Webinar – The WPA Era: Free Records Boon from the Government with Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA [9 Apr 2025]

During tough economic times in the 1930s and 1940s, government programs put many people to work. The Works Progress/Work Projects Administration and the Historical Records Survey created a goldmine of material useful for today's genealogists all across the U.S. WPA record transcriptions, courthouse and manuscript inventories, vital records indexes, city/county histories, and histories of businesses ... Read more

VGS Spring 2025 Virtual Conference and Annual Meeting [26 Apr 2025]

Registration opens 10 March 2025. Scroll down to purchase a ticket.Members be sure to log into the website before purchasing a ticket so your membership discount will be applied. The discount will be applied when you reach the checkout page.The Zoom link to join the conference and the syllabus will be sent approximately three days ... Read more

Fall 2025 Virtual Conference [3–4 Oct 2025]

Virtual

Additional information coming soon. VGS is currently accepting speaker proposals for this conference. The submission deadline is 31 May 2025. Notification of acceptance will be received by 15 June 2025. For more information, please visit https://www.vgs.org/vgs-2025-fall-virtual-conference-call-for-proposals/.