Happy New Year!
The Fairbanks Genealogical Society next meeting will be at the
Blanchard Family Funeral Home, 611 Noble St, Fairbanks, Alaska
January 22, 2019, 6-8pm
The program will be
“Mineral Resource Development Prior to the Alaska Purchase”. The presenter is Tom Bundtzen.
Meetings are open to the public. Light refreshments are served.
Be inspired to work on your family tree! See you there.
Reminder! Our September meeting will be Tuesday, September 26th, 6pm at the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame, 825 1st Ave, Fairbanks. Please note the new time of 6pm. Meetings last about 2 hours. The program will be “Probate Records” by Joan Skilbred. The talk will be about probate records in general, then onto early Alaskan…
Keith Blanchard of the Blanchard Family Funeral Home will discuss Funeral Home and Cemetery Records & Research. We will learn what can be found in records for funeral homes, and cemeteries; the right questions to ask in locating this type of information; and an understanding of some of the terminology associated with these types of records….
Our November program is a few days before Thanksgiving. We will meet at the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame on Cushman St. The date is Nov 26, at 6pm. We discuss genealogy and talk about what we’ve been working on, then we begin the program at 7. If you cannot attend in person, we have…
Originally, we were going to host the Safe Harbor Toastmasters from North Pole to our January meeting, but the cold temperatures have caused us to cancel and reschedule the Toastmasters for February. The weather forecast for January 23 is calling for -40F and our cut-off for meeting in person is -20F. We will have our…
Join us November 30th, the Thursday after Thanksgiving, for the next meeting. Please note the day and date change to Thursday. We will be at the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame, 406 Cushman St for this exciting information filled presentation. Refreshments will be served. Be ready with any genealogy questions you have and let’s have…
Our May meeting will be Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 6pm, and will be held at the Wickersham House Museum, located in Pioneer Park. *The closest place to park would be the front parking lot to the right. The speaker will be Leslye Korvola, and the topic will be “Scrapbooking: How it Expands Genealogical Understanding” Refreshments…
I am very excited to be a part of the Fbks, Gen. Society but I won’t be able to make the January meeting. Hopefully I will be there in February. I have loved doing research since 2005 and have attended conferences as well as visited the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Looking forward to meeting other fellow genealogists!