2025 Program Schedule for the Ottawa County Genealogical Society

 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE JULY FIELD TRIP, ALL OCOGS MEETINGS IN 2025 WILL BE HELD IN THE LOWER LEVEL MEETING ROOM OF THE OAK HARBOR PUBLIC LIBRARY, 147 WEST MAIN ST. IN OAK HARBOR. AN ELEVATOR IS AVAILABLE.

MEETINGS ARE HELD THE THIRD TUESDAY OF MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER

ALL MEETING (except July) BEGIN AT 5:30 PM

March 18, 2025:  JUMP START YOUR GENEALOGY – Christina Yetzer Drain, Genealogist and Historian, President of Richland-Shelby Genealogical Society

April 15, 2025:   SECRETS OF CATAWBA ISLAND – Craig Koerpel, Catawba Island Historical Society 

May 20, 2025:  OHIO’S FIRST LADIES – Dan Baker, Hayes Museum

June 17, 2025:   GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE BGSU CENTER FOR ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS – Sara Butler-Tongate – CAC Resource Librarian  

July 15, 2025:  FIELD TRIP TO THE RUTHERFORD B HAYES LIBRARY IN FREMONT   (PLEASE NOTE WE WILL BE MEETING AT 1 PM AT THE LIBRARY)

September 16, 2025:  BLACK SWAMP DOCTOR –  Stories from Dr. Frederick William Jaeger who practiced medicine in Elmore from 1844 – 1864 – as presented by his great great grandson, John Jaeger of Cincinnati.  This program will be presented via Zoom.

October 21, 2025:  SALOONS, BARS, & TAVERNS OF OAK HARBOR – John Liske and Kathy Huffman, Oak Harbor historians 

November 18, 2025:  USING CORONER’S FILES: GUNSHOT, HEAD ROLLING DOWN THE TRACK, OR JUST A POSSIBLE HEART ATTACK – Ton Neel, Retired OGS Genealogist