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General Meetings

General Meeting Information

Join us!  Our monthly General Meeting programs include topics related to research sources, methodology, technical support and storytelling. 

 

Guests are always welcome. 

The meetings are free and open to the public.

Society events are held in the public room at the

St. Johns County Southeast Branch Library

 

Meetings are on the 2nd Saturday of each month (except August and as noted on the Calendar) and they start at 1:00 pm. Check-in begins at 12:45 pm. 

Upcoming Events

Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 1:00pm

DNA What Matches Do I Pursue?

Peggy Jude will join us on Zoom to help answer the question - You have done your DNA test and now you have matches. What matches are the best to pursue?

St. Johns Public Library Southeast Branch

6670 US 1 South

St Augustine, FL 32086

February 8, 2025

DNA What Matches Do I Pursue?

Peggy Jude will join us on Zoom to present DNA "What Matches Do I Pursue?"

You have done your DNA test and now you have matches. What matches are the best to pursue? Peggy will help us answer that question.
Peggy is a speaker, educator and researcher who specializes and teaches multiple times each month in five areas of genealogical interest: DNA, Genealogical Technology, Preserving Family History and Family Heirlooms, Genealogical Methods and Records, and Swedish Genealogy. She is an instructor in the DNA Foundations course at the Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research. She has taught courses for Family Tree University and Legacy Family Tree webinars. She leads both the DNA and Technology Special Interest Groups for the Manatee Genealogical Society (FL) where she is also VP and member of the board. Peggy holds a BS in Zoology from Iowa State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. Peggy has been researching her family since she was fifteen years old. Following a successful career as a Global Human Resources Executive, she opened her genealogical business centered on the west coast of Florida. She is a graduate of ProGen and is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild.

March 8, 2025

FamilySearch Secrets - Exploring Almost Hidden Corners of the LDS Website

Joel Warner will join us again this time to present the hidden corners of he FamilySearch.org website. His presentation is "FamilySearch Secrets - Exploring Almost Hidden Corners of the LDS Website".

April 12, 2025

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

May 10, 2025

Your Ancestors' FAN Club

Drew Smith will join us on Zoom to discuss "Your Ancestors' FAN Club".

Drew will show us to use the FAN research technique. Similar to cluster research, FAN research helps locate and identify our relatives using their Friends, Associates and Neighbors. Their FAN Club!

June 14, 2025

Stand and Be Counted – What You Can Find in Census Record

Larry Fermi join us in person to present “Stand and Be Counted – What You Can Find in Census Records”.

Learn what information is available in each census as well as what other census records exist besides the well known population schedules. This lecture also discusses State census records that exist in addition to the Federal records.
Retired in 2014, Larry honed his skills in front of audiences doing technical presentations in the corporate world and as an actor in countless community theater productions since 1971. He worked for 15 years as a professional genealogist and was a long time member of the NJ based Monmouth County Genealogy Society and was a popular speaker on basic and advanced genealogy related subjects in the greater NY metropolitan area. Before retiring Larry was a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the National Genealogical Society as well as the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and is now an active member of the Genealogical Society of Southeast Volusia County.

July 12, 2025

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

August 2025

Summer Break

No meeting. Summer break.

September 14, 2025

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

October 11, 2025

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

November 8, 2025

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

December 13, 2025

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

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