Genealogy Special Interest Group

Genealogy is an endless search that is hard work and often frustrating, as well as rewarding.
Only a genealogist considers a step backwards as progress.

 

The next meeting date is TBA. Call Doris Ashley at 589-6105 for more info.

Some advice for recording your family history

Vital Records Information

Ellis Island American Family Immigration History Center

Archiving Genealogy Information

American Memory from the Library of Congress

Local resources For Genealogists:

  • Church of Latter Day Saints Family History Center on Hydraulic Road in Charlottesville. Call (434) 975-3866. Open Tuesday and Thursday.

  • VA's Alderman Library (As residents of Virginia, we can use the library and borrow books.)

  • Central Virginia Genealogical Society (CVGA) Meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month at 1:30 p.m.
        at  the Northside Branch of the Jefferson Madison Regional Library in Albemarle Square. Visitors are welcome.

Information On Copyright:

Using the World Wide Web for Genealogy

I. Miscellaneous Genealogy Web Sites

II. Searchable Genealogy Data Bases

III. Genealogical information from specific states or countries

IV. Genealogy Software

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This page was last updated on 01/21/2008