Darke County Genealogical Society

NOTICE !!

Beginning July 1, 2000, there will be an entrance fee to Garst Museum
unless you are a member of the Darke County Historical Society.
$5.00 per day for adults,
$3.00 per day for seniors
            $2.00 per day for students 6 - 18

A member of the Darke County Genealogical Society will pay only $1.00 per day.
Display your DCGS membership card at the door.

The Darke County Genealogical Society exists to promote genealogical research in the county. It helps maintain a collection of genealogical and historical materials to facilitate that research in the library at Garst Museum located at 205 N. Broadway, Greenville, Ohio. Books and other materials are donated by interested parties and others are purchased by the Genealogical Society. An extensive Surname File of non-book materials is housed in a total of 40 large file drawers. These files are duplicated no where else and contain hand-written notes, old photos, obituaries from local papers, names of other researchers, court records, etc.

Phyllis Crick will do research and photocopying for a fee of $10.00 per hour plus copying and postage. Please send requests with SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) to

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Membership in the Genealogical Society is open to all who share the Society's passions for history and genealogy in Darke County, Ohio. Current individual dues (or for two at same address) are $15/year. Membership term is from January through December. The Society's meetings are always open to the general public. To JOIN the Society, send dues to the address above this notice, with your name, address (include ZIP four: XXXXX-XXXX to receive newsletter), telephone number, email address (if you have one) and a list of surnames you are actively researching (underline those that were in Darke Co.).

SURNAME HELP is available from Phyllis Crick c/o Darke Co Genealogical Society / POB 908 / Greenville, OH 45331-0908. Due to limited volunteers at the Garst Museum, it will cost $2.00, SASE, and return postage per file, per name to verify a surname in the county files. If any information or copies are requested, it will cost $10.00 an hour for the research plus $0.15 per page photocopying plus return postage.

Phyllis may also do simple research in the surname files only of past and current members of the Society. She will send you the names of others researching the same families as you. Send those requests to Phyllis through the Society. You must include SASE for a reply.

Cost of QUERIES or ADs in the newsletter are free to members to members. Queries cost $1 for non-members. An ADvertisement in the newsletter is $6 for a half page and $12 for a whole page. A short notice can be submitted without cost, but appears as space is avilable in the newsletter. Send ADs and QUERIES to Darke Co. Genealogical Society / POB 908 / Greenville, OH 45331-0908.

You may also use the new Kindling Queries site specifically offered by DCOWeb for those who are on-line to submit queries to be published in the Kindling. Costs are waived if you submit a query on-line. Please read the information at the Kindling Queries site and follow directions. [Note that this new offering is experimental and may be withdrawn.]

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Lineages Committee

The Darke County Genealogical Society has four Lineage Classifications by which members can have their ancestors recognized. Two of these categories (in green) have been in place many years. Two new categories were added in resent years. These classifications allow you to honor your ancestor(s) -and- support the work of the local Society. The Lineage Classifications are:

Pioneer Families: Ancestors living in Darke County between 1817-1830
First Families: Ancestors living in Darke County between 1831-1850
Century Ancestors: Ancestors living in Darke County from 1851 to 100 years previous to present year (i.e., 1851-1900 in year 2000; 1851-1905 in year 2005; etc.)
Civil War Ancestors: Ancestors serving from Darke County during the Civil War 1861-1865

To be accepted into one or more lineage categories a member must submit application(s) with documented proof of ancestry. A committee will then review each application and will notify the individual of acceptance or if more proof of ancestry is going to be needed. Applicants who also wish to make their research on their families known must submit 2 copies of the application/documentation. One copy will be placed in the public files at the Garst Museum for others who visit the museum to review.

Fees incurred are:	Cost:
Membership in the Darke County Genealogical Society	$15.00
One-time application and first ancestor fee	$15.00
Each additional ancestor fee	$2.00
Child application (Parent or grandparent must first be accepted)	$10.00

Applications are available . . .

by requesting one by writing in U.S. Mail:

by printing the application on your own machine:

Applications must be submitted by September 1 of current year, to allow time for review before induction in November of same year.

APPLY and JOIN TODAY !!

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Application files in Adobe format (.pdf) available for download:

Darke Co. Genealogical Society Membership Application in Adobe™'s format.
Lineages Application in Adobe™'s format.

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