Ashland County Chapter, OGS

07/13/2025

Don't forget that the July meeting is our chapter potluck picnic. The picnic is this Tues (July 15th) with the "meeting" starting at 5:30. We will have social time from 5:30 to 6:00 & will begin serving at 6:00 PM. The location is at the Freer Field Visitors Center located at 1301 Park St Ashland, OH 44805.

This is indoors in a climate controlled environment with public restrooms available so we will be meeting rain/shine!

Please bring your favorite potluck dish to share, your own place setting, & beverage.

Guests & anyone interested in joining the chapter are more than welcome to attend.

Just watch out that Yogi Bear doesn't steal your picnic basket!

07/09/2025

Mark Your Calendars

Registration for the 2025 OGS Fall Retreat being held at the OGS Samuel D Islay Library on September 26-27, 2025 is now open. For more information and to register visit www.ogs.org/product/registration-for-fall-retreat-2/

06/18/2025

Ashland County Historical Society's Eparaima Wild gave an excellent presentation tonight to our genealogical group (Ashland County Chapter OGS) on the Betty Plank Research Library in the museum's carriage house. If in the area doing family or local history research, keep in mind that they house many unique manuscripts and photographs not found in our own collection at the Ashland Public Library. Their files on people and subjects are great! The research room is open 10 to 3 Tuesday through Friday, but call the ACHS museum ahead of your trip to make certain that a volunteer or staff member is available to assist.

05/31/2025

05/30/2025

Maybe our next generation GENEALOGISTS!

📚 Exploring Roots: 4th Grade Students Partner with the Ashland Genealogical Society 🌳

Our 4th grade students recently had the unique opportunity to connect with local history through a wonderful partnership with the Ashland County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society! Chapter President Charlotte Elson visited the students to spark their curiosity about genealogy and the importance of learning about family history.

As part of the experience, students were challenged to write an essay on why it would be interesting to learn about genealogy. Thanks to the guidance of Mrs. Krause, their ELA teacher, students crafted thoughtful responses. Selected essay winners were then invited to the Ashland Public Library, where Mrs. Kowatch, their Social Studies teacher, helped guide them in using genealogical resources to begin their own family history research.

This was a meaningful and educational experience for all involved—and a wonderful example of the power of community partnerships in bringing learning to life. Thank you to the Ashland Genealogical Society and the Ashland Public Library for supporting our young historians! 🕵️‍♂️📖✨

05/30/2025

Our most recent Newsletter has been mailed to all active members of Ashland County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society; we hope you enjoy it. If you have any family articles that you’d like to share, let us know. The chapter is here for our members and the Newsletter belongs to those members.

If you’re not a member, consider joining today and see what we have to offer you in your Genealogy journey. As a member, our “Members Only” section on our website has all previous newsletters. Visit our website at https://ashlandccogs.org.

We also offer in-person and virtual, monthly meetings to our members. You might want to visit our Chapter Library, located on the 2nd Floor of the Ashland Public Library, 224 Claremont Ave., Ashland, Ohio. Check us out and join to get to know your ancestors.

04/04/2025

We are excited to announce that Denbow-Gasche Funeral Home Records Vol. 2 1964-2018 is at the printers & will be available for purchase at our April meeting.

We will have a special one day sale price of $40.00 +tax ($43.00) for that night only if you want a copy.

This is a companion to Vol. 1 & contains the names of individuals who had there funeral services at Denbow-Gasche along with burial information, both birth & death information, parents information, & their occupation if available. This is a 423 page soft bound publication.

03/18/2025

Sale ends 3/24. Terms apply.

03/16/2025

On Tuesday March 18th we will be having our March meeting of ACCOGS. Our speaker will be British historical, genealogical mystery crime writer Nathan Dylan Goodwin. He will be presenting his program titled" Finding Henry" which is the account of his grandmother's wartime romance leading to the birth of an illegitimate child.
Please note this program is virtual via Zoom only and because the speaker is from Great Britain it will be held at 5:30 PM instead of 6:30. All members will receive the Zoom meeting via email a few days before the meeting. This program is open to anyone who is interested in attending just email the chapter president at accogspresident@gmail.com no later than March 17th to receive the link.

You can view Nathan's website at the following link: https://www.nathandylangoodwin.com/

03/05/2025

Don't forget the special hands on assistance for lineage applications (not just limited to the Ashland Co lineage applications) with 3 of the OGS Lineage Chairs on Tues March 25th at the Freer Home . These are free and open to anyone but you must be registered by March Tues March 18th.

All assistance is limited to 30 min sessions. If you would like to register please send an email to accogslineage@gmail.com. Include which lineage application you would like assistance with so we can direct you to the proper chair.

02/17/2025

Join us tomorrow for our Feb meeting, we will have Susan Matthews (President of the Marion Co Chapter, OGS) presenting "Helpful Tips in Researching Genealogy". This meeting is virtual via Zoom only and will begin at 6:30 PM EST. All chapter members if you have not received the link or you are a guest and would like the link please email Charlotte Elson at accogspresident@gmail.com no later than Tues Feb 18th at 4 PM EST.