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• MCGS Genealogy Social Hour - Share a Family Story About Your Ancestors

  • When
    November 06, 2025
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    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom

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  The Marin County Genealogical Society Genealogy Social Hour on November 6, 2025, will be on

  Share a Family Story About Your Ancestors

  We start each meeting with an idea or memories to share and let the discussion flow from there.
  

  This is an opportunity for us to connect and be social while we are staying safe at home.

  If you click on the Meeting link above, it will open this event on the website, and then you can click the "Add to my calendar" button, which will allow you to pick the option that matches your calendar of choice.

  To attend the meeting please REGISTER  by clicking on the button above.  The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.  We look forward to seeing you!

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• MCGS Virtual Book Club Meeting

  • When
    November 10, 2025
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    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom

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  A Virtual meeting will be held online on Monday, Nov 10, 2025 at 6:30 pm.

  We will discuss the book

  Inheritance

  A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

  by Dani Shapiro.
  

  To attend the meeting please REGISTER by clicking on the button above.  The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.  We look forward to seeing you!

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• MCGS Virtual Writing Group Meeting

  • When
    November 12, 2025
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    4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom

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  The Virtual Writing Group Meeting will be meeting on Wednesday Nov 12, 2025 at 4:00 pm. 

  Please Note the Time and Date and that this is a Wednesday!
  

  Writing prompts will be available in the Members area of our site (login required.)

  To attend the meeting please REGISTER by clicking on the button above.  The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.  We look forward to seeing you!

  

  Laurel Hilton is an award-winning author, journalist and 4^th generation Californian. She is a writing coach and founder of a 501 c 3 organization for writers called Write on Mamas, and has had her writing featured on stage, radio, in print and online.
  

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• MCGS Virtual General Meeting

  • When
    November 20, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom

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  We will have a Virtual General Meeting on Thursday, Nov 20, 2025 at 7 pm.

  Topic

  All Kinds of Loyalists:

  Tracing Ancestors Who Fled to Canada During the American Revolution
  

  Presented by Kathryn Lake Hogan
  

  
  

  You will be able to attend this meeting virtually by Zoom.

  We request that you please REGISTER by clicking on the button above.  The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.  We look forward to seeing you!

  
  

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• MCGS Virtual DNA Group Meeting

  • When
    December 11, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom

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  The next Virtual DNA meeting is on Thursday, Dec 11th, 2025 at 7 pm.

  Note that this is on the 2nd Thursday of the month rather than the 3rd Thursday.

  This meeting will cover the chapter of the book on,

  DNA Research Logs:

  How to Keep Track of Genetic Genealogy Searches

  Please come prepared to discuss the topics covered in this chapter.

  Here are some Articles that you might want to look at.

  DNA Research Logs; How to Keep Track of Genetic Genealogy Searches (Nicole Dyer)
  

  Research Logs: The Key to Organizing Your Family History (Diana Elder)

  Where Did You Look and What Did You Find? (Diana Elder)

  Airtable Research Logs (Nicole Dyer)

  Here is a relevant podcast, Research Logs (Diane Elder & Nicole Dyer)

  Here is a video, How to Organize DNA Research Report Sections (Nicole Dyer)

  We are presently basing our meetings on the book "Research Like a Pro with DNA", by Diana Elder, Nicole E. Dyer and Robin Wirthlin.
  

  We have an updated handout providing a list of articles relevant to the whole book,

  Handout of Articles for the "Research Like a Pro with DNA Series"

  
  

  Questions contact Vernon Smith 
  

  Latest Blog Posts (updated 10/9/2025)

  
  

  To attend the meeting please REGISTER by clicking on the button above.  The Zoom Link will be sent to you in your registration confirmation email.  We look forward to seeing you!
  

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