MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS - Being a chapter member affords you certain benefits such as:

• A newsletter, "The Highpoint,"  is issued six  times per year. in January, March, May, July, September and November..
• SummitOGS Electronic Report, an electronic newsletter, is e-mailed to members in February, April, June, August, October and December. To subscribe, send e-mail to summitogs@yahoo.com Put "subscribe" in the subject and your full name and e-mail address in the body of the message.
• Ten (10) monthly meetings, offering informative programs and workshops, are a good place to exchange ideas and information.
• Free Queries published in "The Highpoint". A wonderful research tool. We exchange newsletters with over 30 Genealogical Societies across the country and provide several research libraries with complimentary subscriptions. Your Query has the potential of reaching 300,000 genealogists.
• Having your Queries/Surnames placed on our web site--another great research tool with the potential of reaching thousands of researchers.

 

 
 
 

Our Chapter maintains:
Five Generation Charts - with copies at the Akron Library.
Surname Index for Charts - also at the Library.
Ancestor Card file - kept at the Akron Library.

MEETING TIMES & PLACES - Meetings are not just for members. Guests are welcome at any meeting. All you have to do is show up.  Meetings for 2010 are listed below and are usually the third Saturday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Akron-Summit  County Public Library, 60 S. High St., in downtown  Akron.  There are no meetings in August, November and December.  The annual banquet is in November. Time and place of the banquet are announced after they are planned and will be listed below under "MEETING AND PROGRAM NOTES".

Membership runs from January 1 to December 31.

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For Joint Membership(two persons at same address), please put second name here:

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Our Chapter, a 501(C)(3) organization, has created a Memorial/Tribute Library Fund which will support the purchase of memorial books and other gifts made by the Chapter to the Akron-Summit County Library and the Ohio Genealogical Society Library.

Would you like to make a donation to the Memorial/Tribute Library Fund?
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Are you a member of Ohio Genealogical Society? yes___no___
Is the second name /Joint Membership a member?

Is this a new membership? __________
Is this a renewal membership? __________

$14.00 single ______ $15.00 family ______ (2 people-same address-1 newsletter)

Make checks payable to - and send to: Summit County Chapter, OGS P O Box 2232 Akron OH 44309-2232

For a membership card PLEASE enclose a  S.A.S.E.

Saturday, April 17th:  "TOMBSTONE RECOGNITION AND PRESERVATION"  1:00 at the downtown Akron-Summit County Public Library.
Presented by Jim Leone, owner of Summit Monument in Akron, Ohio. Mr. Leone has been in the business for 36 years.

Saturday May 15th:  "CEMETERY INVASION TAKE II";  "10AM-2PM COPLEY CEMETERY 3770 Copley Rd between Cleve-Mass rd & Rte 21".
Click on Button below for map and more info.

Saturday, June 19th:  "COURTHOUSE RESEARCHING IN OHIO"  1:00 at the downtown Akron-Summit County Library.
Presented by Henry Timmer, past president and present Trustee of Firelands Historical Society, County Historian for Huron Co. Ohio, professional genealogist, columnist, abstractor, member of First Families of Ohio and former VP of OGS.

Saturday, July 17th "USING TAX RECORDS TO TRACE ANCESTOR'S" 1:00 at the new OGS Library in Mansfield, Ohio.
This will be Presented by Tom Neel of the OGS. After the meeting we will have a tour of the library and then we will be able to do research. We will meet at 10:00am in the lower level of the Akron library parking deck and carpool to Mansfield. You may also go over by yourself.

August "NO MEETING"

Saturday September 18th:  "TBA"   1:00 at the downtown Akron-Summit County Library.
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Saturday, October 16th:  "THE FAR REACHING POWER OF COAL"    1:00 at the downtown Akron-Summit County Library.
Presented by Judy Davis of our chapter. This program explores both the brief life of the coal industry in Tallmadge and the longer lasting impact it had on the demographics of this community.

Saturday, November 13th:  "THE SUMMIT COUNTY OGS BANQUET"    6:00pm Cathedral Buffet, 2690 State Rd, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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December "NO MEETING"

 The full copy of the minutes now appears regularly as the first item listed under TIMELY TOPICS from the main menu of the web site.

The Summit County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society does not have a building for research purposes. We are limited to checking only the books we have published for information about your ancestor. As a courtesy to those of you needing in-depth research we offer you the following list of chapter members who will do genealogical research for a fee. A brief explanation of their work areas is provided..

Researchers will be contacted by you and will work for you. Therefore, The Summit County Chapter, OGS will NOT be liable for work done by any researcher.

Fees will vary according to the background and experience of the researcher. For more information concerning individual fees and procedures please write directly to the person(s) of your choice. You may want to write to more than one individual to see who is best suited to your needs. Please include a long self-addressed stamped envelope (S.A.S.E.) for their reply. Thank You!
 

         The following is a list of members and former members who have been accepted into FIRST SETTLERS OF SUMMIT COUNTY, and their ancestors. The year they became members of First Settlers follows in parenthesis. Double stars ** denotes they are a current chapter member. Under each member's name is the ancestor he/she submitted and the year and township of settlement. Names of the First Settlers are printed in blue.
            Copies of these applications and documentation can be seen at the Akron-Summit County Public Library in the genealogy section of the Language, Literature and History Department.
            You can obtain an application form by sending e-mail to summitogs@yahoo.com and requesting that one be mailed to you.  Include your full name and address.  If you have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer and a high speed DSL or cable connrection you can also call it up and print it out or download the file which is called Settlers.pdf  Because the file is rather large, those with a dial-up connection will not be able to access the the form.   Get copy of  the form.