Welcome!
The Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, Michigan (GSWC) welcomes anyone interested in genealogy and local history, whether they are beginning or more experienced family history researchers.
We encourage you to become a member. Your membership will also help us in our important work of collecting and preserving Washtenaw County’s family history and heritage. The GSWC functions through the efforts of its volunteers.
Membership in the GSWC will help you meet your research goals. Look around the site. Browse the resources under Washtenaw Research. Submit a query to Family History Capers (see Queries and Lookups). Browse the Library Catalog. Browse the Member Surnames. For help with library research, please use Research Requests. The GSWC library is temporarily in storage.
Thank you for visiting the GSWC website. We hope your visit will be productive and that you will return often. Have a great summer.
Our Website
Our website features an extensive list of Washtenaw County and Michigan research links and resources; databases; indexes; a surname database; a library catalog of over 2,000 books, cemetery records, and census records; and a calendar of events.
Notes on the navigation buttons in the left sidebar:
- Submenu items appear after you click on About Us, Members, Washtenaw Research, or Members Surnames.
- If you login, further submenu items available only to members appear under Members and Washtenaw Research. These items include archives of our publications and special databases and indexes.
- The complete run of Family History Capers, including the current issue, is available under Washtenaw Research if you are logged in.
2024-2025 Lectures and Classes
Click here for information about our meetings and the meeting schedule through May 2025. GSWC Meeting September 22, 2024 1:30 PM
After the brief business meeting starting at 1:30pm
Daniel Horowitz will present
"What's New and Exciting at MyHeritage."
MyHeritage is at the forefront of innovation in genealogy and is constantly introducing new and exciting features to help users take their research to the next level. In this session, Daniel will give a detailed walkthrough of the latest and greatest from MyHeritage and show you how to make the most of these features. On the way, he’ll give you a peek behind the scenes at how they were developed.
After a short intermission
Roger P. Minert will teach
"Form and Content in German Church Records."
This presentation includes a short history of the keeping of church records in the German-language countries in Europe, as well as in specific German provinces since 1490. Church and state regulations regarding the keeping of church records are discussed. A case study is demonstrated based on a typical parish in Württemberg with records from 1562 to 1876.
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