Old York Road Genealogical Society
Based in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
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NOTE: Until further notice our programs will be via Zoom. A link to the presentations will be made available for our members. If you are not currently a member and are interested in our upcoming programs, please contact twaslow@gmail.com.
The Old York Road Genealogical Society (OYRGS) meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month, year-round, in the Community Room at the Abington Township Public Library, 1030 Old York Rd., Abington, PA (map to the library). Our meetings are free and open to the public. The programs include notable speakers on genealogical topics as well as discussions centered on a genealogical theme. When attending discussion meetings, everyone is invited and encouraged to bring illustrations or examples of their experiences related to the meeting's theme.
2021 Meetings
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| July 13 |
7:00: Meeting via Zoom. "Saving Face: A Chinese Immigrant 'Paper Son' Story" As part of our First Ancestor Timeline series, OYRGS member Marion Rosenbaum will tell the story of her immigrant grandfather who arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1904. Her story includes her father's 1936 visit to his ancestral village where he met his relatives and with them visited their family's ancestral burial ground and participated in customs honoring their common ancestors.
| August 10 |
7:00: Meeting via Zoom. "Naturalization Know-How: the Laws and Records of U.S. Citizensip" Learn about the laws governing naturalization from 1790-1952, where naturalization records pre and post 1906 are held, and how to access them. Speaker: Rich Venezia, a nationally recognized expert in researching the immigration and naturalizatiion records of immigrant ancestors. He has lectured at national conferences and local genealogical societies and written for national publications, blogs, and newsletters.
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| September 14 |
7:00: Meeting via Zoom. "Google My Maps: Visualizing Your Ancestors' Lines" Learn how Google My Maps, a part of the Goole app package, can be used as a way to visualize your ancestors' lives, track their migration patterns, plot where they lived, identify cemetery locations, efficiently plan research trips, and help you to decide if the details from those on-line family trees are really plausible for your ancestor. Speaker: Linda Debe aka The Sleepless Genealogist.
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| October 12 |
7:00: Meeting via Zoom. "Correlating Research in Pre-1850 Federal Census Records" In the pre-1850 Federal Census enumerations only the head of household is listed by name. All other members of the household are recorded as tally or tick-marks by age and gender. This program describes a process for identifying and naming those other household members. Speaker: Suzanne Trotter, Accredited Genealogist with twenty years of professional genealogical research experience. |
| November 9 |
7:00: Meeting via Zoom. "The 1950 U.S. Federal Census - Are you ready?" Following the "72 Year Rule", the results of the 1950 U.S. Census will be made public on April 1, 2022. The presentation will review the history of the 1950 Census and cover how the 1950 Census form is radically different from previous forms and how the data will be accessed. Preparation for the data release can be started now. Learn how upcoming holiday gatherings can play a role in preparing for the release. Speaker: Thomas MacEntee a genealogy professional who is also a blogger, educator, author, social media connector, marketer, network builder, and more. |
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Content updated July 2021
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