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What’s New at ACGSI.org for October 2021

Posted November 17, 2021
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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. Your financial Donations, Volunteer time, articles for Lines, Certificate research, and Membership fees make it possible to maintain and add more items online to our ACGSI website.

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

Public Section

North Side High School classes of 1938-1940 added to Alumni Directory Index

Members-Only

B.F. Goodrich Citizen employee newspaper, Nov. 1966
Central High School Spotlight student newspaper, 17 Apr 1936
Elmhurst High School class of 1953 reunion, 1998
Elmhurst High School class of 1954 reunions, 2004, 2009
Elmhurst High School jazz festival programs, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1987
Faith Baptist Church history, 1968-1993
Faith Baptist Church pictorial directory, 1988
First Wayne St. United Methodist Church directories, 1978, 1980
First Wayne St. UMC pictorial directories, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2006, 2010
Grace Evangelical & Reformed Church newsletters, 1960, 1961
Grace St. John’s UCC Nursery School history and class lists, 1969-1989
IPFW commencement program, 1992
Martini Lutheran Church financial reports with donors, 1925, 1933
North Side High School anniversaries, 1978, 2003
North Side High School class of 1954 reunions, 1966-2016
North Side High School Evening of Jazz program, 1982
North Side High School Evening of Jazz programs, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
North Side High School Jazz Fest programs, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
North Side High School marching band banquet programs, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
North Side High School vocal jazz program, 1982
Purdue Fort Wayne Jazz Fest program, 2020
October program video and handout
Snider High School Jazz Fest program, 2019
Verizon Communications residential listings, 2001

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.

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“French Migration to Allen County, Indiana with a Special Nod to Alsace”” – November 10,, 2021 – Free Genealogy Program

Posted November 3, 2021
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The area now known as Allen County has a long history of French explorers, traders, and settlers. Many of the county’s prominent families share in this French heritage. This presentation will share research into this segment of our county’s heritage.

Martine Copeland, born and educated in France, came to the United States as a guest lecturer at the University of South Carolina. She later moved to New York City where she worked on Wall Street and as a real estate broker. Her research in Allen County was sparked by a surname found on a stained-glass window at Saint Louis Besancon Catholic Church. Martine has compiled a database of more than 30,000 people who immigrated from France to Allen County. This list may be viewed at: https://www.genealogycenter.info/search_allencountyfrenchcomp.php