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 | 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 | Is it really 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 |