San Mateo County Genealogical Society's Blog featuring society events, projects, meeting notes and other items of relevance to genealogists.

Saturday, May 28, 2022

Want more genealogy this summer?




With a slowdown of genealogy classes and events this summer, you may be feeling bored. (Is that possible?) To fill the gap, we have assembled a list of events in our area for the coming month. Check them out!  ALL VIA ZOOM


Thursday June 2  ZOOM Meeting 1:30 p.m
Genealogy Society of Vallejo-Benicia
From DNA to Genetic Genealogy: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask with Stephen Morse.  
https://www.gsvb.org

Jun 7 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Creating a Location Resource Guide for Reasonably Exhaustive Research – Pennsylvania Example
Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County
https://scgensoc.org/event-calendar/

8 June @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm GMT (11:30 - 1PM PDT)
The Cotswold Canals: past present and future
Gloucestershire Family History Society
https://gfhs.org.uk/event/new-talk-5/

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 10:00 a.m.
San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society
Madeline Yanov
"The Taxman Cometh: How not to be Frightened of Using Tax Records"
https://srvgensoc.org

Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 6:30 - 8:30 pm 
Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society
“Using DNA to Find Birth Parents” Online meeting
Member meeting at 6:30 pm. Speaker at 6:45 pm
https://scchgs.org/


June 11th - Online  10am-11:30am
Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group
Digging into Finding Aids: California Manuscript Collections
by Melissa Barker
https://svcgg.org/meetings.html


Or visit the National Archives at Kew without leaving home!
See their list of webinars here


Tuesday, April 26, 2022

New SIG! Genealogical Problem Solving๐Ÿ› 

We've added a new Special Interest Group to our lineup! ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ’ƒ

This new SIG is our first evening meeting.  We hope it will allow more people to attend our SIGs at times that are convenient for them.

To start, we plan to meet the second Wednesday of each month from 7PM - 8:30.


The focus of the group will be how to approach your genealogical problems and some of the tools you can use.  We'll look at examples from the group as well, and learn from each other. 

 

You must be an SMCGS member to join the group, but we allow one visit for non-members.  To join, contact Maggie at publications@smcgs.org.



Sunday, April 17, 2022

Mining for Treasures in the Internet Archive with Carla S. Cegielski

Saturday, 23 April 2022 10:30AM     
via Zoom


The Internet Archive is not just the Wayback Machine! It also contains audio, movies, images, software, maps, and texts. Discover everything you can do at the Archive and learn search strategies for accessing its genealogical treasures.


     Carla S. Cegielski is a full-time genealogical researcher, lecturer and writer specializing in Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia research. A former college instructor, Carla began lecturing on various genealogical topics in 2008. She is a frequent speaker at genealogical societies, libraries and conferences. She has a special interest in exploring and teaching others about underutilized record collections. Carla writes the Tech Tips column in the quarterly NGS Magazine.


Please register here to sign up for this meeting