The Edmond Genealogical Society will meet at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 20th at the LDS Church 15700 N. Penn. We hope you can join us!

The April 20, 2026 program will be presented by Marion Baumgarten via Zoom. She lives near Chicago, is a member of DAR, and a cousin to our own Karen Blagg. Marion is a descendant of a Mr. Thomas Owsley, who at one time was a pirate prisoner. With this knowledge of his background with European pirates in the 1670s, she decided to research more about these pirates, their history, and how fighting them caused a young United States to do some important and historic things for protection from them in the early 1800s. Her program goes through this history and will provide many little-know facts that may help other researchers understand parts of their own family histories over time.

Edmond Genealogical Society meetings are free and open to the public. Meetings are held the third Monday of each month, except December, from 2:00–3:00 pm. The meetings are held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints located at 15700 N. Penn, Oklahoma City. Enter through the doors on the south side of the building. The church offers plenty of parking and is fully handicap accessible. For more information, send an email to info@edmondgensoc.org, or visit us on Facebook at facebook.com/Edmondgensoc. If any changes are made to this event, we will post the information on our Facebook page and website.