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    <title>Marin County Genealogical Society upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 16:13:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MCGS Virtual Writing Group Meeting (May 13, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" face="Tahoma"&gt;The Virtual Writing Group Meeting will be meeting on Wednesday May 13, 2026 at 4:00 pm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" color="#EE352A" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Please Note the Time and Date.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;Writing prompts&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Roboto Slab" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;will be&lt;/font&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.maringensoc.org/page-1828578"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;vailable in the Members area of our site&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;(login required.)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;To attend the meeting please &lt;strong&gt;REGISTER&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;by clicking on the button above&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.&amp;nbsp; We look forward to seeing you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/resources/Pictures/Laurel_Hilton_2.jpg" alt="" title="" width="293" height="401" border="0"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;Laurel Hilton is an award-winning author, journalist and 4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;th&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;generation Californian. She is a writing coach and founder of a 501 c 3 organization for writers called &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Write on Mamas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and has had her writing featured on stage, radio, in print and online.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>MCGS Virtual DNA Group Meeting (May 21, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/0" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/resources/Pictures/DNA%20X%20Sep%202023.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/0" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/0" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/resources/Pictures/DNA%20May%202026%20upd.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/resources/Pictures/DNA%20May%202026.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The next Virtual DNA meeting is on Thursday, May 21st, 2025 at 7 pm.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;We have finished our meetings based on the book &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Research-Like-Pro-DNA-Genealogists/dp/1732188122/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=&amp;amp;sr="&gt;"Research Like a Pro with DNA"&lt;/a&gt;, by Diana Elder, Nicole E. Dyer and Robin Wirthlin.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The next meeting will&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;present DNA Case Studies from Members of the Group.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" color="#EE352A" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;DNA Case Studies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000"&gt;If you would like to present a DNA Case Study, please contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:vernonsca@gmail.com" target="_blank" data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;Vernon Smith&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Tahoma" data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;&lt;br data-wacopycontent="1"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="-webkit-standard" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Questions contact&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:vernonsca@gmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;Vernon Smith&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://mcgs.box.com/s/9s51zhgx7s6kx0mwa57myu5elelz4cxf"&gt;Latest Blog Posts&lt;/a&gt; (updated 5/3/2026)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;To attend the meeting please REGISTER&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;by clicking on the button above&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.&amp;nbsp; We look forward to seeing you!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.maringensoc.org/event-6657647</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>No FHGSMC Virtual General Meeting (May 22, 2026)</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Roboto Slab" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;We will not have a &lt;strong&gt;Virtual&lt;/strong&gt; General Meeting in May, 2026.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: transparent;"&gt;&lt;font face="tahoma, sans-serif" color="#EE352A"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font&gt;On Hiatus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>No MCGS Virtual General Meetingin May (May 28, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.maringensoc.org/resources/Pictures/General%20May%202026.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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