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Meetings on the
3rd Thursday of each
month @ 6 pm
at City Island Library
Our Next Meeting is:
Thursday April 16, 2015
April's Speaker will be
"Dale Stewart"
Dale will give a presentation on
"Who's Your Daddy?"
Public is Invited to Attend
PLEASE Bring a Friend or
Relative & a lite snack to share.
When the Daytona Tortugas are playing at home, attendees should park in the 2 West rows.
Make sure to tell parking attendants that you are going to the Library,
otherwise there is a $2.oo charge for parking.
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Mission
Encourage Society members and the
community to
find their ancestors and connect with the past.
Provide enlightening speakers at the monthly meetings
on relative topics to aid, assist and better our research.
Promote the use of and growth of our genealogy research
room develop our resources and grow our collection.
Society Dues are used to purchase books relevant to the
research our members are involved with and to provide
speakers that benefit our research.
Society Members are special people. The monthly meetings are gatherings of good times shared as well as sharing of useful research tools or ideas.
We are lucky to share similar ideals and goals with four
other Genealogy Societies in our area, sharing collections, ideas and most importantly, connections.
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History and Genealogy Room
VCGS assists the Volusia County Library at
City Island by staffing the wonderful Genealogy and History Research Room.
Society Members are on hand to offer assistance with your family roots, whether you are a beginner or a veteran researcher.
Lineage application assistance for DAR, SAR , UDC, SCV, M.O.S.B., N.E.W., DAC,
DUV, 1812, Jamestowne Society, Mayflower Society and Florida Pioneers, all represented by members and registers.
There is a fine collection of Family books, “How To" Genealogy books, Florida History section, Census , State and County books.
We have an African–American Collection, Native-American Collection, Military History Materials, German, Irish, England, Scotland, Passenger Lists and heraldry references.
There are also numerous collections of Genealogy periodicals and historical magazines.
The Genealogy Room contains vertical files containing family surname lineage research collections.
Two online computers with laser printer for genealogy use, including access to "Ancestry - Library Edition", "HeritegeQuest Online", "Fold 3 - Library Edition" and "America's Historical Newspapers".
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Meetings
Regular meetings are held monthly on the
3rd Thursday of each month, from 6-8pm
(except July and August) at the
Daytona Beach Regional Library Meeting Room
on City Island.
Visitors always welcome.
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Location
Daytona Beach Regional Library Directions
(City Island)
105 E. Magnolia Ave.
Daytona Beach, Fl 32114
Located Magnolia and Beach
Street
Across parking lot from Stadium
Sun 1-5, M-Th 9-7, Fri 9-5 Sat 9-5
City Island Library Phone 386 – 257- 6036
Genealogy Room Ext. 16313
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