GUERNSEY COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
Promoting genealogy through preservation, research and education
Library hours:
Tuesday 1-5 pm
Wednesday 10-5 pm
Thursday 1-5 pm
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 $18 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.
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 or our programs, watch our Facebook page.
Questions: don't hesitate to contact us.
Phone- 740-432-9249
2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
January 17 6pm Family Search
February 20 6pm Writing Your Obituary
March 9 10-5pm Brick Wall Saturday
April 7 2pm Spencer Twp. Cemetery Tour
May 4 11:30am 50th Anniversary Banquet ***
May 5 2pm Wheeling Ave. Walking Tour
June 15 10-5pm Saturday at the Society
June 16 2pm Wheeling Twp, Cemetery Tour
July 9 6pm Annual Picnic Cambridge City Park
August 21 6pm Archiving Grandma's Things
September 21 10-5pm Saturday at the Society
October 20 2pm Center Twp. Cemetery Tour
December 5 6pm Christmas Potluck
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.
