About Us
Pikes Peak Genealogical Society
PO Box 1262
Colorado Springs, CO 80901
www.ppgs.org
We meet second Wednesdays, 6 p.m., GenMixer social hour, and 7 p.m., program, at The Venue, Library 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Dr., Colorado Springs, CO. Plenty of free parking in two lots. Guests are welcome.
The PPGS board meets the first Wednesday of the month, 5:30 p.m., at East Library. No meetings in July and December.
The Pikes Peak Genealogical Society (PPGS), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, was founded in 1980 with 140 charter members.
The society is administered by an executive board of elected officers and volunteers who serve two-year terms.
The society's principal objectives are to:
- Promote an interest in genealogy
- Encourage and instruct members in genealogical research
- Locate, preserve, and index public and private genealogical records
- Support genealogical facilities open to the public
The society supports the Pikes Peak Library District’s Special Collections by sponsoring the following programs:
- Volunteers extract data from newspapers and other key local resources to provide valuable genealogical indexes and databases in Special Collections and on the library’s website.
- The Book Committee selects and purchases books for the Special Collections.
- In cooperation with Special Collections, the Education Committee increases the public’s knowledge of genealogy by presenting programs to individuals and groups in the local community.
- GenMentors offer free genealogical consultations upon request. It's recommended that genealogists get the basics of genealogy by attending the series of free workshops offered three times per year.
