HCGS August 2010 Mtg - "Genealogical Societies"

   The August meeting of the Honolulu County Genealogical Society Meeting was held Saturday August 14th, at the Manoa Gardens Community club house.  The topic "Genealogical Societies" offered members the chance to discuss the genealogical societies they belong to, and why they have joined them.  Descriptions of the societies were given and samples of the newsletters and journals were shown.   Examples of how the societies have influenced or aided their family research were given.  Story after story was give to describe the kind and wonderful things members of these societies have done.  Gratitude goes out to these societies - so far from Hawaii - that provide so much to others.  We reolved to joing more genealogy societies!

    Included in the discussion on Genealogical Societies the members belong to were:
Honolulu County Genealogical Society - of course !   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hihcgs/
National Genealogical Society  http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
Virginia Genealogical Society  http://www.vgs.org/
Virginia-North Carolina Piedmont Genealogical Soc http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vancpgs/Index.htm
Southern California Genealogical Society  http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/
Warren County (Iowa) Genealogical Society  http://www.warrencountyhistory.org/genealogy.html
Iowa Genealogical Society  http://www.iowagenealogy.org/
Harrodsburg Historical Society  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymercer/hhs/
Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles  http://www.jgsla.org/
Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society http://www.wpgs.org/
Grassland Society (Anne Arundel County, Maryland)
Eaton County (Michigan) Genealogical Society http://www.miegs.org/
Genealogical Forum of Oregon  http://www.gfo.org/
New England Historical and Genealogical Society (Boston, MA)  http://www.newenglandancestors.org/
Portuguese Genealogical Society (Honolulu Hawaii)
Ontario (Canada) Genealogical Society   http://www.ogs.on.ca/index.php

  Other groups discussed:
DAR - Daughters of the Revolution  http://www.dar.org/library/
PERSI - Periodical Research Index at Allen Co. (Indiana) Public Library  http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/persi.html
The International Review of Jewish Genealogy http://www.avotaynu.com/
Snodgrass Clan Society  http://www.snodgrass-clan.com/