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🗓️ Kick off Family History Month in October w 🗓️ Kick off Family History Month in October with us! Join the CSG Family History Day Seminar 📍 October 4, 2025 – Wallingford, CT 🎤 Theme: CT250 – The People Who Made Connecticut Celebrate 250 years of stories, research & connection. 🇺🇸 in partnership with #America250 🔗 Link in bio to register! #CSGSeminar #CT250 #FamilyHistoryMonth #GenealogyConference
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🎤 We’re heading to NERGC 2025! October 29 - N 🎤 We’re heading to NERGC 2025! October 29 - Nov 1 Manchester, NH Join CSG Board Member Casey Zahn on Saturday, Nov. 1 as she presents: 📍 “From CT to Where?! Finding Family” Learn how to trace ancestors who left Connecticut using: 🧭 Land + court records 🧬 DNA tools 👥 FAN club strategies 🔗 Details at NERGC.org CSG is proud to be a participating society! #NERGC2025 #CSGSpeaker #CaseyZahn #GenealogyConference #ConnecticutFamilyHistory
🌿 Join the CSG Board! Love genealogy? Want to 🌿 Join the CSG Board! Love genealogy? Want to make a difference? The Connecticut Society of Genealogists is looking for new Board Members! ✅ Help shape events & education ✅ Support fellow researchers ✅ Be part of a passionate genealogy community We’re looking for YOUR ideas and energy! 💡 🔗 Learn more: Link in bio #CSGBoard #GenealogyLeadership #ConnecticutGenealogy #JoinUs #CSGCommunity
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📚 CSG September Program "The 3rd Edition of the 📚 CSG September Program "The 3rd Edition of the Hempstead Diary" with editor Pat Schaefer 🗓️ Sept 20, 2025 | 🕐 1:00 PM 📍 In person + Zoom! Discover what life was like in colonial Connecticut through the lens of Joshua Hempstead, who kept a daily diary from 1711–1758. 🔗 Link in bio to register! #CSGEvents #HempsteadDiary #ConnecticutGenealogy #ColonialHistory #GenealogyEducation
🎙️ Spotlight: Vicki Welch 📜 Topic: “Capt 🎙️ Spotlight: Vicki Welch 📜 Topic: “Captive Heroes” 📅 Oct 4 , 2025• Wallingford, CT 🔗 Link in bio #CSGSeminar #CT250 #America250 #GenealogyTools
🎙️ Family History Day Seminar Spotlight: Dr. 🎙️ Family History Day Seminar Spotlight: Dr. Matt Warshauer 📜 Topic: “Connecticut and the American Revolution” 📅 Oct , 2025 • Wallingford, CT 🔗 Link in bio #CSGSeminar #CT250 #America250 #RevolutionaryHistory
🎙️ Family History Day Speaker Spotlight: Jane 🎙️ Family History Day Speaker Spotlight: Jane Wilcox 📜 Topic: “Finding American Women’s Voices through the Centuries: Letters, Journals, Newspapers, and Court Records” 📅 Oct 4, 2025 • Wallingford, CT 🔗 Link in bio to register #CSGSeminar #CT250 #America250 #Genealogy
📍 Researching CT Ancestors? Start Here! The CSG 📍 Researching CT Ancestors? Start Here! The CSG website offers links to resources that can help you: 📜 Links to CT State Archives 📰 Historic newspaper collections 💀 Coroner Records 📬 Vital records info & request help 🔗 Link in Bio If you have resources you want to share, comment below. #CSGSummerSpotlight #ConnecticutGenealogy #GenealogyResearch #CSGWebsiteResources #FamilyHistoryHelp
📖 This week’s #CSGSummerSpotlight features am 📖 This week’s #CSGSummerSpotlight features amazing resources at the CSG Library: 📘 "New copies of old records from Hebron, Connecticut 1708-1875" compiled by Linda MacLachlan. 📘 "They lived in Windsor : a reconstruction of the 1890 census for Windsor, Connecticut" researched and compiled by Elaine D. Brophy 📘"New England marriages prior to 1700" by Clarence Almon Torrey. 🕐 Visit Mon 1 PM - 8 PM, Tues–Thurs, 11 AM–4 PM, Fri 11 AM - 3 PM 📍 175 Maple St., East Hartford, CT 🔗 Search our catalog: Link in bio #HartfordGenealogy #CSGLibrary #ConnecticutFamilyHistory #GenealogyResearch
📚 CSG Summer Spotlight: Hartford City Directori 📚 CSG Summer Spotlight: Hartford City Directories Did your ancestors live in Hartford or the Hartford area? Our CSG Library has decades of city directories that can help you trace them! 🔎 Find: 📍 Names & occupations 📍 Addresses & neighborhoods 📍 Business ads 📍 Clues to death, marriage, & migration 📍 Visit us in East Hartford, CT to explore! 🔗 Link in bio #CSGSummerSpotlight #CityDirectories #HartfordHistory #GenealogyTools
A heartfelt thank you to all our CSG members who h A heartfelt thank you to all our CSG members who have sent donations when renewing their membership. These donations help to cover many of our expenses from the cost of publishing and postage of our CSG magazine and Nutmegger, staffing, program speakers, Zoom App, building maintenance, and utilities to the online databases for your use at the CSG library, such as Ancestry, American Ancestors & Fold3.
Coming up in September 📖 Dive into 18th-Century Coming up in September 📖 Dive into 18th-Century Connecticut Life Join us for a presentation on the Hempstead Diary, offering a glimpse into daily life in 18th-century Connecticut. 📅 September 20, 2025 🕐 1:00 PM EDT #HempsteadDiary #ConnecticutHistory #GenealogyEvent
📅 Save the Date: October 4, 2025 Join us for t 📅 Save the Date: October 4, 2025 Join us for the CSG Family History Day Seminar: "CT250: The People Who Made Connecticut" 📍 Ashlar Village, Wallingford, CT 🕘 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM Celebrate Connecticut's 250th anniversary with us! csginc.org 🔗 Register now: [Link in bio] #CSGSeminar #ConnecticutHistory #GenealogyEvent
🗞️ Just released: Summer 2025 edition of Conn 🗞️ Just released: Summer 2025 edition of Connecticut Genealogy News! 📜 Guilford’s lost archives… saved! Read how Guilford Town Historian Joel E. Helander and the @guilfordkeepingsociety preserved 200+ years of town history—once destined for the dump! 🔎 Highlights: 1829 tax lists, law cases, almshouse records & more—all originals now safely housed and being digitized. 🙏 Thank you, Joel, for sharing this story about the preservation of this treasure trove for researchers. 💡 Got a Connecticut town or topic to spotlight? We’re accepting submissions now! #GuilfordCT #CTArchives #CSGNews #GenealogyMatters #PreserveHistory #ConnecticutGenealogy
🗞️ Summer Spotlight: Newspaper Gold! CT news 🗞️ Summer Spotlight: Newspaper Gold! CT newspapers hold secrets your ancestors left behind! 📰 Obituaries 💍 Wedding announcements 📢 Local gossip 🏠 Real estate deals ⚖️ Court notices 💡 Search 1700s–1900s papers from across the state — online or on microfilm at the CT State Library! 🔗 https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/newspapers/free #CSGSummerSpotlight #GenealogyResearch #HistoricNewspapers #ConnecticutGenealogy #FamilyClues
📰 Summer 2025 issue is here! Among other great 📰 Summer 2025 issue is here! Among other great articles, this issue of Connecticut Genealogy News features a Spotlight on Chester, CT—from early shipbuilding to auger-bit factories along Pattaconk Brook, it's a deep dive into a town full of stories. ✨ A special thank you to Donald Perreault from the @chesterhistoricalsociety for bringing the town’s history to life. 🗂️ Feature highlight: The Chester Meeting House—still in use after 200 years! 👀 Members, check your inboxes or mailboxes now! 📢 We’re always looking for future features. Tell us about your favorite Connecticut town! #ConnecticutGenealogy #ChesterCT #CSGSpotlight #GenealogyResearch #CTHistory #FamilyHistory
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