The Winter 2026 issue (Vol. 9, Issue 2) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. Visit the WCGS website or click here: Wake Genealogy Watch, Winter 2026 This issue includes: Recap and photos of our Fall 2025 events News from the NCGS Fall Conference A house history from WCGS member Gayle Williams focusing on history, genealogy and evolution of building materials through 200 years of maintenance and preservation A revisit of the WCGS Surname Search feature at our website A fantastic workflow for identifying and researching your Revolutionary Ancestors Our winter calendar of upcoming events A new cumulative index to all published issues of Wake Genealogy Watch Dive in and explore all the resources and stories designed to enrich your genealogy journey. Be sure to visit the last page for the link to the index! Photo Note: If you choose to read a printed version of this newsletter, some of the photos will be difficult to view du...

The Fall 2025 issue (Vol. 9, Issue 1) of our award-winning newsletter,   Wake Genealogy Watch , is now available online for reading or download. Visit the WCGS website or click the link here:  Wake Genealogy Watch, Fall 2025 .   This issue includes: A recap of our Find Your Family event in May. Registration details for Barbara McGeachy’s expanded fall genealogy classes—now 11 topics (up from 8). Practical how-to articles to guide your research. A review of Belle Long’s same-name study on multiple Joel Lanes, with a link to her original work. Ed Webb’s success story of using the BIRLS/FOIA process to successfully acquire his father’s BIRLS military record packet. A video tutorial on using AI tools to turn ancestor profiles into narratives, bios, and research plans. Cynthia Gage shares the NUMIDENT Social Security dataset for 20th Century Ancestors. Information on ordering a WCGS member nametag. A full calendar of upcoming events. Dive in and explore all the resources ...

The Summer 2025 issue (Vol. 8, Issue 4) of our award-winning newsletter,  Wake Genealogy Watch , is now available online for reading or download. Visit the WCGS website or click the link here:   Wake Genealogy Watch, Summer 2025 .   This issue features: Details and Registration for three WCGS events that are fast approaching. Barbara McGeachy shares a special family heirloom written in WWII code. Tips to pull more clues from a WWI registration form that just what is included on the form. A special announcement about one of our own members. Learn about the excellent research guides available at NARA. Take a trick or two from this short and simple AI use case to make extracting information from your documents easier and quicker. A busy summer events calendar that you won’t want to miss! Dive in and explore all the resources and stories designed to enrich your genealogy journey!   Photo Note : If you choose to read a printed version of this newsletter, some of the photo...

Reprinted from Wake Genealogy Watch, newsletter of the Wake County Genealogy Society, Summer 2019, v2.4. I can figure cousinship fine when I am at my desk with all kinds of handy charts, but never when I am out and about. Here are two easy tips.—CD Trick 1: Count the number of Greats and add 1. Shared 4th great grands + 1 = 5th cousins. Shared 5th great grands + 1 = 6th cousins. Grand parents + 1 = 1st cousins. (0 grands to add!) For a another tip see this Family History Daily post.   Trick 2: Draw it out, as Roberta Estes did for her blog post on calculating cousins easily.  See Roberta’s post here for more tips.   Visit Wake County Genealogical Society's Website  -  Homepage  |  WCGS Events  |  Join WCGS  |  Publications  |  Wake Cemetery Survey Images  |  Society Surnames  |  Digital Resources  |  History Resources  |  More Links and Resources  |  C...