Stark County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to tell you that September program will be Mandy Pond from the Massillon Museum giving up the program that was supposed to be for August which is about preserving your family’s oral histories.  It should be a very good program so I hope you can all make it.  The programs page [...]

Hi everyone I wanted to get a call to action out to everyone concerning the Stark County Fair that is coming up here from August 31 to September 6.

We have a space at the fair this year and we really need folks to volunteer to man it through the week.  We have divided the days [...]

Hi everyone I know this is very last minute but there has been a change in the program for this Thursday’s meeting. Mandy Pond from the Massillon Museum was unable to make it to the meeting for her program so instead Carolyn Caskey will be giving a presentation on the Fairmount Children’s Home which [...]

The July meeting is this Monday, July 5 for our Annual Picnic. It will be held at the Sippo Lake Clubhouse located at 5300 Tyner Street NW
Canton, OH 44708. Please bring your own table set-up and beverage of choice, plus a side dish, salad, or dessert to share. The main course will be [...]

Hey guys I just wanted to send out a reminder to you all that the June meeting is tonight at 7:00pm with snacks starting at 6:30pm. Tonight’s program will be from Jill Malusky from the Massillon Museum and it will be about Ohio’s Pre-Contact Native American History & Archaeology so it should be very [...]

Just wanted to let you know that the April meeting is coming up this Thursday and it will be at the Stark County Records Center and John Runion will be our host.
The Records Center is at 201 3rd St. N.E. Suite 5 in Canton, Ohio.

If you are coming from the west:
Then take US-30 east and [...]

At the February 11th meeting the changes to the By-Laws that the executive committee has been hard at work on were read aloud to the 27 members who were in attendance. They have now been posted on the web page for review. Please look them over and we encourage you to attend our next meeting [...]

Hello again,

Just wanted to send out a reminder that the February OGS meeting is this Thursday the 11th. The program tonight will be brought to you by Christopher Kenney who is the Education Director at the Mckinley Museum.  His program will be on the history of the automobile industry in Stark County.  It is [...]