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Upcoming Monday Evening Webinar
Live Webinar / Feb. 3, 2025 – 7:00 to 8:00 pm
The Internet Archive: A Genealogist's Dream Collection
Featured Guest Speaker: Taneya Koonce

Topic Info: This presentation delves into the essential role of the Internet Archive in preserving digital heritage. It highlights how this expansive online library safeguards billions of web pages, books, audio recordings, and other digital content, ensuring continued access for future generations. Attendees will learn about the Archive's unique tools, including the Wayback Machine, and how genealogists, historians and researchers can effectively use these resources for family history search.
Presenter Info: Taneya Koonce is a dedicated genealogist with over 25 years of professional expertise in information science, research, and the organization of genealogical resources. Her passion for family history is matched by her commitment to education and community involvement. As the National Treasurer and Nashville Chapter President of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, as well as the National Representative-at-Large for the USGenWeb Project, Taneya plays an active role in advancing genealogical knowledge.
For more details, and to register to attend, visit our Coming Events listing.
Upcoming Monthly Program
March General Monthly Meeting
Savannah Recreation Center or On-line via Zoom
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 / 10:00 a.m.
Featured Guest Speaker: Karen A. Fortin
Program: American Ancestors.org – Searching the Online Databases
American Ancestors, the website for the New England Historic Genealogical Society, provides more than 1 billion records in over 470 databases online. Although much of the collection focuses on New England, records from around the U.S. and even some from other countries are available. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the website and will go through the basics of searching these valuable databases.
Speaker's Bio: Karen A. Fortin has degrees in History and Library and Information Science, and a passion for research. She worked in a public library in Florida for 30 years before switching to genealogical lecturing in 2016. She is a member of various genealogical societies and loves to help people explore their family history so that they can better understand their ancestors and the world in which they lived.
For more details, and to register to attend, visit our Coming Events listing.
Admission to in-person meetings of The Villages Genealogy Society
is limited to VGS members and paid guests.
You must be a resident of The Villages, FL for membership.
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February 10, 2025
1:00 pm to 2:20 pm Italian Special Interest Group Meeting
Coordinators: Laura Wright & Paul Coia
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February 11, 2025
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Preserving Family History SIG Meeting
Topic: TBA Presenter: TBA Coordinators: Sharol Lewin & Nancy Schultz
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February 12, 2025
10:00 am to 11:50 am Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
Topic: TBA Coordinators: Tom Voyles & Kendra Marasco
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February 12, 2025
2:30 pm to 4:20 pm ABCs of Genealogy SIG Meeting
Our Valentine's Day Gift to you . . . Carol will deliver the "Intro to Family Tree Maker" & "Intro to DNA" that you ...
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February 13, 2025
9:30 am to 11:50 am German Genealogy SIG Meeting
Coordinators: Dianne Fedderson & Steven Buhrow An email containing the Zoom link & info will be emailed to SIG members prior to the meeting ...
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There are 13 eastern public land states east of the Mississippi River: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio and Wisconsin.
[Land Records]
A Guardianship represent individuals appointed by the court to oversee the affairs of a minor. It can also be used to oversee a business or a person incapable of handling their own affairs.
[Probate]
What happened to the 1890 U.S. Census? A fire broke out in the basement of the Commerce Building in Washington, D.C.on January 10, 1921. The census records were stored improperly in the basement and were soaked with water and no restoration efforts were made to save the documents. The damaged records were destroyed sometime between 1933 and 1935 when they were deemed no longer necessary.
[Census]
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