GUERNSEY COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE OGS125 NORTH 7TH STREET
CAMBRIDGE, OHIO 43725

GUERNSEY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Promoting genealogy through preservation, research and education
New Hours!
Library hours:
Tuesday 1-5 pm
Wednesday 10-5 pm
Saturday March 12, 9-5 Saturday June 11, 9-5 Saturday August 13, 9-5 Saturday November 12, 9-5
TRACE YOUR ROOTS
We are volunteers who love genealogy. It is our goal to make available genealogy & history to those seeking information. We can assist you in your research. Guernsey County Genealogical Society is non profit. These research dollars help us to preserve history for the next generation.
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Research fee $20 per hour
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Copies .25 / Copies of legal documents $1.00
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Photographs $1.00
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Membership- Single $15 per year/Couple $20 per year
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Lifetime Membership-$300.

PROGRAMS
Programs are free to attend. We offer a wide variety of programs year-round. No reservations are required.
*** Reservations are required for our First Family & Pioneer Family Banquet.
*** DNA Programs-Registration Required
First Families & Pioneer Families are Guernsey County's lineage society. For inclusion into First Families, your ancestor must have lived here before 1830. For inclusion into Pioneer Families your ancestor must have lived here prior to 1850. To be included into these lineage societies, you must prove the connection between you and the stated ancestor. Sources used for documentation are birth, marriage, and death records. Land records and wills may also be used.
For more information about the cemetery tours, or any of our programs, watch our Facebook page.
Questions: don't hesitate to contact us.
Email-gccogs@frontier.com
Phone- 740-432-9249

RESOURCES
Birth/Death Records
Family Histories
Probate Records
Common Pleas Records
Land Records
County Histories
Photographs
Obituaries
Newspapers
Township Records
Tax Records
School Records
Coal Mine Records
Funeral Home Records
Church Records
Cemetery Records
We also have publications for sale. These will be added to our website in the future.

2022 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January 20 6pm Virtual Tour
February 15 6pm DNA Testing ** Registration Required
March 12 9-5 Saturday at the Society
March 15 6pm Research with Tax Records
April 24 2pm Wheeling Avenue Walking Tour
May 17 6pm Basics-Daughters of American Revolution
June 11 9-5 Saturday at the Society
June 16 6pm DNA Matching & Sorting ** Registration Required July 12 6pm Indoor Picnic
August 13 9-5 Saturday at the Society
August 16 6pm DNA Case Study **Registration Required
September 21 6pm Hidden Gems in Deeds & Land Records
October 9 2pm Jackson Township Cemetery Tour
November 12 9-5 Saturday at the Society
November No Program scheduled
December 7 5:30 December Gathering
We don't own our family history. We simply preserve it for the next generation.
Rosemary Alva

CONTACT
GUERNSEY COUNTY
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
