2025 JCGS Spring Seminar
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Please join us on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at the Lenexa City Hall to fellowship with other genealogists and hear four outstanding lectures by Cheri Hudson Passey.
Cheri is a professional genealogist, instructor, writer, speaker, and owner of Carolina Girl Genealogy, LLC. She hosts the YouTube genealogy chat show GenFriends and is a genealogical researcher subcontracted by Eagle Investigative Services, Inc., for the US Army Past Conflict Repatriations Branch. She is involved in many genealogy societies and organizations and is on the National Genealogical Society board. Cheri has written the blog Carolina Girl Genealogy,” sharing genealogy tips, methodologies, and family stories for over ten years.
Registration this year is $50 for members and $60 for non-members. You can register online at Eventbrite, or mail your check to JCGS, P O Box 12666, Overland Park, Kansas 66282. No registration at the door.
The topics for this year are:
- Collateral Research—The Secret Sauce to Finding Family Records
- Somewhere in Time-Placing Ancestors in Historical Context
- Someone to Watch Over Me: Guardianship Records
- Discovering Hidden Treasure: Miscellaneous Papers and Mixed Provenance Records
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Need One-on-One Help?
JCGS volunteers are available Monday - Saturday from 9-5 at the Genealogy Desk at the Johnson County Central Resource Library for general questions. For those looking for a little extra help with either Basic Genealogy or DNA & Genetic Genealogy we also offer free one-on-one sessions that can be booked in advance.
If you would like to sign up for an appointment please use the appropriate button below to view the available appointment times and make a reservation. If you would prefer to not use SignUpGenius, you may also email libraryvols@jcgsks.org with your requested date and time.
Basic Genealogy sessions are available most Tuesday mornings. Sessions are in-person at the Central Resource Library unless Zoom is requested.
This is not for brick wall or advanced research help.
DNA & Genetic Genealogy sessions are available most Friday mornings.
