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The
History of the Lorain County Chapter In 1981, there were three (3) separate
genealogy-based organizations in Lorain County: the
Genealogical Workshop (of the Lorain County Historical Society) in Elyria,
founded in 1968; the Wellington Genealogical Workshop (later
"Group") and Black River Genealogists of Lorain, each founded in
the late 1970's. Early in 1982 application was made
to become a chapter of OGS. The Chapters Charter was presented to newly
elected Chapter president, Anne Glendening, at the OGS Annual Conference in
April of 1983. During the Chapter's first year of existence, 1983-84, members
completed the first Chapter project, indexing the 1880 census of Lorain
County as part of the OGS statewide project; and in late 1983 to early 1984,
with Dale Kellogg's guidance and editorship, the Chapter's quarterly
newsletter THE RESEARCHER was launched. First Families of Lorain County was
started in 1984 with the charter inductions held at the 1985 Chapter Banquet.
This group honors member's ancestors who resided in what is currently Lorain
County before 1850. In 2004, Settlers of Lorain County was started and honors
ancestors that lived in the County between 1851 and 1880. Inductees are
recognized at the chapter's annual banquet with certificates and pins. Not only have many of our members
participated by being officers, many of them have also participated as
members of the OGS Board. These are the presidents of the chapter and their
contributions to OGS: Anne E. Glendening, President 1982-1985 Nancy M. Applebee Meyers, President
1986-1987; OGS Trustee 1988-1993 Jeff Sigsworth, President 1988-1989; Linda Navarre, President 1990-1991; OGS
Trustee 1992-1995 Dale C. Kellogg, President 1992-1993; OGS
Trustee 1980-86; OGS VP 1986-1990 and an OGS Fellow. Barbara A. Reining, President
1994-1997; OGS Recording Secretary - 1989-1992; OGS Treasurer 1992-1998 Suzanne Strick, President 1998-2001 Margaret Cheney, President 2002-2005
and 2008-2009, 2023-; OGS Trustee 2008-2011; 1st Vice-President of
OGS, and President of OGS 2014-2020, Secretary of OGS 2021-2023 John Earley, President 2006-2,007; OGS
Volunteer Peter Hritsko,
President, 2010-2015 Norman Lewicki, President, 2016-2023 Our Chapter was given a grant by our
County Commissioners to pursue the indexing and abstraction of the Probate
Court Birth and Death Records from 1867-1907. To date, Volume I of births has
been completed and Volumes I and II of deaths has been completed. These books
are duplicates of the original court records with an every name index. Two of
these publications have received the coveted Simeon Kenton Book Award from
OGS. At the OGS 2006 Conference, Margaret
Cheney was awarded the OGS Chapter Officer of the Year award. At the OGS 2007
Conference, Jean Copeland was awarded the OGS Chapter Officer of the Year
award. The Chapter is extremely proud of these two individuals. The chapter presents a variety of
speakers. We are especially proud of being so closely associated with OGS.
Our web pages have recently been updated and our newsletter has new editors.
We currently have about 70 members. If you have ties to Lorain County, we’d
love to have you join our organization. |