The Summer 2026 issue (Vol. 9, Issue 4) of the Wake Genealogy Watch newsletter is now available online for reading or download. Cick here: Wake Genealogy Watch, Summer 2026.
Inside this issue:
Barbara McGeachy shares a summary of our coffee gathering in April.
A reminder to check out the updated Newsletter Cumulative Index, complete up to this issue
Jane Albright presents the Pleasant Grove UMC project to protect the historical graves of Free People of Color.
Four videos to boost your genealogy skills with AI and DNA skills
Two websites that give you historical context for your Revolutionary research and might even inspire a trip or two
Tips and resources to research the Loyalist you might find in your family tree, and how to recognize them.
Registration details for our upcoming local meet-ups and virtual meetings
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Upcoming In-person Events
Join us for the next WCG Meet-ups!
June 20
Book Exchange at Laurel Hills: Do you have any genealogy books that you don’t use and would like to go to a good home? Are you looking for genealogy books? Let’s get together and swap books! Afterwards, we’ll go to lunch (Dutch treat). This is a fund-raiser / meet-up / recycling event. Details are at this blog post.
July 16
Coffee and Conversation: Meet at Panera Bread (Glenwood/Pleasant Valley), 6201 Glenwood Avenue, Raleigh on Thursday July 16 at 9:30am. Let’s get to know each other! We’ll chat about what genealogical topics we're working on, or a brick wall, or ask other members how to do something. Details at blog post. (Live Friday, May 15)
AAHGS-Triangle America 250 Speaker Series - Saundra Cropps Presents July 13
Our own Saundra Russ Cropps will share her research on People of Color During the Revolutionary War in Granville and Wake Counties, North Carolina. Sign up before July 13 to attend this virtual presentation. Saundra's talk is This is one talk in a four part series offered by Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Registration and series details are at this blog link.
Follow Wake 250 Content at our Blog
This year, at the Wakecogen blog, we are turning our attention to the days leading up to and including the Revolutionary war. We are exploring how that would be experienced by the colonists of our area from the 1750's through the 1790's. Follow their trials, and successes here.
