Saturday, October 1, 2016
Saturday Night First Genealogy Society Challenge
A year or so before the start of the new century I began researching my family history. Then around 2004 I attended a couple of meetings of a genealogy group at the local library in the town I where was living at that time. About the second time I attended a comment was made about coughing up a membership fee. I wrote them a check - it was only about a twelve dollar membership - and never went to another meeting. The meetings were not that outstanding and I wasn't getting that much information from them. I had no ancestors in that particular county but happened to be living there myself at that time. I did not appreciate having my arm twisted to write a check. If I am honest, I have to admit, I am not a joiner. I am not comfortable in social groups. I am not only an introvert but I find I lack patience with people in the social setting. I use up all my patience in a professional setting and with family members so by the time I get to people in a club type setting I am easily annoyed. Also before group gatherings I experience some mild anxiety. Therefore I don't join a lot of things. I know social interaction is important to mental health and so I do have try to have a few things I do with others on a regular basis. Since I work second shift it isn't conducive to attend meetings anyway since most of them are in the evening. So when I joined the Ohio Genealogical Society almost a year ago it was unusual. I had aspirations to gain the experience of putting together a lineage society application and I had chosen to apply to one for the ADEAW. I had been trying to put the application together for a year and not having success as I was stuck on one generation. I decided I wanted to use the hard work I had done to apply for a lineage society that would work with what I did have documentation wise. One of the OGS groups - First Families Of Ohio - was a fit. It cost less to apply if one was a member and it also cost less if one joined to attend the spring conference where they would have induction dinners for their lineage societies new members. So I joined to save money. I have found the OGS to be an organization that has a lot to offer. I intend to renew my membership when the year is up. I do not go to many of the events they offer but I did really enjoy the annual conference last April and hope to attend the one in 2017. I also hope to have more time to become involved with OGS events after I retire. To visit the blog where the Saturday night challenge is posted and find the links to everyone who participated click HERE.
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