Special Interest Groups (SIG)

Please see our SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CALENDAR.

February, 2012 Announcements: The MacGen SIG and the Legacy SIG will not be meeting in February due to scheduling conflicts. The TNG SIG meeting was moved forward one week in February 21st, to start after the SRVGS General Meeting at 1pm.

SIG attendance is a benefit of being a member of the San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society. It is available to SRVGS members and guests (one free SIG meeting per guest). We have a number of SIGs (see list on right), a SIG CALENDAR, and our MONTHLY NEWSLETTER to help you find the best SIGs for you and where they are meeting this month.

Most SIGs meet at the Danville History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, Alamo, California, but some meet at member's homes like the German, Irish and Publishing SIGs. You may also email SIG leaders for more information.

If you have an interest of your own that we don't cover and want to share with other members by holding a new SIG meeting, please contact our SIG Coordinator, Bill George.

DNA Research

The DNA group meets on the 2nd Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Danville Family History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, Alamo, California. The first meeting was in October, 2011.

Please contact Bob Venter for more information.

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ENGLISH RESEARCH

The English Support group meets Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Danville Family History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, Alamo, California.

Please contact SIG Leader Suzanne Johnston for more information.

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GERMAN RESEARCH

Meetings are held in a group member's home on the fourth Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to12 p.m. Many members also belong to the Sacramento German Genealogical Society and attend their monthly meetings

Please contact SIG Leader Helen Odegard for more information or to let her know you're attending.

Here's a link to some German Reference Materials and Research Aids on our web site.

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IRISH RESEARCH

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 10am at the home of Russ and Patty Erickson.

Please contact: SIG Leader Patty Erickson for more information or to let her know you're attending.

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LEGACY

This is a newly-organized group supporting Legacy 7, the genealogy database program. They meet on the fourth Monday of each month at the Danville Family History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, in Alamo, California at 1 p.m.

Please contact Sharon Clay, SIG Leader for more information.

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MACGEN

The Macintosh Genealogy Special Interest Group meets at the Danville Family History Center in Alamo on the third Wednesday of the month, at 10:30 a.m. It provides useful information on how to effectively use your Macintosh to support your genealogy addiction. The group also extensively covers REUNION, the most popular program used on the Mac to maintain your Genealogy database, published by Leister Productions. Family Tree Maker was recently released for the Mac, so it will be covered in upcoming meetings. The SIG also has its own web site, at http://www.macgen.org.

Please contact: SIG Leader Bill George for more information.

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PUBLISHING

The Publishing Group meets on the third Thursday at the home of Francis Lloyd in Danville at 10 a.m. The group has extensive experience in the publishing of books on Family History. They give advice as you go through the various stages of publishing your work. If there are no projects in the works the group does not meet.

Please contact SIG Leader Francie Lloyd for more information and to let her know you will be attending.

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SCANDINAVIAN RESEARCH

The Scandinavian Research SIG meets every Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Danville Family History Center, 2949 Stone Valley Road, in Alamo, California. Linda Bailey is also knowledgable about "The Next Generation" (TNG) genealogy software, used to put your genealogy on the internet. See Linda's web site at http://www.lindasgenealogy.com. If you have interest in either Scandinavian Research or TNG, you will get a lot out of these meetings.

Please contact SIG Leader Linda Bailey for more information.

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THE Next Generation (TNG) of Genealogy Software

The TNG SIG meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 10:00 am. A web site for the TNG software is located at http://lythgoes.net/genealogy/software.php. Visit some web sites that use TNG software. For the month of November, 2011 only, they will meet on the 5th Tuesday, Nov. 28th.

Please contact Linda Bailey SIG leader, if you would like more information.

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