Q:What are the main categories of SGS website? A: THE INDEX HAS ANSWERS, LIKE IN A BOOK. ALSO NOTE: MAIN SECTIONS ARE LABELED AT TOP OF SCREEN, WITH SUB-LABELS SHOWING WHEN YOU HOVER OVER THE MAIN LABEL. MOVE CURSOR OVER THEM AND CLICK!
Q: Near the home page are a series of pictures of historic significance for Saginaw. Some have captions describing a Saginaw scene. Some are not labeled. Is there a way of identifying and labeling those pictures? A: WE WILL GET LABELS FIXED ASAP
Q: How do Members access the 'Members Only' pages? A: AFTER THEY SEND IN A REQUEST, (FOUND UNDER MEMBERSHIP) AFTER THEY SEND IT TO US WE SEND THEM ATEMPORARY PASSWORD & THEY MUST SIGN IN WITH AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND A PASSWORD (THAT THEY CREATE)
Q: How do I know what is happening and who are the upcoming speakers for SGS meetings? A: PLEASE GO TO TOP OF SCREEN, HOVER OVER ‘NEWS & MORE+’, CHOOSE EITHER ‘WHAT'S NEW+’ OR ON THE ‘CALENDAR PAGE’ (What's New+ shows you current month and the MONTHLY Calendar, the CALENDAR PAGE will give what is scheduled month by month)
Q: How do I access the SGS records for Saginaw County information? A: GO TO TOP OF PAGE, CHOOSE SAGINAW COUNTY. YOU WILL FIND: MILITARY, CEMETERIES, POOR FARM, SCHOOLS (Some OTHER PAGES HERE are under construction)
Q: Where do I pay my membership fee online or by mail? A: To pay ONLINE: GO TO MEMBERSHIP AT TOP OF PAGE, CHOOSE ‘PAYMENT PAGE’ (we use ‘Square’ for our payment option, a SECURE website) A: To pay by MAIL go to MEMBERSHIP> PAYMENT PAGE> FIND THE INFO NEAR TOP RIGHT OF PAGE and then: 1. CLICK on the GREEN $ BUTTON 2. FILL out payment page here online.3. PRINT out Payment page 4. MAIL CHECK and payment page to:Saginaw Genealogical Society P.O. Box 6584 Saginaw, MI 48608-6584 Q: For my SGS membership what do I get? A: ALL OF THE BELOW 1. ABILITY TO VOTE FOR LEADERSHIP, (either nominated choice or add a write-in choice) 2. CURRENT TTL UNDER MEMBERS TAB 2. ARCHIVES OF THE TTL NEWS (WE ARE UPDATING BUT 99% IS THERE A WORK IN PROGRESS) 3. ARCHIVES OF THE OLD SGS NEWSLETTER (SGSNEWS closed now, but 100% ARCHIVED HERE with accessible info) 4. OLD NEWS (abridged from the SGS website monthly pages, A WORK IN PROGRESS)
Q: How do I get my ancestors, who helped build Saginaw, a pioneer certification through SGS? A: ACCESS CERTIFICATES AND SEND US THE FOLLOWING: 1. DOCUMENT REQUEST FORM choose which (Pioneer, Settler, or First Families) 2. A PRINTED PEDIGREE CHART 3. PRINT A FAMILY and GROUP CHART 4. ONE PRIMARY DOCUMENT FOR BIRTH OR DEATH
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE ADDRESS TO THE SGS WEB MASTER :[email protected]
