Meetings and Events
25 September 2023 - Monday - 7:00 pm - In-Person and Zoom for Members​*
  • Program: "Yearbooks: Are They Important for the Genealogist?"
    We will learn about the history of yearbooks in the U.S., types and content, genealogical information they might contain, and where they may be found. We will also learn about the yearbook acquisition program at the Ohio Genealogical Society
  • Presenter: Tom Neel, President of our chapter, the Firelands Genealogical Society, and former Director of the Ohio Genealogical Society Library.
23 October 2023 - Monday - 7:00 pm - In-Person and Zoom for Members​*
  • Program: "Clash of Cultures"
    This topic is centered on the clash between the early settlers and the Native Americans in northern Ohio in the period after the Revolutionary War.
  • Presenter: Frank Kuron
    Frank Kuron is a native of Toledo, Ohio, and is an early-American history enthusiast. He has written two books that feature the Northwest Territory: Thus Fell Tecumseh and Sketches of Intriguing People: and the Curious Events They Suffered While Living in the Wilderness of the Northwest Territory.
27 November 2023 - Monday - 7:00 pm - In-Person and Zoom for Members​*
  • Program: "Genealogy on the Go"
    The speaker says, if we leave the Internet world for a bit, we will find it genealogically and emotionally rewarding to do some traveling to do our research.
  • Presenter: Peggy Lauritzen, AG, FOGS
    Peggy is a frequent lecturer at many local societies in Ohio, as well as Family History seminars. In 2018, she was awarded the title of Fellow of the Ohio Genealogical Society. She and her husband are currently directors of the Family History Center in Mansfield, Ohio.​
December 2023 - No Meeting - Merry Christmas!
22 January 2024 - Monday - 7:00 pm - VIRTUAL ONLY - Zoom for Members​*
  • Program: "Introduction to U. S. Church Records: Why We Care Where Grandma Went to Church"
    U. S. church records of many denominations can reveal ancestors' vital events, family relationships, overseas birthplaces, other residences and religious lives. We will learn what these records may look like, how to identify an ancestral church, and how to locate extant records and access them.
  • Presenter: Sunny Morton
    Sunny is co-author of the book How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records: A Genealogist's Guide. She is a frequent speaker at conferences, a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine, and the former editor of the OGS publication Ohio Genealogy News.
​​*About Zoom Webinar
For Members Only
  • A webinar ("web" + "seminar") is an online video presentation that is broadcast to a group of participants through their computers or other mobile devices via the Internet. Currently, our Chapter is using Zoom Webinar to facilitate this process for broadcasting our meetings.
  • When possible, all regular meetings will be broadcast via Zoom. Occasionally, we may not be able to do this because of technical difficulties or if the speaker doesn't allow it, for example.
  • Prior to each meeting, an announcement/invitation will be sent by email to each current and life member of our Chapter whose email address is on file with us.
  • The email will include instructions and a link to click to join the webinar just before the meeting start time.
  • Each webinar is limited to 100 participants. Participants will be added to the webinar on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • Participation in meetings virtually via Zoom is currently available only to members. Information about joining can be found on our Membership page.
Chapter Meetings 
  • ​All meetings are held on the 4th Monday of each month at 7:00 pm, unless noted otherwise. 
  • January and February meetings are virtual via Zoom only due to the possibility of inclement weather.
  • Other regular meetings are in-person, but we will try to broadcast them to members virtually. (See "About Zoom Webinar" above.)
  • The April meeting is the Annual Dinner.​
  • No meeting in December.

        All regular in-person meetings are held at the Firelands Historical Society Meeting Room, 9 Case Avenue, Norwalk, Ohio, unless announced otherwise, and are open to the public.