MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS - Being a chapter member affords you certain benefits such as:

• A newsletter, "The Highpoint,"  is issued six  times per year. in January, March, May, July, September and November..
• SummitOGS Electronic Report, an electronic newsletter, is e-mailed to members in February, April, June, August, October and December. To subscribe, send e-mail to summitogs@yahoo.com Put "subscribe" in the subject and your full name and e-mail address in the body of the message.
• Ten (10) monthly meetings, offering informative programs and workshops, are a good place to exchange ideas and information.
• Free Queries published in "The Highpoint". A wonderful research tool. We exchange newsletters with over 30 Genealogical Societies across the country and provide several research libraries with complimentary subscriptions. Your Query has the potential of reaching 300,000 genealogists.
• Having your Queries/Surnames placed on our web site--another great research tool with the potential of reaching thousands of researchers.

 

 
 
 

Our Chapter maintains:
Five Generation Charts - with copies at the Akron Library.
Surname Index for Charts - also at the Library.
Ancestor Card file - kept at the Akron Library.

MEETING TIMES & PLACES - Meetings are not just for members. Guests are welcome at any meeting. All you have to do is show up.  Meetings for 2010 are listed below and are usually the third Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Akron-Summit  County Public Library, 60 S. High St., in downtown  Akron.  There are no meetings in August, November and December.  The annual banquet is in November. Time and place of the banquet are announced after they are planned and will be listed below under "MEETING AND PROGRAM NOTES".

Membership runs from January 1 to December 31.

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Mr./Miss/Ms/Mrs.______________________________________________

For Joint Membership(two persons at same address), please put second name here:

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Street Address:_______________________________________________

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Our Chapter, a 501(C)(3) organization, has created a Memorial/Tribute Library Fund which will support the purchase of memorial books and other gifts made by the Chapter to the Akron-Summit County Library and the Ohio Genealogical Society Library.

Would you like to make a donation to the Memorial/Tribute Library Fund?
      Yes______ No_____


Are you a member of Ohio Genealogical Society? yes___no___
Is the second name /Joint Membership a member?

Is this a new membership? __________
Is this a renewal membership? __________

$14.00 single ______ $15.00 family ______ (2 people-same address-1 newsletter)

Make checks payable to - and send to: Summit County Chapter, OGS P O Box 2232 Akron OH 44309-2232

For a membership card PLEASE enclose a  S.A.S.E.

Saturday, April 16th:  "OGS Revolutionary War Tombstone Project"  "NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION 1:00 at the Cuyahoga Falls Public Library. 2015 3rd St C.F.O.
Terry Hart will be the speaker.This presentation will cover search techniques, problems, results and continuing efforts conducted as part of the state-wide OGS Revolutionary War Project. While focused on Medina County, the covered methods and systems can apply to many Revolutionary War Patriot searches.

Saturday May 21th:  "GOOSETOWN:Reconstructing an Akron Neighborhood";  1:00 at the downtown Akron-Summit County Public Library.
Speaker Dr. Joyce Dyer, the author of "Goosetown" and another book "Gum Dipped" about Firestone Park. Dr. Dyer is a 1965 graduate of Garfield and John S. Kenyon Professor of English at Hiram College.

Saturday, June 18th:  "RUTHERFORD B HAYES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY"  1:00 RB Hayes Library, Speigle Grove, Fremont, Ohio.
This is a road trip to Fremont Ohio. A Librarian will give us an overview of the holdings and we will have time for individual research.

Saturday, July 16th "ANNUAL CEMETERY INVASION"  July Summit County Meeting: Cemetery Day! Northfield Macedonia Cemetery, Macedonia, Ohio @ 10:00 am. Bring a chair and a packed lunch. See you there!
Located on the northwest corner of intersection of Valley View Rd and Olde Eight Rd

August "NO MEETING"

Saturday September 17th:  "FUNERAL HOME RECORDS"     1:00 at the downtown Akron-Summit County Library. .
Chip Billows of Billows Funeral Home, will be the speaker. 1) Do all funeral homes keep the same kinds of records; 2) What happens to the records of a funeral home that goes out of business; 3) What kind of information might a researcher find in these records; and 4) What kind of information should be included in your obituary if you want to write your own.

Saturday, October 15th:  "HOW TO HANDLE AND CARE FOR YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS"    1:00 at the downtown Akron-Summit County Library.
Corresponding Secretary, Rick Acker will teach us how to handle and care for our photographs.

Saturday, November 12th:  "THE SUMMIT COUNTY OGS BANQUET"   
TJ'S AMBER RESTAURANT, 1395 Canton Rd. (TRI COUNTY PLAZA) 6:00 PM Speaker Bob Haag " Fashion and the Conquest of North America"

December "NO MEETING"

The Summit County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society does not have a building for research purposes. We are limited to checking only the books we have published for information about your ancestor. As a courtesy to those of you needing in-depth research we offer you the following list of chapter members who will do genealogical research for a fee. A brief explanation of their work areas is provided..

Researchers will be contacted by you and will work for you. Therefore, The Summit County Chapter, OGS will NOT be liable for work done by any researcher.

Fees will vary according to the background and experience of the researcher. For more information concerning individual fees and procedures please write directly to the person(s) of your choice. You may want to write to more than one individual to see who is best suited to your needs. Please include a long self-addressed stamped envelope (S.A.S.E.) for their reply. Thank You!
 

         The following is a list of members and former members who have been accepted into FIRST SETTLERS OF SUMMIT COUNTY, and their ancestors. The year they became members of First Settlers follows in parenthesis. Double stars ** denotes they are a current chapter member. Under each member's name is the ancestor he/she submitted and the year and township of settlement. Names of the First Settlers are printed in blue.
            Copies of these applications and documentation can be seen at the Akron-Summit County Public Library in the genealogy section of the Language, Literature and History Department.
            You can obtain an application form by sending e-mail to summitogs@yahoo.com and requesting that one be mailed to you.  Include your full name and address.  If you have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer and a high speed DSL or cable connrection you can also call it up and print it out or download the file which is called Settlers.pdf  Because the file is rather large, those with a dial-up connection will not be able to access the the form.   Get copy of  the form.