South Orange County California Genealogical Society

Saturday, Oct 24/Sacramento German Genealogy Society FREE Virtual Fall Seminar 9:00 am - 2:00 pm. Pacific Daylight Time Featuring The Fantastic Four": Charlott...e Champenois, Baerbel Johnson, Daniel Jones, and Fritz Juengling from the German Team at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. https://bit.ly/35hizar See more

Time Lines and Maps help add context to your ancestors’ lives in just one glance. Learn how to use the features at the link below: https://bit.ly/3lVa2ke

Tomorrow at 2pm ET, Roberta Estes from DNAexplain joins us LIVE to show us, "How to Use Autoclusters to Analyze Your DNA Matches." You won't want to miss it!

If you haven't tried the Leeds Method for sorting your DNA matches, here's some great information form its creator to help you get started.

SOCCGS DNA VIRTUAL SIG - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23RD The October DNA Special Interest Group online meeting will be held on Friday, October 23rd, from 10am - 12noon. Join us to learn more about genetic genealogy and how to work with your test results. All levels of experience are welcome! To learn more about this meeting email [email protected] View more events on our website www.soccgs.org

Free access to all death records on My Heritage for Halloween!

SOCCGS GERMAN VIRTUAL SIG MEETING - OCTOBER 21ST Our German Special Interest Group will be meeting online on Wed., October 21st from 10am 12noon. Come join us if you're researching German ancestors! Email Gary Schwarz at [email protected] for more information. View our calendar at www.soccgs.org for more upcoming events.

Okay to drop in after our SOCCGS October meeting and can also be viewed online later.

IRELAND/SCOTLAND SIG MEETING - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16TH Our October online meeting of the SOCCGS Ireland/Scotland Special Interest Group will be Friday, October 16th, from 10am - 12noon. Come join this collaborative group as we share the websites, resources, and methods that are helping us research our Irish and Scottish ancestors! To participate in this virtual meeting, contact [email protected] More more information about our Special Interest Groups, visit www.soccgs.org

WRITING FAMILY HISTORY STORIES - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH The October online meeting of our SOCCGS Writing Family History Stories group is coming up on Wednesday, October 14th, from 10am - 12noon. Come join our friendly writing group to learn how to preserve your ancestors' stories! Please email [email protected] for more information about this virtual meeting.... For more information about our Special Interest Groups, visit www.soccgs.org

Good news for those researching Irish: