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

RGS Scanning & Indexing Event at the Town of Rush

Do you have a passion for preserving the past and making historical records accessible to others? Join the RGS Scanning & Indexing Team! We host monthly volunteer and scanning events to help achieve this important goal. If you'd like to get invol... Read More

Surprise! My Great-Grandfather was the Milkman! – A DNA Case Study

Jacob Rouse was born in 1804 in Pennsylvania and died in 1885 in Michigan. Since Jacob Rouse was my 3rd Great-Grandfather, I wanted to use DNA to discover who his parents were. My Uncle Gordon was the perfect candidate and was tested at 111 markers u... Read More

DNA Help Session

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January RGS Member Meeting - What About Our Criminal Ancestors? presented by Michelle Custer Bates

January 2025 RGS Member Meeting -

Short Program- Genealogy Resources in the Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation at the University of Rochester

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

Westfall Road FamilySearch Center Open House


What: Discover what is available to assist in Family History research.
Visitors are welcome to bring their laptops
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January 2025 Board Meeting

January 2025 Board Meeting

To be held Live Virtual (via Zoom). Zoom link will be found with the confirmed event registration for the January 2025 Board Meeting. 

Please submit board agenda items and board and activi... 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

RGS Scanning & Indexing Event at the Town of Rush

Do you have a passion for preserving the past and making historical records accessible to others? Join the RGS Scanning & Indexing Team! We host monthly volunteer and scanning events to help achieve this important goal. If you'd like to get invol... Read More

TIG Meeting - AmericanAncestors.org: Searching the Online Databases with Karen Fortin

American Ancestors, the website for the New England Historic Genealogical Society, provides more than 1 billion records in over 470 databases online. Although much of the collection focuses on New England, records from around the U.S. and even some f... Read More