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What’s New on ACGSI.org for February 2020

Posted March 18, 2020
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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

Divorce news, 1929, 2014-2019
Mungovan vol. 1 & 2 added to Funeral Home Records Collection

Members-Only

Baer Field 50th anniversary history, 1991 (from Dave Peterson estate)
Berghoff family card file, 2001 (from Susan Prowant estate)
Berghoff reunion, Berghoffest family celebration, 1987, Fort Wayne (from Susan Prowant estate)
Central Catholic High School band programs, 1962-1964*
Central High School class of 1939 reunion documents, 1991, 1994 (from Dave Peterson estate)
Delta Kappa Gamma yearbook, 1969-1970, Fort Wayne
First Christian Church Tidings newsletter, 1951-Jul. 1952
First Christian Church wedding program collection, 1990s-2010s
Franz Anton Berghoff descendants, 1998 (from Susan Prowant estate)
GE News, Oct. 30, 1981*
Grace Reformed Church Philathea class record, 1926-1928
Harrison Hill Elementary School programs, 2008-2019
Hoosier Observer, Oct. 1930 (from Susan Prowant estate)*
Indian Village neighborhood plat map, 1953*
Lines, Dec. 2019, Mar. 2020
Society 40th anniversary mayoral proclamation, 2016 (from Dave Peterson estate)
Society minutes and treasurer reports, Sep. 2019-Jan. 2020
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church pictorial directory, 1979*
St. Luke Lutheran Church scrapbook, 1936-1943*

* oversized documents scanned with 11×17 scanner from Dave Peterson estate

GENEALOGY BOOT CAMP

July 18, 2020 with AMY JOHNSON CROW.

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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.

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“Introduction to Quaker Genealogy” presented by Dr. Thomas D. Hamm on March 11, 2020 – Free Education Program

Posted March 5, 2020
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People with Quaker ancestors are fortunate as Quaker records are among the richest for genealogical research. This presentation will be an overview of Quaker history and Quaker records that are useful for genealogy.

Dr. Thomas D. Hamm is Professor of History and Director of Special Collections at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, where he has taught since 1987. He has published five books and numerous articles on Quaker history.