March 2, 2019 - Come join us on Saturday, March 9 March 16 at 1:00 P.M. at the Merced Genealogical Society located in the Merced County Library in the Gracey Room located at 2100 O Street in Merced. Guests are always invited and no charge.
Program: How to Create a Bridge Back to Your Irish Roots, by Lewis M. Ruddick, Past President of the Genealogical Society of Stanislaus Co. His personal career was in law enforcement and U.S. Army.
This presentation is his investigative route taken to go back 330 years from Ukiah, California to The Diamond, Grange Lower, Armagh, Ireland, to touch his Ruddock family roots.
MCGS meetings: on the 3rd or 4th Saturday each month at the Merced County Library, Gracey Room, located at 2100 O Street in Merced CA. 95340, at 1:00 P.M. MCGS has been active from 1983, and each month, we have between 20-40 members and guests attending. MCGS has very knowledgeable and professional guest speakers, meetings are free to the public, plus we love having guests!
Future 2019 Programs: On Saturday, April 20 - History of Alta California up to 1850, and looking at important Mission records, program by an Associate Genealogist with Ancestry Pro-Genealogists. Saturday, May 18 - PERSI: The Periodical Source Index from over 8,000 genealogical and history societies. Saturday, June 15 - Organizing Your Stuff.
Visit the Merced County Genealogical Society website for additional information. Website also includes many "Family Snoop" newsletters.
Source: MCGS
