Hello friends of the Mississippi Genealogical Society!

It’s April. Officially spring.

As the azaleas, tulips, roses, and flowers bloom, we move away from our fantastic Winter Virtual Seminar featuring J. Mark Lowe. Throughout late January and into March, members of the society sharpened their skills, worked on research in real time, and built friendships during our weekly meeting with this fantastic researcher. He even brought guests most weeks. Guests like the fabulous Dr. Abbott, who reminded us to Write Our Story first.

I’d like to take a moment and express my gratitude for the fun the two of them have brought to us the last month or so. Thank you. Truly.

That being said, now that we’re in the second quarter of the year, I’d like to put out a call for suggestions. Whether it’s a meeting topic, a presenter, speakers, workshop ideas or more, please send us a note with what you’d like to see from the society. This is your society. Your place to learn and grow as researchers and hobbyists in the genealogical field. Please help us become your go to place for all things genealogy in the state of Mississippi.

And if you want to donate your time and talents to the society, we’ll take that too. We’re currently in need of help running the zoom portion of our monthly meetings. Plus we need some awesome social media posts. And blog posts. We need more blogs than the few I put out on Tuesday afternoons. There’s so much to do and we want you to be a part of it all.

So this is your call to arms. Join us. Research with us. Give us suggestions. And if you’re new to Mississippi or genealogy, tell us about your family. We have a meeting on April 19 with Dr. William K Storey, author and Millsaps College professor. If you like what you see, pull up a chair and stick around a while. We always need new additions to the family.