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Welcome to the Fairfield County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society's Web Site.
NEW and COMING EVENTS
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Due to the death of a member of the family of one of our volunteers, the library will not open Friday 18 May 2012 until 12:30 pm.
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The Fairfield County Genealogy Society will hold their annual Homecoming
Picnic on Thursday, July 19, 2012,
at the Genealogy Library, located at
503 Lenwood Drive, Lancaster, at 6:30 PM.
The chapter will provide hot
dogs, hamburgers, and table service.
Please bring a covered dish or
dessert to share and your drink.
If you plan on attending, please RSVP to
740-653-2573,
so we'll know how many hot dogs and hamburgers to buy.
After the
dinner, there will be a short meeting.
The genealogy library will be open
that Thursday for research from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
The following day, on
Friday, July 20th, there will be a lock-in at the genealogy library
from 6
p.m. to 10 p.m. Come and do research! Everyone is invited!
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The Winter 2012 Fairfield Trace newsletter is now on line in the Members Only section. To enter,
CLICK HERE or on the tab at the top of the page.
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NEW PUBLICATIONS
Death Records of Fairfield County Vol II 1890 - 1909
You may purchase your copy on line, through the mail, or at our library.
See the PUBLICATIONS tab above for details.
See Publications Page, Or Click Below.
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FCC-OGS FIELD TRIPS
Last summer, on Thursdays, we traveled on a day trip to other areas of Central Ohio for research. This venture was very well received. We are going to continue this year. If you have research you would like to do in other parts of the state, but don’t want to or can’t go by yourself we would like you to join us. We will meet at the Fairfield County Genealogy Library parking lot. We’ll carpool from there. Come join us on one or all of the dates listed below. Hope to see you!
| Date | Place | Meeting Time |
Return Time | Research Time
| | April 26 | Licking County | 9:30 |
4:45 | 10:30 – 3:45
| | May 24 | Washington County |
8:30 | 4:45 | 10:15 – 3:00
| | June 28 | Muskingum County | 9:00 |
4:30 | 10:00 - 3:30
| | July 26 | Athens County | 11:00 |
3.30 | 12:00 - 3:30
| | August 23 | Pickaway County | 12:30 |
4:30 | 1:00 - 4:00
| | September 27 | OGS Library in Bellville | 8:00 |
4:45 | 9:30 - 3:30
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NEW DATABASES AND FILES
A new database has been added to the Research Section. This file is an index of obituaries, prior to 1978, found in the FCC-OGS Library.
This is an on-going project currently with 12,770 entries The index will be updated periodically as new obituaries are added to the collection. Click here or go to the RESEARCH TAB above. Updated 27 April 2012
We are continuing to collect obits for all years prior to 1978. If you have any you would like to share with us please contact us at obits@fairfieldgenealogy.org We will be happy to add them to our collection.
SPECIAL SAVINGS ON BARGAIN BOOK BUNDLES!Bundled sets of many of the Chapter’s publications are now available!
Marriage Records Set: Contains Marriage Records Vol. I, II, and III and IV….
4 Books; Normally $113.00 …. Set price $100.00 (Member price $90.00)
Wills & Estates Abstracts Set: Contains Cases 1 – 2300 ….
4 Books; Normally $46.00 …. Set price $40.00 (Member price $36.00)
Newspaper Abstracts Set: Contains The Lancaster Eagle Volume I & Lancaster Gazette Volumes I, II, and III ….
4 Books; Normally $64.50 …. Set price $56.00 (Member price $50.40)
Newspaper Abstracts Set: Contains Lancaster Gazette Volumes IV, V, VI and VII ….
4 Books; Normally $91.00 …. Set price $80 (Member price $72.00)
Births Set: Contains Fairfield County OH Births, Volumes I, II, III, and IV...1867-1908
4 Books; Individuallly priced at a total of $145.00 …. Set price $125.00 (Member price $112.50)
Combined Set of Death Records I and II covering the period 1867-1909.Normally $60.00....Set price $55.00 (Member price $49.50)
Free shipping. Ohio residents, add 6.5% sales tax.
See Publications Page, Or Click Below.
Great News for Chapter Members!
Member Only Benefit! 10% Discount on All Chapter Publications
See Publications Page, Or Click Below.
Not a Chapter Member??
Join Now!
See Membership Page Or Click Below.
| | GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
For those of you who are early shoppers... We offer FCCOGS Gift Certificates in the amount of your choice. This is a great gift to give or to put on your own "wish list."Gift certificates can be applied to the cost of a membership ($14.00 single, $16.00 family) or can be applied to the purchase of any of our publications.
Send check or money order to:
Fairfield County Chapter OGS
attn: Gift Certificate
503 Lenwood Drive
Lancaster, OH 43130-2261 |
| | Regular chapter meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday
of each monthat 6:30 p.m. in the Fairfield County Genealogical Library,
located at 503 LenwoodDrive in Lancaster, Ohio.
Executive Board meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of each month at
noon in the Genealogical Library.
Visitors are always welcome at any of our meetings. |
The FCCOGS LIBRARY
503 Lenwood Drive, Lancaster, Ohio 43130
Tel:740-653-2573
HOURS:
Monday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Other days & times by appointment
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