Topic Talk – Virginia
Ships landing in 1607 with a government established in 1619…Virginia has just celebrated its 400-year anniversary of European settlement. Source of many noted American leaders, conceived in the north of...
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Crossing the Pond to Scandinavia by Jill Morelli, CG, CGL
If you have Scandinavian ancestry in the stories your family told you, your documentary trail or your ethnicity estimates, you might find this presentation clears up some questions and puts you...
Library Re-opening Gala!
Visit the Library to help us celebrate our Grand Re-opening on Tuesday, Oct. 18th at 2:30 pm! Take a brief tour and see what's new. Free gifts and prize drawings...
Annual Meeting and Harvest Festival
An Opportunity to Welcome Our New Members! Please join us for all the fun at our Annual Meeting and Fall get together on November 15th, starting at 1:00pm as we...
DGC Board Meeting
The Davis Genealogy Club Board meets quarterly in January, April, July and October. Board members have voting rights, however, all members are welcome to attend and give input into the...
General Meeting & Presentation: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Is this Genealogy or the Cha-Cha? by Sara Cochran
Revisiting and reevaluating our early research and home sources of information might seem like a waste of time, but often, it’s the key to getting past a roadblock in our...
Discussion Follow-up
The Monday-After Presentation Follow-up is how Davis Genealogy Club members discuss what we learned at our General Meeting and Presentation the prior week! We discuss what we found helpful from...
Topic Talk – Why Do Genealogy and How to Do It Better
Remember why you first started? Have the reasons changed over time? Is it time to reassess what the heck you are doing? And the how of doing it—the changes between then and...
DNA Study Group
Via Zoom (Members Only - Contact president@davisgenealogy.org to join)
Topic Talk – Maritime Research
Merchant marine grandfather? Immigrant great-grandmother born on the seas? A family of sail makers? WWII uncle shipwrecked in the Pacific? Mother swim the English Channel on a dare? Submarine design engineers, anyone? What role do the...
Probate Records: The Alphabet Soup of Probate
Probate is one of the most important record sources available to genealogists to prove family relationships. Researchers need to explore all parts of the probate process, not just the will. ...
Follow-up Discussion
The Monday-After Presentation Follow-up is how Davis Genealogy Club members discuss what we learned at our General Meeting and Presentation the prior week! We discuss what we found helpful from...