San Mateo County
Genealogical Society

Programs and Monthly Meetings

Program Chair, Christine Green
Society meetings are held monthly. Please come 30 minutes before the start of the business meeting for a half-hour of coffee and friendship. A short business meeting will be held to be followed by a program on subjects of interest to all levels of genealogists.

The meetings are alternately held on the 3rd Wednesday night or the 3rd Saturday morning of the month (watch this space or your newsletter for changes) at Silicon Valley Community Foundation at 1700 South El Camino in San Mateo.


The next meetings are...



September General Meeting 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008, 10:30 am
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Topic: “US Naturalization Records”
Speaker: Jim Faulkinbury

Jim is a professional genealogist with over 40 years experience and a specialist in California research. Among his many achievements in the field of genealogy, Jim has extracted over 60,000 entries of foreign-born voters including naturalization information from California 's Great Register of Voters in 1872 and posted the index to the database online. Come and hear Jim explain how to get the most information out of complex, ever-changing, invaluable Naturalization Records.



October General Meeting 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7:30 pm
Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Topic: “Basic Techniques for Vintage 19th Century Photographs”
Speaker: David Silver



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