Ocean Springs Genealogical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 1765
Ocean Springs, MS 39566-1765
Membership and Meetings
The Genealogical Society meets on the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 P.M. in the meeting room of the Ocean Springs Library located at 525 Dewey Ave., just south of the City Hall, in Ocean Springs, MS. Guest are welcome to attend our meetings. It is recommended that they bring a list of their SURNAMES and some genealogy information that they are researching. Refreshments are usually provided at the end of each meeting.
If any person would like to join and become a member of the Ocean Springs Genealogical Society, Membership is $10.00 Per Year, per household, both single and/or Family (Husband and Wife). Memberships are from January through December of each Year. Any member joining in December is credited through the following year. Any one joining before December pays for the current year only and is subject to pay dues the 1st of January of each year. Members are entitled to receive a copy of the Year Book, the Society Newsletter as it is published monthly depending on the volume of information to be disseminated.
PAST PRESIDENTS
1990, 1998, 2000, 2013 – 2015 David Kuhl
2012 – 2013 Linda Robinson
2010 – 2011 Joyce Griffith
2008 – 2009 Anne Anderson
2004 – 2005 Richard G. Evans
2003, 2006 – 2007 Frank Cannon
2002 Ed Dorroh
2001 Elaine Miller
1999 Regina Hines Ellison
1997 Lettie White
1996 Leona Lowry
1995 Harry McLemore
1993 – 1994 Charles Fiske
1992 Douglas Kirkpatrick
1991 Jo Ann Carothers
1989 Judy Hetchler
1988 Carol Gipson
1987 Maryon Capers
1986 Betty Moore
1984 – 1985 Marie Begue
1983 Stephanie Reinike
1981 – 1982 Pauline Entreken
1979 – 1980 Hazel Monk
COMMITTEES
Newsletter
Archives
Publicity
Yearbook
Assistants
Refreshments
Website
FGS Coordinator
RAFFLES
At meetings those present may contribute $1.00 to the Society’s Treasury. The raffle winner selects a book costing up to $30.00 and notifies the OSGS Librarian what to purchase.
The winner has an opportunity to review the book before it is presented by OSGS to the Genealogy Section of the Ocean Springs Library.
A book over $30 may be selected and the selectee pays the difference. Multiple monthly winners may pool their winnings toward the purchase of an expensive book. Books may include CDs, or other items of genealogical interest.