Griffith’s Valuation by Ronald V Gilmore (General Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
A video conference meeting using Zoom. Registration required.
This session catalogs three specific examples of how to access these land tax records which cover the period from 1847-1864 where no census records exist (due to the catastrophic fire in Dublin during the civil war of 1922). How to attack the much-tangled Irish land jurisdictions will help anyone interested in Ireland. Attendees should be able to search on their own at the end of this session which includes a live search example.
Family Tree Maker SIG (3rd Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Wednesday, July 21
Creating a Genealogy Timeline with Mary Sayles (Workshops)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Join us for a fun time learning how to create a simple timeline for recording genealogical information on an ancestor using LibreOffice. Using boxes and words, the researcher is able to create an easy-to-read document displaying genealogy findings in one place, along with source information. The same process works for Microsoft and Apple products.
Ms. Mary Sayles has been a part-time genealogist for more than 40 years. Since she retired, she enjoys spending time researching genealogy and local history, plus teaching genealogy classes and working with other genealogy researchers. Mary has taught genealogy in the Sacramento basin area and in Halifax, Nova Scotia; is a genealogy docent at the Eastern Avenue Family Search Library and Fair Oaks Library. She also has published several genealogy articles, writes the “Did You Know” column in the PRESERVES, and shares genealogy information with family in an occasional “newsletter. In addition, she published the Roseville Genealogical Society newsletter and is their current RGS president.
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Thursday, July 22
Family Tree Maker SIG (4th Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, August 12
Got Germans? Beginning German Genealogy (General Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
A video conference meeting using Zoom. Registration required.
Presented by Ingeborg Carpenter, Presidend of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society and the International German Genealogy Partnership.
Registration will open one month prior to the event.
Thursday, August 19
Family Tree Maker SIG (3rd Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, August 26
Family Tree Maker SIG (4th Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, September 9
Quarantined! Genealogy, the Law and Public Health by Judy Russell C.G. (General Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
A video conference meeting using Zoom. Registration required.
From the Plague to tuberculosis, the law worked to protect the public from epidemics. Learn how public health records can add to any family’s history.
Registration will open one month prior to the event.
Thursday, September 16
Family Tree Maker SIG (3rd Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, September 23
Family Tree Maker SIG (4th Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, October 14
Reclaim the Records by Brooke Schreier Ganz (General Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
A video conference meeting using Zoom. Registration required.
Description to be provided at a later date.
Registration will open one month prior to the event.
Thursday, October 21
Family Tree Maker SIG (3rd Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, October 28
Family Tree Maker SIG (3rd Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, November 18
Family Tree Maker SIG (3rd Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
Thursday, December 9
Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past by Marian B. Wood (General Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
A video conference meeting using Zoom. Registration required.
Ancestors' photos, stories, documents, and heirlooms are part of your family's past, and they deserve to be protected to share with future generations. Even if you have no obvious heirs for your genealogy collection, this presentation will offer ideas for paths forward. Learn about the PASS process for organizing and storing family history materials with today and tomorrow in mind; curating your collection to keep key items while finding suitable new homes for other items; writing a "genealogical will" to safeguard your collection for the future; and sharing your family's history now, before joining your ancestors.
Registration will open one month prior to the event.
Thursday, December 16
Family Tree Maker SIG (3rd Thursday) (Special Interest Groups)
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Online Zoom Meeting
Informal presentations, problem solving, hands-on demonstrations, question and answer sessions. This SIG (special interest group) will address both Macintosh and Windows versions of the software. Meets 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the 3rd and 4th Thursdays of each month on the Zoom platform until the pandemic is over.
