Prior Monthly Meetings

SVCGG mets the 2nd Saturday of every month except for Dec. All of our meetings are free and open to the public. Anyone is welcome! Below is a list of classes that have occurred over the past year. If you'd like to see a class repeated, please click on the "Request Repeat" link to send an e-mail to SVCGG support

Please click on meeting handouts for a list of meetings and the handouts we have available.

Meeting Handouts

January 2023

  • "History of California Missions and their Records" by Sheila Benedict Request Repeat

November 2022

  • "Voila: Professional Charts to Impress Your Family" by Janet Hovorka Request Repeat

October 2022

September 2022

August 2022

  • "Get Grammin' How to Instagram Your Family History" by Elizabeth Swanay O'Neal Request Repeat

July 2022

June 2022

  • "Digging Into Finding Aids: California Manuscript Collections" by Melissa Barker Request Repeat

May 2022

April 2022

March 2022

February 2022

January 2022

November 2021

October 2021

September 2021

August 2021

  • "Building and Preserving Your Genealogy Legacy" by Janet Brigham-Rands Request Repeat

July 2021

June 2021

May 2021

  • "Connecting with Cousins: Reunions, Road Trips, and Zoom" by Kathy Nielsen Request Repeat

April 2021

March 2021

February 2021

January 2021

November 2020

October 2020

September 2020

August 2020

July 2020

  • "Research and Real Life" by Gail Chaid Request Repeat
  • "Relatives and Relationships in Reunion for the Mac" by Martha Wallace Request Repeat

13 June 2020

9 May 2020

11 April 2020

  • "Census 102: Beyond the 10-Year Federal Census" by Mary Boyle Request Repeat

8 February 2020

11 January 2020

9 November 2019

14 September 2019

10 August 2019

13 July 2019

  • "Her Name Was Not 'Unknown': Finding Your Female Ancestors" by Gena Philibert-Ortega Request Repeat
  • "What's New on Family Search" by Pamela Brigham Request Repeat
  • "Reunion - Using the Find Function" by Martha Wallace Request Repeat

8 June 2019

11 May 2019

13 April 2019

9 March 2019

9 February 2019

12 January 2019

10 November 2018

13 October 2018

8 September 2018

11 August 2018

14 July 2018

9 June 2018

12 May 2018

14 April 2018

  • "RootsTech Video - English and Wales Indexes" by Audrey Collins - moderated by Barbara Anderson Request Repeat
  • "Getting the Most of Ancestry" by Pamela Brigham Request Repeat
  • "Reunion - Marking" by Martha Wallace Request Repeat

10 March 2018

  • "Researching Your Civil War Ancestors" by Mary Boyle) Request Repeat
  • "RootsTech Review Panel" by Pamela Brigham)
  • "Websites in the Family History Center" by Martha Wallace) Request Repeat

10 February 2018

13 January 2018

11 November 2017

  • "Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors" by Mary Boyle Request Repeat
  • "Finding your Military Ancestors Online" by Pamela Brigham Request Repeat
  • "Reunion 11 - Recording Military Service" by Martha WallaceRequest Repeat

14 October 2017

  • "Civil Research in England and Beyond" by Richard Rands and Janet Brigham Request Repeat
  • "Printing Charts Online" by Pamela Brigham Request Repeat

9 September 2017

12 August 2017

8 July 2017

10 June 2017

  • "An Unexpected Genealogy Journey" by Larry Wray Request Repeat
  • "Managing Photos on Mobile Devices" by Janet Brigham & Richard Rands) Request Repeat
  • "Family Tree Maker Q&A" by Vern Dale, Facilitator) Request Repeat

13 May 2017

8 April 2017

  • "Introduction to Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)" by Vern Dale Request Repeat
  • "Beginning DNA for Genealogists" by Pamela Brigham Request Repeat
  • "Reunion 11 for the Mac - Tree View" by Martha Wallace Request Repeat

11 March 2017

  • "Getting the Most from Family Search" by Richard Rands) Request Repeat
  • "RootsTech Report – a Panel Discussion"

11 February 2017

  • "Getting the Most from Ancestry.com" by Richard Rands Request Repeat
  • "Getting Started in Photo Editing" by Janet Brigham Request Repeat
  • "Reunion 11 for the Mac - Reunion Tips" by Martha Wallace) Request Repeat

14 January 2017

  • "U.S. Church Records" by Richard Rands Request Repeat
  • "Genealogy and DNA – A Case Study" by Pam Fujii Request Repeat
  • "Reunion 11 for the Mac – Planning For February Reunion Workshop"