Reliving Their Lives: Experiencing, Researching, and Writing World War I to the Jazz Age
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 How do you make those names, date, and places you have for your ancestor come alive? Combining social history with family history helps you to better understand your ancestor and ensures a family history story that even non-genealogists will love. In this workshop we will travel back in time to learn more about events and life from the World War I years to the end of the Jazz Age. Using food, music, literature, ephemera, and images you will learn about this important time period, experience it , and complete the beginnings of a family history you'll love.
Presented by well-known genealogist and cookbook author Gena Philibert Ortega at the CGS library on Sunday, July 22 from 11:30 AM-2:00 PM. Program includes sandwiches and cookies provided by the speaker. Limited to 25 attendees, so Register soon, no walk-ins.
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Ron Arons on Mind Mapping
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This lab will introduce participants to mind maps, graphical outlining tools normally used in Corporate America for brainstorming and product idea generation, but also by attorneys to explain their cases to their clients and to juries, and in education with students.
Mind maps can also be used by genealogists to organize data and perform complex and revealing data correlations to understand research findings more clearly. Mind maps are particularly useful for people who think visually and/or non-linearly.
Participants must be comfortable with technology – this is not suitable for technically-challenged individuals.
Saturday, 28 July 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Registration and details.
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An Evening Discussion on DNA and Adoption.
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Are adoptions part of your family history? Are you wondering if DNA can help you in identifying family lines of adopted ancestors or descendants? Have you already started this journey and have successes or questions? Would you be interested in meeting others doing similar searches?
Join Therese Hart-Pignotti for an informal talk and discussion for those interested in the uses of DNA for adoptees. Therese will share what she has learned and provide an opportunity for questions and strategies, best practices and important cautions.
Thursday, 15 August 6:00 - 7:30 PM. Registration and Details
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Irfanview--A Free and Easy to Use Photo Editing Programs
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Irfanview is the image editing program installed on all of the computers in the library; among other things it drives the microfilm/microfiche scanner.
This workshop is comprised of two topics. The morning will focus on installing and learning the basics of the easy to use Irfanview image editing program. In the afternoon session you will refine and grow these basic skills as we learn how to create an easy, fun, and very cool framed graphic family tree!
Saturday, August 25 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at the Oakland Family History Library. Class is limited to 25 participants, so Register early!
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NEHGS is Coming To Oakland!
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The Great Migration: Researching 17th Century New England
Learn about early settlement in New England from two of the topic's top experts: Robert Charles Anderson FASG, Director of the Great Migration Study Project, and Christpher C. Child, Senior Genealogist at the Newbury Press and Editor of The Mayflower Descendant.
Presented in partnership with The New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Hilton Oakland Airport Hotel, 1 Hegenberger Avenue, Oakland, on Saturday, September 22 from 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Information and Registration.
CGS will conduct a silent auction as a fundraiser during the event. We're looking for donations of items to auction, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you have something to offer.
CGS is also offering personal consultations with experienced CGS genealogists and Mayflower researchers on Friday, September 21 at the library. More information and registration
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Our Newest Publication
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We’re excited to announce that in June we published the highly anticipated book, The Ancestry of Samuel Sterling Sherman and Mary Ware Allen. It tells the stories of nine generations of former California Genealogical Society’s president, Frederick "Rick" S. Sherman’s family as they move from New England and Kentucky westward to California. Whether you love history, individual family stories or learning new research tips, or all three, we think this book has something to offer you. Whether a genealogist or not, readers will be moved by getting to know these diverse human beings.
The California Genealogical Society has publshed Mr. Sherman's incredible research effort as a fitting tribute to a man who gave to the society in so many ways as President, Chief Researcher, and Benefactor. His efforts were suddenly cut short by his death in 2008.
Biographical sketches of the ancestors of Frederick S. Sherman including Sterling Sherman (1794-1865) and Jane Noble (1788-1852), William Dewey (1793-1880) and Hannah Bond (1794-1827), John J. Hardin (1810-1847) and Sarah Ellen Smith (1811-1874), John J. Jacob (1819-1873) and Evelyn Johnson (1828-1901), Joseph Allen (1790-1873) and Lucy Clark Ware (1791-1866), William Gordon Weld (1775-1825) and Hannah Minot (1780-1860), Benjamin Franklin Copeland (1798-1863) and Julia Fellows Ruggles (1803-1867), Benjamin Kent (1794-1859) and Eleanor Bradford (1802-1885), and many more.
Learn more.
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The California Nugget – The journal of the California Genealogical Society is published twice a year. Have you read our recent issue? Check out the summary of a recent issue.
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Tip of the Iceberg Poster – Support the library and help spread this important message. Buy three, get one free! Order now.
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California Names Index includes pre-1905 deaths in San Francisco. Search for your surnames to see if we have records for your ancestor. Learn more.
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