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Beginning Genealogy Classes Started April 14
Barbara McGeachy, President of Wake County Genealogical Society, is teaching a series of in-person classes in Raleigh. These classes are in partnership with the City of Raleigh Parks and Recreation. Classes will be held Mondays from 10:30 am to noon in the large meeting room in the Laurel Hills Community Center, 3808 Edwards Mill Road.
Barbara will teach 7 classes in the spring and early summer. Class limit is 40 students. Please share this opportunity with friends and neighbors!
Class list - April Classes are listed now open for registration at the website.
Enroll online at or stop by any staffed parks & rec center.
Wake Genealogy Watch - Spring 2025 issue
The Spring 2025 issue (Vol. 8, Issue 3) of our award-winning newsletter,
Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. Visit the WCGS website or click the link here:
Wake Genealogy Watch, Spring 2025.
This issue features:
- Barbara McGeachy shares recent acquisitions at the NC Archives!
- We share an exciting update about the Wake Cemetery Survey hard copies.
- Enjoy a recap of our most recent WCGS Meetup, the Archive and Library tour.
- Learn what a BIRLS file is, what it contains, and how to obtain files on your 20th century veteran kin.
- Read and share full details of the local beginning genealogy classes taught by Barbara McGeachy this coming spring and fall.
- Learn how to wring every drop of information out of those skimpy index files we find online.
- Read about Christopher Hunt Robertson's latest biographical profiles on renowned Wake County Civil War photographers, Esley Hunt and Joshua P. Andrews.
- Explore the use of AI for simple editing tasks performed on your own writing efforts that will leave you more time and energy for your writing and creativity.
- A super-sized calendar of events including our own, NGS, NCGS, America250 and more!
Dive in and explore all the resources and stories designed to enrich your genealogy journey!
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