About lwalsh On August 22, 2017 the Society will welcome guest speaker Mr. Gerry Gould, who has taught American Indian Studies at the university level for 25 years. He is of Anishnaabeg (Ojibwa) ancestry and is currently Chief of the Swan Creek … Read more…
A big thanks to all who joined us for the 2016 cemetery tour!
The Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society will welcome guest speaker George Wieland to present and discuss his book, Celtic Germans: the Rise and Fall of Ann Arbor’s Swabians at its quarterly meeting on April 26, 2016. A social psychologist with the University of … Read more…
Please join us on January 26, 2016 for the quarterly meeting of the Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society! We meet at 7 p.m. in the lower level of the historic Stockbridge Township Hall (refreshments beginning at 6:30 p.m.). The topic of our … Read more…
Please join us for an open house this September! Several of our members have been busy organizing the Society’s holdings, and it’s time to show off our progress! Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22, the public is invited … Read more…
Your society continues, with varying degrees of activity, to organize our assets at the former middle school building and begin the Oral History project with the Capital Area District Libraries. The sorting of materials has slowed for the summer months … Read more…
It was great to see everyone who attended our annual picnic on June 23! We all enjoyed good food and great company, and gave a special send-off to Richard “Dutch” Ramsdell, a founding member of the Society who has recently stepped down … Read more…
“Oral History” will be the topic of the spring meeting of the Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society. We will be welcoming guest speaker Geneva Kebler Wiskemann of the Michigan Oral History Association to share her knowledge! The meeting is open to … Read more…
Last week was a fantastic turnout for society member Nick Carpenter’s presentation on Grant Higgins! Grant grew up in Stockbridge, singing in church before branching out to songwriting and playing in local bands, such as the Rimrods and Catalinas, before … Read more…
A note from the webmaster: Welcome and thank you for checking out our new website! Since joining the society early in 2014, volunteering to take on the duties of webmaster, and joining the board several months later as a trustee, I’ve … Read more…