Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

Please view our Special Interest Group Calendar

June, 2013 Announcements:

Please review our Member Resources of SRVGS. It includes SIGs plus geographic help available at the Danville Family History Center.

All SIGs are meeting on their normal dates and times as listed on our SIG calendar.

Our SIGs are a benefit of being a member of the San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society. They are available to SRVGS members and guests can attend one free SIG meeting. We have a number of SIGs (see list on right), a SIG Calendar, and our Monthly Newsletter to help you find the best SIGs and where they meet.

Half of the SIGs (FamilySearch, FTM/Ancestry and Legacy SiGs) meet at the Danville History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, Alamo, California, 95007. The other half meet at member's homes (German, Irish and Publishing SIGs). You may also email SIG leaders, listed below, for more information.

We also have volunteers at the Danville Family History Center who volunteer on a weekly schedule. They will help you with various research areas. For example Linda Bailey can help on most Wednesdays from 1-4pm Suzanne Johnston knows a lot about English and Southern U.S. research on Thursdays, from 1-4pm. As always, please call ahead to make sure (925-552-5920). Here's a list of the resources available to SRVGS members.

If you have an interest that we don't cover and want to share with other members by holding a new SIG meeting, please contact our SIG Coordinator, Bill George. We are considering new SIGs like Roots Magic, Research Tools, Geographic Research, . We can arrange for a monthly meeting location at the Danville Family History Center or we could meet at a place of the leader's choosing. By helping or leading one of these groups, you will learn a lot about genealogy.

FamilySearch

The FamilySearch SIG meets on the 2nd Monday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Danville Family History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, Alamo, California. We held our first meeting in February 2013. I would urge you to register with FamilySearch.org and then, try out "Family Trees". Searching their "one-world family tree" may help you with some long-time brick walls. You might even try creating in your own family tree. We're discussing how to do this at the SIG meetings. Photos and Stories can be uploaded as of April 15th. Please contact Bill George for more information.

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FTM/Ancestry

The Family Tree Maker/Ancestry.com SIG has been formed. The monthly meetings will occur on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 10am-12pm. at the Danville Family History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, Alamo, California.

Please contact SIG Leader Susan Rush for more information.

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GERMAN RESEARCH

Meetings are held in a group member's home on the fourth Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to12 p.m. Many members also belong to the Sacramento German Genealogical Society and attend their monthly meetings

Please contact SIG Leader Helen Odegard for more information or to let her know you're attending.

Here's a link to some German Reference Materials and Research Aids on our web site.

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IRISH RESEARCH

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 10am at the home of Russ and Patty Erickson.

Please contact: SIG Leader Patty Erickson for more information or to let her know you're attending.

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LEGACY

This is a newly-organized group supporting Legacy 7, the genealogy database program. They meet on the fourth Monday of each month at the Danville Family History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, in Alamo, California at 1 p.m.

Please contact Sharon Clay, SIG Leader for more information.

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PUBLISHING

The Publishing Group meets on the third Thursday at the home of Francis Lloyd in Danville at 10 a.m. The group has extensive experience in the publishing of books on Family History. They give advice as you go through the various stages of publishing your work. If there are no projects in the works the group does not meet.

Please contact SIG Leader Francie Lloyd for more information and to let her know you will be attending.

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