Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans, basic info
GSFA Basic Info
Updated 9 May 2010

    Dues:
    U.S. $15.00 per year per family
    CANADA $20.00 per year per family in U.S. funds
    All other $20.00 per year in U.S. funds

   Join us! Print this form, or send a check payable to GSFA, and include your name, mailing address, phone no. and e-mail address, to:

        GSFA
        18740 Thirteen Mile Road
        Roseville, Michigan 48066



    Meetings:
    When: 4th Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. except June, July, August and December.
    Place: The Leon Buyse Library at the AMERICAN HOUSE
    18740   Thirteen Mile Road Roseville, Michigan 48066

    Library:
    Hours: open - 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month from 10:30 a.m. until about 2:30 p.m. (closing hour flexible) except July, Aug (4th Sat. only), December (2nd. Sat. only). Special hours by appointment.

Click on these pictures for larger versions:

       View of a corner of the library with the microfiche readers & computer

       Margaret Roets and the opposite corner

MATERIALS IN OUR REFERENCE LIBRARY

FAMILY HISTORIES - some forty plus volumes ranging from professionally published books to compilations in
various types of bindings by members of their charts, pictures, and narrations. Some are indexed.

HISTORIES OF BELGIAN TOWNS - mostly written in Flemish, primarily West Flanders towns but we are constantly
adding more East Flanders information in all areas.

VVF- Vlaamse Stam - We have many years of this publication by a large genealogical society based in Antwerp.

EXCHANGE PUBLICATIONS - We exchange publications with about a dozen or more societies here in the US but also three in Canada and three in Belgium.

MICROFILMS OF NEWSPAPERS:.
 De Volkstem (Depere, WI)   1891-1919
 Gazette van Moline (IL)     1907-1940
 Gazette van Detroit (MI)   1916-1986 (Last 22 years not on microfilm)

CENSUS RECORDS OF MANY TOWNS IN BELGIUM and also records which correspond to our probate records.

BELGIAN LACES - Publication of Belgian Researchers now published in Oregon, originally in Holyoke Mass.

Over 13,000 funeral memorial cards of US , CANADA, and BELGIUM

Over 6000 copies of Bereavement letters from Belgium mostly from W. Flanders area. Excellent source of family information.


  Research Services:
  We have a research service available. We can do the lookup and/or research for you.
  Cost:
  $15 an hour for GSFA members
  $25 an hour for non-GSFA members
  plus 10 cents for each copy.
  Contact Margaret Roets for more information:
(586)776-9579 or
  e-mail:  [email protected]



FLEMISH AMERICAN HERITAGE magazine is published in March, July and November by GSFA. Each member is entitled to a subscription to the magazine, which includes a yearly index, along with a newsletter column. Subscriptions are also available to libraries at $5.00 prepaid per year. All subscriptions commence with the March issue and subscribers will receive back issues for the year regardless of when paid.
Back issues of the magazine are available at the cost of $2.00 each plus $1.50 postage in U.S.; $2.00 each plus $2.00 postage in Canada; overseas - $2.00 each plus $2.50 postage.

FAH contains a mixture of articles, some of genealogical interest, some cultural. The newsletter is a more informal publication with miscellaneous announcements, news of members etc. It's published three times yearly in March, July and November. Some of the old articles have been or will be posted on this website to give you a sampling.

EDITORIAL COMMITTEE



Members are entitled to one query per issue, space permitting. Queries may be submitted by non-members at the rate of $3.00 each, which entitles the inquirer to one free copy of the issue in which the query appears.


Queries and correspondence should be addressed to:

Genealogical Soc. of Flemish Americans
18740 Thirteen Mile Road
Roseville, Michigan 48066

or

Margaret Roets, Corr. Sec.
26208 Princeton
St Clair Shores, Michigan    48081-3810
(586)776-9579
e-mail:  [email protected]

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 Member of: VVF, Antwerp, Belgium #IV 603
 Belgian Researchers, LaGrande, OR
The Society and editors and staff; do not assume responsibility for errors of fact or judgement on the part of contributors. Established errors will be corrected at the earliest opportunity in the magazine, and we welcome information toward this.
Copyright 2009 by The Genealogical Society of Flemish Americans. Reproduction of any article in this website or the GSFA magazine or GSFA newsletter; may not be made without express permission of the author.
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