MCC-OGS Monthly Meetings

MCC-OGS Monthly Meetings

Save It! Backing Up and Organizing Photos, Digital Files, and Paper Piles with Ladonna Garner, M.A.

Dayton Metro Library, Community Room 2-B, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402 and via Zoom

Discover how to properly backup your computer, digital documents and photos, and other tips to organize your growing array of digital and paper sources to maximize your genealogy research.

Contact publicity@mcc-org.org for Zoom link.

Monthly meetings of the Montgomery County Chapter OGS are free and open to the public.  We welcome visitors both in-person and on Zoom.

Download Flyer for August 2026 meeting

Gretna Greens: America's Elopement Hot Spots with Sylvia Tracy Doolos

Dayton Metro Library, Community Room 2-B, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402 and via Zoom

Across North America, couples found creative ways to marry outside community control. Join our speaker, Sylvia Tracy Doolos, and explore America’s Gretna Greens, places where elopements flourished, and records were generated in unlikely places.

Contact publicity@mcc-ogs.org for Zoom link.

Monthly meetings of the Montgomery County Chapter OGS are free and open to the public.  We welcome visitors both in-person and on Zoom.

Download Flyer for September 2026 meeting

Mayflower Facts and “Silver Books”: First Five Generations of Mayflower Descendants with Beth Anderson

Dayton Metro Library, Community Room 2-B, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402 and via Zoom

Beth Anderson, immediate past Governor of the “Society of Mayflower Descendants in the state of Ohio” will provide a brief history of the Mayflower Story as well as how to make use of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants (GSMD) website.  Beth's presentation will include how to use the Mayflower “Silver Books” that are available at the Dayton Metro Library's main branch in the Genealogy section.

Contact publicity@mcc-ogs.org for Zoom link.

Monthly meetings of the Montgomery County Chapter OGS are free and open to the public.  We welcome visitors both in-person and on Zoom.

Download Flyer for October 2026 meeting

A Closer Look at the 1850-1950 U.S. Census Records in Genealogy with Diane Henriks

Dayton Metro Library, Community Room 2-B, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402 and via Zoom

Take a closer look at the 1850 to 1950 U.S. Census records as vital genealogy resources, while looking into details you may have missed, along with the benefits to and tips in using these records!

Contact publicity@mcc-ogs.org for Zoom link.

Monthly meetings of the Montgomery County Chapter OGS are free and open to the public.  We welcome visitors both in-person and on Zoom.

Download the November 2026 meeting flyer