Our meeting this Saturday will be a presentation by Carol Rush, Let’s Talk About Deeds. Carol will also introduce Nancy Upshaw who will help us understand Deedmapper, a software for working with land records.
A Zoom invitation will be emailed to all members on Thursday. The meeting is scheduled for 10 am on September 12.
At our last meeting (via Zoom) we viewed a PowerPoint presentation from Linda Gore that gave some websites on the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Here’s a link to a downloadable file for your viewing pleasure!
Our meeting on August 8 will be about the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
Do you have any ancestors who marched for suffrage in the 1900s? How did you find out about them? Any stories or photos that you might like to share.
An invitation to the meeting will be emailed to members on Friday.
Please see information about online meetings by clicking on 2020 Meeting Schedule.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Timberwood Blvd. will be closed for the foreseeable future. CVGA will be offering virtual meetings for the rest of the year.
Please be aware that the monthly meeting of the Central Virginia Genealogical Association will not be held this coming Saturday, March 14, 2020.
While there have not been any reported cases of the coronavirus in Charlottesville, we decided to be cautious and not hold a meeting. We will post information about the April meeting in a few weeks.
Let’s start out on the right foot in 2020!
Bring your genealogy questions to our January meeting and we will put our heads together to help find possible avenues of research. We will save some time to hear about your recent discoveries and successes in your genealogy. Come and be inspired to launch your genealogy research in 2020!
The meeting will take place Saturday, January 11 from 10:00 am-noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The address of the Church is 1275 Timberwood Blvd., Charlottesville, VA. It is located 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.
Hope to see you there.
This month we are having an “Ancestor Show and Tell”. Bring something that has a special meaning to you as a family historian and if you like, tell us about it: who it belonged to, what it means to you and where it came from. It could be a handmade item, such as a quilt or a doily, a dish or a doll with a special significance, a family scrapbook or family bible, or even an exciting, unexpected document that you have found.
NOTE: We will treat your special items as museum pieces and ask that no one touches anything without your permission.
At our November meeting, a revision of the bylaws was approved, replacing the last version, dated 14 September 2002. Some of the changes reflected in the revision are the transition to digital publication of Central Virginia Heritage, acknowledging the association’s website, updated responsibilities of the officers, and disposition of the group’s assets in the case of dissolution.
Read the revised bylaws here.
Evernote is a web-based note taking app which you can use to find the graves of your ancestors. At the November 9, 2019 meeting of the CVGA, Patricia Lukas will share with us how to use this handy app to make the most of a cemetery visit.