Previous Monthly Programs
2019
January Blogging for Sharing Family History Stories Craig Siulinski
February City Directories Pamela Brigham
March Lies, Lies, & More Lies: Can DNA Solve My Parental Lineage? Jeff Vaillant
April Power of Digital Photography and Family History. Ron Madsen
May Mayflower Bob Trapp
June Sharing Stories
July Round Table Discussions and Potluck
August No Meeting in August
September What you Didn't Know About Ancestry Crista Cowan
October Salem Witch Trials Case Study Melinda Kashuba
November Brick Walls Sharon Hoyt
December No meeting in December
2018
January The Slave Narrative that Freed Me: How I found William Grimes Regina Mason
February Who's in Your Neighborhood? Meeting the Diverse
Research Needs of Your Community Linda Harms Okazaki
March Making a Family Video to Share Dr. Jan Joyce Ahrens
April English Probate and Death Duty Record Christine Bell Green PLCGS
May The Streets of Menlo Park Bo Crane
June Ireland Online Cath MaddenTrindle
July Round Table Discussions - Organizing Your Genealogical Research,
Using Online Genealogical Software (e.g. Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, My Heritage)
Using Maps in Genealogy, Irish/British/Scottish/Welsh Research
August No Meeting in August
September Researching Your Civil War Ancestors Mary Boyle
October A Year in Salem: The Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 Gay Scott
November Prohibition Ray Cosyn
December No meeting in December
2017
January Onomastics – Using Naming Patterns Martha Wallace
February The Missing Man: Solving a Mystery with Genealogy Sharon Hoyt CGSM
March Case Study: A complete genealogy starting from nothing Stephen Morse
April British Genealogy on the Internet Christine Bell Green
May Sharing Stories Hosted by Cath Trindle
June The Berryessa Family: A California Legacy Anthony Ray
July SMCGS 35th Anniversary
The Lives of the Clagstones Glenne McElhinney
August Indexing SMC Obituaries
September Focused Research: Using Research Plans Lisa Gorrell
October Using Maps in Genealogical Research Melina Kashuba
November Round Table: DNA, Finding Females, Photo Organization,
Writing Family Stories, and SMC First Families.
2016
January United States Land Records Martha Wallace
February Transcribing Old Documents Richard Rands
March JRI-Poland: Go for the Record! Robbinn Magid
April Genealogical Proof Standard Sharon Hoyt
May Lost Cemeteries of San Mateo County Margaret Melaney
June The Story of Camp Fremont Barbara Wilcox
July Immigration to the U.S. before 1820 Chris Green
August Indexing Event workday
September The Life and Times of Dennis Martin Bo Crane
October SMCGS/CSGA joint meeting Janice Sellers/Cath Trindle
November Round Table: Irish, Mid West, DNA, and Book Publishing
2015
January Immigration Records Ralph Mize
February Finding your ancestors on eBay Evie Rice
March 23andMe Kasia Bryc
April The Great Pacific Railroad Survey - 1853-1855 John Gleed
May Wyatt Earp, Josephine Marcus, and Hills of Eternity Memorial Park Mike Casey
June Using directories Chris Green
July What's new at FamilySearch Margaret Melaney
September Peripatetic Germans James Baker
October Members' Night
November Family & Homes /19th C.American West Nicole Martin
2014
January DNA Steve Morse
February Organizing your research Patricia Burrow
March English Research after 1750 John Gleed
April Heritage Societies various societies
May Hispanic Heritage Lucy Sweeney
June Angel Island Immigration Grant Din
July Reading Old Tombstones Martha Wallace
September Becoming Prof. Genealogist Chris Green
October Brick Wall Challenge SMCGS members
November Breakouts (Member’s Day) English, Irish, New England, DNA