Library Closed – February 12
The BCGS library is closed Tuesday, February 12, 5 pm – 9 pm. Please check our calendar at: https://www.BaltimoreGenealogySociety.org/BCGShome/events-calendar/
Continue reading →Baltimore Prohibition, Wet & Dry in the Free State – Michael T. Walsh
FEBRUARY 24, SUNDAY, 3 pm For a period of thirteen years (1920-1933) during the Roaring 1920s and Jazz Age, national Prohibition was the law of the land. Though the 18th Amendment had its share of supporters and opponents, there was … Continue reading →
Research Day
JANUARY 27, SUNDAY, 12 – 4 pm Everyone is invited to use all of the research assets of our Library from 12:00 Noon until 4:00 PM. The Eastern European Interest Group meets from 11:45 am – 1 pm. The Computer … Continue reading →
Baltimore and the Great War – Wayne Schaumburg
Baltimore and the Great War (World War I) Wayne Schaumburg November 25, Sunday, 3 pm Join Baltimore historian and educator Wayne R. Schaumburg for an illustrated program on Baltimore’s role in World War I. The talk will focus … Continue reading →
Maps & Land Records by Mike Pierce
OCTOBER 28, Sunday, 3 pm The talk will cover the use of maps and land records to help identify ancestors, and to fill in interesting details about their lives. Depending on the desires of those in attendance, it can get … Continue reading →
Western Cemetery
All of the Western Cemetery books are back in print. Select → https://www.BaltimoreGenealogySociety.org/BCGShome/bcgs-publications-for-sale/
Continue reading →Baltimore’s Great Wave of Immigration – September 23, Sunday, 3 pm
Speaker: Nick Fessenden It is a little known fact that during the Great Wave of Immigration from 1830 to 1914, 1.5 million immigrants landed in Baltimore, America’s third largest port of entry. Nicholas will describe the stories of the major … Continue reading →
Christmas in July
Another year has been added to the Notebook Archive. Select → https://www.BaltimoreGenealogySociety.org/BCGShome/the-notebook/
Continue reading →Vertical File Index Updated
The BCGS Vertical File Index has been updated. Select -> https://www.BaltimoreGenealogySociety.org/…/…/bcgs-resources/
Continue reading →Research Day
JUNE 24, SUNDAY, 12 – 4 pm Everyone is invited to use all of the research assets of our Library from 12:00 Noon until 4:00 PM. The Computer Genealogy Interest Group meets at 1 pm. We will be scanning Bibles … Continue reading →