Clinton County Genealogical Society

Membership in the Clinton County Genealogical Society is $20. The membership year is from January 1 to December 31.  Membership received after September 1 will be applied toward the next calendar year unless we are otherwise instructed. A chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, the CCGS was officially chartered in 1989.

Genealogy/Research Library Hours

The Genealogy/Research Library is housed at the Clinton County History Center, 149 E. Locust Street (PO Box 529), Wilmington, OH 45177.   The library will close November 21, 2009 through March 3, 2010.  In 2010, the library will be open Wednesday through Friday from 1:00 until 4:00, and the first and second Saturday of each month from 1:00 until 4:00.

The Clinton Chronicle

A quarterly newsletter published January, April, July and October, The Clinton Chronicle lists upcoming meetings, reports of past meetings, upcoming regional events of genealogical interest, new books received for the genealogy library,  surname queries, and articles of local genealogical interest. An index of all Chronicles is available for researching past issues. Members may submit queries free of charge. If you join during the year, you will receive all past issues of The Clinton Chronicle  for that year.

CCGS Meetings

Regular CCGS meetings are 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Monday of each month, except December, at the Clinton County Historical Society, 149 E. Locust St., Wilmington, Ohio (unless otherwise noted). Each session includes a topic of interest to society members.  
2010 Program Calendar:

     June 28         "Who Sends Thee?" - The Story and the Statue by Christine
                                  Snyder. Program location is the Quaker Heritage
                                  Center at Wilmington College
     July 26           "Show and Tell" - bring a picture, antique, object, or curio. 
                                  Everyone should tell the story of their object. 
                                  Meeting will be a carry-in picnic at the Shelter House
                                  at Denver Williams, Jr. Park
     August 23       "Clinton County in 1810 and the Centennial of 1910
                                  by Melissa Beal Beyerlein and Susanne Kenny.
     September 26  This special meeting will be held on Sunday, September
                                 26 at 2:00 at the Clinton County History Center. 
                                 150th Birthday Tea for Sculptor Eli Harvey (1860 - 1957). 
                                 Introducing new book "Memoirs of Eli Harvey, Sculptor."  
                                 Slide show and guided tour of the Eli Harvey Gallery by 
                                 Christine Snyder.
     October 25      "Tales from Jefferson Township" by Dorothea Kratzer
     November 22    First Families ang Genealogist of the Year Award Banquet. 
                                   Begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church, 840
                                   Timber Glen Drive in Wilmington.
     December         No meeting

     2011
     January 25       Gravestone Art: The Stonecarver's Craft and the
                                  Meaning Behind it by Melanie Marks.