Oakland County Michigan Genealogical Society

01/09/2026

If you attended the AI for Genealogy Session and requested the AI meeting notes, you should have received them this morning. However some email clients rejected the message. If you requested the notes and did not receive them, please email info@ocgsmi.org and we will reply with the notes. Thank you.

01/07/2026

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01/07/2026

A memorial service for Randy Riley will be held Friday, January 9, 2026 at 11AM in the Forum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, with a small reception following. Find a press release link at www.Michigan.gov/LibraryofMichigan.

01/07/2026

📣 SEMINAR ALERT - Friday 16 Jan, 14:30 UK time 📣

Our first online seminar of 2026 will soon be upon us! Join us via Zoom at 14:30 (UK time) on Friday 16 January to hear Cianna Devitt & Sophia Chapple present ‘Marine Resource Use During Times of Climatic Adversity: Subsistence Amelioration in Argyll, c. 1650-1815’.

Cianna & Sophia are both PhD students at Trinity College Dublin, and it was a pleasure hosting them at the archives for a few days back in February 2025. We can’t wait to hear more about their research.

Book your place for the seminar in the usual way via our website (FREE for members of the Friends as one of your membership benefits - all Friends must be logged in for their discount to track). Alternatively, email friends@argyllestatesarchives.org

https://argyllestatesarchives.org/product/jan-2026-seminar-marine-resource-use-during-times-of-climatic-adversity/

(Image: the marbled front cover of an eighteenth-century essay on the kelp industry, Argyll Estates Archives)

01/07/2026

What a great presentation on using AI for genealogy last night. Stephen Little is an expert, and i know i learned a lot!

If you are a member of the Oakland County Genealogical Society you can view the presentation online for the next 30 days. A link is available in the member’s only area.

We are working on the first 2026 issue of Acorns to Oaks which will be available soon.

01/05/2026

Members may download the handout for the January 6 meeting in the member's only area of our website.

"See" you tomorrow at the meeting!

01/05/2026

We are sad to report this.

The is sad to announce the passing of Randy Riley. Randy served as the State Librarian since 2014. He joined in 1989 and held several positions, including reference librarian, head of Special Collections, and Coordinator. More details will soon be announced.