Meetings and Events
December 2024 – No Meeting in December

Merry Christmas!
27 January 2025 - Monday – 7:00 pm​​​* - Chapter Meeting
​Zoom Only
  • Program: "A Tour of Goldie May's Genealogy Power Tools"
    How to do more genealogy in less time with Goldie May, a genealogy software program (used in conjunction with your regular genealogy program) that can speed up research, untangle family trees, and help you stay organized.
  • Presenter: Richard Miller
    Richard Miller is a software engineer who developed this software program to facilitate is own genealogy research, and now he is sharing it with others.
24 February 2025 - Monday – 7:00 pm​​​* - Chapter Meeting
​Zoom Only
  • Program: "Hidden Treasures in Ohio's Court of Common Pleas"
    ​We will learn about the hidden treasures in Ohio's Common Pleas records, including civil suits, criminal matters, and divorce records, as well as the expanded role of the Clerk of Courts in the pre-1851 period when there was no separate Probate Court.
  • Presenter: Tom Neel, MLIS
    Tom Neel is a member of FGS (most recently our past president) and prior to retiring was the director of the Ohio Genealogical Society Library for 37 years. 
24 March 2025 - Monday – 7:00 pm​​​* - Chapter Meeting
​Firelands Historical Society Meeting Room
  • Program: "Salt Lake Research Experiences"
  • Presenter: Ruth King
    Ruth King is a member of FGS who traveled to Salt Lake City in 2024 with several other FGS members. She will tell about their experiences while doing research at the FamilySearch Library.
28 April 2025 - Monday - Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner
Norwalk Elks Lodge #730, 2949 St. Rt. 250, Norwalk
Time, Menu, and Reservation Information to Be Announced
  • Program: "E. W. Roberts and Early Aviation in Sandusky"
  • Presenter: Will Cummings
    Will Cummings is an Erie County native and the sixth generation of his family in this area. He has had a life-long interest in mechanical equipment and works at NASA's Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky.
​​*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 our Annual Meeting and Awards 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.