- General Membership Meetings are held on the 3rd Saturday of the month (unless otherwise noted) All meetings are held via Zoom until further notice. Please contact us for a link to the zoom meeting.
- Time: 2pm
- Where: Moreno Valley Family History Center 23300 Old Lake Drive
- Free & Everyone is welcome to attend
- Guest speakers are listed below:
2023
All meetings are held via Zoom until further notice.
January 21:
Speaker: Jeanette Sheliga
Subject: “Beginning Genealogy: FamilySearch.org”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkf-GrpjsuG9yXnaWEUzwCLRp0aLfxQBVP
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
February 18:
Speaker: Glenn York
Subject: “Finding the Birth Mother; A Case Study”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrfuGprDwqH9GVG3nIcJ1m1P2ZEC1sLl_L
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
March 18:
Speaker: Laureen Pittman
Subject: “Family History Meets Memoir”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUod-2vqz8jGN2qyj5qIMw57losdtt8Ke7j
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
April 15:
Speaker: Richard Hanson
Subject: “Genealogist Guide to Photo Sharing”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcuc-irrzkvHdQtCPFgunpQ_x_7RT0VC-0Y
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
May 20:
Speaker: Bob Katz
Subject: “RootsMagic 8”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckduChqz8sGtJSLj8sno3dRbs9O4sNw0z0
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
June 17: In-Person
Pot Luck Picnic – MVGS Anniversary
Please contact us if you’re interested in attending.
July 15:
Speaker: Diane Henriks
Topic: “Publishing Your Family History”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdO6rrz0rHNAvDVbsl7bFOD3AD-NZ8XwJ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
August 19:
Speaker: Sara Cochran
Subject: “There’s a Lineage Society for That”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpdeygrjwrGtSjL7yC61GYpvI4Xcf-SeBC
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
September 16:
Speaker: Bonnie Wade Mucia
Subject: “75 Years Later: Creating Wartime Family Reunions Using Genealogy & DNA“
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdeysrjkqHtfV3h5noZA5OajWI2lAxEut
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
October 21:
Speaker: (open)
Subject: “TBD”
November 18:
Speaker: (open)
Subject: “TBD”
December: In-person
Holiday Luncheon – “TBD”
Please contact us if you’re interested in attending or donating to our raffle.
2022
All meetings are held via Zoom until further notice.
January 15:
Speaker: Jean Hibben
Subject: “Using Key Words to Unlock Genealogy Doors”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvcuGhqzkvEtyePz4zEg5ubRfPNCYEbseE
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
February 19:
Speaker: Sara Cochran
Subject: “Shamrock, Leprechauns and Harps, Researching Your Irish Roots”
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
March 19:
Speaker: Christine Cohen
Subject: “Immigration Ports of Entry”
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
April 16:
Speaker: Gary Fredersen
Subject: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Evaluating Genealogy Resources”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0vduuvrj0uE9Q5-nVEOkq3-T_ENV-HbeXW
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
May 21:
Speaker: Don Williams
Subject: “Genealogy 101A, Helping Beginners”
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
June 18:
Pot Luck Picnic
July 16:
Speaker: Deborah Anderson Ladd
Topic: “Writing Your Family History”
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
August 20:
Speaker: Jean Hibben
Subject: “From Fable to Fact: Gathering Oral History to Find Family Records”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkfu-rrjosGdD22Ptmeze-igyV2moGZTJG
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
September 17:
Speaker: Ron Gilmore
Subject: Tithe Appointment Book in Ireland
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkfuuupzoqGtZpH9RGcd95PO-zPl1m4RBI
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
October 15:
Speaker: Sunny Morton
Subject: Digging For Historical Records
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpce6orDgoHt2O_G1cQ6KHsrzu_h92MQzS
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
November 19:
Speaker: Sunny Morton
Subject: Help! There’s No Class on Researching My Ancestral Homeland
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvf-mvqzsiHtWJOkLJqpmTRU7u_1opQm8o
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
December :
Luncheon – TBD
Please contact us if you’re interested in attending or donating to our raffle
2021
All meetings are held via Zoom until further notice.
January 16:
“Rectangle Robin” (play on words since we’re all on Zoom)
February 20:
Speaker: Jean Wilcox Hibben
Subject: Getting Information Through the Back Door
March 20:
Speaker: Ron Gilmore
Subject: Griffith’s Valuation in Ireland
April 17:
Speaker: Sara Cochran
Subject: “My DNA Brought Me to the Forest, But Where are the Trees?”
May 15:
Speaker: Thomas MacEntee
Subject: “After You’re Gone, Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research”
June 19:
Picnic
July 17:
Speaker: Ron Gilmore
Subject: “Murder and Consequences”
August 21:
Speaker: Bob Katz
Subject: “Obituaries, The Skeleton of the Famiy”
September 18:
Speaker: Beth Swartz
Subject: “Exploring Your Hispanic Roots”
October 16:
Speaker: Thomas MacEntee
Subject: “Genealogy Escape Room”
November 20:
Subject: “DNA Doe Project”
Speaker: Beth Swartz
Subject: “Browsing and Clustering DNA using MyHeritage DNA Tools “
December:
Holiday Luncheon
2020
January 18:
Speaker: Linda & Robert Hice
Subject: “Our Scandinavian Journey”
February 15:
Round Robin
March 21:
Speaker: Jean Wilcox Hibben
Subject: TBD
April 18:
Speaker: Sara Cochran
Subject: “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. Is this Genealogy or the Cha-Cha?”
May 16:
Speaker: Betty Wilson
Subject: “Daughter of the Utah Pioneers”
June 20:
Speaker: TBD
July 18:
Pot Luck
August 15: Meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Sara Cochran
Subject: “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. Is this Genealogy or the Cha-Cha?“
September 19: Meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Beth Swartz
Subject: “Beyond the Hints”
October 17: Meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Gena Philiberta- Ortega
Subject: “Steps to Better Newspaper Research”
November 21: Meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Jean Wilcox Hibben
Subject: “Mom Liked You Best – Sibling Research”
December 19: Meeting via Zoom
Speaker: Bob Katz
Subject: “Why Roots Magic?”
2019
January 19:
Speaker: Letty Rodella
Subject: “Spanish Patriots in the American Revolution”
February 16:
Speaker: Anne Hendricks Jones
Subject: “Black History Month”
March 16:
Speaker: Jean Wilcox Hibben
Subject: “Erin Go Bragh: Music & Myths of Irish Immigrants”
April 20:
Open Meeting- Remembering our Ancestors with a Pot Luck of their recipes
May 18:
Speaker: Wayne Rogers
Subject: “Sons of the American Revolution”
June 15:
Speaker: David Flint
Subject: “Maps Gazetteers & Websites to Find Your Places in England”
July 20:
Pot Luck
August 17:
Speaker: Sara Cochran
Subject: “Scottish Research”
September 21:
Speaker: Matt Schumaker
Subject: “Genealogy on Tablets & i-phones”
October 19:
Speaker: Beth Swartz
Subject: “Centi What? Morgan Who? Working with your DNA Results”
November 16:
Speaker: Scott Buchanan
Subject: “An Adoptees DNA Experience- Finding my Parents”
December:
Holiday Luncheon
2018
September 15:
Speaker: Cyndy & Dean Richardson
Subject: “Good Research Habits Can Make a Difference, Organizing Research Papers”
October 20
Speaker: Beth Swartz
Subject: “Centi What? Morgan Who? Working with your DNA Results”
November 17
Speaker: David Flint
Subject: “Genealogical Research in England”
December- No meeting…
Annual Christmas Luncheon- Cactus Cantina
Moreno Valley Genealogical Society 