WELCOME TO THE MARION COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

This is a community of enthusiastic people in an atmosphere of support, assistance and guidance to anyone with roots in Marion County or a desire to find and share their own family history. Our monthly meetings are an opportunity to share in each other's triumphs and help break down our brick walls, as well as learn of resources and tricks from inspiring visiting speakers. We look forward to meeting you!

BECOME A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

If you have an itch to join an organization and participate in its' operation, why not join Marion County Genealogical Society and volunteer to be an officer or a committee coordinator. Send your name and aspirations to president@mcgsocala.org.

DO YOU LIVE NEAR MARION COUNTY?

Are you interested in starting your family history, but don't know how to do it?
Have you been researching and need help breaking down a brick wall?
Do you want to find resources or techniques that will help you delve even further into your family's history?
Plan to attend our area wide all day workshop on November 11th, sponsored by several genealogical area groups. More details to follow.

Click Here for further information if you cannot wait until November.

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Our next General Meeting will be June15th at 2:00 pm. This will be a live meeting in the Marion County Main Library.

Topic: How to Research Local Records

Speaker: Arnold Davis

Plan to attend this in person meeting.

All meetings are open to the public.

This meeting is for all members and is also available to non members.

Registration is recommended for all attendees. click HEREto register.

Are you interested in saving your family tree information to your personal computer? Why don't you join our Family Tree Maker User Group via Zoom. We meet bimonthly in our own homes through the magic of Zoom. There is no cost to participate and no travel involved. See our FTM link in the events calendar or CLICK HERE to register to our next group meeting.

If you are a new user of Family Tree Maker (or want to improve your knowledge) we recently STARTED a beginners guide to using Family Tree Maker. It will be presented as part of our FTM user group Zoom meeting. Registration for this group meeting is now open. You must be registered to receive the Zoom access link.

Are you interested in researching your DNA information via your personal computer? Why don't you join our DNA User Group via Zoom. We meet bimonthly in our own homes through the magic of Zoom. There is no cost to participate and no travel involved. See our DNA link in the events calendar orCLICK HERE to register to our next group meeting.

NEWS ITEM: My Heritage now has a FREE tool to refine your DNA matches using age.

cM Explainer

(Enter the total amount of shared DNA with a DNA Match to view relationship predictions. For improved predictions, enter the ages as well.)

Plan to attend this Virtual event via Zoom.

Registration for this group meeting is now open. You must be registered to receive the Zoom access link.