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The 37^th Annual Valentine Seminar

Saturday, February 22, 2020 9 am – 4 pm

First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach, Florida

 

 

This year our speaker will be Debra Dudek.

Debra is Head of Adult and Teen Services at the Fountaindale Public Library District in Bolingbrook, IL. She holds a post graduate certificate in Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, and is the author of the World War I Research Guide: Tracing American Military and Non-Combatant Ancestors – Includes a Guide to Canadian Military Research which is available in paperback on Amazon.com.

The topics that Debra will be presenting include:

Researching War of 1812 Ancestors

Civil War Genealogy: Tracing the service of Billy Yank and Johnny Reb

Tracing Female Ancestors in WWI Military and Non-Combatant Records

The Diary of Wesley Peever – A World War I Genealogical Mystery

 

Complimenatry Bagels and Coffee included in the registration

 

 

 

Questions?  Email seminar @irgs.org 

 

The Indian River Genealogical Society and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center are pleased to announce the 2020 Indian River Genealogy Conference. This full-day conference will be held on Saturday, April 25, 2020 between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse located at 3980 12th Street in Vero Beach, Florida.

 

In-person registration opens at 8:00 am and is free. 

 

The classes are appropriate for beginning to experienced family historians. Consultations to help understand DNA testing will be available as well as personal assistance in the Family History Center. More than a dozen exhibitors, door prizes, and material from a variety of organizations will be present in the exhibit hall. The updated program schedule will be posted here when it becomes available.

 

For more information, email info@irgs.org or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/irgconf.

 

 

 

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The purpose of the Vero Beach Community Reconstitution Project is to reconstruct the Vero community as it was when it was first formed 100 years ago. Members will use the 1920 US census for Vero, St. Lucie, Florida along with other records to create family groups of the first residents in FamilySearch.org. This project is being done in cooperation with the BYU Linking Labs, Vero Beach FL Family History Center and the Indian River Genealogical Society. A Facebook Group has been established called Vero Beach Community Reconstitution Project - Genealogy HERE. The group is designed to provide guidance and assistance as the project is being developed. Anyone interested in assisting in this project is welcome to request access to this group but participants are not required to join the Facebook group. 
Instructional video #1. This video explains the basics of finding names in the 1920 US Census and adding them to FamilySearch. The video was developed for a similar project in Grangeville, Idaho. To find the correct pages in the 1920 US census you will search for Vero, St. Lucie, Florida. https://youtu.be/iysiNhJXpng
Instructional video #2. This video discusses how to link other records from various sources to individuals in the project on FamilySearch. If you have historic records of your own or have access to historic archives of Vero consider adding them to these records. https://youtu.be/el0PE1BLMZM
Quick Link to 1920 US census for Vero, St. Lucie, Florida on FamilySearch.  https://tinyurl.com/VeroRecon 

 

 

Are you curious about how to get started researching your ancestors? Try this class...

 

This class for beginning researchers consists of three sessions. Sessions I and II are held in the History Room on the second floor of the Indian River County Main Library. Session III is held in the Genealogy Department on the second floor of the Indian River County Main Library.

 

Session I is a lecture on getting started -- how to record and organize your facts; how to search for additional information; how to find and use available resources.

Session II is a lecture and demonstration -- how to find information on the internet and learning to use the library's genealogy department resources.

Session III is a hands-on session using the library's genealogy department computers to search online for your ancestors' records and other information.

 

These classes are generally held monthly; no November or December classes. 

 

Pre-registration is required. Register by phone: 772-444-7470 or register using the sign-up sheet on the table just outside the Genealogy Department at the Main Library.  Please register early as the classes may fill quickly.

Now you can help support the work of the Indian River Genealogical Society when you shop at Amazon.  It's so easy!  Just click the "Get Started" button and log in as you always do to shop at Amazon. Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to IRGS.  Thanks for your support!

 

The Indian River Genealogical Society Inc

 

This index contains more than 118,000 names for obituaries appearing in Indian River County, Florida newspapers from 1913 through the present. Microfilm copies of of the newspapers are available at the Indian River Main Library in Vero Beach, FL.   Go to the obituary index.

 

 

Visit our revised Surname database listing  hundreds of surnames which are being researched by current IRGS members.  With this new feature, individuals interested in making an inquiry can send an email directly to the member who is researching the name.  The member's name and email address are not visible to the person making the inquiry.

 

IRGS members can download instructions for adding, changing, or deleting surnames.

 

 

Members can now access an index to the Indian River Genealogical Society Newsletter.  Go to the Members Only tab.  Click on the second item "Newsletter Index".    You can access issues from 2007 forward in the Members Only section.  Earlier issues are located in the Genealogy Department at the Indian River Main Library.   We appreciate the diligent efforts of Aurie W. Morrison in making this index possible.