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What’s New on ACGSI.org for September 2019

Posted October 16, 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

Estate buyers lists, 1846
Fort Wayne Sentinel death lists, 1895-1898, added to Vital Records Collection
Funeral card collection through #16728

Members-Only

ACGSI general meeting minutes, Apr-May 2019
ACGSI treasurer reports, Apr-Aug 2019
Allen Co. Lines full issue PDF, Sep. 2019
Felix Goyings descendants
Franz Berghoff descendants
Grace Reformed Church Heidelberg Class record, 1922-1926
Grace Reformed Church Ladies Aid & Missionary Society minutes, 1893-1896
Grace Reformed Church Young Womens Missionary Society minutes, 1914-1916
Grace St. John’s United Church of Christ membership database index cards (433 members), 1988
Herman Berghoff descendants, 1993
Hubert Berghoff descendants, 1993
Mayer-Baker materials
Newspaper ads, 1950s-1990s, Fort Wayne
St. Mary’s Catholic Church histories and research, 1848+

Fall Seminar

Free Monthly Educational Programs

Our FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS are open to anyone who wishes to attend. The presentation begins at 7:00 pm in the Discovery Center of The Genealogy Center on the second floor of the Allen County Public Library in downtown Fort Wayne. Social time and networking begin at 6:30 pm. ACPL, 900 Library Plaza, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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/

Pinterest: pinterest.com/acgsi/

Twitter: twitter.com/ACGSI

WordPress blog: acgsi.wordpress.com/

“Tips for Interviewing Military Veterans” presented by Kayleen Reusser on October 9, 2019 – Free Education Program

Posted October 2, 2019
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Kayleen Reusser will share her experiences of interviewing hundreds of veterans of all eras. An interview form will be provided with key questions for securing information about the veteran’s life and military service. Guidelines will also be provided for photographing the veteran, their medals, and military souvenirs. She has written their stories in magazines, newspapers, and books.

Kayleen Reusser has interviewed hundreds of veterans from all eras beginning with World War II. She has written three books from her interviews and has had many articles published in newspapers and magazines. She has also written sixteen non-fiction middle-grade books on Greek mythology, celebrity biographies, and ethnic cookbooks.