Meeting Handouts
General Meeting and Special Interest Group handouts are listed in reverse chronological order.
2023
- Kathy Nielson – What To Do With All of Our Family Stuff…Research and Heirlooms, January 2023
- Lisa Alzo – No More Excuses: Ten Family History Writing Tips for Procrastinators, February 2023
- Mary Hanel and April Halberstadt – Santa Clara County Libraries & Archives Local History and Genealogy Resources for SCCHGS, October 2023
- Mary Hanel and April Halberstadt – Santa Cara County Library District Local History and Newspaper Collections, October 2023
2022
- Diana Elder – Getting Things Done and Family History Productivity Tips and Tools, November 2022
2021
- DNA SIG – February 2021 – Mark Moore – Using Color Dots at Ancestry & Just the Dots
- Genealogy Basics SIG – July 2021 Ancestry DNA Tools
2020
- Gail Chaid – Research and Real Life, June 2020
2019
- Jan Joyce – Developing Multiple Hypotheses to Solve Genealogical Challenges, March 2019
- Mary Boyle – class – Census 102 Beyond the Every 10 Year US Census, February 2019
2018
- Mary Boyle – Researching Your Civil War Ancestors – Union and Confederate, November 2018
- Gail Chaid – Forced Emigration – Europe to America, 1600-present: Patterns and Trends, October 2018
- Christine Green – Third Party DNA Testing Tools, June 2018
- Janice Sellers – Online Newspapers, May 2018
- Mary Boyle, South Bay Family History Resources, April 2018
- Mary Boyle – South Bay Family History Resources
- Mary Boyle – Free Library Card – Reference Desk
- Craig Siulinski, Life Story Writing, March 2018
2017
- Janice Sellers – Immigration and Naturalization
- Sean Conley – Irish Genealogy Websites
- Pamela Brigham – Finding Ancestors’ Digitized Newspapers
2016
- Sean Conley – Northern California Genealogical Research
- Junel Davidson – Researching American Indian Ancestors
- Mary Hanel – Bay Area Repositories for Genealogists and Local Historians
- Mary Boyle – Using Libraries for Genealogy Research
- Martha Wallace – Finding United States Land Records
- Barbara Rae-Venter – Introduction to Genetic Genealogy
- Ron Arons – Mind Maps
2015
- Gail Chaid – How I Found It… and German Naming
- Alicia Carrillo – “El Nuevo Mundo” Research
- Mary Boyle – What’s New at the Santa Clara City Library’s Genealogy and Local History Collection
- Krista Van Laan – Researching the Work of Frank Delos Wolfe
- Pamela Erickson – Indentured Servants Have Genealogies, Too!
- Jackie Reimers – Making Your Family History Come to Life
2014
- Ray R. Albin – Wealth Land and Slaveholding in Mississippi; A Planter Family’s Life of Privilege 1818-1913
- Patricia Burrow – Legacy Planning – What happens to your research after you are gone?
- Nancy Waters Laurer – German Naming – 2015
- Mary Hanel – What’s New for Genealogists & Local History Researchers from Central Park Library
- Richard Ferman – Ohio: Gateway to the West
- Richard Ferman – Pennsylvania – May 2013
- Duane Dalley – Scandinavian Genealogical Research
2013
- John Shellabear Gleed – The Erie Canal and Its Influence on the Outbreak of Civil War
- Vern Dale & Martha Wallace – Territorial Records (updated 10/16)
- Mary Hanel – Newspapers Online Class 2013
- Mary Hanel – San Jose Historical Mercury News Archive Class Outline 2013
- Steven Morse – Genealogy Beyond The Y Chromosome: Autosomes Exposed
- Todd Gilman – Finding Survey Maps in the Pennsylvania State Archives Digital Online Records
- Bob Tower – Self-Publishing in the 21st Century!
- Mary Hanel – What’s New for Gen
2012
- Cath Madden Trindle – Copyright Law
- Mary Hanel – What’s New for Genealogists & Local History Researchers from Central Park Library
- Stephen Morse – Getting Ready for the 1940 Census: Searching without a Name Index
- Laura Dansbury – Ancestry.com Tips & Tricks
- Jeff Moore – Quaker Research
2011
- Pamela Erickson – Finding and Using Church Records (See also Salem Church Records on YouTube.)
- Mary Hanel – A Sampling of ‘Germans from Russia’ Genealogy Books in the Santa Clara City Central Park Library Heritage Pavilion
- Janice M. Sellers – Newspapers Online
- Lisa Louise Cooke – Solving Family Tree Mysteries with Google Earth
- Mary Hanel – Best of the New Books added to the Santa Clara City Library Heritage Pavilion between April 2010 & March 2011
- Mary Hanel – African-American Genealogy Books
2010
- Pamela Erickson – Canadian Research
- John Gleed – Black Sheep in the Family
- Robyn Echols – Migration in the U. S. — RAMBLE AMERICA
- Stephen P. Morse – From DNA to Genetic Genealogy
- Mary Hanel – What’s New for Genealogists at the Santa Clara City Library
- Cath Madden Trindle, CG – Uncluttered
2009
- Cath Madden Trindle, CG – Irish Research
- Cath Madden Trindle, CG – Scottish Research
- Kay Gutknecht – We Were Foxhole Buddies
- Mary Hanel – What’s New for Genealogists & Local History Researchers from Central Park Library
- Rachael Campbell of the Daughters of Union Veterans – How to Find Your Civil War Ancestor
- Mary Hanel using Gabriel Ibarra’s material – Online Historical Photos Resources
2008
- Diana Claussen – NSDAR
- Mary Hanel – The Latest Resources for Genealogists at the Central Park Library and from the Library Homepage
- Al Dutra – Portuguese in Santa Clara County Book List
- Dana Keys – Cherokee Nation
- Kay Gutknect – Publishing Genealogy Books
- Pam Dallas – The Courthouse Burned!
2006
- Kathleen Orlenko – Basic Conservation