Ozarks Genealogical Society

09/30/2025

MONDAY, OCT. 6 at 7 pm is our program by Steven Cowie about the Civil War Battle of Sharpsburg, and how it affected individual families. Understanding this difficult time period may help genealogists see patterns within their own family research. Join us at The LIbrary Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave., Springfield, MO, or Zoom for OGS members!

09/20/2025

I sent an email out to the membership, but failed to put this annoucement on Facebook. The FamilySearch Center on 4450 County Road 190 (Cox Road going south from Republic Road) is having an open house for their newly revitalized center today (Saturday). A ribbon cutting is scheduled at 10 am, but the open house doesn't end until noon. The FamilySearch Centers are places where you can go to view the locked records on FamilySearch (The Library Center is an "affiliate.") It seems likely we'll be given a tour.

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09/15/2025

REMINDER
This WED. SEPT. 17 at 10 am
"Researching your Revolutionary War Ancestor" Program!

09/11/2025

Next WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17 at 10 am is your chance to get tips on researching your Revolutionary War ancestors, or even possibly find one you never knew about! Come join us at The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave. to hear Certified Genealogist Craig Scott share his professional methods for accessing these military records! OGS members may attend by Zoom if desired.

09/06/2025

With a large number of volunteers, the truck with the OGS books is loaded and will soon be on its way to St. Louis. Thanks to all the wonderful folks who helped.

08/26/2025

Reminder that there will be no OGS Program on Monday, Sept. 1 due to the Labor Day holiday. The Springfield-Greene County libraries will be closed that day.

08/18/2025

--REMINDER--
Don't miss! Program on State Historical Society of Missouri, join us WED., AUG. 20 at 10 am at The Library Center!

08/13/2025

Join us next WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20 at 10 am to find out about the wealth of local history information available through our State Historical Society archives. Researchers of all experience levels could benefit from this program! It will be an in-person presentation at The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave., Springfield, or by Zoom for OGS members. Don't miss it!

08/03/2025

First for clarification: OGS is not going away. Our society is still vibrant and healthy financially. Members of OGS have received updates over the last four years of events leading to closing the OGS library. A letter went out to the membership last week summarizing all of those details. The OGS Library on West Catalpa is now closed for research. Volunteers have almost completed packing up our books to be transferred to the Emerson History & Genealogy Center in St. Louis. The decision to transfer the books was approved by the membership in November 2022.

We are in a healthy financial position because we made this move now rather than later. The library served limited numbers and yet was absorbing all of our income plus savings. Our financial stability is due to the hard work of OGS members who sold many publications in the 1980s and 1990s and socked away surplus into savings. Our books will be available not only to us by inter-library loan, but also by researchers throughout the country.

In our negotiations, The Library Center was unwilling to absorb any more of our collection. However, they agreed to continue our current arrangement and the books that are already at TLC will remain there as will our regular (2 x per month) programs.

We plan on implementing sign ups or open forums for genealogy research assistance. We just need to get past this phase of moving to be in a good position to figure those aspects out.

Patti Hobbs
OGS President

08/02/2025

Reminder! Fran Black's "Preparing for a Research Trip" program is MON, AUG. 4 at 7 pm!

08/01/2025

GET READY FOR THE OGS RESEARCH TRIP TO ST. LOUIS EMERSON HISTORY AND GENEALOGY CENTER--AUG. 27-29!

This trip to the Emerson History and Genealogy Center, which opened in Summer, 2024, requires registration (link in the comments below). There's still time to sign up for this awesome opportunity! Trip is for OGS members only, but if you're not a member, it's easy to join on our website. Attendees will be responsible for their own transportation; see the signup information for details.

07/30/2025

Get some tips on how to prepare for your next research trip from our own Fran Black this coming MONDAY, AUG. 4, 7 pm at The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave., or by Zoom for OGS members!