Remember when I said I didn't have a lot of time to blog? The Michigan Genealogical Council (MGC) is one of the reasons. I was voted in as President of MGC this past summer and I am enjoying it immensely. It does require a bit of my time, but it feels good to give back to the Michigan genealogy community.
What is the Michigan Genealogical Council (MGC)? It is different from a state genealogical society in that MGC has societies as our members. MGC doesn't have individuals as members. Michigan doesn't have a Michigan Genealogical Society, but we have over 70 societies that are members of MGC. A complete list is available at our website, https://mimgc.org/about.php These societies are spread throughout Michigan, both Upper and Lower Peninsula's. We have city, county, regional, ethnic, and other societies as members. Do you have an ancestor that worked for Ford Motor Company? There is a Ford Genealogical Society.
The purpose of MGC is
- to coordinate/stimulate genealogical activities of statewide interest, including seminars.
- Every fall MGC holds a Fall Family History Event. We held one in November and hosted Diahan Southard. November 2020 will feature Sunny Morton.
- MGC works with the Archives of Michigan and helps with their July Abrams Seminar. July 2020 speaker will be Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist.
- to cooperate in the location, preservation, publication, and deposit in suitable repositories, of Michigan records of value to genealogists.
- MGC works closely with Archives of Michigan and Library of Michigan and other organizations to help in this matter.
- to provide information to the membership regarding speakers, teachers, seminars, and workshops.
- MGC provides a speaker's list to our member societies with updates at least yearly.
- the events calendar part of our website features the larger events in Michigan.
- Our newsletter provides information on seminars and workshops. The newsletter is available for anyone to read at https://mimgc.org/mo_newsletter.php A new edition will be available in January 2020.
- to encourage and/or work with other organizations or agencies involved in promoting improvements in genealogical facilities and holding of Michigan archives, libraries, museums and record repositories.
0 comments:
Post a Comment