Upcoming Events

October RGS Member Meeting - Pathway to Resistance: The Erie Canal and the Underground Railroad and Waters of Change: Women and the Canal

We are fortunate to have so much history in our "backyard". These two presentations by Derrick Pratt, highlight Erie Canal history from different perspectives; the role in the Underground Railroad and it's role in the Women's Rights Movemen... Read More

DNA Help Session

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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 history collections.

The first of these trips will be to the Buffalo Central Li... 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 Rochester & Monroe County and the Rochester Genealogical Society

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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 procrastinating and hone our writing skills.  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

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 Sanders will explore and explain the Freedmen’s Bureau for us. While the name “Fre... Read More

DNA Help Session

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November 2024 Board Meeting

November 2024 Board Meeting

To be held Live Virtual (via Zoom). Zoom link will be found with the confirmed event registration for the November 2024 Board Meeting. 

Please submit board agenda items and board and acti... 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 procrastinating and hone our writing skills.  Read More