Ohio Genealogical Society
PO Box 2174
Marietta, OH 45750-7174
www.WashOGS.org
Meeting Location
NEW LOCATION IN 2011
Washington County Public Library
Washington County Public Library, Marietta, OH
Meeting Room, downstairs
615 Fifth St.
Marietta, OH 45750
Listen here, in case you missed Gary Williams's talk!
Author Gary Williams of Caldwell, Ohio, who spoke to our chapter in 2007,
speaks at Muskingum College in a podcast describing his book on historic destinations in Ohio
| Saturday, May 19, 2012 | Meeting cancelled | |||
| Saturday, April 21, 2012 | 1 p.m. | John Ogden, Woodsfield, OH | The Underground Railroad in Southeastern Ohio | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, March 17, 2012 | 1 p.m. | How the study of history goes hand in hand with genealogy. | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 | |
| Saturday, February 18, 2012 | 1 p.m. | Member participation | Bring a research "brick wall" for other members to offer suggestions on your research problems. | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, January 21, 2012 | 1 p.m. | CANCELLED DUE TO ICE STORM | Come prepared to talk a little bit about your most interesting genealogy research trip. | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, December 17, 2011 | 12 noon | Annual Potluck | Drink, eating utensils, and rolls provided. Bring a contribution to the local food bank. | Gardner residence, 1645 County Road 9, Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, November 19, 2011 | 1 p.m. | Jack and Jill MacRae | A Genealogy Trip to Lancaster, PA, and the Historic Ancestral Home, the Hans Herr House | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, October 19, 2011 | 1 p.m. | Jack Cottrell | A Trip to the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne in Search of My Lewis Ancestors | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, September 17, 2011 | 1 p.m. | Ernie Thode | The Release of the 1940 Census and What That Means for Genealogists | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, August 6, 2011 | 12 noon | Annual Picnic, Pot Luck | Gardner residence, 1645 County Road 9, Marietta, OH | |
| Saturday, July 16, 2011 |
1 p.m. | Dianne (Wehrs) Vezza, Author | George Butler Turner, Civil War Casualty | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
1 p.m. | Julie
Schleier of Sistersville, WV, Owner of A Book Clinic |
How to Protect and Repair Your Books | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, May 14, 2011 |
12 noon | Washington
County Chapter First Families Meeting |
Lila
Hill, Chairperson Larry Perdue of Aurora, Colorado, new First Families honoree |
Home
of Don and Sharon Gardner |
| Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
1 p.m. | Roger Pickenpaugh of Caldwell | Civil War Prisons of Ohio | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, March 19, 2011 |
1p.m. | Donna Buchanan of Lower Salem | Salem Township History and People | Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday,
February 19, 2011 |
1 p.m. | Member Participation | Bring
Your Favorite Ancestor. Put Some Flesh on Those Bones |
Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, January 15, 2011 |
2 p.m. | Member Participation | Bring
Your Favorite Ancestor. Put Some Flesh on Those Bones |
Washington
County Public Library Meeting Room, downstairs 615 Fifth St. Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, December 4, 2010 |
12 noon | Annual pot luck lunch | Home of Don and Sharon Gardner | |
| Saturday, November 20, 2010 |
2 p.m. | Ernie Thode | How the Streets of Marietta Were Named | Open Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, October 16, 2010 |
2 p.m. | Lynne Sturtevant | Echoes from the Past | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, June 19, 2010 |
2 p.m. | Kim McGrew | How the Streets of Marietta Were Named | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, May 15, 2010 |
12 noon | Annual First Families luncheon, Jean Yost | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
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| Saturday, April 17, 2010 |
2 p.m. | Linda Showalter, Special Collections, Marietta College Legacy Library | Using Special Collections in the Marietta College Legacy Library | Reading Room, Special Collections, Marietta College Legacy Library |
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 |
2 p.m. | Todd Durm and Tony Durm | Marietta's
Old Burying Ground (the oldest burying ground in Marietta) |
Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, February 20, 2010 |
2 p.m. | Members | Show
and Tell: Bring and Explain Some Artifact from Your Family's History (examples: a photo, a medal, a tradesman's tool, a journal or diary, a recipe, a keepsake) |
Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 |
Note
special time: 1 p.m. |
 |
The Marietta Fire Department (1800-2008) | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, December 5, 2009 |
noon | Annual pot luck lunch | Home of Don and Sharon Gardner | |
| Saturday, November 21 |
2 p.m. | Marilyn
Horton, of Vienna, WV, one of our new First Families of Washington County members |
The
Leedham Letters (a new book about Marilyn Horton's Leedham ancestors who lived in Washington County, Ohio) |
Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, October 17 | 2 p.m. | Harley
Dakin of Newcomerstown, Ohio Harley Dakin and his wife live in Newcomerstown, OH and are owners of the Appalachian Ancestry, a company founded specifically for research of Appalachian Heritages. Mr. Dakin is Administrator and Webmaster of two surname websites and Administrator for two Y-DNA surname projects. He is also the editor of the "Cline Times" newsletter and has been an avid Genealogy researcher for over 30 years. He has authored books on the Cline and Dakin surnames and is the founder and chairman of the Newcomerstown Genealogy Roundtable. Mr. Dakin belongs to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, along with other genealogical organizations. |
The Cline/Klein Family Lineage Society | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, September 19, 2009 |
2 p.m. | Ernie Thode | The
Ohio
Newspaper Digitization Project (the Marietta Leader 1896-1901 is coming soon online at Chronicling America on the Library of Congress website) |
Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, August 15, 2009 | 12 noon |
Annual Picnic | Home of Don and Sharon Gardner | |
| Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
2 p.m. | Discussion | How Local History and Genealogy has been affected by funding cuts of the State of Ohio | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday,
June 20, 2009 |
2 p.m. | Video of Bob Stacy and Lake Harris at a Washington County Chapter OGS meeting in the 19802 | Fearing House of the Washington County Historical Society and its contents | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, May 16, 2009 | 12 noon | Annual First Families of Washington County, Ohio, banquet, featured speaker Louise Zimmer | Our
Unbelievable Ancestors (strange but true tales about pioneers from our region) |
Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, April 25, 2009 |
2:00 p.m. |
Video of the late Jerry B. Devol speaking at a Washington County Chapter OGS meeting in the 1980s | The History of Devola. | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, March 21, 2009 | 2:00 p.m. |
Christine Painter | Researching in the Washington County (Ohio) Court House | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, February 21, 2009 | 2:00 p.m. |
Dan Grammer | West Virginia Research | Open
Door
Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, January 19, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. | Patty Kehl | How
I Compiled a Listing of Everyone Buried in the Zion Church
Cemetery at Harrietsville, Ohio |
Open
Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH |
| Saturday, February 16, 2008 |
2:00
p.m. |
Sharing
Genealogy Stories |
Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
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| February 19, 2008 |  |
Our
member Elizabeth Cottle turns 100. Happy birthday, Elizabeth! Mayor Mullen has officially proclaimed you a "Marietta treasure." |
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| Saturday, March 15, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |
Planning Session for
Patriots and Pioneers Conference to be held at Washington State Community College on March 29 |
Open
Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
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| Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. | Linda
Showalter, Special Collections Librarian, Marietta College |
 The Ohio Company Papers and More |
Open
Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
12:00 noon | Annual First Families of Washington County Luncheon |
Preserving
Washington County's History - 1810 census project Marietta cemetery record digitization project Ohio Statehouse Museum - Washington County "My Space" |
Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, June 28, 2008 NOTE DATE CHANGE |
2:00 p.m. | Dan Hinton, Chairman of Sons of Union Veterans Grave Registration Project for Washington, Noble, and Monroe Counties, Ohio | Civil War Graves Registration | Open
Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |
 Harley Dakin and his wife live in Newcomerstown, OH and are owners of the Appalachian Ancestry, a company founded specifically for research of Appalachian Heritages. Mr. Dakin is Administrator and Webmaster of two surname websites and Administrator for two Y-DNA surname projects. He is also the editor of the "Cline Times" newsletter and has been an avid Genealogy researcher for over 30 years. He has authored books on the Cline and Dakin surnames and is the founder and chairman of the Newscomertown Genealogy Roundtable. Mr. Dakin belongs to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, along with other genealogical organizations. |
Cline
and Williamson Family Reunions (including how the origin of Revolutionary War ancestor George Cline of Washington County, Ohio, was found because of DNA from another Cline clan in North Carolina) |
Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, August 2, 2008 |
12 noon | Annual picnic | Gardner residence, 1645 Millers Lane, Marietta, Ohio 45750 |
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| Saturday, September 20, 2008 | 2:00 p.m. | Glen Wolfe of Marietta | My Experiences as a
Docent at Campus Martius Museum |
Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, October 18, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. | Dr. Tom Singer of New Orleans, LA |
Causes
of Death As Found in Death Certificates Dr. Singer will explain what some antiquated or technical terms mean - interstitial nephritis, quinsy, consumption, summer complaint, etc. |
Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, November 15, 2008 |
2:00 p.m. |  Phill Crane of Waterford, OH |
Tricks of an Experienced Genealogist | Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, December 6, 2008 |
12 noon |
Annual Pot Luck Lunch | Donations also accepted for local food pantry |
Gardner residence, 1645 Millers Lane, Marietta, Ohio 45750 |
| Saturday, January 17, 2009 | 2:00 p.m | Henry Burke of Marietta, Ohio | The Burke Family of Virginia and Washington County, Ohio | Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, February 21, 2009 | 2:00 p.m. | Dan Grammer of Marietta, Ohio | Genealogical Research in West Virginia | Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, March 21, 2009 | 2:00 p.m. | Christine Painter of Marietta, Ohio |
Research at the Washington County, Ohio, Courthouse | Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
| Saturday, April 25, 2009 (note change from regular date) |
2:00 p.m | The late Jerry B. Devol of Devola, Ohio, on video | Video of the late Jerry B. Devol at the 1992 First Families dinner, speaking on "HIstory of Devola" | Open Door Baptist Church, 301 Franklin St., Marietta, OH 45750 |
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