Welcome to 2024, your genealogy year to do more. I am humbled by the opportunity to serve once more as your President. Franklin County is one of the largest, vibrant and oldest societies under the charter of the Ohio Genealogy Society. We are blessed with many dedicated volunteers who care deeply about family history, genealogy and central Ohio. In these endemic times, our presence, individual and corporate contributions in a fast-changing virtual and brick and mortar world are essential to assigning meaning not to our own lives, but to those who have come before us and to those who have yet to come.

Our volunteers and Board care about serving our members, from the newly incoming to the most experienced, and about creating opportunities for the advancement of genealogy and family history locally and beyond. We will do our best to make you proud of your association with the Society and want to ensure that your membership and contributions have a return on investment that is tangible, recurring and expanding.

We have a full calendar for 2024. Members will attend RootsTech and OGS. Workshops are held at Columbus Metropolitan Library, The Ohio State University, Columbus City Schools and more. Our Board will be meeting this month and every month. Please feel free to send us your suggestions for what you would like to see from our organization. We are here to serve you. Our 55^th anniversary is nigh, and we would love to hear your ideas on how to commemorate this important milestone. Our responsibility is to facilitate the transformation of great ideas into reality. It is with that intention that I work on your behalf in the next biennium. All the best,

Cecelia McFadden

FCGHS President

We want to encourage members to consider submitting their Linage applications. We have various members include future Lineage Chair available to assist you in completing your applications. We currently offer memberships into the following groups: Members who are ….

Pioneer Families-Direct descendants of persons arriving in Franklin County by December 31, 1930.
War of 1812 Families-Direct or collateral relatives of any person in Franklin County with ties who served in the War of 1812.
Builders & Settlers –Direct descendants of persons who arrived in Franklin County from 1831- December 31, 1860.
Civil War Families-Direct descendants or collateral relatives of any person with Franklin County ties who served in the Civil War.
Victorian Families-Direct descendants of persons who arrived in Franklin from 1861-through December 31, 1899.
20th Century Families-Direct Descendants who arrived in Franklin County 1900- Through December 31, 1999.
21th Century Families-Direct Descendants who arrived in Franklin County 2000-through December 31, 2099.
African American Great Migration Society of Franklin County 1880-December 31, 1950)

Remember to renew your membership. Consider a Life Membership