Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans

09/23/2025

Thank you to Sarah Waits, archivist at the Archdiocese, who gave a fabulous talk using Pope Leo's ancestors as examples of conducting research.

09/04/2025

Join us, MON SEPT 22 7PM for an important seminar "Archdiocesan Archives: Researching Catholic Ancestry" By Sarah Waits, Archivist

GRSNO seminars are free to the public. Held on Mondays, 7pm, at the Jeff Parish Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Avenue. GRSNO members may attend in person or via Zoom. Want to join GRSNO? Dues are $40 a year. Find out more at grsno.org.

07/25/2025

07/15/2025

Would you like to have your research published? GRSNO's New Orleans Genesis is on the shelves of many local libraries and is mailed to members nationwide. For more information, visit our website: grsno.org. Members and non-members are welcome to submit articles.

06/24/2025

Join Jari C. Honora
For a Virtual Lecture
"Researching Your Catholic Ancestry"
*****Learn how to uncover your Catholic family history in this free virtual presentation, featuring HNOC family historian and genealogist Jari C. Honora, (GRSNO member) who recently made international news as the first historian to uncover the
Creole heritage of Pope Leo XIV. Admission is free, with registration required. Date: July 11, 2025 - Noon

https://hnoc.org/events/researching-your-catholic-ancestry-with-jari-c-honora?utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TWATC2025-6-23&utm_content=version_A&promo=4148

06/23/2025

A sold-out GRSNO lunch crowd celebrated Jari Honora's revelation last month that Pope Leo XIV's family is from New Orleans! One of the people who inspired Jari's career path is Barbara Trevigne, a local historian, who remembers Jari as a young boy coming to check out microfilm. GRSNO membership is exciting right now; a $40 membership could be your path to finding your ancestors. Find us at: https://www.grsno.org/

Read more about Jari's research: https://hnoc.org/news/pope-leo-xiv-has-creole-lineage-new-orleans-genealogist-says

05/30/2025

UPDATE: SOLD OUT! ALL SEATS TAKEN!

Summer Luncheon, June 22, $47. Deadline to register is June 17. (After that, email grsnopresident@gmail.com to see if spots are available. We sold out last year.)

05/20/2025

Great presentation by Philip Fabacher on the unique settlement of Robert’s Cove, a German Settlement in Acadia Parish. Join us in September for a presentation about the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

05/16/2025

https://app.nola.com/article/everything-comes-with-a-story/content.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawKUZhBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFCaXl3bGZ5YzAyam1PbzN6AR4X6a9INswSaiYecjlu0B9zAVG0Dblkd06aYAiM7_JOZ3vUsrGf21l3ruklfw_aem_5jI3NC1y3lo2aQSQYtDULA

05/16/2025

Jari Honora has been tracing bloodlines and family lineage since he was 9 years old, when he began a yearslong journey to find the names of his great-great grandparents. He never expected to go viral across the world with his latest discovery. "I'm just incredibly proud."

05/16/2025

We are so excited to share the discoveries of Jari Honora, one of our GRSNO members. Not often is a Genealogist in the news ALL OVER THE WORLD!!!!

Jari Honora has been tracing bloodlines and family lineage since he was 9 years old, when he began a yearslong journey to find the names of his great-great grandparents. He never expected to go viral across the world with his latest discovery. "I'm just incredibly proud."

05/01/2025

GERMAN GENEALOGY ON MAY 19, 7pm
"History of Roberts Cove and Fabacher Settlement"

Two communities settled by Germans in north Acadia Parish with direct ties to New Orleans will be discussed by Dr. Philip Fabacher. He will share the community’s religious, educational and economic history as well as the genealogies of the 36 first families of the area. Since 2000, Dr. Fabacher has led tours to Europe, visiting villages of the original settler families of Roberts Cove.

The presentation willl be held at the East Jeff Regional Library. Free to the public. A $40 a year membership to GRSNO has the benefit of a zoom link for the presentation.