On this page, we list SMCGS monthly meetings for the past several years, as well as a few that are planned for the rest of this year. You can also see a list of the most recent past monthly meetings at the bottom of the calendar page, after the future events.
January Transcribing.....Documents Using AI Thomas MacEntee
February
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July
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September
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December
January Getting Organized Using Technology and a Research Report Kelli Bergheimer
February Introducing 10 Million Names Cynthia Evans
March The Best of Rootstech SMCGS members
April DNA Seminar Michelle Leonard
May Probate records Martha Wallace
June Upper Burma Road Pamela Lee Wong
July
September David Rumsey Map Center Laura Krueger
October Sharing Stories multiple presenters
November New England before 1845 Sally Wood
December Christmas break
January | Great Estates of San Mateo County | Carmen Blair |
February | Working your way to Ireland using American Records | Sheila Benedict |
March | The Best of Rootstech | SMCGS members |
April | Putting Flesh on the Bones | Ron Arons |
May | Extracting Information from German Vital Records | Katherine Schober |
June | Genealogical Gems Found in Ledgers | Diane Richard |
July | So you think you have a Brick Wall? | Margaret Melaney |
August | summer break | |
September | Finding what you need.... | Pam Vestal |
October | Genealogy Fair at the Library: Exploring Your Roots | library team |
November | ||
December | Christmas break |
January | The 1890 Census | Margaret Melaney |
February | San Francisco House History | Eileen Bray |
March | The Best of Rootstech | SMCGS members |
April | Internet Archive | Carla Cegielski |
May | San Francisco Public Library | Brian Weaver/Sandra Huber |
June | Farming Families | Lisa Gorrell |
July | summer break | |
August | summer break | |
September | National Register of Historic Places | Peggy Clemens Lauritzen |
October | Using Maps for Genealogy | Melinda Kashuba |
November | Genealogy Round Table: DNA , Mid-West, Irish/British, New England, Writing your stories | SMCGS members |
December | Christmas break |
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January | Researching Offline: In Archives, Libraries, Courthouses | Lisa Gorrell |
February | Titanic Legend [107 Year Overview] and Genealogy | Sheryl Rinkol |
March | Meeting canceled | |
April | Meeting canceled | |
May | 10 Reasons You Can't Find Your Ancestors | Gena Philibert-Ortega |
June | Northern California Research | Sean Conley |
July | Orphan Train and Home Children | Chris Bell Green |
August | No Meeting in August | |
September | The Mystery Aussie | Pam Wong |
October | Creative Hypothesis Development for Brick Walls | Jan Joyce |
November | Preserving Family Photos, Stories, and Documents | Carolyn Williams |
December | No meeting in December |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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 Century American West | Nicole Martin |
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 a Professional Genealogist | Chris Green |
October | Brick Wall Challenge | SMCGS members |
November | Breakouts (Member's Day): English, Irish, New England, DNA |