Welcome!
VCGS provides activities and learning opportunities to support your genealogical research, be it local, regional, or distant. Those with Ventura County roots will find plenty of local records, made available by our wonderful volunteers. We also maintain an extensive genealogical library collection and we offer lectures at our meetings on the third Saturday of every month except December. These days (2022) we are meeting online with Zoom. Become a member and experience the many benefits of membership and be sure to explore all the genealogical treasures on our website. We hope to Zoom with you soon!
Ventura County Genealogical Society provides full maintenance and development of the Genealogy Collection housed within the Camarillo City Library (upper level), 4101 Las Posas Road, Camarillo, California. You can access the catalog using the Library choice on the left-side menu. Library volunteers are regularly scheduled to help you use the collection, answer genealogy questions, or get you started with genealogy.
We welcome your donations to help us fulfill our mission!
CLICK ON PHOTO FOR LARGER VIEW. Many thanks to Phil Crow for the photograph of the John Henry Conrad Family taken at the J C Brewster Studio on Oak St, Ventura, CA, 13 Jan 1892. J. H. Conrad was Phil's Great Grandfather and a Judge in Ventura from 1911-1926. L-R Front Row: John Ray Conrad, Mary Anne Alexander Conrad, Jesse Lawrence Conrad, Robert LeRoy Conrad, and Judge J H Conrad. L-R Back Row: William Franklin Conrad, Clarence Herbert Conrad (Phil's grandfather) and Sarah "Sadie" Belle Conrad.
Affiliations
The Ventura County Genealogical Society (founded in 1978) is a California-registered non-profit educational organization in Ventura, California, with 200-plus members. We are funded by membership dues, fundraising events, and donations. We are dedicated to promoting genealogy and public education and fellowship to everyone interested in family histories. The goals of the society are to encourage family history and genealogical research; to educate and instruct members through lectures, workshops, and an annual seminar; to educate the members in practical genealogical research skills, and to publish information of interest to genealogists.
Operating Year: January – December 2022
Executive Board of
Officers
President: (vacant)
1st Vice Pres/Programs: Fran Bumann
2nd Vice Pres/Membership: Terri Parks
3rd Vice Pres/Seminar: Brian Rubin
Corresponding Secretary: Donna Fong-Taylor
Recording Secretary: Cathy Hernandez
Treasurer: Shannon Luck-Brillhart
Committee Chairs
British Isles SIG Chair: Fran Bumann
DNA SIG Chair: Don Worth
Field Trips: Beulah O’Neal
Irish SIG Chair: Patricia Thomas
Co-Librarian: Cathy Hernandez
Co-Librarian: Mary Deasy
Local Records: Marilyn Peterson
Mexican American SIG Co-Chair: Juan Venegas
Mexican American SIG Co-Chair: Nancy Lehnhardt
Newsletter Editor: Jim McAleney
Promotions Chair: Sharie Lieberg
Publicity: Roberta Bear
Refreshments: (vacant)
Registration: Marcie Malony
Special Projects Chair: (vacant)
Technology SIG Co-Chair: Don Worth
Technology SIG Co-Chair: Ray Roth
Ways and Means: Judith Janes
Webmaster: Don Worth
Past Presidents
1978-1979 Jackie Tevault
1980-1981 Roberta Griffin
1984 Lois Seaton
1986 Lois Allmen
1988 Frank Budroe
1991 Jean Webb
1993-1994 William Webb
1997-1998 Marge Warmuth
2001-2002 Gerald McCool
2004-2005 Marnell Hansen
2008-2009 Phillip Crow
2012-2013 Caron Tait
2016-2017 Jim Knapp
2020-2021 Gayle Wolcott
1979 Barbara Russell
1982-1983 Betty Turk
1985 Ron Risley
1987 Marie Faulkner
1989-1990 Betty Johnson
1992 Donald Wright
1995-1996 Lee Edwards
1999-2000 Judith Janes
2003 Brenda Ball
2006-2007 Cathy Villa
2010-2011 Gwenda Tucker
2014-2015 Fran Bumann
2018-2019 Nancy Jaeger
2022-2023 (vacant)
We Need Your Help to Continue Our Good Work
We are always looking for members to join our leadership team. If you are passionate about family research, and learning new genealogy skills, then come help us!
If you’re thinking of becoming more involved in VCGS and are interested in helping, please contact us at webmaster@venturacogensoc.org.
EIN / Tax ID: 501(c)(3) Non-Profit 95-3287407