About Us
Our Society’s members are united by a driving passion for genealogy, a desire to learn, and to share their knowledge with others, thus our mission statement is simple: Research – Learning – Fellowship! Our society is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and our major goals are:
- To promote interest in genealogy and family history.
- To encourage and instruct members and anyone interested, in research methods including careful documentation and the maintenance of quality genealogical standards.
- To locate, preserve and index, public and private genealogical records and make such records available.
- To assist and support any genealogical library in Colorado which is open to the public.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
General meetings are held in person and on Zoom in the Prairie Sage I room at the Fort Collins Senior Center (1200 Raintree Drive) on the third Saturday of each month at 10 am, except December. We offer our hybrid meetings using our Zoom telecasts for our remote members and visitors.
(Please check our Events Calendar for the meeting location for the month. Our monthly general meetings have an informative or entertaining program. The annual business meeting in January includes the election of officers. Our monthly programs include a knowledgeable speaker (many are Certified Genealogists or PhDs) on a variety of genealogy or family history subjects. Our meetings are open to the public and visitors are cordially welcome to learn about our society and genealogy.
We distribute a bi-monthly newsletter six times per year on our calendar of events, president’s message, Family History Center news, society news on our different events, genealogy research news, ancestor stories written by our members, various news on genealogy websites, past program highlights, and occasional columns on technology for genealogists. Visit our archives to see our past newsletters at Newsletter Archives. Become a member today to view our past newsletters as they are password protected as a member benefit.
EDUCATION
In keeping with our mission the Society is very active in Education. Over our long history, we have promoted hundreds of classes, workshops and presentations that taught everything from basic genealogy to advanced, tips and tricks, research techniques and genealogy resources. As times progressed those topics expanded to include DNA, digitizing photographs, Internet research and genealogy software. Our 2023 classes will be released by end of February.
We offer 15 genealogy research classes each year at the Harmony Library in Fort Collins or Loveland Library. The classes vary from beginner to advanced genealogy research. Please Download the 2023 Class Schedule and register online on our website for each class.
SOCIETY HISTORY & STAFF
For society history with photos and accomplishments of our society, please visit Society History page. For a summary of our past presidents, visit our Past Presidents Tribute page.
For a list of our current officers and committee chairs, please select Current Officers and Committee Chairs.
PROUD MEMBER
We are a proud member of the Colorado Council of Genealogical Societies (CCGS). Our CCGS delegate attends CCGS quarterly meetings to share information with other Colorado genealogical societies.
Interested in other area societies? Select the logo below to view other genealogy and ethnic societies in CO.
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