Upcoming Events

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

Genealogy In Bloom 2025 with special guests Jane E. Wilcox and Skip Duett

Registration for Genealogy in Bloom will open on Saturday, 1 March 2025

Rochester Genealogical Society's annual all day genealogical conference. 

GIB 2025 will be hybrid and take place both in person and o... Read More

BanyanDNA

Learn how to use BanyanDNA to build, visualize and analyze complex genealogies.

Presented by Margaret Press, PhD, is one of BanyanDNA's co-founders and product managers. She helps define the requirements and performs validation an... Read More

Articles and stories submission deadline for Summer 2025 edition of Hear Ye Hear Ye

Articles and stories submission deadline for Summer 2025 edition of Hear Ye Hear Ye to hyhy@nyrgs.org.Read More

May 2025 RGS General Meeting, 2025 Elections, and Poster Session

May 2025 RGS General Meeting, 2025 Elections, and Poster Session
 
The May 2025 RGS General Meeting Short Program features Autumn Haag, Assistant Director of Outreach in RBSCP.

The Department of Rare Books, Special C... Read More

May 2025 Board Meeting

May 2025 Board Meeting

To be held In-Person and Live Virtual (via Zoom). Zoom link will be found with the confirmed event registration for the May 2025 Board Meeting. 

Please submit board agenda items and board and ... 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

TIG Meeting - How to Develop Critical Online Newspaper Research Skills with Kenneth R. Marks, Founder of The Ancestor Hunt website

This webinar is intended to build newspaper research skills for genealogy and history
researchers. Online newspaper research can be a frustrating endeavor for several
reasons. The goal is for the audience to understand why it can be dif... Read More