Genealogy

UPCOMING GENEALOGY PROGRAMS

Genealogy Schedule for 2013:

Saturday - May 18, 2013

"Genealogy Resources at the Pennsylvania State Archives"

Guest Speaker: Aaron McWilliams

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

9:30 - Getting Started

Saturday - June 22, 2013

"DNA Goes Genderless"

Guest Speaker: Judy Russell

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

9:30 Getting Started

Saturday - September 28, 2013

"Spanning the Great New York Abyss: Connecting Generations When No Vital Records Exist"

Guest Speaker:  Laura Murphy DeGrazia

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

9:30 - Getting Started

Saturday, October 26, 2013

"The Orphan Train Riders: The Journey Westward"

Guest Speaker: Tom Riley

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

"The New National Archives at the Alexander Hamilton

U.S. Custom House

Guest Speaker:  Dorothy Dougherty

10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Saturday - March 29, 2014

Genealogy Lock-In

Guest Speaker: D. Joshua Taylor

The Patchogue-Medford Library has an extensive monograph, microfilm and electronics collection and will continue to develop these areas.  Librarians are happy to assist all patrons with their research.

SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

IMPORTANT: Home Access to the available databases on this page now requires a Patchogue-Medford Library card. You will be prompted to enter the barcode from your card.

Genealogy Resource Groups on Long Island (including Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau & Suffolk)Back to Top

***We suggest that you confirm date, time, and place
with individual society before attending a meeting.***

AFRICAN ATLANTIC GENEALOGY SOCIETY

• Meets first Friday of the month, 7:00 PM, Freeport Memorial Library, Ocean Ave., Freeport, NY.

• September through June.

• Contact: Joysetta Pearse, (516) 379-5466.

• Internet Address: http://www.aagsinc.net

• All Meetings are open to the public at no charge.

COMPUTER GENEALOGY SOCIETY OF LONG ISLAND

• Meets Last Thursday (4th or 5th) of Month (except Jul & Aug), 7:30 PM, Family History Center, Plainview NY

• Note: The Family History Center is located in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 160 Washington Avenue, Plainview (L.I.) N.Y.

• Contact: Walter Kehoe (516) 921-8941.  

• All meetings are open to the public at no charge.

GENEALOGY SUPPORT GROUP OF LONGWOOD SOCIETY OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• Meets 2nd Saturday of Month at 3:00PM (except July) at the Longwood Public Library, 800 Middle Country Rd.,Middle Island, NY 11953.

• (631)924-6400. Visitors Welcome, no charge to attend meetings.

• Contact: Kathy Then (631) 846-6308 

• GENEALOGY WORKSHOP of the HUNTINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

• Meets fourth Wednesday of the month, 7:00 PM, Conklin Barn, Huntington, NY.

• Contact: Richard Holliday (631)757-5817.

• All meetings are open to the public. Admission fee for non-members and guests: $3.00.

GERMAN GENEALOGY GROUP, INC

• Meets first Thursday of each month, 7:30 PM, Hicksville VFW Hall, 320 S. Broadway (Route 107) Hicksville, NY. (Except July, August)

• September through June.

• Contact: Don Eckerle, (631)265-0621.

• Web Site: www.germangenealogygroup.com

• Visitors welcome, no fee.

IRISH FAMILY HISTORY FORUM

• Meets third Saturday of the month, 1:00 PM [Help Sessions at 11:30 AM] Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Ave. Bethpage.

• Contact: Joe McKeon, (718)945-2811. PO Box 67, Plainview, NY 11803-0067.

• Web Site: www.ifhf.org     Visitors Welcome.

ITALIAN GENEALOGY GROUP

• Meets second Saturday of each month, 10:30 AM, Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Ave., Bethpage.

• Contact: Michael Genovese (516) 354-3534

• Internet address: http://www.italiangen.org

• All meetings are open to the public at no charge.

JEWISH GENEALOGY SOCIETY of LONG ISLAND

• Usually meets at 2:00 PM on the fourth Sunday of the month.

  Check www.jgsli.org for dates and locations.

   

  September through June.

  Library collection housed at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Road, Plainview, NY.

  Contact: Renee Steinig (631) 549-9532.

  Internet address: http://www.jgsli.org

  Regular meetings are open to the public at no charge.

   

LONG ISLAND TMG USERS' GROUP (for users of The Master Genealogist computer program)

• Meets 3rd Thursday of the Month, 7:30 PM (Except July, August)

• L.D.S. Church, Plainview, New York

• Contact: Mark Waldron, (631) 724-4162. 

• All meetings are free and open to the public.

PATCHOGUE-MEDFORD LIBRARY GENEALOGY RESEARCH GROUP

• Meets 4th Saturday of the Month, 10-11:30AM. 9:30AM help session. 54-60 East Main St., Patchogue, NY.

• For details, contact Toni Raptis (631)654-4700 ext.231.

• All meetings are open to the public at no charge.

PLAINVIEW FAMILY HISTORY CENTER (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)

• Note: The Family History Center is located in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 160 Washington Avenue, Plainview (L.I.) N.Y.

• Houses extensive genealogical research library. World's largest collection of genealogical microfilm available for loan and use in the library. No charge except for copy machine, postage for film loans. Call for hours, directions.

• Library: (516) 433-0122

  QUEENS GENEALOGY WORKSHOP of the Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, Inc.

• Meets third Saturday of the month at 1:00 PM at Onderdonk House, 1820 Flushing Ave., Ridgewood, NY 11385. (718) 456-1776.

• March through November.

• All meetings are open to the public. No Admission Fee.

SUFFOLK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

• Research Library open Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday, 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM. 300 West Main St., Riverhead, NY.

• Contact: (631)727-2881

                                                                     Library fee is $2.00.