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.
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.
The May CVGA meeting was held May 9, 2015 in a meeting room in the new LDS church on Airport Road. There were 10 people present.
The April minutes were approved as written.
The current bank balance is $1477.28. This balance includes a $55 donation to The Historic Sandusky Foundation for James Langhorne`s book.. We have changed from First Union Band to the UVA Credit Union.. Someone needs to go to sign the papers.
Susan Emert has held back the program which will be given by the JMRL. She will call to ask them to come after July.
The June program will be a DNA roundtable discussion on DNA, and the July program will be a program given by DNA expert Robert McLaren.
There was a call for a discussion to keep dues at current rate. It is now $15 for individuals, $17.50 for a family, $19.50 for outside the US. It was decided that the ad hoc committee will meet again.
Today`s program was about organizing our genealogy records and resources.
Susan Emert gave an excellent program on organizing our data. She also gave an excellent demonstration of the program Roots Magic. Several good suggestions were also given by members.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 3:00PM
Have you considered DNA testing to learn more about your family connections? Would you like to know more about what kinds of tests there are and what to expect from them? In preparation for Bob McLaren’s visit in July, we will get a head start on understanding the terminology of DNA testing and the role of DNA in genealogy with a roundtable discussion.
The meeting of the Central Virginia Genealogical Association 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.
Do you have piles of paper, stacks of photos and files all over your desk? Does it take forever to find a census record or marriage certificate that you downloaded to your computer? Come to our meeting on Saturday, May 9 and ask questions about organizing your documents. We will discuss various methods of keeping all that paper in order and talk about computer programs available to help you organize your data.
The meeting of the Central Virginia Genealogical Association 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.
Mr. James Langhorne, will present his book, “The Virginia Langhornes: a History” on Saturday, April 11 at the meeting of the Central Virginia Genealogical Association at 1:30 p.m. at the Family History Center in back of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Airport Road.
The book documents all the descendants of Capt. John Langhorne (who came to Virginia about 1668), through the first generation born in the 20th century. Nancy Astor and Irene Gibson are the two most famous members of the family and have Albemarle connections, having spent time at Mirador, the family estate in Western Albemarle.
All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit the Historic Sandusky Foundation in Lynchburg, VA, a local museum and history center. Sandusky is an historic house long owned by the Hutters, Langhorne in-laws, who also owned Jefferson’s Poplar Forest.
February: At this meeting we will continue our courthouse records project, this time focusing on marriage banns, marriage records, and ministers’ returns.
March: Local author, James Langhorn, will talk about his new book, The Virginia Langhorns.
April, May, June: To be announced later.
July: Bob McLaren, Professional Genealogist, will speak to us about DNA and genealogy.
Cupcakes served at the Dec. 13, 2014 meeting.