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Next monthly membership meetings is Saturday, March 2, 2019

WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS

Presenter: Jehan Crump-Gibson, Esq, Partner, Great Lakes Legal Group PLLC

Wills and probate basics. Using wills and probate

records for genealogical research.

February 2019 Membership Meeting

February 2, 2019

State Clubs - Black History Month focus: The Great Migration

January 2019 Membership Meeting

January 5, 2019

The 40th Anniversary Book Committee Co-chairs; Leslie Williams and Omer Jean Winborn led the State Clubs session: Finding the Writer Within and Writing From the Heart

Committee Members: Evan Chaney, Raymond Davis, Jacqui Hollier, Patricia Perry, Carolyn Saunders, Renee Stong-Terry

November 2018 Membership Meeting

November 3, 2018

DeWitt S. Dykes Jr., Associate Professor, Department of History, Oakland University, presents on the topic: Enslaved Africans' Marrages, Families and Records.

The handout is available in the member download section. Guests who attended may request a copy by email. Email us at info@fhwgs.org.

DMCVB Family Reunion Planning Seminar

September 29, 2018

September 2018 Membership Meeting

FHWGS at Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery

2018 Karl Hamilton Field Trip

2018 National Genealogical Society Conference

NGS Society Night, Grand Rapids, MI