This site was last updated May 14, 2013

The Fairbanks Genealogical Society meets 7:00pm - 9:00pm on the 4th Tuesday of each month
Meetings are open to the public

IN MAY WE WILL BE MEETING IN THE   PIONEER MUSEUM  at Pioneer Park

Sept. Meeting Topic:

How to organize your research

 

presented by visiting Seattle area genealogist Rose Mitchem

Oct. Meeting Topic:

Publishing you information

 

presented by Peggy Merritt

Nov. Meeting Topic:

Spanish American War Reaserch

 

presented by Lynn Immel

Jan. Meeting Topic:

Did your relatives head north during the
Klondike and Alaska Gold Rushes (1896-1914)?

 

presented by Anne Castle

Feb. Meeting Topic:

Making Corrections in Family Tree Maker

 

presented by Lynn Immel

Mar. Meeting Topic:

Passenger Lists

 

presented by Joan Skilbred

Apr. Meeting Topic:

Alaska State Archives:
Things found in their stacks

 

presented by Anne Castle

May Meeting Topic:

Tour of Pioneer Museum at Pioneer Park

 

Tour will start at 7:00pm with Meeting, Elections & Refreshments to follow

FGS will continue work on indexing of records held at the Alaska and Polar Regions Archives located on the UAF campus.
We will work on Saturday Oct. 6th, Nov. 4th, and Dec. 1st. More dates will be announced.
The research room is open from 1:00pm to 5:00pm and parking is free on Saturdays.
We can always use help. Please join us as there are a lot of items to transcribe.

 

He who cares nothing about his ancestors will rarely achieve anything worthy of being rembered by his descendents
                                                                                                                                                             ... Author unknown

 

Cold Weather Rule:  The monthly meeting will be considered cancelled if the
official temperature is -30 degrees F or colder by 4:00pm on the day of the meeting.
This is determined by call 844, which is the time and temperature recording for ACS.
 
 

 

 

May 2010 Meeting

 

See Officers and Committees
for election results

 

New item

Guide to the probate records of Alaska

1885 - 1960

go to researching Alaskan Roots


SELECT    to view display that was at Noel Wien Library in March f 2010                                                                           

SELECT    for a link to history of Fairbanks        SELECT    for photos of May 2009 meeting held at Gold Dredge No. 8

 SELECT    to view articles printed in the Fairbanks Daily News Miner concerning genealogy in Fairbanks                       

 

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