May 7, 2013 - regular meeting

June 4, 2013 - regular meeting / election of officers

July 2, 2013 - regular meeting

Membership Information

Membership Fees are $15.00 for one year. Single or couple (husband and wife)

Click here for the Membership Form.

Members may submit free queries and surname submissions to be included in the Quest, the ECGS Newsletter.  Send them to: Emmet County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 2476, Petoskey, MI 49770.

PROJECTS

EMMET COUNTY CIVIL WAR VETERANS RESEARCH PROJECT

In keeping active in our important goal of preserving history, we are currently researching all Civil War Veterans who had any connection or relationship with Emmet County. Our goal is to combine a short written account of each Veteran's life, along with information on his military service.  We expect to research approximately 1,000 veterans. Any help on this project would be greatly appreciated. If you have knowledge of a Civil War Veteran from Emmet County please contact us.

EMMET COUNTY HISTORY PROJECT

We are collecting newspaper articles, photos and stories of local businesses, events and family memories pertaining to Emmet County.  Please contact us is you would like to contribute to this project.

Both the Civil War and History Project Notebooks will soon be housed at the Alanson Area Public Library.

Our Elected Officers for the 2012-2013 Membership Year

                    President - Jon Phillips
                    Vice President - Donna Johnson
                    Recording Secretary - Marcia Maves
                    Corresponding Secretary - Janet Fettig
                    Treasurer - Clare Amacher

Committee Chairpersons:

                    Newsletter - Kim Morgan
                    Resource Look-Up Chair - Alan Thelen

                    Public Relations - Terry Vanderslik

Announcements

Alanson Area Public Library  We are very grateful for the generosity of the Alanson Area Public Library for housing all our society holdings.  We now have over 300 research books, many genealogy helpers, our society newsletters, regional society newsletters, genealogy magazines and our society history.  Over 200 genealogy books were donated to our society by Marcia K. Bourdeau and the estate of Lowel Kosloskey. We sincerely thank all involved for their help, assistance and time on this project.  Alanson  Area Public Library

Our Friends - Angel Ambassadors  A newly developed one time hand up non profit organization formed to bring awareness and contributions to all Veterans causes and needs.    Visit the Angel Ambassadors Website.

The Harbor Springs Historical Society and History Museum has a genealogy section on their website. It has searchable database and is an ongoing project.  Harbor Springs Historical Society & Harbor Springs History Museum.

Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey, MI now has a website with a genealogical lookup page where all of their burial and obituary records can be searched and printed.  A search there will return maiden names as well as last names.  A contact form is available on their website for persons wanting information. Greenwood Cemetery

Volunteers Are Needed

Members are needed to help with the expansion of the Emmet County Genealogical Society and be on the Membership Committee.  This will be an ongoing project.  If you have an interest in being on this committee, please email: Janet Fettig Corresponding Secretary.

If you are interested in becoming involved in the Emmet County Genealogical Society or have ideas or talents you'd like to share, please contact Recording Secretary, Marcia Maves.

This page was updated March 13, 2013.
Webmaster - Penny Hills-Postma

Train photo at top of page - contributed by Lowell Kosloskey.