MCGG Friday Meetings Start 2025 Tomorrow

MCGG Friday group meets in-person (hybrid) tomorrow Friday, January 10, 2026, at 1 p.m.
in the Boardroom of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... Setting Goals and Plans: A Working Roundtable.

This roundtable will be a little different. It is a working session for everyone to sit down and craft some goals or maybe a grander plan for your genealogy in 2025. Maybe get some opinions and ideas from other members too. A little prep work will be helpful especially if your genealogy is not accessible on a laptop or online. Regardless, everyone can get something out of this session.

Please note the room change. For this meeting we have moved to the library's boardroom which is located across from the elevator and directly across from the Local History & Genealogy Room.

 

Our plan is that our meetings will be hybrid meaning the meeting will be in-person with a virtual Zoom option. The Zoom meeting link (or registration link) will now be found on our Southeast Michigan Genealogy Events Calendar (use the link at the top of this page then on the calendar page, click on the meeting then scroll down to see the link) and our Facebook page. The link will usually be added the night before or morning of the meeting. Members will receive a reminder email with the Zoom invite or a reminder that registration is required for a meeting.

 

New attendees are always welcome.

See you at our favorite library!
LE

MCGG Starts 2025 with Let's Talk...Genealogy THIS Wednesday

 MCGG Let's Talk...Genealogy discussion group meets in-person (hybrid) THIS Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

in the Local History & Genealogy Room of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... Where Do I Go From Here?

Bring research questions, brick walls, or new finds to share with the group! Let's share our challenges, maybe someone will have an idea to solve them.

Why is this our most popular discussion topic? Because it is your opportunity to get your questions or problems hopefully answered. But not just from one point of view but often several. And, when you have a new genealogy find you have like-minded genealogists who understand that satisfaction when maybe family members do not

Our plan is that our meetings will be hybrid meaning the meeting will be in-person with a virtual Zoom option. The Zoom meeting link (or registration link) will now be found on our Southeast Michigan Genealogy Events Calendar and our Facebook page. The link will usually be added the night before or morning of the meeting. Members will receive a reminder email with the Zoom invite or a reminder that registration is required for a meeting.

 

New attendees are always welcome.

See you at our favorite library!
LE

MCGG Releases its January 2025 Meetings -- Join Us!

A reminder about our Macomb County Genealogy Group January 2025 meetings. We will release the rest of our 2025 Winter/Spring schedule when everything is set.

MCGG Let's Talk...Genealogy discussion group meets in-person (hybrid) Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.

in the Local History & Genealogy Room of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... Where Do I Go From Here?

Bring research questions, brick walls, or new finds to share with the group! Let's share our challenges, maybe someone will have an idea to solve them.

Why is this our most popular discussion topic? Because it is your opportunity to get your questions or problems hopefully answered. But not just from one point of view but often several. And, when you have a new genealogy find you have like-minded genealogists who understand that satisfaction when maybe family members do not

MCGG Friday group meets in-person (hybrid) Friday, January 10, 2026, at 1 p.m.
in the Auditorium B/C of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... Setting Goals and Plans: A Working Roundtable.

This roundtable will be a little different. It is a working session for everyone to sit down and craft some goals or maybe a grander plan for your genealogy in 2025. Maybe get some opinions and ideas from other members too. A little prep work will be helpful especially if your genealogy is not accessible on a laptop or online. Regardless, everyone can get something out of this session.

 

Our plan is that our meetings will be hybrid meaning the meeting will be in-person with a virtual Zoom option. The Zoom meeting link (or registration link) will now be found on our Southeast Michigan Genealogy Events Calendar and our Facebook page. The link will usually be added the night before or morning of the meeting. Members will receive a reminder email with the Zoom invite or a reminder that registration is required for a meeting.

 

New attendees are always welcome.

See you at our favorite library!
LE

Finding Your Roots Season 11 Begins Tues., Jan. 7 2025, on PBS at 8 p.m.

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. starts its 11th Season on January 7, 2025, on PBS at 8 p.m. Eastern. 

If you can't catch the show Tuesday night, don't worry it repeats on  Wednesday, at 3 p.m. and again Saturday at 5 p.m. It may even end up on your provider's InDemand or similar service.

You can find the trailer and extended trailer on the show's PBS website page, Face Book page or on its YouTube Channel.

There are 10 episodes for this season. Here are the celebrity guests announced so far or seen in the trailer: Lea Salonga, Amanda Seyfried, Joy Behar, Michael Imperioli, Amy Tan, Rita Dove, Sharon Stone, Chrissy Teigan, José Andrés, Sean Sherman, Rubén Blades, Natalie Morales, Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Debra Messing, Melanie Lynskey, Lawrence Fishburne, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lonnie Bunch, AND it appears from the trailer that Henry Louis Gates gets his own Book of Life with the solution to a mystery that has haunted Gates' own family for generations.

Don't forget between 2022 and 2023 we created Genealogy TV Show BINGO cards for you and your family or a viewing party can play while watching. We tweaked the cards so that by version 4 it would work well with both types of genealogy TV shows. The earlier versions tend to work better for one show type or the other. Regardless of which version you use, have fun!

See you at our favorite library!
LE

Christmas Sale on Archion.de Passes and Vouchers (Gift Certificates): Save 20%

If you have ancestors from Germany who were Evangelische in religion, you may have heard of the Archion.de website. It was founded in 2016 by the Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland with eleven regional Evangelische churches. The website has continued to grow through the years and currently has over 175,000 church books digitized and now 25 partner archives which include primarily protestant archives as well as archives of dioceses, states, towns and associations.

From Friday December 6, 2024, through Friday, December 13, 2024, Archion.de is having its annual Special Christmas Offers -- a 20 percent off sale on 3-month or 1-year passes and vouchers/gutschein.

Passes -- Paid-Access starting from time of purchase.

3-Month Pass is regularly €52.20 now on sale for €41.75 including VAT
This pass allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for three months (90 days) starting from the date of subscription, as well as up to 150 image (PDF) downloads.

1-Year Pass is regularly €178.80 now on sale for €143 including VAT
This pass allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for one year (365 days) starting from the date of subscription, as well as up to 600 image (PDF) downloads.

Vouchers/Gutschein -- Pre-paid Coupons/Vouchers/Gift Certificates

3-Month Voucher is regularly €52.20 now on sale for €41.75 including VAT
This voucher allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for three months (90 days) starting from the date of redemption by the recipient, as well as up to 150 image (PDF) downloads. Vouchers expire two years after their issue date. Except in legally specified cases, vouchers cannot be recharged, re-sold, transferred, or paid out in cash value.

1-Year Voucher is regularly €178.80 now on sale for €143 including VAT
This voucher allows an individual user to access the digital church book archive for one year (365 days) starting from the date of redemption by the recipient, as well as up to 600 image (PDF) downloads. Vouchers expire two years after their issue date. Except in legally specified cases, vouchers cannot be recharged, re-sold, transferred, or paid out in cash value

You must create an account prior to making a purchase. Or be logged in with an existing account. When making your purchase, if you want a pass (which starts immediately) select "Book # Pass Now" but if you want a voucher be sure to scroll down and select "Buy as a Gift Voucher." Purchases can be made using a credit card or PayPal. Passes and Vouchers do not automatically renew.

The Archion website is in German with some English translated website pages. You are able to browse the contents of the website for free meaning to see what is available. Uploaded digitized church books are shaded in green. If a location or book is not shaded in green than it is not yet uploaded. The forum boards are also free but you must be logged into the website and have the site in German (DE.)

The church books are organized first by the regional holding archive and the regional division and the parish location where you can then see what records types and time periods are available. At this time the digitized church records are mostly NOT electronically indexed so this is a browse and manually search like you would have done in the days of microfilm. And yes, the record images are in German in that old Schrift handwriting for the most part.

If you know the name of the parish you seek you can search that parish name to see if it comes up. But sometimes spelling matters so a manual search for the parish is suggested on the Archion.de website. Church books are added daily. Generally, in batches from three or so different archives each month. The almost monthly email newsletter usually informs what was recently added, what is currently being added, and what will be added next.

Remember, in Germany records are not centralized so you really need to know your origin village and determine its parish location before jumping across the water to the old country.

Also, remember German time is 6 hours ahead from Eastern Time so take that into account and don't wait for the last minute -- you might be 6 hours late.

See you at our favorite library!
LE

Legacy Family Tree Webinar Extends Happy Holiday Sale Until Sunday, Dec. 8

Legacy Family Tree Webinars is having a Happy Holiday Sale. It began December 1 and has now been extended through Sunday, December 8, 2024. It is offering a one-year membership to the webinar subscription service (regularly $49.95 per year) for first-time members aka new subscribers for $24.98 -- that is 50 percent off! (Note: This sale can not be combined with other discounts.) 

Family Tree Webinars Membership gets you 24/7 access to over 1,000 full-length webinars/classes covering a very wide variety of genealogy-related subjects and the handouts/syllabus to those webinars/classes.

See you at our favorite library!
LE 

 

 

MCGG December Meetings -- Join Us!

A reminder about our Macomb County Genealogy Group December 2024 meetings.

MCGG Let's Talk...Genealogy discussion group meets in-person (hybrid) Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 6:30 p.m.

in the Local History & Genealogy Room of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... A Genealogy Genie Grants You ONE Wish, What Would It Be and Why?

What would you wish for? Everyone gets a turn!

MCGG Friday group meets in-person (only) Friday, December 13, 2024, at 12 p.m. (Noon)
in the Auditorium B/C of the Mount Clemens Public Library. Our topic is ... MCGG and Let's Talk...Genealogy Groups Annual Potluck Holiday Party bring a dish (homemade or store bought) to share and join the fun.

Our plan is that our meetings will be hybrid meaning the meeting will be in-person with a virtual Zoom option. The Zoom meeting link (or registration link) will now be found on our Southeast Michigan Genealogy Events Calendar and our Facebook page. The link will usually be added the night before or morning of the meeting. Members will receive a reminder email with the Zoom invite or a reminder that registration is required for a meeting.

 

New attendees are always welcome.

See you at our favorite library!
LE