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What’s New on ACGSI.org for November 2020

Posted December 18, 2020
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.

We are adding videos of our Free monthly online Zoom Programs in our Members-Only section.

Public Section

Deceased voter registrations, surnames Bras-Bro
Divorce case packets from Boxes 496 & 497 (1870s-1880s)
Divorce news, 1930, 2nd half (from Linda)
Divorce filings, 2002
Funeral card collection through #17089

Members-Only

American Business Women’s Assn. documents, 1973-1990
College Club directory, 1923-1924 (Amer. Assn of Univ. Women)
Leadership Fort Wayne commencement program, 2000
North Highlands Church of Christ directory, 1988
Order of the Eastern Star session programs, Queen Esther Grand Chapter, 1944; Prince Hall Grand Chapter, 1955 (these Indiana state-level chapters comprised of African-American women convened in Fort Wayne in these years.)
Program videos, Milner & Tennant
Waynedale Elementary School class photos, 1983-1986
Waynedale Elementary School PTA appreciation lunch program with recollections by retiring teacher, Carol Ayres, 1988
West Creighton Av. Christian Church Creightionian newsletter, 1930-1961

Free Monthly Educational Programs

Presented by ALLEN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIANA, INC. and THE GENEALOGY CENTER

Our Free Educational Programs are presented at 7:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month September through May. To expand our audience and bring the amazing resources of the society to a wider audience, our 2020-2021 season of programs will begin as virtual programs on the Zoom platform. Registration for the virtual programs will be on the ACGSI website. For more information and current program offerings, please see www.acgsi.org, or visit us on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest or Twitter.

ACGSI members will be emailed an invitation to each Free Educational Program. Membership in the society is open to all.

Any changes to the meeting platform will be announced on our social media sites.

Our FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS are open to anyone who wishes to attend.

Web and Social Media Sites:

ACGSI web site: www.acgsi.org

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

Monthly Programs: www.acgsi.org/meetings.php

Allen INGenWeb: www.acgsi.org/genweb/

Facebook: facebook.com/ACGSI/

Instagram: www.instagram.com/acgsifw/

Pinterest: pinterest.com/acgsi/

Twitter: twitter.com/ACGSI

WordPress blog: acgsi.wordpress.com/

Pre-1850 Census Records and Census Substitutes – December 09, 2020 – Free Genealogy Program

Posted December 2, 2020
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The time period before 1850 is a challenging one for family history. Record gaps exist, while other records often do not name women and children. How can you bridge those gaps and surmount those obstacles? Come to this program to find out how to use pre-1850 census records and census substitutes effectively in your genealogical research.

Sara Allen is a senior librarian at The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. She is the administrator of the Mitchell Y-chromosome surname project at FamilyTreeDNA. She has completed several advanced DNA courses at the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP).