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May 11, 2026
10:00 am to 11:50 am FTM SIG Meeting
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING -- IN-PERSON ONLY Bring your laptop! Visit our website page for more details about this SIG. SIG Coordinator: John DeAngelo ...
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May 11, 2026
1:00 pm to 2:20 pm Italian Special Interest Group Meeting
Coordinators: Laura Wright & Paul Coia Topic: TBA
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May 12, 2026
2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Preserving Family History SIG Meeting
Topic: Special programs with open discussion on preserving your family history for future generations. Coordinators: Sharol Lewin & Nancy Schultz
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May 13, 2026
10:00 am to 11:50 am Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
Topic: TBA Coordinators: Tom Voyles, Kendra Marasco & Kevin Hennessy
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May 13, 2026
2:30 pm to 4:20 pm ABCs of Genealogy SIG Meeting
The ABCs of Genealogy SIG is for VGS members with any level of experience in genealogical research. Sessions are geared to be easy to understand to ...
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The USCIS Genealogy Program is a fee-for-service program that provides researchers with timely access to historical immigration and naturalization records of deceased immigrants. https://www.uscis.gov/genealogy
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Have any other records been destroyed? Yes! In 1896 fire damaged the 1890 supplemental schedules of crime, mortality and pauperism and other special classes. Any remains were later destroyed by order of The Interior Department.
[Census]
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.
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