Since 1975, the Genealogy Workshop of the Huntington Historical Society has been helping people from all over the country trace their family roots. The Workshop provides technical help in researching and documenting one’s own family history through its lecture programs.
UPCOMING GENEALOGY WORKSHOP
Our monthly Genealogy Workshop
Speaker: Jean King
Topic: Guide to U.S. Passport Applications
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022
Time: 11:00 am
Location: South Huntington Public Library
145 Pidgeon Hill Road,
Huntington Station
Free Event, reservations not required.
Passport applications are a useful source of information when researching your family’s roots. In this lecture you will become familiar with the history of U.S. passport applications. Examples and lists of websites where you can find these applications online will be discussed.. The focus will be on passports issued through 1926. Examples, will show how this information was collected. descriptions of how the passport applications has changed over time will be presented.
Jean is a librarian at the West Hempstead Public Library. She has been doing genealogy presentations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties for the past 20 years. Jean has been working on her own family history for 30 plus years. She is a board member of the German Genealogy Group and the Genealogy Federation of Long Island and is a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
Speaker: Jean King
Topic: Guide to U.S. Passport Applications
Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022
Time: 11:00 am
Location: South Huntington Public Library
145 Pidgeon Hill Road,
Huntington Station
Free Event, reservations not required.
Passport applications are a useful source of information when researching your family’s roots. In this lecture you will become familiar with the history of U.S. passport applications. Examples and lists of websites where you can find these applications online will be discussed.. The focus will be on passports issued through 1926. Examples, will show how this information was collected. descriptions of how the passport applications has changed over time will be presented.
Jean is a librarian at the West Hempstead Public Library. She has been doing genealogy presentations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties for the past 20 years. Jean has been working on her own family history for 30 plus years. She is a board member of the German Genealogy Group and the Genealogy Federation of Long Island and is a member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
The Workshop publishes ten monthly newsletters featuring local, national and international topics of genealogical interest. To receive the Genealogy Workshop Newsletter, be sure to choose the membership level that includes the newsletter.
World War I Vets DatabaseWe have, in our Resource Center, at 209 Main Street in Huntington, files on nearly 4500 World War I veterans from Suffolk County on Long Island. Please visit our search page to check if your person of interest is in our files.
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Record Search ServicesHuntington Historical Society provides Record Search Services to provide easy access to our vast Archives.
Genealogy PublicationsSee our Genealogy Publications here.
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Every year we arrange a trip to Salt Lake City's Family History Library. Tour leaders, Carol Proven and William Chamberlain, have over 25 years in researching family history. For more information please check our registration form.
Our 2022 Research Trip Has Been Cancelled.
For more details please email info@huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org .
Our 2022 Research Trip Has Been Cancelled.
For more details please email info@huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org .
