Monthly Meetings

SVCGG has a general meeting the 2nd Saturday of every month except for Dec. We also have a Reunion for the Mac Special Interest Group (SIG) that meets on the 4th Thursday of most months. All of our meetings are free and open to the public. Anyone is welcome!

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November 2025 General Meeting:

November 8th - Online

Register for the Zoom meeting here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlcuysrzgrHdd88J4JKCoMMGkGC6HzkT2O

Meeting time: 10:00am-11:30am

Creating a Digital Legacy: Tips, Tools, and Memories

with Katherine Nielsen

What is a digital legacy? How do we create one? Kathy Nielsen will offer some tips on digitizing, organizing, and sharing your family's story. Curating a digital archive will preserve your family treasures, and enable you to share them with generations to come. Discover the best digital tools, platforms and practices to protect your family's legacy.


Kathy Nielsen, MA, MLS, is a retired reference librarian and a genealogist. She has hosted a virtual series, All Things Relative, at the Monterey Public Library and has taught classes at the popular OLLI program at Cal State Monterey Bay. Kathy has been featured on Lisa Louise Cooke’s bi-weekly YouTube program, Elevenses. She is a co-founder of the Monterey County Genealogy Society’s special interest writing group, Off the Charts. Kathy incorporates her skills as a historian, storyteller, and librarian in her search for her family’s history.

Join us on November 8th!










Upcoming SVCGG General Meetings

November 8th - Creating a Digital Legacy with Katherine Nielsen

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January 10th - Finding Scottish Ancestors Online with Nancy Loe

February 14th - Incorporating AI Into Your Family Tree Research with Dr. Penny Walters

March 14th - RootsTech Review with Pamela Brigham


Upcoming Reunion for the Mac Classes

January 2026 - TBD with Martha Wallace


Ongoing Classes

Meetings online every week just to get together and have a general discussion on genealogy topics

Thursday No Meeting July 3rd or July 17th

General discussion about intermediate/advanced genealogy topics

Time: 4pm-5pm Pacific

https://zoom.us/j/97820474682?pwd=dWpzRTQ3MURPckVZazJsWGhBeDdLZz09