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• FamilySearch Overview – Everything You Don’t Know But Should

  • When
    27 Jul 2024
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    10:30 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  
  

  FamilySearch Overview – Everything You Don’t Know But Should

  FamilySearch has done a lot of improvements and changes over the past few years. Did you know you can get free consultations from them now? Do you know where to look for the latest catalog information? Have checked out the maps of what cemeteries your relatives are in? Come listen to an overview of what FamilySearch has changed lately and how you can use it to make sure you get the most out of FamilySearch.  You can learn about the community groups and guided research all now available on FamilySearch. Join Pamela Brigham for this presentation on FamilySearch.

  

  Pamela Brigham is the President of the Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group.She believes in using technology as a tool to help break through brick walls and to tell her family’s history. She was in the technology industry for 20 years. Since she started researching her genealogy approximately 14 years ago, she has applied that knowledge of tech to effectively document her family’s past. She enjoys teaching classes in genealogy including classes on the Mac, FamilySearch, Ancestry, MyHeritage, Newspapers, and City Directories. Pamela received a certificate in genealogy from Boston University.

  This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom.  

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• No meeting in August

  • When
    24 Aug 2024

  
  

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• Uncovering Your History: Genealogical Research at the David Rumsey Map Center

  • When
    28 Sep 2024
  •  
    10:30 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Uncovering Your History: Genealogical Research at the David Rumsey Map Center

  Laura will give an overview about the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford   Libraries and how you can access materials both online and in person. There are many tools available to help you in your research, and she will highlight how to use them throughout the presentation. She will provide examples from her own genealogy and minor research.

  
  

  
  

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• Sharing Stories

  • When
    19 Oct 2024
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    10:15 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    SMPL Oak Room

  You're invited to share a family history or a San Mateo County themed story.  Submit your 1,000 words or less story by September 21. You will be entered into a drawing for prizes and the opportunity to have your story published on our website and to read it aloud at our October 19 meeting.   Sharing Stories is open to all—you do not need to be an SMCGS member.  

  After the readings,  see what society members are doing to share their family histories during our publishing showcase.  Get inspired by our self-published books, blogs, websites, videos, and more!

  Find a link to our guidelines and application form here. 

  Take a look at our 2021 stories.

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• TBA

  • When
    23 Nov 2024
  •  
    10:30 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  
  

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