Welcome to the official home page of the Rush County Genealogical Society!
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You can learn more about this program at this webpage. Check it out today!
You can learn more about this program at this webpage. Check it out today!
This year marks the Bicentennial for Rush County and our organization is participating. Please visit our Bicentennial page to find out more about it!
Please be sure to check for the latest updates on our What's New page!
Have you still not viewed our cemetery videos? We partnered with 'History in Your Own Backyard' a few years back to produce a baker's dozen Rush County cemetery videos. Have a look at the details on our Cemetery Videos page!
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Founder Pam Steed RCGS 2023 Officers President: Katrina Cooper Vice President: Bill Baetz Secretary: Jane Howard Treasurer: Randi James Historian: Vacant RCGS 2023 Committees Newsletter: Katrina Cooper, Editor/Chairman Webmaster: Bill Baetz |
Upcoming Events SAVE THE DATE! Rush County Genealogical Society will be going to the Allen County Public Library to do Genealogy research on Saturday, July 22, 2023. We will meet at the Public Parking Lot across from Pizza King in Rushville at 8:00 a.m. and that will put us at the Library by 10:00. We have requested someone on staff to give us a tour so that you know where to start once we get there. The Library is open 9-6:00 on Saturdays. We will stop to eat on the way home. Hope you will join us for this great opportunity to visit the Genealogy Center! *UPDATE* During our first meeting this year, we decided to return to in-person meetings, and also switch to Wednesday evening's at 6:30 PM on the third week of the month. We intend to maintain the Zoom option for our out of town members, and we will be meeting with library staff to work out the details. Please stay tuned and check here or on our Facebook page regarding our future activities. As we had done previously, we are again operating on a reduced schedule for this year as we seek to rejuvenate our organization; Interested in becoming more involved? We welcome your input and participation, please email us at rcgsociety@gmail.com; February 11, 2023: 10AM: Presentation: How to use fire maps, plat maps, and the like in your genealogical research, by professional genealogist John Barr; We will also discuss changing our meeting schedule going forward, as well as a possible return to in-person meetings; Online using Zoom; If you are interested and not on our distribution list, please email us at rcgsociety@gmail.com for the login details! May 17, 2023: 6:30 PM: Today’s DAR with Patty Caudill and Julie Pyland; Rushville Public Library Meeting Room, and online using Zoom; Meeting info will be distributed to members via email. Non members may request meeting details by emailing us at rcgsociety@gmail.com. Check back for more details! July 22, 2023 Field Trip to Allen County Public Library. See details above; August 16, 2023: 6:30 PM: Donna Tauber, founding member and former president of RCGS, will give a presentation on birth and death certificates. Following her presentation, Dixie Meyer, RN, Rush County Health Department, will discuss opportunities to help with the input of Rush County birth and death records into a computer database; Rushville Public Library Meeting Room, and online using Zoom; Meeting info will be distributed to members via email. Non members may request meeting details by emailing us at rcgsociety@gmail.com. November 15, 2023: 6:30 PM: Rush County Genealogy Meeting; We will have election of officers at this last meeting of the year If anyone would like to take a more active role in the group, please let us know. Following our business meeting, Presentation TBD; Rushville Public Library Meeting Room, and online using Zoom, Meeting info will be distributed to members via email. Non members may request meeting details by emailing us at rcgsociety@gmail.com. December, 2023: NO MEETING THIS MONTH!
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