The Marion County Genealogical & Historical Society meets at 6:00 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month (except May and December) at the Bryan-Bennett Library in Salem, Illinois. The annual business meeting takes place in June.
Special events and presentations are announced and are open to the public.
Membership for a full year can be obtained for a cost of $25 for a single membership, $27 for a joint membership, and $35 for a sustaining membership. The membership year runs from July 1 through June 30 of the following calendar year.
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August 2026 Meeting
The August 2026 membership meeting of the
Marion County Genealogical and Historical Society
(MCGHS) will be held the 4th Monday of the month,
August 24, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at the Bryan-Bennett
Library, located at 315 S. Maple Street in Salem.
This month’s meeting will feature Leonard Rose
talking about the Stock Market Crash of 1929
and the Great Depression. Please plan to attend!
Members of the public are always welcome at society programs; please also consider becoming
a member of MCGHS.
Looking ahead, at the September 28, 2026 meeting,
Mike Warden will present the story of Emmett Till,
a black youth who visited Centralia before
he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 at the age of 14.
Marion Co. Genealogical & Historical Society