What’s New on ACGSI.org for March 2019

Posted March 20, 2019
Filed under: ACGSI web site, Churches, Funeral Cards, History, Projects, Public, Research, Updates, Web Sites |

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New Allen County, Indiana records added to our www.acgsi.org website. Many items are Public, while some are Members Only. Volunteers, membership fees and your donations of family research, time and money make it possible to keep adding more items online.

Public Pages

Dr. Lewis Thompson debtors, 1825-1845, Fort Wayne
Estate sale buyers, 1827-1838, Allen Co. (this will be a growing collection, working forward in time)
Fort Wayne Sentinel death lists added to Vital Records Collection, Dec. 1894-Mar. 1895
Probate case files from boxes 369-375 linked to the estate index

Members-Only

St. John’s United Church of Christ confirmation class photos, 1897-1982, Fort Wayne (in progress)

Spring Seminar

Register online at: https://www.acgsi.org/event.php

Free Monthly Educational Programs

Second Wednesday evening September to May with 6:30 p.m. refreshments and social time. 7:00 p.m. FREE genealogy program in Meeting Room A at the Allen County Public Library (ACPL), 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Genealogy Technology Group

Third Wednesday evening September to May at 7:00 p.m in ACPL Meeting Room B. Round table discussion of anything related to genealogy research using the internet, computers, mobile devices, social media, software and much much more.

Web and Social Media Sites:

ACGSI web site: www.acgsi.org

ACGSI events: www.acgsi.org/event.php

Allen INGenWeb: www.acgsi.org/genweb/

Facebook: facebook.com/ACGSI/

Google+: plus.google.com

Pinterest: pinterest.com/acgsi/

Twitter: twitter.com/ACGSI

WordPress blog: acgsi.wordpress.com/

Genealogy Technology Group – March 20, 2019

Posted March 14, 2019
Filed under: Allen County Public Library, Computer Issue, Genealogy Technology Group, Photographs, Projects, Public, Research, Software, Updates, Web page, Web Sites | Tags: By Stan Follis

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An open discussion of anything related to genealogy whether software, the internet, monthly backups, computers, mobile devices such as cell phones and tablets, social media and much more.

Guests are Always Welcome!

Every 3rd Wednesday, September through May, bring your questions and/or problems to the 7:00 p.m. discussion in Meeting Room B at the Allen County Public Library (ACPL), 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Spring Seminar

Free Monthly Educational Programs

Second Wednesday evening September to May with 6:30 p.m. refreshments and social time. 7:00 p.m. FREE genealogy program in Meeting Room A at the Allen County Public Library (ACPL), 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

2016-2017 Free Educational Program brochure on Facebook

Web and Social Media Sites:

ACGSI web site: www.acgsi.org

ACGSI events: www.acgsi.org/event.php

Allen INGenWeb: www.acgsi.org/genweb/

Facebook: facebook.com/ACGSI/

Google+: plus.google.com

Pinterest: pinterest.com/acgsi/

Twitter: twitter.com/ACGSI

WordPress blog: acgsi.wordpress.com/

“Finding Family: Researching Adopted Children in the Past — and Today” presented by Delia Cothrun Bourne on March 13, 2019 – Free Education Program

Posted March 6, 2019
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This presentation examines the various possibilities open to those seeking answers from historical research to the ever-expanding world of open adoption records.

Delia Cothrun Bourne, staff member of The Genealogy Center since 1983. She has worked with PERSI as an editor and encoder for over twenty-five years. She was a writer for the History of Fort Wayne and Allen County 1700-2005.

Guests are Always Welcome!

6:30 p.m. Refreshments and social time the second Wednesday evening, September to May, at 7:00 p.m. is our free Genealogy Education Program normally in Meeting Room A at the Allen County Public Library (ACPL), 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Spring Seminar

Free Monthly Educational Programs

Genealogy Technology Group

Third Wednesday evening September to May at 7:00 p.m in ACPL Meeting Room B. Roundtable discussion of anything related to genealogy research using the internet, computers, mobile devices, social media, software and much much more.