Genealogy Fair today!
Come to the library today and learn how to research your family tree! Free!
Come to the library today and learn how to research your family tree! Free!
Sept 25, 6pm, at the Blanchard Family Funeral Home, 611 Noble St, Fairbanks, Alaska. For this meeting, we will discuss new research insights learned from working on the Cleary Family for the library display. Light refreshments will be served. The Genealogy Fair coming Oct 6 will be discussed and planned. More information is forthcoming.
Our September meeting will be Tuesday, September 26th, 6 pm at the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame, 825 1st Ave, Fairbanks. The program will be “Probate Records” by Joan Skilbred. The talk will be about probate records in general, then onto early Alaskan Probate Records. Refreshments are served. Meetings are free and open to the…
Our next meeting is Tues, January 26, 6pm. “Fairbanks tidbits and FGS member’s genealogy discoveries”. Members will speak about their findings and/or photos. We will also look at a few short interesting findings from our local Fairbanks research. Feel free to share your story during the meeting. We will call upon members if they would like…
Join us for the Oct meeting where Peggy Lund will talk about her book, “Joseph Strunka: A Česká Chicago Man’s Tale of Resilience.”
Join us for our October meeting where we will learn about Fortymile country. A place with amazing history and beautiful natural resources.
Our February program will be “George C Thomas Memorial Library and other Northern pre-1940’s Libraries”, by Aldean Kilbourn. Libraries have existed in the North since the early days of the Gold Rush, both in the Yukon and in Alaska. Libraries from Outside were asked to send their worn-out books, but without exception, there was hunger…