Fredericksburg Regional Genealogical Society
Serving Fredericksburg, Virginia, and surrounding counties
Every First Monday of each month from 7 to 8 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Irish SIG Meeting. The Irish SIG will meet regularly every first Monday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 8 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Speaker: Trish Little Taylor The link to register for the meeting is below.
NOTICE: The meeting date has changed to February 21, 2024! Every Second Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Business Meeting and Presentation. FRGS will meet regularly every second Wednesday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 9 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Topic: Newspapers, Your Ancestors' Internet Your genealogical research can have more details if you use newspapers. Until the Internet arrived, newspapers were the source of local information from local gossip, events, marriages, and deaths. These articles can provide connections and... Continue Reading »
Every First Monday of each month from 7 to 8 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Irish SIG Meeting. The Irish SIG will meet regularly every first Monday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 8 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Speaker: Trish Little Taylor The link to register for the meeting is below.
Every Second Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Business Meeting and Presentation. FRGS will meet regularly every second Wednesday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 9 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Topic: State & Local Census The 10-Year Federal Census is not the ONLY census in the U.S. Most states did censuses in the intervening years, beginning in colonial times and going up to the 1950s. Come and see another way to find your ancestors. Speaker: Trip Wiggins The link... Continue Reading »
Every First Monday of each month from 7 to 8 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Irish SIG Meeting. The Irish SIG will meet regularly every first Monday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 8 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Speaker: Trish Little Taylor The link to register for the meeting is below.
Attention: Hybrid Meeting this Month! Meeting Room #1 CRRL Library Fredericksburg Branch 1201 Caroline St. Fredericksburg, VA 22401 2 - 4 PM ET Topic: Gunston Hall: Finding Descendants of the Enslaved Genealogy usually involves searching for one’s ancestors, generation by generation, back through the ages. However, the process is sometimes reversed, and one must think differently. Dr. Char Bah has recently engaged in the latter research journey. Under contract, she has spent two years searching for the enslaved persons owned by George Mason, IV. Mason was a resident of Gunston Hall in the 1700s and is said to have owned... Continue Reading »
Every First Monday of each month from 7 to 8 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Irish SIG Meeting. The Irish SIG will meet regularly every first Monday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 8 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Speaker: Trish Little Taylor The link to register for the meeting is below.
Every Second Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Business Meeting and Presentation. FRGS will meet regularly every second Wednesday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 9 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Topic: For a quarter century, FoWB analysts were trained to speak of the Parker Store Road, which crossed the Ellwood manor grounds immediately in front of the Manor House. The road, a mere cart path, ran generally from the Germanna plank road on the North to the Orange Plank... Continue Reading »
Every First Monday of each month from 7 to 8 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Irish SIG Meeting. The Irish SIG will meet regularly every first Monday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 8 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Speaker: Trish Little Taylor The link to register for the meeting is below.
Every Second Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Business Meeting and Presentation. FRGS will meet regularly every second Wednesday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 9 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Topic: Using the Central Rappahannock Heritage Center for your Genealogical Research The Heritage Center has archived thousands of local family resources, some dating to the late 17th Century. Florence is a native of Fredericksburg and a member of the Patawomeck Tribe. Speaker: Florence R. Barnick, Chair of the Heritage... Continue Reading »
Every First Monday of each month from 7 to 8 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Irish SIG Meeting. The Irish SIG will meet regularly every first Monday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 8 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Speaker: Trish Little Taylor The link to register for the meeting is below.
Every Second Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 PM ET FRGS is hosting an upcoming Business Meeting and Presentation. FRGS will meet regularly every second Wednesday of each month (except July, August, and December) from 7 to 9 PM ET. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Title: Probate Records Speaker: Trip Wiggins Topic: What are probate records? What can you learn from them, and how and where to find probate records? The link to register for the meeting is below.