Join us on Tuesday, May 24 at the Clay Street Cemetery on 7th Ave & Clay Street, for the next meeting of the FGS. 6pm. “Stories Beyond the Headstones”.
Light refreshment will be available. We will also be voting for the position of President and Secretary after the walk.
Janet and Aldean, of the Clay Street Cemetery Commission (city of Fairbanks) will lead us on a walk and talk about who is buried in the cemetery.
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…
The next meeting of the Fairbanks Genealogical Society is November 27, 2018, location is Blanchard Family Funeral Home 611 Noble St Fairbanks, Alaska 6pm – 8pm The program will be “Homesteading” by Anne Castle Light refreshments are served. Meetings are free and open to the public. Be inspired to work on your family tree!
Updated Nov 23: The originally intended program for November was “Funeral Home records” by Keith Blanchard, but was changed to “Archives for Regular People (and how to access them)” by Joan Skilbred. Blanchard Family Funeral Home 611 Noble St Fairbanks, Alaska 6pm – 8pm
The March meeting of the Fairbanks Genealogical Society will be Tuesday evening March 26, 2019 6-8pm The presentation will be “Everyone’s a beginner when starting to search in a new place” and “Navigating FamilySearch.org” by Anne Castle. Location: Blanchard Family Funeral Home, 611 Noble St, Fairbanks, Alaska Meetings are open to the public. Light refreshments…
We will be meeting at the Kilbourn residence again due to restrictions at Pioneer Park. The original plan was to meet at a pavilion and view the S.S. Nenana, but we will wait and do it next year. We will still have a presentation on the S.S. Nenana with the Friends of the S.S. Nenana…
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…
