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Cleveland District Round TableMembers and Activities |
The Cleveland District Round Table is a discussion group of the leadership of the genealogical societies in the five-county district which includes Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina. It meets twice a year, May and October to exchange information on the happenings within their organizations. Some of the groups represented at these meetings, in addition to the Ohio Genealogical Society chapters, include religious, nationality, ethnic, locality, and computer interest groups. All are welcome to attend. Click here for more information.
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CDRT Speakers BureauMember SocietiesCleveland District Round Table Ohio Genealogy Society, Mansfield African-American Genealogical Society-Cleveland Black River Genealogists Brooklyn Genealogy Society Computer Assisted Genealogy Group Cleveland Area Croatian Heritage Museum Cuyahoga County Pioneers and Settlers (Lineage Consortium) Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS East Cuyahoga Co. Genealogical Society Family History Center, Kirtland Family History Center, Westlake Geauga Co. Chapter OGS Greater Cleveland Chapter OGS Great Lakes Chapter Association of Professional Genealogists Hungarian Genealogy Society Jewish Genealogy Society, Cleveland, Ohio, Inc. Lake County Genealogical Society, a Chapter of the OGS Lorain Co. Chapter OGS Medina Co. Chapter OGS Northeast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society, Inc. Oberlin African American Genealogy Society Ohio Cemetery Alliance The Polish Genealogical Society of Greater Cleveland POINT - Pursuing Our Italian Names Together Slovak Institute Slovenian Genealogy Society International, Inc., Ohio Chapter Southwest Cuyahoga County Chapter OGS Tri-C-GO (Cuyahoga County Council of Genealogical Organizations) Wellington Genealogical Society Western Reserve Historical Society Genealogical Committee Other Nearby Friends Hudson Genealogical Study Group, Hudson Chapter OGS Archived Activities 2004 2005 2006 2007 |
Activities of Genealogical InterestMonday 4 August 2008 7:30 pm - "A Farm in the Firelands of Ohio: Memories of the Post-Civil War Period" will be presented by Anne Southworth McFarland, lawyer, librarian, and author. She is the editor of the book mentioned above which is a collection of correspondence of her great uncle Dayton A. Williams. Join East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society at this regular meeting. Wednesday 6 August 2008 7:30 pm "Historic Jewish Clevelanders" by Dr. Sean Martin of the Western Reserve Historical Society will be the program of Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland . His talk will focus on some of the prominent Jewish Clevelanders of the early 20th century. Friday 8 August 2008 4:30 pm NEOCAG hosts a tailgate picnic at St. Bartholomew Church followed by an evening at the Captains baseball game. For more information and tickets, contact Joellen O'Neil at 216-481-1220. Saturday 9 August 2008 9:00 am -12:30 pm NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society (NEOCAG) holds its regular meeting. Saturday 9 August 2008 1:30 pm - "Woodland Indians of Medina County" by John Burke will be the topic at Medina County Genealogical Society meeting. Medina Public Library. Sunday 10 August 2008 1:30 pm Medina Co. Chapter OGS meets. Program and location TBA. Monday 11 August 2008 - 7:00 pm - " Passenger Lists and Naturalization" presented by Sandy Malitz, genealogy specialist at the Chardon Public Library. Sandy will explain how to research these popular sources at the regular meeting of the Lorain County Chapter OGS. Wednesday 13 August 2008 am to 8:00 pm Geauga County Recorder's Office extended Summer hours for genealogy and home research. Saturday 16 August 2008 9:00 am - 3:30 pm 23rd Ohio Genealogical Society Annual Chapter Management Seminar will be held at Holiday Inn of Elyria in Lorain County. This 9-session training day for OGS Chapter officers and chairs is open to others as well. See flyer for more information. Tuesday 19 August 2008 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society will host a research trip to Ohio Genealogical Society in Mansfield, leaving the Independence Civic Center, 6363 Selig Drive. Brown bag for lunch is suggested. Evening meal at Dutch Heritage Restaurant in Bellville, Ohio is $15 and must be paid at the time of registration. Registration deadline is Tuesday, August 12th, 2008. For further info contact CuyahogaValleyGenSoc@juno.com. Wednesday 3 September 2008 1:00-2:30 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS offers a free Help Session in the Conference Room, Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Wednesday 3 September 2008 1:00-2:30 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS offers a free Family History Research Help Session in the Conference Room, Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Wednesday 3 September 2008 6:30 pm "Getting Started With Your Family History" will be taught by Sandy Malitz at Chardon Library. Includes some hands-on com-puter exercises. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. Wednesday 3 September 2008 7:30 pm "Locating Your Ancestors' Naturalization Records and Learning about the Secrets They Hold" will be presented by Ken Bravo at teh meeting of Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland. Thursday 4 September 2008 7:00 pm "Researching Colonial Ancestors" will be taught by Sandy Malitz at Middlefield Library. Call the Middlefield Library to register. 440-632-1916. Monday 8 September 2008 - 7:00 pm - "Genetic Genealogy: Using DNA to Find Your Ancestors" - Dr. James Freed, retired professor of zoology at Ohio Wesleyan University, past president of Delaware County Chapter/OGS presents his program which will emphasize paternal (Y Chromosome) DNA studies and maternal (Mitochondrial) DNA studies and starting ones own surname DNA study at the regular meeting of the Lorain County Chapter OGS. Monday 8 September 2008 7:30 pm. (Note special date due to Labor Day) At the September meeting of the Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society at the Independence Civic Center, 6363 Selig Drive, Dr. Judith Cetina, Cuyahoga County Archivist, will take her audience through "200 years of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County history." Tuesday 9 September 2008 7:00 pm Geauga County Genealogical Society meets. Speakers will be John Sabol and Raymond Tindira on "What We Did On Our Summer Vacation" about their trip to Slovakia. Friday 12 September 2008 5:30-10:30 pm Night Owl Prowl at Morley Library will be hosted by the Library and Lake County Genealogical Society. Topic will be "US Research-by State." In addition to a main talk, there will be people there familiar with research in several of the states for individual consultation. See information and registration page for more. Friday & Saturday, 12 & 13 September 2008 - Fall Genealogy Conference sponsored by the African-American Genealogical Society, Cleveland. Held at the Cleveland Public Library, Main Branch, Downtown. Will feature nationally known presenters such as J. Mark Lowe (researcher for PBS series "African-American Lives 2"), Tim Pinnick, and Jana Sloan Broglin. Will also include workshops and research time at the Cleveland Public Library. Friday 1:00-5:00pm workshops by AAGS members. 6:00-7:30pm "Five Ways to Jump Start Your Genealogical Research" presented by J. Mark Lowe. Saturday program 9:00am-5:30pm. See AAGS web site: aagsclev.org. Contact: Mary Brothers-Johnson robmary17@yahoo.com. Saturday 13 September 2008 9:00 am -12:30 pm NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society (NEOCAG) holds its regular meeting. Monday 15 September 2008 7:00 pm "Twenty Free Websites for Genealogy" will be taught by Sandy Malitz at Bainbridge Library. Call the Bainbridge Library to register. 440-543-5611. Tuesday 16 September 2008 Annual Lineage Banquet for Medina Co. Chapter OGS will be at York Methodist Church, Mallet Creek, OH. Wednesday 17 September 2008 6:30-8:45 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS meets. Bernadette Zubel: "Polish Traditions, Culture, Language and Social Organizations" in the Porter Room, Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Thursday 18 September 2008 7:30 pm - Program is now Jean Hoffman "Postcards in Genealogical Research" (Note date change) Monday 22 September 2008 8:30 am to 7:30 pm Cuyahgoa Valley Genealogical Society will host a trip to Columbus Public Library, current home of the Ohio State Library genealogy collection, leaving from the Independence Civic Center. Lunch stop at McDonalds on your own and dinner at Dutch Heritage Restaurant is planned. To see the holding go on line to: columbuslibrary.org Registration deadline is Monday, September 15th. The cost for the dinner meal is $15 and must be paid at the time of registration. For further info contact CuyahogaValleyGenSoc@juno.com. Wednesday 24 September 2008 6:30 pm "Genealogy Research - Ancestry to Zines - A Potpourri of Sources" will be taught by Sandy Malitz at Geauga West Library. Call the Geauga West Library to register. 440-729-4250. Thursday 25 September 2008 10:00 am "Fleshing Out Your Ancestor" will be presented by Richard McClellan at the regular meeting of Lake County Genealogical Society.
Saturday 27 September 2008 9am - 4 pm The annual Tri-C Go Seminar will be held at the Euclid Public Library hosted by
East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society. Saturday 27 September 2008 12:00 -3:00 pm The Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society presents their Genealogical Institute. Title is "Exploring Family History," for the person new to tracing roots. Topics include getting organized, research process, charts & forms, intro to U.S. Federal census, source citation, WRHS Library, selected websites. For fees and registration form contact Roger Ellsworth at arby69@sbcgobal.net. Wednesday 1 October 2008 1:00-2:30 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS offers a free Family History Research Help Session in the Conference Room, Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Saturday 2 October 2008 OGS will be hosting "Genealogy Day at Shelby Ohio. Thursday 2 October 2008 10:00 a.m. "McGenealogy," a one hour introduction to family history held at the Chardon Library. Bring information about your family. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. LIMIT 4 per class. Saturday 4 October 2008 12:00 -3:00 pm The Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society presents their Genealogical Institute. Title is "Overlooked Sources." Topics include histories, church records, city & county directories, maps & gazetteers, dictionaries, institutional records, school records, migration patterns, newspapers, court records, periodicals, Recorder's Office, and more. For fees and registration form contact Roger Ellsworth at arby69@sbcgobal.net. Monday 6 October 2008 6:30 pm Chardon Library - Bring your genealogy research questions for our panel to answer. If possible, submit questions by September 30. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. Monday 6 October 2008 7:00 pm - 35th Anniversary Celebration of ECCGS. Help us celebrate the founding of the group in 1973 as a chapter of The Ohio Genealogical Society. Now featuring the music group Fare Passage anda potluck dinner with food of our ancestors. Monday 6 October 2008 7:30 pm Edith Prendergast, a noted speaker on the early days of our American society, will speak at the October meeting of the Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society on "Frontier Medicine - And Some Even Survived." The meeting will be held at the Independence Civic Center, 6363 Selig Drive. Wednesday-Friday 8-10 October 2008 Trip to Ft. Wayne to Allen County Public Library genealogy collection will take place planned by Lake County Genealogical Society. Signup information is at their web site. Look for the bus. Saturday 11 October 2008 9:00 am -12:30 pm NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society (NEOCAG) holds its regular meeting. Saturday 11 October 11 2008 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Internet search techniques & websites and time to research YOUR family at Geauga West Library with Sandy Malitz. This is a hands-on class. Ability to search the internet is required. Instructions will be provided when you register. Call the Geauga West Library to register. 440-729-4250. LIMIT 12. Saturday 11 October 2008 - The Lorain County Chapter OGS will celebrate our 25th Anniversary as a Chapter of OGS at the Annual Banquet - Holiday Inn at Midway Mall, Elyria, OH. Reservations are required. More detail will be announced at a later date. Sunday 12 October 2008 1:30 pm Medina County Chapter OGS hosts its regular meeting at Medina Public Library. Kathy Petras, Genealogy Librarian there will give us "An Insider's Tour of the New Library" and the additions that have been made in the genealogy department. Monday 13 October 2008 - 7:00 pm - The regular meeting of the Lorain County Chapter OGS. Program to be announced. Tuesday 14 October 2008 6:30 p.m. "McGenealogy," a one hour introduction to family history held at the Chardon Library. Bring information about your family. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. LIMIT 4 per class. Wednesday 15 October 2008 6:30-8:45 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS meets. Judy MacKeigan presents "Murdered by a Tramp: Family History Lessons Learned from a Coroner’s Case" in the Porter Room, Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Sunday 19 October 2008 2-4 pm Meeting of the Cleveland District RoundTable will be held at Independence Senior Center behind the Library. This is a discussion for the leadership of any genealogical organization in Lake, Geauga, Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Medina counties. Representatives from any group welcome. Monday 20 October 2008 10:00 a.m. "McGenealogy," a one hour introduction to family history held at the Chardon Library. Bring information about your family. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. LIMIT 4 per class. Tuesday 28 October 2008 6:30 pm , Chardon Library presents "Introduction to European Research" with Sandy Malitz. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. Thursday 30 October 2008 10:00 am Lake County Genealogical Society meets. Topic will be Court Records for Genealogical Research with retiring Clerk of Courts, Lynn Mazeika. Saturday 1 November 2008 12:00 -3:00 pm The Genealogical Committee of the Western Reserve Historical Society presents their Genealogical Institute. Title is "Elusive Female Ancestors." Topics include maiden names, finding parents, naturalization law, military records, property law, marriage and divorce, etc. For fees and registration form contact Roger Ellsworth at arby69@sbcgobal.net. Monday 3 November 2008 7:30 pm Wally Huskonen, CG will present "Some Wonderful Things I’ve Found on Footnote.com" at the November meeting of the Cuyahoga Valley Genealogical Society, Independence Civic Center, 6363 Selig Drive. Footnote includes naturalization records, WWI naturalizations, passport applications, war records from Revolutionary War through early 20th century, and Cuyahoga County birth returns. Hear instructions on accessing Footnote.com for free or subscription, and how to post comments to existing records. Wednesday 5 November 2008 1:00-2:30 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS offers a free Family History Research Help Session in the Conference Room, Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Wednesday 5 November 2008 7:30 pm Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland meets. "What It Takes to Be an Author of Books on Genealogy" by Vicki Vigil will include how she began to write and publish books with genealogical themes, and what is involved with having a book published and getting paid for it. Thursday 6 November 2008 6:30 pm Sandy Malitz presents "Finding Records in Unusual Places" at Geauga West Library. Call the Geauga West Library to register. 440-729-4250. Thursday 6 November 2008 7:30 pm - "Unusual Courthouse Records" will be presented by Henry Timman, Retired Chief Deputy of the Probate Court of Huron County, officer of The Firelands Historical Society, former Vice President of OGS, professional researcher, columnist, and local historian of Huron and Erie counties. This will be at the regular meeting of East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society. Saturday 8 November 2008 9:00 am -12:30 pm NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society (NEOCAG) holds its regular meeting. Sunday 9 November 2008 1:30 pm Medina County Chapter OGS meets. Program and place TBA. Monday 10 November 2008 6:00 - 7:30 pm Open House at Geauga County Archives, 470 Center St. Perfect for all researchers not just Geauga Co. Topics include record types, preservation, what is an archives, and much more. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. Monday 10 November 2008 - 7:00 pm - The regular meeting of the Lorain County Chapter OGS. Program to be announced. Saturday 15 November 2008 10 am - 12 noon Sandy Malitz will present "Preparing for the Holidays" at Chardon Library. Perfect for all levels of research experience. Call the Reference Dept. at the Chardon Library to register. 440-285-7601. Wednesday 19 November 2008 6:30-8:45 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS Show and Tell: Members and guests tell us which ancestor they would like to invite to Thanksgiving Dinner 2008 and why. Porter Room, Westlake Porter Public Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Thursday 20 November 2008 10:00 am "Why Use Newspapers?- Beyond the Obituary" will be presented by Lois Wheeler at Lake County Genealogical Society's meeting. Monday 1 December 2008 7:00 pm - Holiday Celebration with special guest Ecky Broad and her presentation entitled "The Way We Were." Ecky Broad is a dramatist, story teller, and writer. She has performed at the Chautauqua Institute, and for many schools, theaters, and community organizations. She gives 150 shows a year from a repertory of 100 characters and 55 shows. Note time change for this meeting of the East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society. Wednesday 3 December 2008 7:30 pm Jewish Genealogy Society of Cleveland takes place. Election of Officers. Program To Be Announced. Sundays 7-13 December 2008 Annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour takes place. Contact Cynthia Turk for information at cynthia.turk@juno.com Saturday 13 December 2008 9:00 am -12:30 pm NorthEast Ohio Computer-Aided Genealogy Society (NEOCAG) holds its regular meeting. 14 December 2008 Medina County Chapter OGS Annual Potluck Christmas Dinner will be held. Details to be announced. 8 December 2008 7:00 pm - "Lorain County Recorder's Office" - Judy Nedwick the Lorain County Recorder will outline the duties and holdings of the Recorders Office at the regular meeting of the Lorain County Chapter OGS. Wednesday 17 December 2008 6:00-8:45 p.m. Cuyahoga West Chapter OGS Annual Christmas Gathering. Come early. Bring a favorite snack to share. Porter Room, Westlake Porter Library, 27333 Center Ridge Rd. Thursday 29 January 2009 11:30 am Lake County Genealogical Society holds its annual potluck luncheon. Jean Hoffman will be the speaker, and her topic will be Pennsylvania Research.
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