Upcoming Events

RGS Research Trip to the Buffalo Central Library- The Grosvenor Room

After a pandemic-related pause, RGS is planning to re-institute research trips for its members to libraries and archives with important genealogy and local hist... ...Read More...

Family Finders Genealogy Club (Hosted by the Rochester Public Library, Local History & Genealogy Division)

A Monthly Genealogy Club facilitated by RGS Historian/Genealogist: John D. Caulfield

Presented in partnership with the Central Library of Rochest... ...Read More...

RGS Writers Group

If you're trying to preserve your family history in a way others will want to read, this may be the group for you. We're nonprofessionals who want to stop procr... ...Read More...

Articles and stories submission deadline for Winter 2024 edition of Hear Ye Hear Ye

Articles and stories submission deadline for Winter 2024 edition of Hear Ye Hear Ye to hyhy@nyrgs.org....Read More...

DNA Basics

Learn some basic tools for using DNA in genealogical research....Read More...

November RGS Member Meeting - Exploring Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau: There’s Something for Everyone

November RGS Member Meeting – Exploring Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau: There’s Something for Everyone

Renate Yarborough Sand... ...Read More...
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Exploring Records of the Freedman's Bureau

19 November General Meeting

Renate Yarbourough Sanders is back with RGS on Tuesday, 19 November at 6:45 pm. This time she will explore and explain the Freedman's Bureau. While most view these records as focused on the formerly enslaved, they can contain genealogical information for everyone. Renate will show us why everyone researching American ancestors from the antebellum and Reconstruction periods should consider these records essential to their research plan.

Renate, an experienced genealogist and educator, is the descendant of formerly enslaved ancestors, enslavers, and free people of color. She is a member of the National Genealogical Society, the North Carolina Genealogical Society, the Afro-American Genealogical and Historical Society, and several local genealogy societies. She is a member and Deputy Registrar of the lineage society, Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage. Renate's research has been featured on PBS Radio and in a National Geographic cover story and podcast.

This will be our last in-person meeting in the Otto Schults center at Nazareth University until the spring. You can also attend via Zoom. Registration is required.

We hope members and non-members will join us to hear this most accomplished speaker.