Greater Kansas City Genealogy Society

06/19/2026

Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word of their freedom—two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Celebrate at the JuneteenthKC Heritage Festival. Head to the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. This two-day festival features live performances, food vendors, youth entrepreneurs, and a large Kids Zone
https://www.juneteenthkc.com/2026festival

06/18/2026

Social media accounts you should follow.
The National Archives is the official record-keeper for the U.S. federal government. Explore American history through a daily dose of historical documents, photographs and artifacts.
Visit www.archives.gov/social-media to connect with all of their social media platforms.

The National Archives uses a variety of social media platforms to tell great stories, spark deep conversations, and provide opportunities for civic engagement. We have signed agreements with social networks, publishing platforms, and content-sharing sites with the goal of sharing our mission and con...

06/17/2026

Researching the Service of a WWII service member? The World War II Museum is now offering research help to uncover the history of your veteran ancestor.
Email: [email protected].

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/research-veteran

06/16/2026

Tip Tuesday
Write a short summary for each ancestor. This can help fill in timeline gaps in your tree. Include birth, marriage, location, occupation, and key life events.

06/15/2026

Resources from our website. Members can access past handouts from previous meeting on the website.
In the Program Handout Archive find “Social Media and a Search Engine: Genealogy Tools for the 21st Century”
Login the the website to access all of the member resources.

06/14/2026

Flag Day commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777. The Flag Resolution stated "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."

06/13/2026

A new database to find newspapers that have been digitized.
Newspaper Finder is a free website created by the Boulder Genealogical Society, is a directory of digitized newspapers. Search by date, range and state, and the results bring up a map with pins in all of the nearby locations they've identified digitized newspapers.

https://newspaperfinder.com/

06/12/2026

Weekend Challenge: Find a land deed

Land deeds are among the most valuable, and often overlooked, tools for genealogy. They act as legal snapshots that can document exact migration dates, define family relationships, uncover the names of female ancestors, and map out the exact location of ancestral farms.

06/11/2026

Greater Kansas City Genealogy Society is a non-profit and tax-exempt educational organization of amateur and professional family historians and genealogists dedicated to the collegial study and preservation of family history in the United States and the rest of the world.

06/10/2026

American Ancestors has a new database.
United States: Indenture and Manumission Records, 1780-1939
This database adds 36,980 records and 28,740 names to the 10 Million Names Project.
See more at americanancestors.org