Cheryl Brown Abernathy is presenting a workshop on lineage societies for the Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society on May 15th at 2 p.m. at the TSCG Library in Dennison.
After a brief introduction to lineage societies, we will work on ANY lineage application you have questions on, so bring them with you!
She is the lineage chair for both Tuscarawas Genealogical Society’s lineage societies, First Families of Tuscarawas County (settled in Tuscarawas before 1830) and Pioneer Families of Tuscarawas County (in Tuscarawas County between 1 Jan 1831 and 31 Dec 1850).
She is also the lineage chair for the Ohio Genealogical Societies’ Settlers and Builders of Ohio, and a DAR registrar.
As well as being involved with the Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, she is also involved with several other OGS chapters as well as an officer of OGS. Her father’s side of the family has deep roots in Tuscarawas County, while her maternal side is from Holmes, Stark and Wayne Counties.

The Tuscarawas county Genealogical Society Will celebrate their 55^th anniversary on Saturday October 7^th from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the library located at 307 Center St. Dennison, Ohio.

There will be tours of the library and archives building, book sales, libraty volunteers to answer your questions and refreshments.

The library will be opened at 11:00 am for normal Saturday hours but will close for research at 2:00 pm for the anniversary open house.

If you have any questions you can call the library 740 922 0531 on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday and every Thursday and Saturday of the month from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Note that the library will be open on 2 September (Saturday) but the street in front of the library (Center Street) will be closed for a Food Truck Fest from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Parking will be very limited.

There will be live music all day.

Put on by the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum.

Hope everyone had a good holiday. So far this winter, other than a couple days of high winds and cold, the winter has on average been better than average.
I want to recognize and thank the following individuals for their donations to the library and the basement fund. Thanks all. Emma McManammy; Denise Brosius; Robert P. Snyder; Gary & Carol Sliffe; Alan Deibel; Joan Sheets; Roger Sheet; David C. Hipp; Debra J. Perry; Christine Parrish; Patricia Mobley; Christie Frost; Jerry Haas; Marilyn Erps; Linda Deitz; Charles P. Leonhard; Sara V. Fitzgerald;Jim & Sheila Wolf; and Barbara Garner.
Look forward to opening the library in March.

After a heavy rain on Friday 11 Nov we had 3-1/2 feet of water in our basement. At the present time the repair bill for hauling away the debris, cleaning and sanitizing the basement, replacing the furnace and hot water heater will be $15,500.
Our insurance policy has the standard water exclusion clause so we will not get any funds from the insurance company.
Any contributions toward these expenses would be great appreciated. An anonymous donor will match the first $1,000.
Donations may be mailed to Tuscarawas County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 83, Dennison, Ohio 44621-0083.
We will be applying for grants to try to also try to cover the cost but competition for grants has increased in recent years.
Thanks