Blair County Genealogical Society
431 Scotch Valley Rd.
Hollidaysburg, PA. 16648
814-696-3492
bcgslibrary@gmail.com
Meetings are held at 7 PM the 3rd Thursday of each month except July and December at the library. Visitors are always welcome.
2003
January - Chris Fyock, Pennsylvania Land Records
February - Barb Miller, Bloody Run Historical Society
March - Charles Doutt, Civil War Reenactor
April - Bonnie Kyofski, Folklore of Pennsylvania's North Country
May - Richard Hite, The Y Chromosome in DNA Testing
June - Dennis McIlnay, Juniata, River of Sorrows
July - Picnic
August - Annie Whiteman, Free Research on the Internet
September - Peter S. Seibert, The Scots-Irish in Pennsylvania, rescheduled for 11/15
October - Joseph G. Sanchez, Dating, Placing and Archiving Photographs
November - Mel Singer, Using Tax Records for Genealogical Purposes
December - Annual Holiday Luncheon
2004
January - Dave Huber, Cambria County
February - Scott Troutman, Preserving Your Family Expressions
March - Tim VanScoyoc, Curator of Baker Mansion
April - Ellen Copper, Cemeteries
May - Karen Morrow and Aileen Fulcomer, Sinking Valley
June - Samuel Z. Kuhn, Rock Hill Trolley Museum
July - Picnic
August - Dr. David Valuska, the Pennsylvania Dutch and the Hessian Soldiers in the Revolutionary War
September - Frank Seymour, Charles Schwab and Loretto
October - Carla J.S. Messinger, founder of the Lennie Lenape Historical Society and Indian Museum of Indian Culture in Allentown, Lenape Lifeways: Introduction to the First People of Pennsylvania
November - Jennie Amrhein, "Wait 'til you hear about MY Grandma"
December - Annual Holiday Luncheon
2005
January - Nancy Stover, Centre County Resources
February - Peggy Goodman, History Scene Investigation
March - David A. Seidel, Altoona & Old Lakemont Park
April - Charles Fox, Somerset County's National Guard in World War I
May - Pat Tremble, Fayette County Historical Society
June - Robert Leight, One Room Schoolhouses
July - Picnic
August - Dr. J. Joseph Edgette, Came High Water, Then Fire: the Johnstown Flood of 1889
September - Irvin G. Myers, 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteers, We Might as Well Die Here
October - Patty A. Wilson & Scott Crownover, Paranormal Pennsylvania - History & Hauntings
November - David C. Glossner, Diane Whitaker & Bill Tyson, Doing Genealogy in Clinton County
December - Annual Holiday Luncheon
2006
January - Brian Fleck, Hollidaysburg Canal Basin
February - Bob Leidy, Lakemont Park
March - Tom Romanchock, Frontier Firearms
April - Nancy Smith, Tyrone Historical Society
May - Cordell, Fulton County
June - David P. Miller - Bushy Run Battlefield
July - Picnic
August - Charlotte Blair Stewart, Ulster Scots
September - Christine Goldbeck, Mining for Truth: Coal Culture
October - Joe Conlon
November - For the Love of Limestone, a Look at the Historical Limestone Quarrying and Calcining Operation in What is Now Canoe Creek State Park
December - Annual Holiday Luncheon
Library Hours
Mon 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Wed 10 AM-3:30 PM
Wed 6:30 PM-9:30 PM
Thurs 10 AM-3:30 PM
Sat 10 AM-2 PM
First Families of Blair County
Blair County PAGenWeb Archives