D-OGS is an active genealogical community dedicated to the research and preservation of family history of Durham and Orange counties. We provide research assistance and educational opportunities to our members and the public through outreach programs, monthly meetings, newsletters, and forums. We welcome queries about your family or historical places in and around Durham and Orange counties. The society meets once a month to hear speakers on a variety of topics including general research techniques, North Carolina maps, Indian Trading Paths, cemetery records, advances in technology, DNA results and so much more. Our meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month and are open to the public. A schedule of our events can be found on our Events page and announced in our popular monthly newsletter. 

 

 

 

 

 

Running out of places to look for information about your ancestors?  Come and hear professional genealogist Diane L. Richard discuss options you might not have considered at the May meeting of the Durham-Orange Genealogical Society!    Private and little known archival collections are full of ledgers and account books, membership lists, and so much more!   Have you explored these? You can learn so much about your family and the neighborhood through these records. Relationships are sometimes noted. Store, business and physician ledgers can link family members and provide many interesting details invaluable to your family history narrative.search.

See more details on our EVENTS page.