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• (SMPL) Stories from the Immigrants from 80 Countries Who Immigrated Through Angel Island

  • When
    14 Jun 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    SMPL Oak Room

   "Stories from the Immigrants from 80 Countries Who Immigrated Through Angel Island" with Grant Din 
  

  Grant is a Genealogy consultant with specialty on Asian American and West Coast immigration research

  Sponsored by the San Mateo Public Library.  Registration information at the SMPL website.

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• Plan Ahead: Mining all the Gems for your Research Trips

  • When
    28 Jun 2025
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    San Mateo Public Library Oak Room

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  Topic: Plan Ahead: Mining all the Gems for Your Research Trips

  Speaker:  Pamela Brigham                        

  Benjamin Franklin said, “Failing to plan is planning to fail”. Research trips take a lot of planning to make sure you get the most out of them.  They require doing your homework. In this class we’ll discuss how contacting archives, joining a local society, and making sure you’re aware of holidays, hours, and online sources are all helpful to make sure you mine all the gems from your research trip.                           

  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.

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• (SMPL) Digitizing and Documenting Family History

  • When
    12 Jul 2025
  •  
    1:00 PM
  • Location
    SMPL Oak Room

  Digitizing and Documenting Family History with Ron Chan

  Sponsored by the San Mateo Public Library.  Registration information at the SMPL website.

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• Germanic Christian Sects Migrations: Amish, Mennonite & Morovian

  • When
    26 Jul 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Speaker:  Mary Lynn Wilson

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• (SMPL) Introduction to Genetic Genealogy

  • When
    24 Aug 2025
  •  
    11:00 AM
  • Location
    SMPL Oak Room

  Introduction to Genetic Genealogy with Kate Penney Howard

  Sponsored by the San Mateo Public Library.  Registration information at the SMPL website.
  

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• Using Full-Text Search to Solve Your Brick Walls

  • When
    27 Sep 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    San Mateo Public Library, Oak Room

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  Speaker:  Margaret Melaney

  Does AI know more about your genealogy than you do?  NO.  But can it read handwritten documents faster than even the most experienced genealogist?  You bet!  Learn how this remarkable tool can allow you to access records you never thought possible.

  Maggie will use a combination of brick walls from her class, as well as a few others.  We'll be recruiting SMCGS members to submit their own brick walls starting in August, so watch our website!

  Margaret Melaney, MS, RRCP, CPFT, GE teaches an intermediat/advanced online class which meets every Monday.  Her genealogical focus is Medieval British records.

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• History of San Francisco Chinatown (tentative)

  • When
    22 Nov 2025
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • Location
    via Zoom

  Speaker:  Grant Din 

  Details pending

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