RGS Meetings

The Rochester Genealogical Society meets monthly, except July, August, and December, on the third Thursday of the month.

The meetings are held in:

Fellowship Hall (blue door)
The Clover Center
1101 Clover Street, Rochester, NY 14610

(see map)

The meetings start with a short program at 7:00 p.m., followed by a short business meeting and a break, and then a main program beginning at 8:00 p.m., ending about 9:00 p.m

General Meeting

Saturday, 8:30 - 4:00 April 27, 2019

Long Program: Genealogy in Bloom

Presented by: Katherine Willson She is the compiler of the massive Genealogy on Facebook list and among other positions is: Founder/President of the Virtual Genealogical Society, President of the Michigan Genealogical Council, Board of Directors, Association of Professional Genealogists, Secretary for the Genealogical Speakers Guild, and Social Media Manager for GRIP/Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh.

Description:  The event will feature four presentations:
1. They didn't all come through Ellis Island
   Finding and analyzing Passenger lists
2. Facebook's 13,200 + Genealogy/History Pages & Groups
   Who better to introduce us to the wealth of material on Facebook than the compiler of this list.
3. Resources for Genealogical Research in Foreign Countries
   Challenges and the best places to start searching internationally.
4. Reverse Genealogy - Locating Living Relatives - Why,Where and How
   Rather than looking only for the deceased, look for distant relatives who may have stories or memorabilia to share, and may be willing to DNA test!

CIG Meetings

Computer Iinterest Group (CIG) is for people interested in using home computers to help with their genealogical research. Meetings are held from 7:30 to 9:00 PM on the 2nd Thursday of each month, except July and August, in the

Rooms 2,3 and 4
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
1400 Westfall Rd., Rochester, NY 14618. See map.

Topics dicussed in our CIG meetings include reviewing genealogical software and web sites to using your digital camera in your research. Come with questions or share your solutions! Web sites are featured at each meeting that either help you maintain your home computer or help you with your research.

Next CIG Meeting: May 9, 2019

Title: Macintosh (Mac) Genealogy Software

Presented by: Marian Henry
Dr. Henry is, among many other things, an author and a past President of the RGS.
Description: Giving the Apple users some options

DNA Interest Group

The purpose of the DNA interest group is to learn about the growing field of genetic genealogy and how to apply it towards your research. Genetic genealogy uses DNA testing in combination with traditional genealogical and historical records to infer the relationship between individuals.

Meeting are held from 6:00 - 7:15 PM on the 2nd Thursday of each month, except July and August.

Next DIG Meeting: May 9, 2019

Program:  An Autosomal DNA Project
Presented by:  Don Sigwalt
Description:  A case study focusing on the descendants of an ancestral couple. With closer looks at AncestryDNA ThruLines, DNA Painter Tools WATO trees, GEDmatch Genesis Tier 1 tools and triangulation.

DNA Workshops 2019

Wednesdays at the Irondequoit Library

Wednesday, May 1

10:00 am to 12:00

Room # 115

Bring your laptop or iPad, your DNA results and your questions. We will help you with your next steps to learn what you want about your family tree. Meeting are twice a month on Wednesday. on these dates:

Irondequoit Library at 1290 Titus Ave. Irondequoit, NY 14617

Writers Group Meetings

The purpose of the RGS Writers Group is to learn more about preserving, writing and presenting an interesting family history or biography and to provide support and encouragement for our fellow members. If you are interested in ways to preserve your family history and those wonderful family stories and traditions, the Writers Group is for you. This is a self-directed group that sets their own agenda based on what interests us. Often meeting topics are generated by our group discussion. We motivate and inspire one another by sharing our ideas and experiences.

Meetings are held the 1st Thursday of each month, at the Irondequoit Public Library 1290 Titus Avenue, Irondequoit, NY 14617.

June 6, 2019

7:00 to 9:00 PM

Irondequoit Bay Room

We discuss different ways to share our family history including producing a book, web page, blog, a CD, scrapbook, etc. We discuss writing styles and structure, etc. and often talk about our own personal memories as a way to stimulate ideas for story content. If you think you can’t afford to publish, come and talk to us.

There is no cost to join. You simply have to be a RGS member and send an email to request Writers Group membership to join. This will add you to our email list so you receive meeting notices, homework assignments and notice of meeting cancelations,etc. We are not professional writers. We are regular folks who are not afraid to try.