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...
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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...
Topic Talk – History as Backdrop to Your Family’s Genealogy
It was 1815 when Ancestor X did…something. Just like Ancestor Y, so many people in the Village of Z had…something happen to them. But what and why? Why then…and there?...
What’s New / What’s Coming to FamilySearch.org
Find out the latest and greatest options that FamilySearch is offering to help your research. Laurie Markham has volunteered at the Sacramento FamilySearch Library for 12 years. She is currently...
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...