WELCOME 
The Morris Area Genealogy Society (MAGS) provides a lively forum for resource sharing, mutual assistance, and instruction for those interested in family history and genealogy. Beginners as well as more experienced genealogists profit from monthly lectures on topics relating to genealogy. 
Starting in 2020, beginning genealogists may attend our Beginners and Beyond SIG without being a MAGS member.

Since our origin in 1988 at the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township, our Society has grown and we now meet at the Morris County Library*, 30 East Hanover Ave., Whippany, NJ on the first Tuesday evening of the month. Visitors are welcome at our monthly meetings. Refreshments are served at 6:30; the program begins at 7:00.

If a monthly meeting needs to be cancelled, every effort is made by the MAGS Board to notify the Morris County Library before 3 pm, with a cancellation notification posted on this page of this website. When in doubt, please call the Morris County Library directly.

​Among the benefits of membership are a subscription to the quarterly Morris Area Genealogy Society Newsletter and participation in our MAGS Special Interest Groups (SIGs). A MAGS SIG is a smaller group within the larger organization (MAGS) with a shared interest in a specific area; it focuses on particular challenges and topics such as research strategies in a smaller, less formal setting.  Go to our Special Interest Group page for more information.

2020 Change:  The SIG for Beginners and Beyond is now open to all - MAGS membership is not required.  If you think you might be interested in genealogy, come to our SIG meeting and try it out!

While the library is closed for meetings, the Morristown-Morris Township Library, North Jersey History and Genealogy Center librarians continue to provide genealogical research. Email the NJHGC at  james.lewis@mmt.mainlib.org .

Members are encouraged to volunteer their time and share their expertise by serving on committees.

*Directions to the Library. Telephone number: 973-285-6930.
Changes to Special Interest Groups - effective January 3, 2021: 
  • "Crossing The Pond" SIG is being discontinued.  If you are a member of this SIG and not a member of either of the two European SIGs, you may want to sign up for one or both of those SIGs as a replacement for "Crossing the Pond."
  • "Italian and Western Europe" SIG is being renamed "Western Europe" SIG.  Membership has not changed.  Susan Kehr has volunteered to be the new moderator.  
​​While the Morris County Library meeting rooms are closed, the following meetings are being held ONLINE via ZOOM:
  • MONTHLY GENERAL MEETINGS
  •  BEGINNERS AND BEYOND SIG
  •  BRICK WALLS SIG 
  •  DNA SIG 
  • WESTERN EUROPE SIG; the German and Eastern Europe SIG members are invited to participate
  •  COMPUTER GENEALOGY SIG and the COMPUTER GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY WRITING SIG will have combined meetings. 
SIG members should watch their email for ZOOM notices.   

If you are a MAGS member and are interested in joining a SIG, send an email to: 
               All-Members+owner@MAGS-Members.groups.io 
and advise what SIG(s) you wish to participate in.  ​

​MAGS - UPCOMING MEETING



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​7 Sep 2021
***  ONLINE VIA ZOOM  Meetings*** - Preregistration is required.
MAGS Members will receive the preregistration email two weeks before the meeting.
​If you are not a MAGS member and are interested in attending this meeting, please send an email one week before the meeting date to magsmemb@gmail.com .

SUMMERTIME BREAK - BACK IN SEPTEMBER - WE ARE PLANNING TO ZOOM THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.

Note: Most SIG meetings will continue via Zoom throughout the summer, so you can still get your genealogy fix!
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Website last updated: 2021 May 26
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