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Welcome to the Website

of the

Bay County Genealogical Society of Michigan

    

The Bay County Genealogical Society (BCGS) was established on March 2, 1969 and registered their name with the Bay County Clerk on April 16, 1969.  The idea for the society grew out of a class on genealogy offered by the Essexville-Hampton Community Schools in the fall of 1968. The society soon started reading the headstones of the rural cemeteries in Bay County and transcribing marriage and death records. They published them in their quarterly journal which they named Chips and Ships and later the Clarion.

 

Mission

The Society strives to promote genealogy and educate persons interested in genealogy, with a focus on Bay County, Michigan.
 
The Society also encourages the sharing of Bay County genealogy information and resources and helping others with their Bay County based families and ancestors, both past and current.

Coming Events

The following speakers and their topics are being scheduled to speak at upcoming Society meetings:

Digital News-Genealogy Research in Online Newspapers-Kris Rzepczynski from the Michigan Archives

What's In a Name. Clues to Ethnicity & Spelling Variations-Judy Muhn

Little Known and Rarely Used Google Resources and Search Tips-Katherine Willson

Ancestors In Context-Putting History in Your Family History-Dan Earl

Scandalous Ancestors-Tracking Black Sheep Family Members-Jessica Trotter