San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society

Researchers of German heritage - save the date - July 17-24

Registration is now open for Jamboree 2021, to be held online June 4-12. Check out the planned speakers and events and reserve your spot now! https://genealogyjamboree.com/

Ending tonight!

Ancestry 50% sale expires tomorrow, January 9th! If you have a current membership expiring soon, you can call & get their promotion. https://www.ancestry.com/cs/newyears

Who's up for some cleaning & organizing? Especially after the wonderful presentation by Thomas McEntee at our last meeting!

Happy Halloween! Dia de los Muertos starts at sundown. Anyone else adding the finishing touches on their Ofrenda? Can never have too many marigolds lol Thanks for sharing Nancy

Anyone researching in Pomerania?

A wonderful FREE webinar hosted by Northeast Indiana Jewish Genealogy Society. Sunday, November 15 at 2pm EST Registration is required.

The first 2 episodes have already aired but full episodes can be viewed online through the link.

Only treats, no tricks! Free access coming up October 29 - November 2!!

The Family History Library has free webinars for German research coming up this month. Resources on getting help, Historical geography, Württemberg Family Books, Using Historical Newspapers to learn more about your ancestors, and German Handwriting. on the following days: October 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, and the 30th! Here's a link to the schedule. Sandwiched in-between the German classes is one for Irish researchers "Mournful Exodus": Finding Your Irish Ancestor’s Home - on Oct 26 https://www.familysearch.org//i/8/86/Oct_2020_Classes.pdf

Only a few more events in October but looking forward to what may be coming in November! https://blog.californiaancestors.org//online-genealogy-wee

Looks quite interesting! Free webinar sponsored by NEHGS.

Still available!

Today, October 6, is National German-American Day! What town were your ancestors from?

For all those cartophiles out there! A link to historical maps of Europe - https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu//histor/history_europe.html