Welcome to the Whittier Area Genealogical Society
A genealogical society serving the Whittier area
in Los Angeles County, California
Our Next Monthly General Meeting Will Be
Saturday, May 21st at 1 p.m. on Zoom
Join us before the General Meeting
at 12:30 p.m. for a Zoom Social Half-Hour
Our Next Life Story Writing Group Meeting Will Be
Wednesday, May 25th at 1 p.m.
Parnell Park Community & Senior Center
15390 Lambert Road, Whittier CA 90604
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WAGS Social Half-Hour on Zoom |
| 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm, Saturday, April 16, 2022 |
Sign in early on April 16th to chat with fellow WAGS members and guests.
The Zoom Conference room will be open from 12:30 pm until the General Meeting starts at 1:00 pm for a social half-hour. Bring your lunch, bring a dessert, bring a friend, or just bring yourself and join us. You can see your friends on the main screen, participate in the group audio / video chat, or have public or private text chats with one another in the chat box.
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WAGS General Meeting
Speaker: Christine Cohen
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| 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm, Saturday, May 21, 2022 |
Grand Army of the Republic:
Researching Your Union Civil War Ancestors
Do you have a Union Civil War veteran? Did you know that in 1890 there were over 400,000 veterans who belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.)? This organization existed from 1866 to 1956. It generated records noting Civil War service, birth, marriage, death, residences, occupations, detailed biographies and even photographs. Christine will show you where and how to find these hidden gems.
* This talk will be presented on Zoom. WAGS members will receive email invitations with meeting details in April. If you are not a WAGS member, you are welcome to attend. Email program@wagswhittier.org, and an invitation will be sent to you. The same Zoom sign-in will get you into our Social Hour and the General Meeting / Show and Tell event.
* There will be a brief business meeting prior the speaker's presentation.
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Life Story Writers Group |
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The Life Story Writers Group's next meeting will be Wednesday, May 25th at 1 p.m. at:
Parnell Park Community & Senior Center, 15390 Lambert Road, Whittier, CA 90604
If you are on our mailing list, you will receive a notification with the meeting information and our current writing prompts.
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May 19
Omaha (NE) Public Library
Going Beyond the Obvious in FamilySearch​ Hitting a brick wall? Go beyond the "plug-in-a-name" databases! FamilySearch.org offers researchers an enormous treasure trove of genealogical records--but the treasure is not always on ...
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May 19
Fairfax (VA) Genealogical Society
So You Want to Join a Lineage Society? Lineage societies offer the opportunity to honor your ancestor (whether saint, knight, yeoman farmer, or witch), make lasting friendships, participate in ...
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May 19
Elgin (IL) Genealogical Society
From the Sources' Mouth - Daniel Hubbard Once we’ve understood that identities can be tricky to reconstruct, how do we piece together the tidbits of information that we find ...
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May 20
Legacy Family Tree
Working More In-Depth with Mexican Civil Registrations - Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS Mexico implemented federal registration of births, marriages, and deaths in the 1860s. These records are packed with genealogical ...
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May 20
Milwaukee County (WI) Genealogical Society
Using Fort Wayne's Genealogy Center and the Periodical Source Index to Advance Your Research - Curt Witcher Curt Witcher, Director of Special Collections at the Allen County Public Library ...
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