Welcome to LLCGS

Bill Eddy who worked with obituaries at the Lincoln/Journal Star will present suggestions and ideas for making obituaries interesting and helpful for genealogists.

Debbie Way from Roper and Sons Funeral Services will provide information regarding content of obituaries and tell about accessibility of genealogical information provided by mortuaries. She'll also demonstrate the process of using technology to make information more available than ever before. (Remember the "smart" tile on the tombstone Gail Blankenau showed a slide of at our May meeting?)

We'll have handouts with forms and information and will provide an opportunity to practice writing an obituary so that the kind of information we look for is available to future genealogists.

Learn more about LLCGS activities by reading events section in right column, scroll down and click "view more" to see future events. Also click on face book and LLCGS Blog links below.

Click on the LLCGS member brochure below and to the right for a map of Union College and location of meeting:

LLCGS Blog

Upcoming Events

Saturday, May. 19th:

"Where's the Dirt?" An Overview of Land Records

A free genealogy class presented by the "Greater Omaha Genealogical Society.

Classes are free but pre-registration is requested: Call 402.706.1453 or email genclass@aol.com

Classes are available the 3rd Saturday, January-June.

Part I on May 19 is An Overview of Land Records.

Part II on May 19 is Using military records for getting to know our ancestors

Saturday, May. 19th:

Visit Hudson Cabin and Heritage School

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, we're invited to visit the Hudson Cabin one of the first homes in the Lancaster County area. Recently to preserve the Hudson Cabin and make it available for visits from the general public, it was moved to a prairie setting at Pioneer Park Nature Center (with letters of support from LLCGS). On Sat. May 19 guides will be in the cabin to provide information about its history and also to provide a craft of making a rag doll for children. At the same time the Heritage School which was also moved to that prairie setting for fourth graders to experience attending a one room school will be open. Guides will provide information about one room schools and also have a craft available for children. Plan to visit these buildings which are not always open for viewing inside. Do it for nostalgia, to take some photos for your genealogy stories, to learn more about the history of life during the time of ancestors, to get a chance to ring the school bell! Bring along someone who may "catch" a genealogy interest by experiencing this setting.

Saturday, May 19 10:00-2:00 at Pioneers Park Nature Center Lincoln

Sunday, May. 20th:

Tombstone Tour: Visiting Three Otoe County Cemeteries

Registration required—
Paid Reservation secures seat—only 38 seats!!
Early Bird - Paid by May 1st—$35.00
After May 1st—$45.00
Goodie Bags & Door Prizes
Chartered bus - Handicapped
Accessible & Bathroom!
Mail Registrations to OCGS By May 1st for $10.00/ea discounts
PO BOX 465, Syracuse, NE 68446
Phone in reservation: 402.660.4279
Payments must be received before May 20th!