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MARION

COUNTY

OCALA

FLORIDA

GENEALOGICAL

SOCIETY

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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Welcome New Member

Holly Denton

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Welcome New Member

Charlotte Bunyan

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H O P S

Spring Tour of Homes

MCGS Membership Drive

Arnold Davis

Cathy Pierce

Joel Swanson

Working Hard

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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.


MONTHLY MEETING INFORMATION

 

Third Thursday of the month, September to June (subject to cancellation)

2:00 — 4:00 pm

Virtual in your home via ZOOM, but some live sessions at the Library.

 

The meeting schedule, venue, and program are subject to change.

Please see our Events Calendar for detailed information about our upcoming meetings.

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Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events
HOPS Presentation

Paula Loe and Iona Harris attended the HOPS meeting on 19 April 2023 and presented their President Lela Kerley with

this framed poster regarding "Moss Bluff". Be sure you read about the Moss Bluff Manuscript here on our website.

Welcome Members
Welcome Members
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Margaret Arthur giving her first program.

"Follow the Faith System of

your family"

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Don't just search for your family in church records,

read all about the churcy itself (there may be vital

information hidding there)!

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I give to you several

new sites to check out!


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Florida State Genealogical Society

Poolside Chat

15 June 2023 8:00PM

Register now

fsgs.org

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Organizing data using timelines, chronologies, charts, tables

and other assemblages to help visualize

and evaluate your research.

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Teri E Flack

Retired from the State of Texas in 2009

she turned all her attention to genealogy.

Recieving a Masters Degree in Family History in 2012

and becoming famous for her

Family Tree Webinars.