Genealogy Society Workshop Session/Program
                         Mon. evening Dec. 14, 2020   6:30 pm-8:30+
                ~Our Own Genealogy Stories ~
                          Zoom meeting.   Members receive an email with the Zoom link.
                                    ~more details on our program/workshop page 

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Whether you are a beginner, professional, or have been moving along
with your family information for some time, please join us! 
      We are a group of passionate members who are eager to share our experiences
and knowledge.  Some are beginners and others have been doing
research for years.  But there are so many new things happening in
Genealogy that we all learn something.   

Membership is open to all individuals
interested in the purpose of this society as set forth in the By-Laws. An individual becomes a member with payment of the necessary dues, $15/year.  --Membership year:  January 1- December 31. --   
SPECIAL Membership offer  
Mail in your dues and email us asap so we can send you the next zoom link!
To become a member, send your check for $15 to 
 Burlington Genealogical Society, PO Box 593,​ Burlington, WI 53105
(and then email us to tell you the check is in the mail, so we can email you info asap!)
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   New visitors.. join us, consider becoming a member~ 
We are meeting by ZOOM, due to the Covid 19 pandemic and closures of physical meeting places.  

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             Benefits of being a member:      
* Monthly programs/meetings with other individuals who share a common interest in genealogy,
with ancestors anywhere in the world!             
* Website with resources and where you can add your Surnames to a list.  
* Learn new research methods and expand your knowledge though our programs at our monthly meetings.
* Brick Walls & success stories: A chance to  “Show and Tell” at most meetings. These stories might be just what another member needs to get a fresh idea and solve a gap in their own tree.
*Field Trips to museums, research facilities, historical societies.  Learn how to do research at these locations.
* Have a chance to work on projects such as indexing, working on queries from people looking for their ancestors in our area and helping at community functions related to genealogy
​*emailed family history research hints, tips, free classes, live links to resources after some
     programs!
>>>>> Membership is just $15/year, a real deal! 
>>>>>Please Mail your check to Burlington Genealogical Society, Box 593, Burlington, WI 53105  
 >>>>>Thank-you!
       
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      Our Past Genealogy Society Programs​ 
------------------2016
--   Jan. 20, 2016   Name Stories
--  Feb. 17, 2016   Family History Detective work/Racine Public Library’s Genealogical & Historical Resources, by  Rebecca Leannah
-- March 16, 2016   Wills, Probate & Family Documents in Genealogy Research,  by Bonnie Bolster
-- April 20, 2016  DNA & Genealogy, by Jennifer Lonowski-Strickland
-- May       topic to be added yet
-- June   Planning Your Electronic Genealogy Legacy, by Judy Rockwell
-- July    Annual picnic at Whemhoff Square Park
-- Aug 12, 2016  Kitchen Sink of Tips in Genealogy Research
-- Sept 21, 2016   Field Research Trip to UW Parkside: Area Resource Center
-Oct. 19, 2016   Headstones and History Cemetery Art Symbolism,  by Laurel Mellien 
--​ Nov. 18, 2016   Military Genealogy
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-- Jan.18, 2017     What did Our Ancestor’s DO?  Unusual Occupations in your Family Tree, by Judith Schulz
--Feb. 15, 2017     Starting & Revving Up Your Family Tree: GUEST NIGHT, too.
-- March 15, 2017    Use Ancestry.com Efficiently, by LouAnn Corrigan
--April  15, 2017    Think Like the Smithsonian, coordinated by Judith Schulz
--May 17, 2017   DNA Results: Now What?, by LouAnn Corrigan
--June-Nov    rest of the topics to be posted yet

--------------------2018
-- Jan 18, 2018---- Potluck & Occupations of your ancestors, what did they do?
--  Feb 21, 2018---- Marriage Evidence & Maiden Name Puzzles
 -- March 21, 2018--Organizing a Family Reunion By Judith Schulz & BGS members
  -- April 18, 2018    Meeting Canceled due to bad weather/Icy roads 
 --  May 16, 2018   --- ABC's and 1,2,3's of Researching  Your Ancestor's School Records   ​
--- June 20, 2018     Racine "AREA" Maps & Family History Racine, Kenosha, Walworth County
                                      Area Maps,  Using maps in  Your Genealogy
---  July 18, 2018   --- Annual Picnic & Success Stories                           
---- Aug 15, 2018    --- Internet Genealogy Goldmines,  by Judith Schulz & Judy Rockwell
-- Sept 19, 2018   - Ins & Outs of ancestry.com   by LouAnn Corrigan
---  Oct 17, 2018     --  "Life for German Americans in Wisconsin during the Great War: WWI" 
--- Nov 14, 2018   --- Military & WWI Genealogy Projects 
---------------------2019
--  Jan. 2019   Occupations! What did your ancestor do, bring evidence!
-- Feb. 2019     Ask A Genealogist!   and pot luck night! 
~~  March 18, 2019  ~Researching School Records~
~~  April 15, 2019   Mayflower 101,   the Governor of the Wisconsin Mayflower Society
~~ May 20, 2019    The Victorian Undertaker
~~  June 17, 2019   Postcards & Genealogy: More genealogy on a postcard than you think!
                                     by Judith Schulz, & Guest Gerald Karwowski
 ~~July 2019     Genealogists to Picnic, & share "research trip tips."
~~ Aug 19, 2019   Land Grabs & Frontier Justice by Michael Rehberg 
~~Sept.16, 2019  Tips, Techniques, Methods for using ANCESTRY.COM     
~~ 21 Oct 2019     ~Death Certificates & Death Records~​   
~~18 Nov 2019     ~Finding your Military Ancestors & the Lineage Societies that Honor Them~
---------------------2020
~~20 Jan 20, 2020  ~Names & Naming Patterns,  by Judith Schulz
~~ 17 Feb. 17, 2020 ~Reading Between the Census Lines for your Family History Research!  Judith D. Schulz
-- March 2020  ~Cancelled, due to world wide Covid 19 pandemic
-- April 2020  ~Cancelled, due to world wide Covid 19 pandemic
~~18 May 2020  ~Challenge Night: find (ahead of meeting) a new fact for you family tree about Spanish Flu & your family,
​                                  new fact about you dad, grandfather, great grandfather! ~ Zoom meeting
~~ 15 June 2020  ~Member's Research tips; Share a surprising/unique facts that you found on a CENSUS;
                                  + Knowledge Quick Quiz ~zoom meeting
~~ 20 July 2020   -Now, during the pandemic, is a good time to visit Cemeteries for Genealogical Research! by Judith Schulz
                            Tips on making it a successful trip & stories of your visits ~ Saving DNA matches before they disappear - zoom meeting
~~ 27 July 2020  extra More Cemetery Stories, Gravestones, Brick Walls on these topics, zoom meeting
~~  7 Aug. 2020  extra member meeting:   informal  genealogy discussion, tip sharing:  disappearing DNA matches (time is running
​                                           out), using ancestry.com, your ancestors & suffrage, etc.  zoom meeting
~~ 17 Aug 2020       Finding your suffragette ancestors! zoom
~~ Sept. 3, 2020     Photographs & Genealogy~ They tell a story!, Judy Rockwell & Judith Schulz
~~Sept. 21, 2020    Photographs in your Family History! ​~ finding more than portraits
~~ Oct. 19 & 26, 2020   Searching for Ancestors Who Were Elected or Appointed! by Judith Schulz 
~~Nov. 16, 2020  Honoring Your Military Ancestors, with a research paper~  Judith Schulz

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Programs/workshops are by ZOOM at this time!
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 Board of Directors
Racine County & Burlington Wisconsin Genealogical Society 
Interim President   Judith Schulz
Vice President          open
Secretary                   open
Interim Treasurer   Judy Rockwell
Directors:                  Shirley Klamm 
                                    Pat Fellner
   

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                              All info Subject to change