Past Meeting and Programs

 
  • 12-18-2023  No meeting – Merry Christmas!
  • 11-20-2023  “Ships of My Ancestors” by Paulette Schroeder, Membership Chair for AHSGR
  • 10-16-2023  “Witches and Revolutionaries…The Saving of a Witch House” by Jan Beattie, EGS President
  • 09-18-2023  Civil War Databases, or Rodman Arnold Family Collections (both families in 1889 run) by Leslie Rodman
  • 08-21-2023  “Calculating Familial Relationships” by Glenn Clure
  • 07-17-2023  “Gems in the Family Tree” by Leaman Harris
  • 06-19-2023  Family Stories (I’m in Oklahoma Because…) by EGS Members using Show and Tell objects
  • 05-15-2023  Road Trip – The Oklahoma History Center – 800 Nazih Zuhdi Dr., Oklahoma City – at 1:00pm
  • 04-17-2023 “DNA” by Dr. Ruth Oneson, MD
  • 03-20-2023 “The 1950 Census: Information & Genealogical Pointers” by vehoae Yancey
  • 02-20-2023 “The Uniqueness of OK & the Importance of Genealogical Research” by Bob Burke, Constitutional Lawyer & Author
  • 01-16-2023 “The Blue & Gray – Researching the Civil War in Oklahoma” by Nancy Calhoun
 
  • 12-19-2022 No meeting – Merry Christmas !
  • 11-21-2022 “Using Wiki Tree by Kathy Patterson
  • 10-17-2022 “DIY Family History Gifts” by Jan Beattie, EGS President  ** Location change –  this meeting only to 1315 E. 15th St, Edmond (33rd & Bryant) **
  • 09-19-2022 “Genealogy Database Software” by Jim Ike
  • 08-15-2022 “State and Family Histories” by Gini Campbell, VP Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
  • 07-18-2022 “Protect Your Genealogy Records, Photos, and Family Heirlooms NOW Before a Disaster Strikes!” by Jan Beattie, EGS President
  • 06-20-2022  **cancelled** Field trip to the UCO Laboratory of Museum, 2:00pm hosted by Heidi Vaughn, Director, Laboratory of History Museum at UCO.   
  • 05-16-2022 “Using Masonic Records in your Genealogy Research” by Robert Davis
  • 04-18-2022 “Oklahoma State Capitol Restoration Project” by Trait Thompson                                                                                                                                                   
  • 03-21-2022 “Historical Perspective on Nancy Drew:  The Nostalgia & Modernization of America’s Teenage Sleuth” by Amy Stephens
  • 02-21-2022 “Researching Your Irish Roots” by Andrea Wallis Aven                                                                                                                                                                           
  • 01-17-2022  Meeting cancelled due to COVID issues.                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  • 12-20-2021 “No Meeting” – Merry Christmas !
  • 11-15-2021 “Exploring Okla. History thru Maps” by Jan Davis and Chad Williams, Oklahoma Historical Center
  • 10-18-2021 “Finding Your Native American Roots” by Veronica Redding (see pictures below)
  • 09-20-2021 EGS 30th Anniversary, “Cordelia and John Steen, Edmond’s First Family” by Anna Studstill and Andrea Aven (see pictures below)
  • 08-16-2021 “Heirloom Show and Tell” by EGS members and guests.   Thanks to all who participated:   Joyce Gendill, Andrea Moon, Iris May, Libby Holshouser, JoAnn Dudley, Leonard Lipps, Sara Memmott, Joe L. Downs, Vehoae Yancey, Steve Kukuk, Karen Blagg, Jan Beattie and Glenn Clure (see pictures below)
  • 07-19-2021 “Making Sense of the Census” by EGS Board Members
  • 06-21-2021 Chad Williams, Director of OHS Research Center – “Century Chest”
  • 05-17-2021 Field trip and Private tour of Oklahoma Territorial Museum in Guthrie, Oklahoma
  • 04-19-2021 Nancy Calhoun, “Shakin’ Out the Smiths: Researching a Common Surname”
  • 03-15-2021 Jan Beattie, EGS President “DNA Testing…What it Is and How Can It Work for You?”  (Zoom meeting)
  • 02-15-2021 Nathan Turner, “Land Run of 1889 and US Land Policy” (Zoom meeting)
  • 01-18-2021 Meeting cancelled due to Covid-19 concerns