Ghost Stories of Pensacola Michele Cogley, Genealogy Department
West Florida Public Library; 239 North Spring Street
Meet in the upstairs classroom in the Genealogy section. Bring your lunch, a drink, or just yourself and join the discussion.
How To Write Your Family History (Meetings)
Saturday, October 7
10:30 am
Downtown Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. (Meeting Room B)
Virginia Shelby will present the topic, “How to Write Your Family History.” She approaches this topic differently than Bert Outlaw, who did the presentation in May. It will be great to look at writing your family history from multiple perspectives.
Making the Most of Your DNA Matches (Meetings)
Saturday, November 4
10:30 am
West Florida Public Libary, 239 N. Spring St., Pensacola
WFGS Member Auriette Lindsey will present "Making the Most of Your DNA Matches." Topics include analysis of the matches you know and the matches you don't know.
Join us in person at the downtown library or via Zoom (register here.)
Annual State of the Society (Meetings)
Saturday, December 2
10:30 am
Downtown Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. (Meeting Room B)
Our annual State of the Society presentation and elections.
Mining the Census (Meetings)
Saturday, January 6, 2024
10:30 am
West Florida Public Library, 239 N. Spring St., Pensacola
Genealogist and lecturer Marguerite Scully will be speaking on "Mining the Census - Finding All the Clues We Miss on Census Records" at our meeting on the first Saturday in January.
Meetings are open to all, in person or via Zoom (register here).
African American Genealogy (Meetings)
Saturday, February 3, 2024
10:30 am
West Florida Public Library, 239 N. Spring St., Pensacola
West Florida Genealogical Society member John Veasley will focus on African American Research with methods to find the missing people in your family.
Join us in person at the Downtown Pensacola Library or via Zoom (register here).
West Florida Genealogical Society Spring Conference (Seminars and Workshops)
Saturday, March 9, 2024
Featuring Lisa Louise Cooke:
How to Reopen and Work a Genealogical Cold Case
How to Organize All This Genealogy Stuff!
and Larry W. Thomas:
Solving a Brick Wall with DNA: A Case Study
This, That, and the Other: Researching Beyond the Standard Documents
