Join us April 25 for “The 192 Rail Link: My Connection to the Train that Helped Build the Alaska Highway”

Join us April 25 for “The 192 Rail Link: My Connection to the Train that Helped Build the Alaska Highway”

How much do you know about the construction of the Alaska Highway? Living at the end of the Alcan in Delta Junction, I thought I had a pretty good bead on it’s back story. But then I stumbled on a photograph that took me on a journey of discovery about details surrounding building the highway…

Feb 22 program “Axel and Anna”

Feb 22 program “Axel and Anna”

Join us online only for the February meeting. This is a Zoom only meeting this month. You will enjoy the program, “Axel and Anna”, a story about a newlywed couple in 1910’s Fairbanks. Tuesday Feb 22, 6pm-8pm. The speaker will be Amy Stratman. Members will be sent the link. Non members may email FbksGenSociety@gmail.com for…

Meeting Jan the 26th

Meeting Jan the 26th

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…

February 25 Program will be “Roshier H. Creecy” by Peggy Merritt

February 25 Program will be “Roshier H. Creecy” by Peggy Merritt

Join us on Feb 25 for the next meeting, 6pm to 8pm at the Blanchard Family Funeral Home, 611 Noble St Fairbanks, Alaska.The program will be “Roshier H. CreecyA Black Man’s Search for Freedom and Prosperity in the Koyukuk Gold Fields of Alaska”presented by Peggy Merritt. More information:The story of Roshier H. Creecy is a…

See you January 28 for the next meeting “Beyond the Trans-Siberian”

See you January 28 for the next meeting “Beyond the Trans-Siberian”

Happy New Year! Join us for the next meeting of the Fairbanks Genealogical Society, Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 6-8pm, at the Blanchard Family Funeral Home, Fairbanks, AK. Meetings are free and open to the public. Our guest speaker will be long time Fairbanks resident Leslye Korvola. She will speak about her experiences which led to…