techniques for 3 WVGS Counties" by County Genealogists
04 May 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
26 Apr 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
20 Apr 2016 "Beginning Legacy Classes"
20 Apr 2016 "Beginning Legacy Classes"
14 Apr 2016 WVGS 2016 Allen County Bus Trip
11 Apr 2016 Live Webinar "Finding Your Landless Ancestors" by J. Mark Lowe
06 Apr 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
26 Mar 2016 DNA Interest Group
22 Mar 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
14 Mar 2016 "Fraternal Order of Everyone" by Ron Darrah
09 Mar 2016 "Beginning Genealogy Classes"
03 Mar 2016 "Society of Civil War Families In Indiana" Workshop
02 Mar 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
23 Feb 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
08 Feb 2016 "From Jamestown to Lost Creek: A 200 Year Journey" by James Shepard
03 Feb 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
26 Jan 2016 Family History Writers' Special Interest Group
11 Jan 2016 Live Webinar "How to Reopen and Work a Genealogical Cold Case" by Lisa Louise Cooke
06 Jan 2016 WVGS Board Meeting
14 Dec 2015 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social - MEMBERS ONLY
02 Dec 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
21 Nov 2015 DNA Interest Group
15 Nov 2015 Private Tour of the Veterans Memorial Museum of Terre Haute
09 Nov 2015 "Heroes in Our Back Yard" Military Stories & Research
04 Nov 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
12 Oct 2015 Live Webinar "Land Records in Illinois" by Michael John Neill
07 Oct 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
14 Sep 2015 "Czech and Slovak Research" by Mike Kukral
02 Sep 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
22 Aug 2015 Genealogy "Help Day"
10 Aug 2015 "An Introduction to Quaker Genealogy" by Thomas Hamm
05 Aug 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
25 Jul 2015 "Breaking Down Brick Walls in Genealogy through Research - Ohio River, Southern & Eastern States" by Rob Johnson
18 Jul 2015 DNA Interest Group
13 Jul 2015 Navigating Find-A-Grave: The Good & Bad of Online Memorials by the WVGS Cemetery Committee
01 Jul 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
08 Jun 2015 " wthhistory: The Rise and Decline of a Small Town"
03 Jun 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
11 May 2015 Live Webinar -"The Write Stuff: Using Nonfiction Writing Techniques to Write a Better Family History" by Lisa Alzo
06 May 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
04 May 2015 "Read All About It: Accessing Digitized Indiana Newspaper Archives" by Suzanne Hahn
22 Apr 2015 "Beginning Legacy Genealogy Classes"
13 Apr 2015 FamilySearch: The Journey from Imaging to Your Computer
01 Apr 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
21 Mar 2015 DNA Interest Group
11 Mar 2015 "Beginning Genealogy Classes"
09 Mar 2015 "Looking for Clues in the Cemetery" by Joy Neighbors
04 Mar 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
28 Feb 2015 "Technology Day"
09 Feb 2015 "Travel Through Time with Wabash Valey Visions & Voices" by Donna Adams & Vikki Sordean
04 Feb 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
24 Jan 2015 "What it takes to do Genealogy" Free Orientation
12 Jan 2015 "Google Earth for Genealogy" by Lisa Louise Cooke
07 Jan 2015 WVGS Board Meeting
08 Dec 2014 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social
03 Dec 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
10 Nov 2014 " ' Are We There Yet?' Proof and the Genealogy Police" by Harold Henderson
05 Nov 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
13 Oct 2014 "Prohibition is Here to Stay" by Jason Lantzer
01 Oct 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
10 Sep 2014 "Wabash Valley Funeral Home History - Past, Present & Future" by Gary Greiner
03 Sep 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
11 Aug 2014 "Bring 'Em Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile" Live Webinar by George Morgan
06 Aug 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
05 Aug 2014 POSTPONED - Legacy Beginners Summer Classes
14 Jul 2014 "The Future of the Vigo County Historical Society" & 10th Anniversary Celebration
02 Jul 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
09 Jun 2014 "Backdooring the 1890 Census"
04 Jun 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
12 May 2014 "Jewish Heritage in Indiana" by Jeannie Regan-Dinius
07 May 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
06 May 2014 Legacy Beginners Classes
03 May 2014 "Understanding Y-DNA Test Results" Workshop by Tim Phipps
14 Apr 2014 "Backing Up Your Genealogy Data" Live Webinar by Thomas MacEntee
02 Apr 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
26 Mar 2014 "Beginning Genealogy Classes
22 Mar 2014 Carpool Trip - "Genealogy Online: Productive, Organized and Successful" by Cyndi Ingle
10 Mar 2014 "Researching Collateral Ancestors" by Terry D. Prall
05 Mar 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
24 Feb 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
10 Feb 2014 "Early Black Settlers in Vigo County" by Dee Reed
05 Feb 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
13 Jan 2014 "The Power of Family Stories" by Mike Lunsford
08 Jan 2014 WVGS Board Meeting
19 Dec 2013 Legacy Users Group Classes
19 Dec 2013 Legacy Users Group Classes
09 Dec 2013 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social - MEMBERS ONLY
04 Dec 2013 WVGS Board Meeting
21 Nov 2013 Legacy Users Group Classes
21 Nov 2013 Legacy Users Group Classes
05 Nov 2013 “Using Y-DNA to Enhance Genealogical Research” by Tim Phipps
30 Oct 2013 WVGS Board Meeting
17 Oct 2013 Legacy Users Group Classes
17 Oct 2013 Legacy Users Group Classes
14 Oct 2013 Education Forum - "7 Habits of Highly Effective Genealogists" by DearMYRTLE
02 Oct 2013 WVGS Board Meeting
21 Sep 2013 Carpool Trip - Clay County Genealogy Society Library
09 Sep 2013 "Capturing the Souls of Indiana - Celebration of Our Overlooked Cultural Heritage" by John Bower
04 Sep 2013 WVGS Board Meeting
21 Aug 2013 WVGS Allen County Bus Trip
12 Aug 2013 Education Forum - "From Cradle to Grave" Church Records
07 Aug 2013 WVGS Board Meeting
08 Jul 2013 "Brick Walls" by Carol Montrose
02 Jul 2013 WVGS Board Meeting
10 Jun 2013 "Is There an Indian Princess in Your Family? An Introduction to Native American Research"
18 May 2013 Day Seminar "On-Line Genealogy: Tracking Your Ancestors Through Cyberspace..."
13 May 2013 "DAR and SAR Membership Requirements" by LaVonne Waldren
27 Apr 2013 Carpool Trip - IGS Conference - Bloomington, IN
08 Apr 2013 "Using Maps in Your Research" by Monique Howell
23 Mar 2013 "Brick Wall Roundtable" moderated by WVGS Panel
20 Mar 2013 "Beginning Genealogy Classes
11 Mar 2013 "The Wabash River - It's Impact Through the Ages" - by Mike McCormick
11 Feb 2013 "Google for Genealogists" Live Webinar by Thomas MacEntee
14 Jan 2013 "Hidden Genealogical Treasures' by Jim Gilson
10 Dec 2012 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social
12 Nov 2012 "Land Ownership Search: Admire Acres"
08 Oct 2012 "7 Habits of Highly Effective Genealogists" by DearMYRTLE
17 Sep 2012 WVGS Volunteer Appreciation Picnic
10 Sep 2012 "What To Do With Your Records After Your Demise"
13 Aug 2012 "Researching Your Home's History"
07 Aug 2012 Legacy Computerized Genealogy Course
09 Jul 2012 "Early Knox County, Indiana, Court Records: Civil, Criminal and Probate"
11 Jun 2012 "Learning the 1940 Census"
02 Jun 2012 "The Montgomery, Parke County and Fountain Couty Indiana GENWEB Pages"
14 May 2012 "A Grave Matter in Indiana"
05 May 2012 Cemetery Preservation Workshop
09 Apr 2012 Dating Photographs through Clothing of Men and Children
03 Apr 2012 Legacy Computerized Genealogy Course
31 Mar 2012 Private Tour of Special Collections at ISU Cunningham Memorial Library
28 Mar 2012 "Beginning Genealogy Classes"
12 Mar 2012 "Dying to Help Out, Too"
13 Feb 2012 WVGS Education Forum - Brick Wall Hurdling
09 Jan 2012 "Family History in the Civil War Era"
12 Dec 2011 WVGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Social
14 Nov 2011 "Area Native Americans During the War of 1812 Era"
09 Nov 2011 Kentucky Three Day Research Trip
10 Oct 2011 "The Miner - Searches, History and Stories"
08 Oct 2011 Cemetery Preservation Workshop
29 Sep 2011 Indiana State Library Research Trip
12 Sep 2011 "The Underground Railroad in Indiana"
08 Aug 2011 "Preserving Your Records using a Digital Camera and Scanner"