Surname List – VBGS member surnames and locations being researched.
Special Offers
Lighting the Path to Local History, in Virginia Beach Public Library’s Digital Archives, includes thousands of postcards, photographs, local maps, family papers, yearbooks, and more.
Access Ancestry.com at home through the Virginia Beach Public Libraries (sign in required) while covid restrictions are in place. (It doesn’t appear Chesapeake is offering this. Norfolk is back to in library use only.)
annually – National Archives hosts a free, virtual Genealogy Fair each October! Go here to register and check out past events.
At-Home Learning from the Library of Virginia – inculdes digital collections, online exhibitios, activities, ebooks, and more! check it out (no end date listed)
Conferences
Roots Tech 2021, February 25-27, 2021 All online and all free! Go here to register
NGS Family History Conference, May 19-22, 2021 “Deep Roots of a Nation,” in Richmond, VA. Registrationopens January 6, 2021
New England Regional Genealogical Consortium (NERGC), Virtual Conference, see below for dates “Spring From the Past Into the Future” presented online from 10am-4pm on April 1, 9, 17, 24 and May 1, 8 Recorded lectures and virtual Exhibit Hall will be available online April 1 – May 31 no cost posted yet, see thewebpagefor more information
Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree 2021 The Genes in Your Family, June 4-5 2021 no cost posted yet, see the webpagefor more information
Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree 2021 The Stars in Your Family, June 11-12, 2021 no cost posted yet, see the webpagefor more information