IN-PERSON/HYBRID January FRGS Business Meeting and Presentation Saturday, January 18, 2025, from 1:30 to 4 PM ET @ Fredericksburg Branch Library 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: Church Records Speaker: Trip Wiggins Topic Church Records and your ancestors. What are they, where are they, and how can you find them? Join us and get your… Continue Reading »
Hybrid
HYBRID FRGS Business Meeting and Presentation (Date Change)
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 »