Mecklenburg Genealogical Society

04/10/2026

We’re having a MOVING SALE!
📅 Sat, April 11, 11am–3pm
📍 Sutcliffe Ferguson Family Research Center
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Dr.
2nd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28215
Bring a tote bag (or grab a used one from us), fill it for $20, and take home books and more we can’t move to our next space. Old equipment will also be available.
In person only (no mail orders). Cash, check, or credit card (PayPal) accepted. Help Olde Meck get ready for our next home and score some genealogy and history goodies at the same time! tinyurl.com/omgs-sale

04/10/2026

We’re having a MOVING SALE!
📅 Sat, April 11, 11am–3pm
📍 Sutcliffe Ferguson Family Research Center
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Dr.
2nd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28215

Bring a tote bag (or grab a used one from us), fill it for $20, and take home books and more we can’t move to our next space. Old equipment will also be available.
In person only (no mail orders). Cash, check, or credit card (PayPal) accepted. Help Olde Meck get ready for our next home and score some genealogy and history goodies at the same time!

04/08/2026

Also, registration EVEN FOR MEMBERS is required.
Eventbrite link: https://tinyurl.com/omgs-Apr26
Join us on April 8 for a practical and engaging program with Denyse Allen, founder of Chronicle Makers, where she helps family historians turn decades of research into published stories their families will actually read.
Her presentation, “Breaking Through Brick Walls: AI-Powered Research Strategies That Actually Work,” will focus on how AI can help genealogists take a fresh look at stubborn research problems. Stuck ancestors are not always truly stuck — sometimes they simply require new strategies and a different way of analyzing the evidence already in hand.
In this engaging session, Denyse will demonstrate how AI can help researchers:
• analyze evidence they already have
• identify gaps in their research
• generate new search strategies
• connect records they may have overlooked

04/07/2026

We’re having a MOVING SALE!
📅 Sat, April 11, 11am–3pm
📍 Sutcliffe Ferguson Family Research Center
Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Dr.
2nd Floor
Charlotte, NC 28215

Bring a tote bag (or grab a used one from us), fill it for $20, and take home books and more we can’t move to our next space. Old equipment will also be available.
In person only (no mail orders). Cash, check, or credit card (PayPal) accepted. Help Olde Meck get ready for our next home and score some genealogy and history goodies at the same time!
tinyurl.com/omgs-sale

03/17/2026

Top Free Genealogy databases online

The best free Irish genealogy websites and databases - my independent selection of the very best free online research resources for Irish family history.

03/17/2026

Family Tree Magazine provides a helpful guide to Irish Genealogy research

Use this guide to help you research your Irish heritage.

03/17/2026

Newspaper ad from 1865. “Chance for Spinster”

03/11/2026

Joe McGill is the author of Sleeping with the Ancestors, an account of The Slave Dwelling Project and his experiences sleeping in old, still extant slave quarters. He will describe how this project gave him a deeper understanding of the lives of the enslaved. Please join us virtually March 11th at 7:30 EST for our monthly meeting. Register for zoom link at https://tinyurl.com/omgs-mar26

03/10/2026

Joe McGill is the author of Sleeping with the Ancestors, an account of The Slave Dwelling Project and his experiences sleeping in old, still extant slave quarters. He will describe how this project gave him a deeper understanding of the lives of the enslaved. Please join us virtually March 11th at 7:30 EST for our monthly meeting.

03/10/2026

The Family Research Center (FRC) will be closed Tuesday March 10th, as the Charlotte Museum facility is closed. Please contact us via email info@oldemeck.org to possibly schedule your research time on Thursday, or we will be happy to see everyone the following Tuesday, March 17th.