Our Volunteer Orientation Meeting will be held 10:00 - 11:00 am This will be the first of two sessions. In this first session you will learn a little about our history and how we are organized. You may not realize that OBCGS has been around for 44 years. Many of our early volunteers are no …
Because of the July 4th holiday, the DNA Working Group will not be held in July and will resume it's schedule in August.
OBCGS Annual Membership Meeting Our Regional History and Genealogy Library will be closing early today at 1:00 pm so our docents can join us on Zoom to hear about upcoming Society activities. This is also the chance for the Society to honor those who have accomplished something special in the past year such as publishing …
The OBCGS Library will be closed Wednesday and Thursday for the Christmas Holiday. We will reopen the day after Christmas for regular hours. Merry Christmas!
We will be closed due to a winter storm and our Planning Meeting is cancelled. We will keep this calendar updated when we reopen.
The OBCGS Library will be closed today for weather related issues. We will reopen as soon as possible this week.
This working group focuses on how to write your family history book. We usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month so keep an eye on our Calendar. Join us for an open discussion on steps to writing your family history book and using software to organize and lay out your book - all …
OBCGS formed a working group on DNA many years ago and they usually meet on the first Saturday of each month. It does not matter what level of understanding you have about DNA - you can join us to learn more! We are in the mode of sharing and discovering more about how to apply …
Think there are no photos of your ancestors? Think again! Maybe a fire or flood destroyed your family’s photo collection—or perhaps those precious images are sitting in someone else’s attic, guarded by a less-than-cooperative relative. Don’t give up hope. Some of the best photo finds come from outside your known family network. Learn where to …