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Monthly Meetings
2025 Program Schedule
January 25
Meet Tom Pendergast, Kansas City's Political Boss
Presented by Bill Nicks
February 15
Immigrant Stories and the Records Behind Them
Presented by Lauri Jean Swett
March 22
JCGS Spring Seminar
Featured Speaker: Cheri Hudson Passey
April 26
The WPA: Best Kept Secret in Genealogy
Presented by Heather Jenkins
May 24
National Frontier Trails Museum
Presented by Melissa Brown
June 28
Researching National Probate Records
Presented by the Midwest Genealogy Center
July 26
Researching Your Ancestors in New England
Presented by Char Mitts
August 23
Bleeding Kansas
Presented by Grady Atwater
September 27
What is WikiTree and How to Use It
Presented by Julie Crain Miguel
October 25
TBA
November 22
Finding Your Military Ancestors
Presented by Cynthia K. Patton
December
No Meeting
2024 Program Schedule
Jan 27: Barb LaClair - The Story of Anthony Ward, Topeka Pioneer, and the Documents Behind the Story
Feb 24: Lauri Jean Swett - Brick Wall Busters
March 23: Skill Building: Next Steps ** 9:30 am - 12:30 pm**
Darlene Jerome - Have the Last Word - Write Your Own Obituary
Susan Mundt - Knowledge Assessment (Quiz on Genealogy, DNA, and JCGS)
Panel: Lineage Society Overview (SAR, DAR, Mayflower Society) Moderated by Marsha Benett
April 27: Patti Hobbs - Problem-Solving with DNA: Pathways and Roadblocks to Success
May 25: Iveta Blahutova - Eastern European Genealogy
June 22: Jim Mathis - Curating Old Photos: Scan-Sort-Share
July 20: Whitney Heinzmannl - State Historical Society of Missouri Genealogical Resources
Aug 24: Madeline Rislow - Toys and Miniatures: How Two Kansas City Women's Love for "Small Things: Grew a National Museum
Sept 28: Michelle Custer Bates - Criminal Genealogy
Oct 19: Unlocking Your Roots: A Genealogy Help Session
Nov 23: Julie Crain Miguel - What Happened to the Pilgrims?
December: No Meeting
2023 Program Schedule
January 28, 2023
A New Look for Old Spaces: Recent Renovations at the Watkins Museum
Presented by Steve Nowak
February 25, 2023
Finding John Johnson - A Case Study on Identifying an Ancestor with a Common Name
Presented by Alice Hoyt Veen
March 25, 2023
No JCGS Meeting due to Genealogy Day this month
April 22, 2023
Redlined: Cities, Suburbs and Segregation
Presented by Andrew R. Gustafson
May 27, 2023
Rich or Poor? Cues Into Your Ancestor's Financial Well Being
Presented by Heather Jenkins
June 24, 2023
Letha's Legacy: A Story of Intergenerational Trauma
Presented by Sam Sagustume
July 22, 2023
People, Places, and Politics in 1800 Kansas
Presented by John Burchill
August 26, 2023
Civil War Medicine: Medical Treatments of the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Presented by Sarah Bader-King
September 16, 2023 (Special Date for this month)
The Public Library: A Genealogy Hub
Presented by Amanda Wahlmeier and Hope Harms
October 28, 2023
JCGS Seminar
Featured Speaker: Katherine R. Willison
November 25, 2023
Digging into Land Records
Presented by Pam Miller
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2022 Program Schedule
January 22, 2022
Family History & Genealogy - The Perfect Social Media
Presented by Claire Brisson-Banks
February 26, 2022
The 1950 U.S. Census - The Wait is Almost Over
Presented by Heather Jenkins - JCGS Member
March 26, 2022
Alien Ancestors During Times of War
Presented by Elizabeth Burns - Archivist at the National Archives of Kansas City
April 23, 2022
Introduction to the Kansas State Archives
Megan Burton - Senior Archivist, Kansas Historical Society
May 28, 2022
You've Traced Your Ancestors Back to a Different State - Now What?
Julie Crain Miguel - JCGS Member
June 25, 2022
Researching Your Home and the People Who Lived There
Diana Staresinic-Dean, Executive Director of the Franklin County Historical Society
July 23, 2022
Mount Washington Cemetery: In Search of Lost Time
Bruce Matthews - Photographer & President of the Mount Washington Historical Society
August 27, 2022
Topic: Researching Native American Ancestry
Barbara LaClair - President, Topeka Genealogical Society
September 24, 2022
Researching Scandinavian Ancestors
Lauri Jean Swett
October 22, 2022
JCGS Seminar
D. Joshua Taylor
November 26, 2022
Fraternal Organizations: The Original Social Networks
Danni Altman-Newell
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2021 Meetings
January 23, 2021
Directory Assistance: How to use Historical Directories to learn more about your ancestors
Presented by Julie Crain Miguel
February 27, 2021
Federal Websites for Genealogists
Presented by Jennifer Audsley-Moore
March 27, 2021
There's More to U.S. Census Schedules Than You Think
Presented by Pam Miller
April 24, 2021
The Mysterious Death of Anna T. McPhillips
Presented by Thomas MacEntee
May 22, 2021
Indexes Are the Key to Unlocking the Records
Presented by Christine Johns Cohen
June 26, 2021
Trails West: Crossing the Continent 1840-1869
Presented by Mary Kircher Roddy
July 24, 2021
Unraveling the Mysteries of Your Female Ancestors
Presented by Mary Risseeuw
August 28, 2021
Beyond Ancestry - Overlooked and Underused Subscription Sites
Presented by Luana Darby
September 25, 2021
Researching Ancestors of Color
Presented by Renate Yarborough Sanders
October 23, 2021 - Online via Zoom
Writing Ancestral Stories Your Relatives Will Want to Read
Presented by Pam Vestal
November 27, 2021
Dropsy, Quinsy, Consumption ... What Was Wrong With My Ancestor?
Presented by Kimberly Nagy
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2020 Meetings
January 25, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
How to Date Old Photographs, Kim Alberg, Midwest Genealogy Center
February 22, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Broke But Not Out of Luck; Exploring Bankruptcy Records for Genealogy, Jennifer Audsley-Moore, National Archives Kansas City
March - No JCGS Meeting
April 25, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Currently Free Online Genealogy Resources, Angela Fields
May 23, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online via Zoom
In Search of My Brother's Mother - An Adoption Story, Beth Foulk
June 27, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online via Zoom
AncestARRRS! The Life and Records of the Atlantic Pirates, Daniel Earl
July 25, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Lineage Societies, John Manning
August 22, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Online via Zoom
Using Find a Grave.com, Deborah Heffley
September 26, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Using County Archives and Courthouse Records for Genealogy Research Cara Hunter, Johnson County Archives, Kathy Corbin, Johnson County Records Management Supervisor
October 24, 2020 - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
JCGS Skill Building Day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lunch on Your Own. Topics to be Determined.
(No Annual Seminar this year)
November 28, 2020 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Church Records for Genealogy, Char Mitts
December 2020 - No Meeting. Happy Holidays.
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2019 Meetings
January 28, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Death Doings: The Records when Someone Dies, Timothy Dollens, Daniel Boone Regional Library, Columbia, Missouri
February 23, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Immigration Records: More than Just Ship Passenger Arrival Lists, Elizabeth Burns, National Archives, Kanas City, Missouri
March 23, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Family Oral Histories, Cheryl Lang, Midwest Genealogy Center
April 20, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Researching Your German Ancestors A-Z, Iveta Blahutova, Midwest Genealogy Center Note: This is the 3rd Saturday of the Month
May 25, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Beyond the Draft: Researching Your Great War Ancestor, Danni Altman-Newell, Talking Box Genealogy, APG/Heartland Chapter
June 22, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Jewish Genealogy and Jewish Gen.com, Dick Rosenstock, Jewish Genea-logical Society of Greater Kansas City
July 27, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
The History and Research of Orphans, Rick Praechter, Johnson County Genealogical Society
August 24, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Patent Case Files and Genealogy, Bob Beebe, Archivist, National Archives at Kansas City, MO
September 21, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Breaking through Your Genealogy Research Brick Walls, Char Mitts, Johnson County Genealogical Society Note: This is the 3rd Saturday of the Month
October 26, 2019 - Details TBA
JCGS Annual Seminar with Kathleen Brandt
November 23, 2019 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Postcards from the Past: Finding Clues to your Family History, Jeremy Drouin, Special Collection Manager, Kansas City Public Library
December 2019 - No meeting - Happy Holidays!
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2018 Meetings
January 27, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Doran Cart, Senior Curator, National WW1 Museum - "Centennial of World War 1 and National World War 1 Museum and Memorial"
February 24, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Beth Foulk - American Civil War Genealogy.
March 24, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Barbara McTygue Scanlon, Kansas City Irish Center - "Searching for those Elusive Irish Ancestors"
April 28, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Lori Cox-Paul, Director of Archival Operations NARA Kansas City - "Introduction to Bureau of Indian Affairs Records and Native American Genealogy Research"
May 26, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Pam Miller - "Using Historic Maps for Genealogy"
June 23, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
"Johnson County Library Resources for Genealogy and Local History"
July 28, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Sheri Volpe, Midwest Genealogy Center - "Finding your Italian Ancestors: Italian Civil Registration Records"
August 25, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Char Mitts - "Using FamilySearch for Genealogy"
September 22, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Angela Fields - "DNA: Extra Tools for DNA Research"
October 27, 2018 - 8:15 am to 4:00 pm
Annual Seminar
Overland Park Convention Center
6000 College Blvd, Overland Park, KS 66211
Judy Russell - The Legal Genealogist
November 24, 2018 - 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Carmack Room Central Resource Library
9875 W. 87th St. Overland Park, KS
Show and Tell - Members share heirlooms and family treasures and the stories behind them.
December 2018 - No Meeting
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