The Association of Ge- nealogical and Herita- ge Researchers, Vö- rå, known more com- monly as the Genealo- gical Society in Vörå, was founded in 1981 when seven citizens of Vörå who were interes- ted in genealogy parti- cipated in a course con- ducted by the Finnish Genealogical Society. The purpose of the course was to give at- tendees permission to search records in Fin- nish archives. On the last day of this three)
The seven founding members of the association. From left: Leo Achrén, Håkan Bäck, Runar Hagberg, Johannes Dalkar. Sitting from left: Mayvor Grannas, John Långs, Brita Hägglöf.
day course, the seven attendees foun- ded the local Genealogical Society in Vörå, modeled after a similar association in Vasa, Finland.
John Långs was elected chairman. He served in this position for 21 years. Addi- tional mem- bers soon joined the original group, and they met in a small room in the base- ment of the Municipal building in Vörå. Currently, there are more than 70 mem- bers of the association, and they meet in their own building, Vörå Kulturhus.)
John Långs.