Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society (MTGS)

11/16/2025

Yesterday was the 37th Annual Genealogical Seminar with special guest, Julie Merrill, AG. I hope you were able to join us in person or online because it had the "WOW" factor! Topics were Intetmediate Research Skill Building, Find All The Records - Alternative Methods To Documenting Your Family In A Burned County, How To Use DNA To Break Down Walls In My Family Tree, and Research Strategies For The Colonial Southern United States. There were door prizes including DNA kits, research guides, memberships, and two winners won 10 hours each of one on one assistance with Julie Merrill herself. The Tennessee Historical Society was there and offered membership discounts to attendees and we had valuable time with each other to discuss our genealogical research and findings. We had a great turnout but missed those that were not able to attend. We hope to see you next year!

11/12/2025

If you are interested in doing your DNA or obtaining a kit for someone else, here is a link to AncestryDNA for their best price!

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11/04/2025

Be sure to register for this year's MTGS Fall Seminar! Besides having a renowned speaker (Professional Genealogist Julie Merrill from Ancestry Pro-genealogists), we are truly blessed this year with some wonderful DOOR PRIZES for attendees. Elizabeth Shown Mills has donated two of her books. Our speaker Julie Merrill is bringing Ancestry ‘swag’ and DNA kits, and will be offering a door prize of a few hours of her research time for one very lucky winner!

In-person attendees have great, worry-free parking at the Tennessee State Library & Archives, a boxed lunch from Honey-Baked Ham, and our traditional array of refreshments. As always, MTGS members can register for the Seminar, either in-person or on Zoom, at the Member rate, which has been the same great price for 20 years.

View the Seminar Brochure online and register at our Seminar web page:

https://mtgs.org/seminar.html

We hope to see you, in-person or online, on November 15.

11/02/2025

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10/21/2025

Set an alarm to join us tonight!

Join us for "Ask the Archivists" panel next Tuesday on Zoom
Oct 21, 2025, 7pm - 8pm
Come spend the evening with 3 well known Tennessee archivists and ask them your best archives questions. Have you ever wondered what archivists do all day? Need help with preserving your family photos or documents? Trying to find records to tear down your genealogy brick wall? What ghoulish things can be found in archives?

Bring your questions to this event sponsored by the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society -- and hang out with archivists!

There is no charge to attend this event.

The Zoom link for this meeting is here.
https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F82407060805%3Fpwd%3DHbZwmOMnN7ajcgj9H4dp0MlMeDxK2u.1&data=05%7C02%7C%7C3c49fbbaf6a849e1cfb308de0bdefa4c%7Ccdb191c8fc034343aead2808b21fd513%7C0%7C0%7C638961249505345077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=blQ1gpAmQSfybx%2BnCw8dHV5uQEMy6XraXFz5Zjr326Y%3D&reserved=0

10/15/2025

Join us for "Ask the Archivists" panel next Tuesday on Zoom
Oct 21, 2025, 7pm - 8pm
Come spend the evening with 3 well known Tennessee archivists and ask them your best archives questions. Have you ever wondered what archivists do all day? Need help with preserving your family photos or documents? Trying to find records to tear down your genealogy brick wall? What ghoulish things can be found in archives?

Bring your questions to this event sponsored by the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society -- and hang out with archivists!

There is no charge to attend this event.

The Zoom link for this meeting is here.
https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F82407060805%3Fpwd%3DHbZwmOMnN7ajcgj9H4dp0MlMeDxK2u.1&data=05%7C02%7C%7C3c49fbbaf6a849e1cfb308de0bdefa4c%7Ccdb191c8fc034343aead2808b21fd513%7C0%7C0%7C638961249505345077%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=blQ1gpAmQSfybx%2BnCw8dHV5uQEMy6XraXFz5Zjr326Y%3D&reserved=0

10/08/2025

09/24/2025

Registration for RootsTech 2026 is now open. Participation in dozens if not hundreds of events is FREE.

RootsTech 2026 registration is now open! Get ready to celebrate your family and heritage March 5-7.