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Tuesday, February 17 through Tuesday, February 17
My Farmington Family (Monthly Meetings)
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Farmington Community Library 23500 Liberty Street
Come join us for an interesting presentation when FGS member and website manager Rick Shaul introduces us to his Farmington ancestors who settled in the townships of Farmington and Southfield in the early 1820s. |
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Thursday, March 5 through Thursday, March 5
Michigan Pioneer Collections (Special Events)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Library of Michigan Online Lectures
The early settlement period of Michigan is often a challenging area for researchers. Explore ways to navigate these barriers through content at the Library of Michigan that spans the Old Northwest, the Territory of Michigan, and the initial decades following Michigan’s statehood. Learn about key resources for researching this period, including the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections. Click Here to register |
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Thursday, March 5 through Thursday, March 5
Michigan Pioneer Collections (Special Events)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Library of Michigan Online Lectures
The early settlement period of Michigan is often a challenging area for researchers. Explore ways to navigate these barriers through content at the Library of Michigan that spans the Old Northwest, the Territory of Michigan, and the initial decades following Michigan’s statehood. Learn about key resources for researching this period, including the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections. Click Here to register |
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Thursday, March 5 through Thursday, March 5
Michigan Pioneer Collections (Special Events)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Library of Michigan Online Lectures
The early settlement period of Michigan is often a challenging area for researchers. Explore ways to navigate these barriers through content at the Library of Michigan that spans the Old Northwest, the Territory of Michigan, and the initial decades following Michigan’s statehood. Learn about key resources for researching this period, including the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collections. Click Here to register |
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Tuesday, March 17 through Tuesday, March 17
FamilySearch website, Bloomfield Hills FamilySearch Center, and using off-line records (Monthly Meetings)
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Farmington Community Library 23500 Liberty Street
David Lambert, from the Bloomfield Hills FamilySearch Center will discuss the FamilySearch website and the resources available at the Bloomfield Hills FamilySearch Center. The presentation also includes how he researched the migration of the Michael and Ann (Carter) Wolf family from New Jersey to south-western Ohio, then finally to south-eastern Indiana. Come join us and hear how this amazing journey unfolds.
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Thursday, April 2 through Thursday, April 2
Navigating Michigan Vital Records Prior to 1867 (Special Events)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Library of Michigan Online Lectures
Prior to 1867, Michigan had no statewide system for recording vital events, making it difficult to locate documentation of birth, marriage, and death from the state’s early decades of statehood. Explore the initial legislation and practices that eventually led to statewide civil registration of major life events. Review alternative sources that may provide key details when a vital record was lost or never recorded. Click Here to register |
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Tuesday, April 14 through Tuesday, April 14
Come join FGS Volunteers and research those elusive ancestors (Computer Lab Session)
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Farmington Hills Community Library, 32737 W 12 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills
Come join us for help with your research. Members of the Farmington Genealogical Society will help attendees look through the thousands of databases of Ancestry.com Library Edition plus FamilySearch.org (Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints) database. Plus, where you might want an assist in research. Registration is required. Link for registration will be added as the event becomes closer. |
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Tuesday, April 21 through Tuesday, April 21
Michigan Connections: Empire State Ancestors in the Wolverine State (Monthly Meetings)
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Farmington Community Library 23500 Liberty Street
Presented by Senior Archivist Kris Rzepczynski from the Archives of Michigan.
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Thursday, May 7 through Thursday, May 7
Viper's Nest: Michigan in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 (Special Events)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Library of Michigan Online Lectures
hough several hundred miles removed from Lexington, Concord, Yorktown, and other major flashpoints of the Revolutionary War, settlers from Detroit and Mackinac, along with Indigenous peoples from Michigan’s Anishinaabeg and Wyandotte nations, were intimately involved in the conflict that birthed the United States. Detroit and Mackinac served as staging grounds for British and Indigenous raids against American settlers in Kentucky, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, while Anishinaabe warriors from northern Michigan defended Quebec during Benedict Arnold’s 1775 invasion of Canada. In response, the Continental Army planned several military campaigns to capture Detroit, none of which came to fruition. Rumors swirled of American troops on Lake Michigan and of French settlers’ sympathy for the Revolution, alarming the British and Indigenous nations. Famed frontiersman Daniel Boone and other Patriots first saw Detroit through the barred windows of “Yankee Hall,” a British prison for American soldiers and captives. This presentation will bring these and other Revolutionary War stories to light, showing how Michigan and its people both influenced and were transformed by the conflict. - Jonathan Quint. Registration Pending |
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