Welcome to the - Wabash Valley Genealogy Society Website! 

The Wabash Valley Genealogy Society's website has a new look. We hope these changes will offer a more interactive form of communication between the WVGS Board and the members. This website will be going through various changes over the next few months.  Comments and suggestions will be welcomed.

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          By Laws Special Meeting   6:00 p.m. Monday, May 14, 2012

      Be Prepared to Vote on By-Law Changes!

                                    Followed by ...

“A Grave Matter in Indiana"

Presentation by

Jeannie Regan-Dinius

 

Monday, May 14, 2012

VCPL Rooms A, B & C

Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

On  Monday,  May 14,  2012,  the Wabash Valley Genealogy Society will be presenting a public program entitled, "A Grave Matter In Indiana".  The presentation will be led by Jeannie R. Regan-Dinius,  Director of Special Initiatives - Indiana Department of Natural Resources.  The program will be held  from 6:30 to 8:00 pm in Rooms A, B, and C of the Vigo County Public Library in Terre Haute, Indiana.  Doors will open  at 6:00 pm. Announcements begin at 6:15 p.m.

Ms. Regan-Dinius will discuss the on-going activities as they  relate to the location, documentation and preservation of  Indiana pioneer cemeteries.  She will also review Indiana law as it  pertains to access, preservation and relocation of cemeteries.

Jeannie is Director of Special Initiatives for the Indiana DNR, Division of Historic  Preservation & Archaeology.  She has life-long interest in history, family history and research.  She received her BS degree in Public History from Ball State  University and her Master's degree from Indiana Purdue  University at Indianapolis.

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      2012 Beginning Genealogy Class

 

 Here are twenty of the twenty-five WVGS 2012    Beginning Genealogy students with WVGS President Sandy Hayes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good luck and happy research to our graduates!


 

Upcoming WVGS Events

02 Jun 2012 10:00 AM • Vigo County Public Library - Lower Level Meeting Rooms - Terre Haute, IN
11 Jun 2012 6:30 PM • Vigo County Public Library, Lower Level, Terre Haute, IN
08 Oct 2012 6:00 PM • Vigo County Public Library - Lower Level Meeting Rooms

Upcoming Regional Events

25 Mar 2012 8:00 PM • PBS _ WFYI
07 Jun 2012 9:00 AM • The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
20 Jul 2012 • Indianapolis Marriott East, Indianapolis, IN
03 Aug 2012 1:00 PM • Crowne Plaza Springfield, Illinois
































 
 

 

"Preserving The Past, Serving The Present, Promoting The Future"

Wabash Valley Genealogy Society 

Based in Vigo County, Terre Haute, Indiana. Serving Clark, Crawford and Edgar Counties in Illinois.

Clay, Greene, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo in Indiana

P.O. Box 9347

Terre Haute, Indiana 47808-9347