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Membership is on a calendar-year basis, with no partial year rates or proration; however, renewals or new memberships received in November 2025 or later will be effective immediately and remain valid through December 2026.

Our Meeting Calendar:

If you are interested in joining the Society to participate in our meetings, please follow the instructions above to join.

Thursday, February 5, 2026
Finding What You Need and Making the Most of What You Find – presented by Pam Vestal (Zoom). Ms. Vestal is a professional genealogist and speaker who turned her focus to her longtime love of genealogy after a 20-year writing career. Her articles have appeared in the National Genealogical Society Magazine and The  Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, and her lectures take her from coast to coast.  Pam specializes in conducting genealogical research and then transforming that information into illustrated stories that even non-genealogists can enjoy.

Programs happen with input and help from members. Are you interested in sharing your knowledge or stories or successes and puzzles with us? Do you have topics that you would like to learn more about? Can you pitch in to help the Program Committee? Contact (president@centrecountygenealogy.org).

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The Index to the CCGS Cemetery Series is online and free to the public!

Members, past issues of Roots newsletters and various informational handouts from past meetings are available in our Members-Only section of the website.

Members, the Society welcomes contributions for the newsletter from our members: interesting historic photos or newspaper items, articles about families, summaries of research finds, queries, etc. Please contact our Newsletter Editor, if you have something you would like to submit.

CCGS funding (your dollars) has helped the Pennsylvania State University Libraries digitize and upload for FREE viewing and searching at Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive:

Democratic Watchman (Bellefonte, Pa.), 1871-1923
Centre Hall Reporter/Centre Reporter, from December 1914 to August 1928