Meet PERSI, and Discover Treasures in Genealogy Periodicals

You may be missing out on 30% of genealogy discoveries if you’re not digging into history and genealogy newsletters, journals and magazines. Biographical profiles, stories about ancestral churches or schools, how-to tips for researching a locale, indexes and transcripts of local records are all among those treasures. Learn to find and access this content using PERSI, the Periodical Source Index, and other resources. See how to navigate PERSI on the new Allen County Public Library website portal, and success stories that can inspire your own foray into periodical research. 

Sunny Jane Morton

Sunny Jane Morton is a Contributing Editor at Family Tree Magazine and Director of Content at YourDNAGuide.com, where she teaches on U.S. record research, storytelling strategies and more. She is author of Story of My Life: A Workbook for Preserving Your Legacy, now in its 2nd edition, and co-author of the NGS award-winning book, How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records. She is past Editor of Ohio Genealogy News.

The General Meeting will start at 12:00 pm Pacific time and will be led by our President, Karen Smith. If you register for this event, you will receive an email reminder containing a link to the meeting three days before the event. If you are not receiving the invitations, please contact Karen Smith at:

presidentofcvgs@gmail.com

Admission is free for up to 100 participants so register early.  A handout will be available and sent to all society members.