Newsletter update - the printer stated that the newsletters have went out in the mail on Monday, 6/23/08.  Registration forms and ballots can be printed from this page and are located below.

2008 Triennial Reunion

& Board of Directors Meeting

Make plans for this event that is to be held near Napa Valley in California

Dates:  Friday, 7/25/08 to Sunday, 7/27/08

• Thursday, 7/24/08
  • Board of Directors Meeting
• Friday 7/25/08
  • Winery Tour - Regusci Winery, Vine Cliff Winery, Yountsville
  • Dinner Buffet
• Saturday, 7/26/08
  • Breakfast Buffet
  • General Business Meeting
  • Banquet
• Sunday, 7/27/08
  • Breakfast Buffet
  • Memorial Service

Triennial Reunion Registration Form - print and send in with payment.

Members Only - Ballot and Biographies for the Board of Director Nominees - this is also being sent with the newsletter.  You can print this out and send it in.  Please put your member number on it so that we can ensure you are a member.

Grigsby DNA Project

Family Tree DNA Project

Benefits For Members' Only

In the members' only site, you will find:

• linked pedigrees of 20,281 individuals  (updates in progress - 6/16/07)
  • 3,568 unique surnames in the database  (new- 6/16/07)
  • Top 20 Surnames (by count of individuals in the database):
    • Grigsby - 5,505
    • Rush - 249
    • DeVaney - 232
    • Smith - 184
    • Harris - 144
    • Allen - 95
    • Williams - 95
    • Terrell - 94
    • Wilson - 86
    • Martin - 82
    • Wyatt - 80
    • Paxton - 73
    • Hamilton - 72
    • Brown - 71
    • Loney - 70
    • Davis - 69
    • Miller - 69
    • Adams - 67
    • Roberts - 67
    • McCormick - 65
• new enhanced pedigree with source material is being developed  (updated 06/23/08 - includes 228 individuals)
• feature articles from previous newsletters
• current newsletter  
• listing of Grigsby Civil War Soldiers  
• submission guidelines 
• new search capabilities   
• libraries with donated books   
• current membership list   
• suggested Maidstone, England locations to visit   
• The Chronicles Of Reuben by Abraham Lincoln - in the featured articles section 
• California births - 1905 to 1969   

Members' Only Site -

Current members - if you do not have user id that starts with NGFS, please send message to ngfs@grigsby.org for new username and password.  Once received back from NGFS, please change password at earliest opportunity as well as update addresses.  This will be used for mailing the newsletters in the near future.

updated - GMB 06/23/08