Meetings
Meeting Location
Wirt Library Community Room-First Floor
500 Center Avenue, Bay City, Michigan
Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm (Doors open at 5:00pm)
When: Usually, 2nd Wednesday of the month
(No meeting in July and August)
If schools are closed due to weather, the meeting is canceled.
Meeting Schedule
2024/2025 Society Session
September 11. 2024
Program: Derek Blount-Lumber Barons and the Shanties that worked for them
October 09, 2024
Program: Jeff Mason-Death and Taxes, two things you cannot afford to miss: a genealogical perspective
November 12, 2024 (Tuesday)
Program: Cynthia Grostick-Collateral Lines
December 10, 2024 (Tuesday)-Current members only.
Annual Society Holiday Buffett.
"Brown Bag" auction.
January 08, 2025
Program: Megan Heyl-Hodgepodge-Questions and answers from previous presentation she has given.
February 12, 2025
Program: Canceled due to weather
March 12, 2025-Dereck Blount-Great Midwest Fires of 1871 and 1881.
April 9, 2025
Program: Justin Frost (Past Preservation, LLC) Repairing, Cleaning, and Researching Headstones
May 14, 2025
Program: Jeff Mason-Breaking Down Brick Walls & Revising Dead Ends
June 11, 2025-Current Members only.
Bay County Genealogical Society's election of officers.
"End of 2024/2025 Session" buffet and "Brown Bag" auction.
Hybrid Meetings
Society meetings are hybrid, which are a combination of in-person and virtual attendees.
Virtual attendees must use Zoom.
Zoom Meeting Attendance
In order to attend a meeting via Zoom, you have to register for that meeting.
Society members are sent Registrations, via email.
Non-members must contact the Zoom coordinator (see Research-Queries) to provide an email address to where the registration can be sent. This will have to be done for each meeting you are attending.
Both from Bay City Times (14 Aug 1949)
