As noted in June, our membership year ended on June 30 and we thank all those who have maintained their membership in our society.  If this task has slipped your mind, it is easier to renew before August 15 when the 45-day grace period ends.  After that time, you will have to start over with a new membership, lenghthening the renewal process and giving you a new membership number.

 

So act now to avoid unnecessary complications in your renewal process.  We value your participation and encourage your feedback on how we can meet your needs, genealogically speaking.  Shoot an email to president@pgcgs.org to let us know what you think, what you need, and how we can serve you better.

Don't forget, our fiscal year ends June 30, 2024.  If you have a one-year membership, you may renew anytime now by logging into the Members's Only tab and following the renewal steps using Paypal.  Don't forget, you don't need a Paypal account to do this -- scroll down the screen to see the Pay by Credit Card button and click there.  Follow the prompts to complete your transaction.

 

We value all our members; thanks for renewing.  You may also make a donation at the same time.  And we thank you for that too.

It's a new year and we are excited to help you discover your roots in Prince George's County, Maryland, as well as other areas of this vast country.  While our focus is on the Midatlantic states, we have many resources that explore records and research in 41 states and the District of Columbia.  We offer limited free research services (e.g., a quick look up of specific information in one of our publications or other holdings) to our members and for non-members for a modest fee.  Check out the Research tab on our Home page.  New to genealogy research?  You might want to check out our Links page for some free and helpful sites.

 

Good luck with your genealogical research in 2024!  Let us know how we can help.

Our next newsletter will be issued in early October and our newsletter editor says, "This is the best issue yet."  I can't wait to see it myself, but I'm astounded at the number of members who have not read the newsletter -- about 17 percent of our members have never logged on to the Members Only section of our website, which they need to do to open each issue if they have a digital subscription. 

 

In case you are in need of some instructions on how to find the newsletter, here they are:

 

           Enter https://pgcgs.org into your Internet browser window.  From the menu on the left, click on Members Only.  Enter your user name and then your password.  If you don't know your user name, send an email to our membership chair at membership@pgcgs.org and ask Karen to send you your user name.  If you don't know your password, click on the question mark near the password box.  You will receive instructions on how to change your password.  Select a password with no capital letters (these are frequently entered incorrectly -- that Shift key is a tricky guy!) and no special characters -- use letters and numbers only.  Make sure you have a safe place to record your password to refer to later.

 

           Once your password is changed, log on to the website and then select from the menu under Members Only, Newsletters.  On the screen that comes up then, the most recent newsletter should be on the top left of the list.  Click on that green box -- for the next newsletter in October, click on Volume 55, then select Issue #2.  The newsletter will open in a new window where you may read it, print it, or save it by printing to PDF and saving it in a file on your computer.

 

The Bulletin is chocked full of articles on records in Prince George's County.  Don't forget, there is also a Name Index for each volume and a Subject Index for the first 53 volumes.  The Subject Index for Volume 54 is under the tab marked Volume 54, along with all four issues of that volume.  A volunteer is currently working hard on indexing both names and subjects for Volume 55, and it will be posted online when it is complete.

 

If you have suggestions for future articles, please email them to communication@pgcgs.org.  If you would be interested and willing to write an article for submission, please also email us about that.

 

Happy reading!