Howard County (Maryland) Genealogical Society
Howard County
Genealogical Society
Helping you discover your family history

Welcome

All meetings scheduled will be held as a Zoom meeting. 
Members:  A link to the next Zoom meeting may be found in an email sent prior or sign in to the Members Only page and select  "Zoom  Meeting ID".
Visitors:  A link to the Zoom meeting may be obtained on the Events page under the event description.
 
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We are excited to welcome you to the official website of the Howard County Genealogy Society. We invite you to come in, look around our site, and check out all that we offer to genealogists, family historians, and researchers.
 
The Howard County Genealogy Society was organized in 1976 by a group of people with a common goal:  researching and preserving their family histories. Today, with a roster of over one hundred members, and growing, HCGS continues its tradition of promoting genealogy and family history research and encouraging the affiliation of people interested in the pursuit of their ancestral heritage. 
 
We offer monthly programs featuring informed speakers to meet the varied interests of our members and the community.
 
Membership in the HCGS has its own rewards: our bi-monthly newsletter Family Tree; ability to submit surname information into our surname database, help sessions to help break through those genealogy brickwalls, special interest group meetings, and opportunities to become involved in one or more of our activities and projects. 
 
Member access
 
Members may login to access their membership profile, contribute to the forum and Surname list, view current and past newsletters, and and search our members only databases. If you are a current member and do not have a logon and password, please contact webmaster@hcgsmd.org .
 
Non-member access
 
Non-members also benefit from the HCGS public databases, the research guides, and much more. Not a member? Become a member today.

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Upcoming Events
October 16
Using Y-DNA to Trace Family History (online) *NEW!*
Howard County Community College - Personal Enrichment Course Although the Y-chromosome is present only in men, it is very valuable to family research. It can reveal deep roots and the geographic origins of the patrilinear line. Y-DNA is uniquely useful in surname projects because it is inherited in the ...
October 18
A Survey of Online German Church Records
  Hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society   A Survey of Online German Church Records Presented by Bob Greiner, Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society   Church records are a critical resource for researching our German ancestors, since there were no national records kept in Germany, such as we find with the ...
October 19
Documenting and Sharing Your Genealogical Discoveries
  Hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society   Documenting and Sharing Your Genealogical Discoveries featuring MAGS members Bob Greiner and Carol Carman   Please join us in person at the Maritime Institute for our fall conference. It will be a hybrid event; you are welcome to attend in person ...
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