Celebrating Family History Month: “Meet our Ancestors!” will be presented to you by the Muskegon County Genealogical Society, where members of MCGS will introduce you to one of their favorite ancestors. Come and join us at HPL for a morning of celebrating our vastly diverse heritage. Presentations will be given in a variety of formats,...Read More

The Cemetery Super Sleuth presentation will explore how to identify clues that might be able to point a genealogist towards a research source. We will start with some interesting emblems, symbols and move on into harder clues like monument shapes, and even some grave lot locations that might give us some hints. Cristine is a...Read More

Muskegon County Genealogical Society presents: Researching on Location! Speaker: Judy Nimer Muhn When researching on location, or traveling the world doing genealogy research, planning in advance is key! With checklists, recommendations for travel planning/equipment to take with you, doing research BEFORE you go, and helpful hints from speaker Judy Nimer Muhn’s own travel experiences, you...Read More

Speaker: Jennifer Lamkin Are you Alice in Genealogy Land chasing one white rabbit after another? Never really finding the answers you’re looking for, so you write them off as brick walls and later go back to them only to forget where you left off…? Hopefully this lesson on workflow can help slow you down, keep...Read More

How do you go from piles of photos, albums, and countless digital scans to family stories that will connect generations? Speaker Laura Hedgecock discusses how to make precious photos worth the proverbial thousand words by giving them the context and stories behind them. We’ll look at pulling story threads from the photos themselves and how...Read More

Presented by Kathy Broughton DeCormier Kathy will present a very interesting and informative program on how to care for, maintain, and repair historic photographs.  History has certainly provided an interesting variety of photographic memories, but with all those photograph types, how do you take care of and repair your treasured memories? Kathy has been studying...Read More

Comparing Legacy, Family Tree, and RootsMagic. As a genealogist, selecting the right software to build, manage, and research your family tree is crucial. Family Tree Builder, Legacy Family Tree, and RootsMagic are popular options, each offering unique features and benefits. This presentation will compare these software options to help determine which one best suits your...Read More