Blog | California Genealogical Society

by Jennifer Dix (1/8/2021)

Our weekly roundup of upcoming genealogy events. Numerous associations offer online genealogy classes every week. Most are free. To register for one of the events below, click on the name of the host organization.

January 16: CGS Family Tree Maker Special Interest Group with guest speaker Russ Worthington. For details or to RSVP, see our link at EventBrite.

American Ancestors

January 13: A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America’s Hurricane author talk by Eric Jay Dolin

January 14: “What’s New at AmericanAncestors.org?” by Molly Rogers

January 15: “The Crown: A Tour of Filming Locations of the Most Expensive TV Series Ever Made” by Curt DiCamilo

BYU Family History Library
January 13: “Census Records in Germany 1816-1916” with Dr. Roger Minert

Legacy Family Tree

January 12: “MyHeritage Mobile App: All New Features From 2020″ by Masha Novak

January 13: “Do You Have an Artificial Brick Wall?” by Robyn Smith

January 15: “From Grandmother to First European Landowner of Canada” by Lianne Kruger

Conference Keeper has a large calendar of classes (too many to list) from beginning to advanced, hosted by various genealogical organizations. New events are added often, so check the calendar frequently.
Here are a few of the coming week’s highlights:

January 11:

“Picturing” Your Research—Finding, Procuring, and Preserving Images” (Genealogical Society of Bergen County)
“Reading Old Handwriting” (Library of Virginia)

January 12:

“How to Choose the Right Genealogical Software” (Schaumburg IL Public Library)
“The Times of Our Lives: Writing Our Stories” (Allen County IN Public Library)
“Finding Your Scandinavian Parish of Birth” (Central Jersey Genealogical Club)

January 14:

“Best Practices for Organizing Photos” (Fox Valley IL Genealogical Society)
“Diary of a Contraband: The Civil War Passage of a Black Sailor” (HistoryCamp)

“Maps and Mapping for Genealogists” (Sacramento Genealogical Society)

January 16:

“Finding Ancestors in Ireland Before and After the Famine” (Lee County Library System)

January 17:

“Genealogy, Identity and Citizenship” (Israel Genealogy Research Association)

See our post “Genealogy Learning in the Time of Coronavirus” for links to classes archived online at Ancestry, FamilySearch, RootsTech, and more. Be well, stay safe, and happy learning!

Annual Membership Meeting, Saturday, January 9: Live on Zoom

by Jennifer Dix (1/4/2021)

The festive board at a previous Membership Meeting.
This year, BYOB (bring your own brunch) and enjoy
online fellowship with other CGS members

We hope you’ll make a virtual appearance at our Annual Membership Meeting this coming Saturday, January 9. We know it’s not the same without the usual potluck and in-person fraternizing, but you can still see your friends online (and message one another via the Chat feature). President James Sorenson will give a recap of the past year and Past President Jane Lindsey will discuss the 2022 National Genealogical Society Conference in Sacramento, which CGS is hosting. We’ll also vote on the slate of new nominees to the board and the 2021 budget.

Still here and fun-loving as ever.

Grab your favorite snack and beverage of choice, and join fellow CGS members online – for Auld Lang Syne. Enjoy these photos from past Membership Meetings and remember: we WILL gather again some day. A toast to the new year, and to putting the pandemic behind us!

Register at EventBrite to receive your link to the Zoom meeting.

We’ll meet again!

Online genealogy, January 4-10

by Jennifer Dix (1/2/2021)

Our weekly roundup of upcoming genealogy events. Numerous associations offer online genealogy classes every week. Most are free. To register for one of the events below, click on the name of the host organization.

The CGS Annual Membership Meeting is Saturday, January 9. For details or to RSVP, see our link at EventBrite.

BYU Family History Library

January 6: “Ideas for Stepping Up Your Family History Game” with Kathryn Grant

FamilySearch Library

January 4: “Using the FamilySearch Catalog”

January 7: “The Research Process: An Introduction”

January 9: Family History Library Nordic Day (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)

Legacy Family Tree

January 5 & 6: “Where else to look? When matches don’t reply” by Michelle Patient

January 6: “Genealogy Unplugged: When Offline Records Are the Best” by James M. Baker

New York Genealogical & Biographical Society

January 4: “Finding Samuel Fletcher in New York Records and Beyond” by Denise E. Cross

January 5: “An Introduction to Researching Hispanic Ancestry” by Colleen Robledo Greene

January 6: “Live Q&A on Central New York Research” with Holly Sammons and Pamela J. Vittorio

January 8: “Using the NYG&B Online Collections” by Frederick Wertz

Southern California Genealogical Society

January 9: “Writing About The Stars in Your Family With Ease” by Devon Noel Lee

January 9: “Searching from Home” by Tara Shymanski

Conference Keeper has a large calendar of classes (too many to list) from beginning to advanced, hosted by various genealogical organizations. New events are added often, so check the calendar frequently.
Here are a few of the coming week’s highlights:

January 5:

“Piecing the Census Puzzle Together” (Allen County IN Public Library)

January 6:

Marin County Genealogical Society Writing Group

January 7:

“Sole Italiano: Italian Roots in Solano County California” (Genealogy Society of Vallejo-Benicia)

“How to Organize Your Autosomal DNA Matches at Ancestry.com” (Allen County IN Public Library)

January 9:

“Organizing Your DNA Results” and “Ask the Wife! A DNA Analysis Strategy” (San Diego Genealogical Society)

“The Aztec Empire: The Náhuatl People Through Time” (Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research)

“Tony Burroughs – The Nature of Genealogy” (Northwest Suburban IL Genealogy Society)

“Adopting the Regiment: In Search of Your Civil War Union Ancestors” (Massachusetts Society of Genealogists)

“The Evolution of Women’s Legal Rights in America” (Northland MO Genealogy Society Meeting)

See our post “Genealogy Learning in the Time of Coronavirus” for links to classes archived online at Ancestry, FamilySearch, RootsTech, and more. Be well, stay safe, and happy learning!