Mark Rabideau

Next LGS Membership Meeting – January 8, 2025

Mark Rabideau presents:

"German–Prussian Genealogy — Essentials"

Description: German Genealogy is NOT like American, African, or Asian. There are numerous reasons why:
  •   Records are NOT in English; they are in German, Latin, Polish, Hebrew, Russian   (Cyrillic), etc.
  •   Information/data is almost always very scattered.
  •   There is extensive record loss due to war(s), ethnic cleansings, etc.
  •   German record keeping is neither as cohesive or similar to that in North   America.
  •   Adding to the challenges above, handwriting & print type faces are often illegible   to North Americans.
In this presentation, you will receive clues on how to navigate these "waters". A newly revised version of his presentation may be downloaded/viewed Here.
See Future Programs page for more details.
Genealogy Class – Working The Censuses to Make The Most of Details – Instructor Barb Gardner

January 17, 2025, 1:30pm

 See Senior Center Classes page for more information.

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       Our Purpose
The Longmont Genealogical Society was founded in 1986 for the purpose of promoting and assisting with genealogy research. Learning about your family history can be a most interesting and rewarding hobby.

       Our Meetings
Monthly "Membership" meetings are held both in–person and virtually via Zoom.  See right sidebar for details. Meetings feature speakers presenting programs on a variety of topics to help you with your genealogy research.
     We also offer several other genealogy assistance and learning opportunities each month:
  • A Special Interest Group on the FamilySearch.org website, 1st Thursday at 7:00 PM, Zoom Only
  • A DNA Study Group, 2nd Tuesday at 7:00 PM, Zoom only
  • A Genealogy Workshop, 3rd Wednesday at 1:30 PM, Zoom only
  • A Library Genealogy Help Session, Last Saturday morning from 10:00 to 12:00, In–person only at the Longmont Public Library, 2nd floor (except May and December)
Learn more about meetings and study groups by clicking Programs & Assistance in the navigation bar above.

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Society Members receive the Longmont Heritage our quarterly newsletter containing articles on genealogy, family history and more. Members have the opportunity to join with others to help preserve community and genealogy information.   Become a member of our Society and discover your talents and your family History.

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Special Classes – 2025

The Longmont Genealogical Society is offering a series of Genealogy "how–to" classes during  2025. These classes are being offered in–person only at the Longmont Senior Center. They will be on the 3rd Friday of the month (mostly) starting in January.  They start at 1:00 PM or at 1:30 PM, depending on month, and are two hours long. Registration is required thru the Longmont Sr. Center process and a fee of $2, Longmont residents, $3, non–residents is required.