Please note new attendance options:
THIS WILL BE A LIVE PRESENTATION in the downtown library’s upstairs meeting room (with no registration required) -OR- view at home via Zoom (with registration required):
To register for viewing at home, please type in or click
https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/12080825
Guest Speaker: Gail Chaid
Forced Emigration: Europe to America,
1600 – Present: Patterns and Trends
This program will review definitions of some related words and phrases, and will examine push-pull factors that affect patterns of forced emigration and displacement. Gail will explain a number of departure and arrival records and how to find them. This is a program of genealogical interest that is especially relevant to the movement of people around the globe in our own era.
Gail Chaid is a graduate of Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, with BS and Masters degrees in Education. Following her retirement from teaching at Independence High School in San Jose, she pursued genealogical interests, focusing on her Bulgarian and Scottish ancestors. Gail has presented programs to genealogy groups around the Bay Area. She is active in the Santa Clara Genealogical Society and the Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group.
GSSCC – – DNA Special Interest Group meeting
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 – – 10:00 AM
Central Branch Library upstairs meeting room
224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, California
Moderated by Maria Mueller and Gail Burk
Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County
Come join us in the library meeting room on Tuesday, April 2, at 10:00 AM.
At the April session, we will revisit Family Tree DNA examine analytical tools and tips for getting the most out of our DNA matches and results at that site. Come join us! There will be time for questions and answers, too. There is a handout for this meeting.
Please bring your laptop and know your passwords We will also explore topics of interest for future meetings
Finding Your Pennsylvania Roots
Guest Speaker: Robert Givens
Please note new attendance options: THIS WILL BE A LIVE PRESENTATION in the downtown library’s upstairs meeting room (with no registration required) -OR-
View at home via Zoom (with registration required).
To register, please type in or click
https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/event/12118235
This program will examine the unique geography of Pennsylvania and how the different areas and physical landscape affected who settled there and when. The program will look at some key eras of Pennsylvania history, and will review immigration, migration, settlement patterns, and changing county boundaries. The presentation includes an overview of records and record categories that are useful for Pennsylvania researchers.
Robert Givens is a fifth-generation Arizonian who now resides in Fresno, California. He graduated from Fresno State College with a B.A. in Social Sciences with a history and geography emphasis. He earned a Masters degree in School Administration from California State University at Fresno. Bob served as a teacher and administrator in Fresno public schools for 39 years.
Genealogy is Bob’s passion. He filled out his first family group record at age ten and has never stopped researching his family history. His areas of expertise are Pennsylvania, New England, and U.S. Midwest research. Bob helps other genealogists as a long-time volunteer at Central Valley Family Search Centers, and as a prolific genealogical speaker.
GSSCC – – DNA Special Interest Group Meeting
Central Branch Library upstairs meeting room, 224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, California
Moderated by Maria Mueller and Gail Burk
Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz Count
At the May session, we will discuss some tips found in Blaine Bettinger’s book, Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy (second edition)
Come join us!
There will be time for questions and answers, too.
There is a handout for this meeting.
Please bring your laptop and know your passwords.
We will also explore topics of interest for future meetings
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GSSCC – – DNA Special Interest Group meeting
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 – – 10:00 AM
Central Branch Library upstairs meeting room
224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, California
Moderated by Maria Mueller and Gail Burk
Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County
Come join us in the library meeting room on Tuesday, June 4, at 10:00 AM.
Details to follow….
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Ancestry.com Workshop
Friday, August 9th from 12:30 to 3:30+
Watsonville Public Library 275 Main Street, Unit 100 Second Floor Meeting Room
The Watsonville Public Library is teaming up with the Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County in offering workshop for those interested in using the genealogical tool Ancestry.com.
GSSCC member, Mike Epperson, will introduce you to Ancestry.com, showing you what records are available and how to organize your findings.
This workshop is free and open to the public. For more information visit www.scgensoc.org under upcoming events or call 427-7707 ext 5794 or the Watsonville Public Library 768-3400
Mike’s presentation will address:
Getting Organized:
Forms – How genealogists organize their data
Ancestry.com:
Census Records – how to use them
Find A Grave – digging around
Draft Registration – physical characteristics
Marriage Records
Hands on: Bring your laptop or use one of ours . We get YOU started and coach you through. Come and get started, get handouts, relax, learn and have fun.
There is no test!
In-person – Details to be announced
Skypark – Large Gazebo, 361 Kings Village Road. Scotts Valley
Central Branch Library upstairs meeting room
224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, California
Moderated by Maria Mueller and Gail Burk
Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County
Come join us in the library meeting room on Tuesday, September 3, at 10:00 AM.
At the September session, we will discuss Ancestry’s
recently released Pro Tools – – Enhanced Shared Matches tool
(which requires a monthly subscription)
Come join us!
There is a handout for this meeting.
Please bring your laptop and know your passwords
We will also explore topics of interest for future meetings