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Graveyard Symbolism Program

The society will be sponsoring a Graveyard Symbolism program at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Dennison Railway Chapel, 301 Grant St. Speaker will be Randall Neff, cemetery chairman of the Guernsey County Genealogical Society. The program will focus on the various types of burial grounds found in eastern Ohio, how to “read” a burial […]

Evening Genealogy Classes this Fall!

The Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society will be sponsoring three evening genealogy classes during the months of September and October. These are repeat classes held earlier this summer. The first class, Beginners Genealogy, will cover such topics as where to begin, five-generation charts, family group sheets, Bible records and the census. It will be held at […]

Beginning Genealogy Class a Resounding Success!

Today found the library hopping! Nearly 30 people attended our beginning genealogy class this afternoon! It was an amazing diversified group. Christy Walker gave a wonderful program. We look forward to seeing those returning for our Intermediate Class in July. If you haven’t registered for this class there is still time to do.

Tuscarawas County Genealogical Library to Open

The Tuscarawas County Genealogical Library will be opening for the 2021 season April 20th at 11 am! When you visit – remember to ask about our upcoming genealogy classes. It’s time to brush up on your skills and add more ancestors to your tree. We have a new First Family Chair (and newest Trustee), Cheryl […]

Library to Open with Limited Days and Hours

The Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society library, located at 307 Center St., Dennison, will be opening on April 20, 2021. In May, we will be open the following days – Tuesdays – May 4th, and 18th, Thursday – May 13th, and Saturdays – May 8th, and 15th. For June – Tuesdays – June 1st, 15th, and […]

Riggle Research Day

We have set a research day for the Riggle family. Please mark your calendar — Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 3:30 pm! We will be meeting here at the society library, 307 Center St., Dennison. We are meeting at the library after the  library is closed so that we will have the library to ourselves. […]

New Classes Added to Our Calendar!

Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society is starting 2020 with new classes! Come join us at our library at 307 Center St., Dennison, Ohio for Brenda Cook’s presentations on Beginning Genealogy and First Family Documentation! The Beginning Genealogy class will be held just after the library closes for research on March 28, 2020 at 3:30 pm. Regular […]

Surname Research Day 2020

In 2019, the Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society held 3 Surname Research Days at our library. Patterson, Wagner, and Murphy were the surnames that we researched. These were well attended and a lot of information, documents, and pictures were shared. We want to do this again this year. We need to have at least 3 people […]

Policy Discussion and New Relationships

Last Saturday, November 2, 2019, Guernsey County Chapter of OGS hosted 5 genealogy societies to lunch and a policy discussion. Alan D., Christy W., and Denise B. attended for Tuscarawas County.  The discussion was a round table format with each society, Guernsey, Noble, Muskingum, Tuscarawas, and Harrison,  sharing and learning. Each of our “policies” seems to […]