The Oakland County Genealogical Society presents a special “Help Session” on Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. There is no charge and all are welcome.

This special session will be held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 5500 N. Adams Rd. (between Long Lake and Square Lake Roads), Troy, MI 48098.

Join us around a table and share with members of the Society to get some guidance with your research. Bring laptops or paper records with your questions. All are welcome, beginners to advanced researchers.

For questions email president@ocgsmi.org.

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One stated purpose of the Society is preserving records. We have concentrated on local record sets that major companies are not interested in and several projects are underway, or will be soon. Time to help us fulfill this important mission.

Quarterly Editor Jay R. Taylor has arranged access to several volumes of Oxford Township assessments.  Three volumes have been commercially digitized, thanks to donations to the Ruth S. Kennedy Fund.. We need help indexing the records so we can add them to our 1890 census substitute project. If you are not familiar with the project, take a look at the here.  Volunteers will are sent a group of 10 images and a spreadsheet. The volunteer types the first name, surname, and file name into three columns of the spreadsheet.  Each group takes about 30 minutes to complete. The volunteer returns the completed spreadsheet, and deletes the images from their computer.

In addition to the volumes being professionally digitized, we have an additional volume which does not fit the 1890 project.

There is never pressure to complete a project quickly, and help is always available!

Email Pam Warren, info@ocgsmi.org to help us out!

The deadline for submissions for the third quarter issue of Acorns to Oaks is fast approaching. We are all enjoying Michigan’s summer but hopefully you can send in your articles by July 1. Remember that our Editor, Jay R. Taylor, is happy to help if you need help.

Please send your articles to: qeditor@ocgsmi.org on ore before July 1.

Thank you.

Please be cautious if you receive an email, which seems to be from the Society.

Someone is spoofing our email, but you can see that it is not at our domain. It is at Gmail.

Please delete and block.

You can reach us using the valid addresses on our contact page.

Digital downloads of past issues of all issues of Acorns to Oaks, our quarterly publication, are now available in our store. If you find a surname of interest in the public index, the option to purchase just an issue or two is now available to you. Our public index lists the surname, given name, and the volume and issue of Acorns that the name is found in. If you wish to purchase an issue, please record the volume and issue before you access the store.

If you need several issues of Acorns to Oaks, it may be cost effective to join the Society. All issues are downloadable for members.

Early publications of the Society including cemetery, census and land ownership, vital records, naturalization, church, and funeral records are also available in the store.

On June 3, 2025, at 7 p.m., Pam Warren, our webmaster, will present on our website. Learn how to effectively use the Society website, databases, and Society reports. All questions will be answered. We hope you have suggestions for records to digitize and add to our website or print in Acorns to Oaks.

The location of this meeting is the Bloomfield Township Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield Township Michigan, 48302.

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/UwGROVXKR-2wmPnpbhHeig

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Pam is a long-time family researcher and tech lover. She has spearheaded many transcription and indexing projects for the Society, and has been a member since relocating to the Troy area in the 1990s.

Access a PDF version of this flyer.

Our May 6, 2025 meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. The location of this meeting is the Bloomfield Township Public Library, 1099 Lone Pine Road Bloomfield Township Michigan, 48302.  If you are  unable to drive to the Library, please register in advance using this link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lASdfuJDQH2u4Qlc_kgjAQ

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Do you have a Revolutionary War Patriot in your Family Tree?  Lisa Milton, member of the Piety Hill Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, will help you discover some of the methods for tracing your heritage back to the Revolutionary War.  Lisa will also provide information on how to join lineage societies such as the Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, Sons of the Revolution, and Children of the American Revolution.

Ms. Milton holds a Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor form the Detroit College of Law. (Michigan State University College of Law.)