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What’s New on ACGSI.org for February 2021

Posted March 18, 2021
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

Estate sale buyers, 1857-1858

Members-Only

ACGSI program video and handout, Feb. 2020
Allen County plat book, c. 1963
Arcola telephone directory, 1967
Associated Churches history, 1984 (from First Christian Church)
Cathedral deaths, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925
Forest Park School student photos, 1957
Fort Wayne Country Club booklets, 1940-1944
Fort Wayne Orphan Home 50th anniversary souvenir, 1933 (from First Christian Church)
Fortnightly Club program, 1895
Haley Elementary School yearbook, 2000
Maccabees party programs, 1940, 1941
Macedonian Political Organization convention program, 1934
Monroeville High School commencement program and photo, 1951
Nebraska Elementary School attendance book, grades 2A and 2B, 1948-1949
North Side High School class of 1934 reunion, 1959
Order of the Eastern Star, Prince Hall, proceedings, 1955
Poe School class photo, 1950
Pythian Sisters programs and tickets, 1922, 1945, 1949-1955
Republican Fort Wayne Forum News, Jul. 1939
St. Jude’s Catholic Church First Communion photo, 1962
St. Jude’s Catholic School eighth grade class photo, 1968
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church history, 1940
Snider High School yearbooks, 1978, 1979, 1980
South Side High School baccalaureate program, 1940; Ivy Day program, 1939
South Side High School yearbooks, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1930
Village Woods Junior High School Norseman yearbook, 1970
Wayne High School commencement program, 2020
West Creighton Av. Christian Church Creightonian newsletter, 1962, 1963, 1964

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/

“Researching Tennessee and Kentucky Ancestors” – March 10, 2021 – Free Genealogy Program

Posted March 3, 2021
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Learn how to track your Tennessee and Kentucky ancestors, including the best print sources, physical repositories and online resources.

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).