Think you know your mom?  Our research skills aren't just for researching the long-ago deceased; they can be used for 20th-century research into a loved one.   By the time one is an adult, we often assume that we know all there is to know about, say a mother, father, or grandparents. How wrong we might be. As genealogists, we sometimes get so focused on researching the long-ago deceased that we kind of skip over the individuals we lived with or frequently visited.  Don't wait!  This talk shares Diane’s research into her mother after she died relatively young and before grandchildren.  It yielded some fun surprises about her youth.

This free, virtual event is presented by Wake County Genealogical Society. For details see www.wakecogen.org.

Struggling with misspelled or altered ancestral names? Learn key strategies like wildcard searches, soundex systems, and linguistic patterns to uncover hidden family records. This session will help you track your ancestors—no matter how their names were recorded!

This free event is presented by Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Online via Zoom and In-Person at Mountain Island Library, 4420 Hoyt Galvin Way, Charlotte, NC. 

For details see cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/683e0a3fb354fd280023731b

Mecklenburg Histoical Society presents Andrew Waters to speak about the Backcountry War. Over the past several decades, the history of the American Revolution in the South has undergone a transformation to better incorporate regional events into the greater narrative of the war. Among these events was the vicious “backcountry” war from the Georgia border, across the South Carolina wilderness, to the North Carolina Piedmont between rebel Americans and loyalist and British forces. Centered in South Carolina, this running battle saw some of the most intense and continuous fighting of the war, and from its skirmishes, feints, and sieges, three key leaders emerged: American partisans Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion and Thomas “Gamecock” Sumter, and British Legion commander Banastre “Bloody Ban” Tarleton

Join us for a discussion on how to preserve small family cemeteries so they are not lost to history and descendents.

This free, virtual meeting is presented by Wake County Genealogical Society.
For details see www.wakecogen.org

The conference will shine a light on the stories, communities, and research strategies that help us understand the nation’s past. It also will focus on how genealogists can preserve our family histories for the future.

This conference will deliver the exceptional programming, expertise, and camaraderie you’ve come to expect from NGS. It will also offer participants the opportunity to pursue their research at one of the most significant genealogical destinations in the country, the Allen County Public Library and its renowned Genealogy Center.

 

Celebrate Juneteenth by discovering your roots. Learn techniques for utilizing the 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules to trace the lineage of your enslaved ancestors. Uncover valuable strategies towards advancing your genealogical research.

Presented by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, this event is free and in-person at Hickory Grove, 5935 Hickory Grove Road, Charlotte NC 28215.

For details see cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/693b4b00b5ff473000569c0b

This class explores strategies for tracing enslaved ancestors across multiple slave owners. Learn how to follow bills of sale, estate records, probate files, and plantation documents to reconstruct lives that were bought, sold, and moved across generations.

This free, virtual meeting is presented by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. For details see cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/69937c5394297d3600acb6f1

 

We will discuss the many ways to reach out to distant living cousins to help you expand your pedigree chart forward in time. You may find family treasures, photos, DNA test takers and information that will break down a brick wall. We will explore online trees, lineage societies, cemetery indexes, obituaries in newspapers, living people finder websites and social media.

This free, virtual event is presented by Wake County Genealogical Society. 
For details see www.wakecogen.org.

Make plans to attend this workshop sponsored jointly by Mecklenburg Genealogical Society (Olde Meck) and the North Carolina Genealogical Society (NCGS). Topics will include:

Lunch is included in the $40 fee. Registration will open soon.

 

Mark your calendars now to attend the 2026 Fall North Carolina Genealogical Society.

Mecklenburg Historic Society presents Sarah Sue Hardinger and Laura Elliott to launch their latest book, Good Soil, the stories of the ten pre-Revolutionary churches in our area. 

Mecklenburg Historic Society will present Amenda Brantly – Executive Director of the Reed Gold Mine Historic Site. She is to talk about the gold rush in Charlotte and NC.