We are the Defiance County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society.
Our mission is to foster an interest in genealogy and preserve local
genealogical records.
The Defiance County Chapter OGS does not have its own library.
However, the chapter is actively involved in maintaining and expanding
the material in all three Defiance County Libraries.
We are working to preserve our history and culture with an emphasis
on Defiance County, Ohio. If you have anything historical about
Defiance County you would like to share with us, please attend our next
meeting or contact us at the P.O. or E-mail below.
All correspondence and fees should be sent to:
Defiance County Genealogical Society
P.O. BOX 7006
Defiance, OH 43512-7006
Questions: contact us at our E-mail address:
defiancegenealogy2002@yahoo.com
May 21, 2012 Meeting
RESEARCHING YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTORS
Topic for Defiance County Chapter of OGS
The Defiance County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society May meeting
will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday May 21 at St. John United Church of
Christ, 925 Webster St, Defiance, near the Defiance College campus. The
featured speaker, Derek Davey, will give a Power Point presentation on
Researching your Civil War ancestors and explain the steps necessary to
identify your Civil War ancestors and share a variety of resources to
use to learn more about them. Mr. Davey has been doing family history
research for over 30 years and working on a professional research level
for 15 years. He is currently teaching genealogical classes at Lourdes
College and Monclova Community Center. He is passionate about helping
others discover their family roots so that they can leave their
heritage and family history research for future generations. Anyone
interested is invited to join us for a very informative evening
With your membership, you will receive our quarterly newsletter,
"Yesteryears Trails", with unlimited submissions, you will be eligible
to apply for First Families of Defiance County
How can you gain from membership in our chapter? - Be active,
volunteer to work on committees and help with projects. We can always
use help with abstracting information, typing, computer work, indexing,
and other work. While you are working on projects you will possibly
find information on your family.
How the chapter can gain from your membership? - The Defiance County
Chapter is always in need of public relations, so come to the meetings
and find out what our society is about. Spread the word to people, let
them know that we are an organization where they can always get some
type of genealogical information. Please tell everyone you talk to
about genealogy and about The Defiance County Chapter of the OGS
Note: The Society Volunteers also do genealogy research by providing
a name index search of the books and files in the Defiance County
Public Library. Cost is postage and copying fees. Please use our
contact form to start the research process.
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