Welcome To The CCGS Website!
The Carroll County Genealogical Society President and Board would like to welcome all researchers to our website that was created with you, our members in mind and the public in pursuit of genealogical research. We hope our presentation of information is engaging and helpful and if you are not currently a member you would consider a membership in our society. Our informational offerings are rich and our plans are to grow as we work to improve the information and historical records offered to the general public and our membership. Enjoy the site, explore and research. Genealogical research is rewarding and we hope that you find your experience with us positive and will return often in your research.
September Renewals
It is that time of the year when the bulk of yearly memberships for Carroll County Genealogical Society come due. Please login under the Members Only option from the menu to determine if your renewal is due at this time. If you are presented with the Membership Renewal Banner you may select Profile from the menu and proceed as directed. This year we have added Renewal Instructions as a menu selection, where you can familiarize yourself with the renewal process before proceeding to renew.
If you need assistance please contact the Membership Chair, Judy Wagner via email - membership@ccgsmd.org
Thank You for your continued support of the Carroll County Genealogical Society.
What's New!
Members can download the DNA handout provided by Andy Hochreiter during our September meeting from our website. After logging in as a member proceed to the FILE D/L Page menu selection under Members Only and then select the 2018 Member Documents. The handout is listed there.
In addition links have been provided to all website users under CCGS Collections for the Maryland Archive Guides. There is a wonderful selection of online Guides available for research.
Westminster SAR Announces Award Program
[Sykesville, MD, September 12, 2018] – The Westminster chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) announces the local competition for the SAR’s Dr. Tom and Betty Lawrence American History Teacher Award for the 2018‐2019 school year in Carroll County. The full announcement can be viewed here:
SAR Press Release
New in the Library!
Stoner Brethren, A History of John Stoner (circa 1705 – 1769) And His Descendants, was published in 1993 by the author, Richard R. Weber and recently donated to our collection. It is a wonderful resource with names of many local families that married into the Stoner family and it covers up to the 8th generation from the immigrant. There are transcriptions of probate, tax and land records. Some photographs have been included. There are also many notes, references, a bibliography and it is fully indexed. This is a wonderful resource for those researching those elusive Brethren of the area that is now the western part of Carroll County.
We are very grateful to the donor for this book and feel sure that it will be of value to our researchers.
Look for it in the Family History book section.
Note: If you are considering donating slightly used books from your collection that you are no longer using, check our library catalog to see if it is something that we already own.
