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 the promotion of 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 effective genealogical research skills, and to publish information of interest to genealogists.