I have added a CVGA Membership Renewal Form on the right side of this page, at the top of the right column. This is what it looks like: CVGA Membership Renewal Form
You’ll find an information form to fill out, and a PayPal button to allow you to pay your dues. Please let us know if you have difficulty with the form or the payment button. For questions and comments, contact the Webmaster or the Corresponding Secretary, with the links on the footer of this page.
Recently I have been reading through 31 years’ worth of Central Virginia Heritage. As I read, I soon came to appreciate the countless hours of writing, researching, transcribing and editing that resulted in over 100 issues. Nine volunteer editors, Steven G. Meeks, Charley Moore, Clifford Evans, Robert Vernon, Arlene Page, Teresa Kelley, Bob Niehaus, Sam Towler and Andy Emert, took on the responsibility to get the Heritage out. The names of editors, assistant editors and contributing editors are there to see but many more people had important roles as indexers, copy editors and spell checkers. These friends and family members, who remain for the most part unnamed, deserve our thanks as supporters of these hard working editors. Thank you all very much for all the hard work you did and the many hours you devoted to making the Central Virginia Heritage a valuable resource for genealogists.
The last print edition of the Heritage was the Fall/Winter 2014 issue. The cost of printing and mailing the paper publication was draining our limited treasury. Soon we will begin to have articles available to you on this website. There will be family histories, research articles, transcriptions of historical documents, and nostalgia articles. Some articles will be posted for all to read and others will be for members only. Members will also have access to the archive of the Central Virginia Heritage. To become a member, see Membership.
You can contribute to the work of the CVGA. Have you searched for documents in a courthouse in central Virginia? Does your church have records that would be useful to genealogists? Would you like to see your family history online for distant cousins to read? If you have original work you would like to submit to our editors for consideration, please see the guidelines under Publications.
Thank you for visiting our website. I look forward to hearing from you soon!
Your president,
Patricia Lukas
Preserve Your Family’s History is the theme of the Family History Conference which will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2015. The location of the conference is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Airport Road. The conference will run from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. Registration will begin at 8:30 am and the keynote address by Katie Derby will begin at 9:00 am.
For more information and to pre-register, go to cvillefamilyhistorycenter.org.
The conference is free and open to the public.
There will be NO CVGA meeting on November 14, 2015. We encourage everyone to attend the annual Family History Conference which will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Airport Road north of Charlottesville.
Registration will begin at 8:30 am and the keynote address will begin at 9:00 am. The conference is free and open to the public.
Please join us on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at the monthly meeting of the CVGA.
We will take a look back at the long history of our association’s publication, Central Virginia Heritage, and look ahead as we embark on the journey to bring our new electronic version to life.
The meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Family History Center in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS Church). Directions: The address of the LDS Church is 1275 Timberwood Blvd., on the corner of Airport Road and Timberwood. Coming from U.S. 29, the entrance is on the right (north) side of Airport Road immediately before you reach the church. Drive to the back of the building where you will see the entrance to the Family History Center.
Mark your calendars! On Saturday, November 7, 2015 the Family History Conference will take place at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Airport Road. The conference will run from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. Registration will begin at 8:30 am and the keynote address will begin at 9:00 am.
For more information and to pre-register, go to cvillefamilyhistorycenter.org.
The conference is free and open to the public.
There will be no CVGA meeting in August. The Family History Center is closed for the month of August.
See you on September 12th.
Please join us on Saturday, July 11, 2015, when professional genealogist Robert McLaren speaks about using DNA testing to expand our family trees.
Bob has been doing genealogical research for over 30 years. He is the Chairman of the Genealogy Committee for the Clan MacLaren Society of North America. In 2008, the Clan MacLaren Society (based in Scotland) asked him to be their Genealogist and he accepted. He is also the Mid-Atlantic Commissioner for the Clan MacLaren Society of North America. Bob is easily recognized at genealogy conferences since he wears the MacLaren kilt. He is the Project Administrator for the Clan MacLaren Surname DNA Project, one of the largest DNA projects, with 425 participants as of August 2009. He is also the Project Administrator for three smaller surname DNA projects (Lindo, da Silva, and Braham) He presented numerous talks on DNA and genealogy at NGS Annual Conferences, to the DAR, and to other national and local societies. Bob has done research in many areas of the U.S., Canada, and Scotland helping Clan members and clients.
The meeting will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Family History Center at the rear of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Airport Road.
For more information, call 434-962-4697.