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

7:00 pm Thursday October 17, 2019

Short Program: A Brief History of Scottish Tartans

Presented by: Dr. Marian Henry

Bio: Dr. Henry is a retired Kodaker, and a former President of the RGS and author.

Long Program: Irish research

Presented by: Dennis Hogan

Bio: Dennis is a former chair of the Computer Interest Group, a professional Irish researcher, and the Gorham NY town historian.

Description: Dennis will present a program about doing quality Irish research.

CIG Meetings

Computer Interest 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: November 14, 2019

Title: A Long Talk about Short Cuts

Presented by: Diane Smith
Diane is a Database designer, programmer and Excel trainer

Description: She will explain the basics of using your computer efficiently - from advanced Cut and Paste to making those images behave in your Word documents.

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: November 14, 2019

Program: To be announced

DNA Workshops 2019

Wednesdays at the Irondequoit Library

Wednesday, October 16

10:00 am to 12:00

Densmore Creek Room #114

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.

November 7, 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.