Category Archives: Announcement

Jacquie Beveridge announces Southern CA Genealogical Society’s Jamboree 2021. This year, the Jamboree consists of two live conferences – Genealogy Jamboree (June 4, 5) and Genetic Genealogy (June 11, 12). According to SCGS, “Each conference consists of six presentations you … Continue reading →

Merilee Mulvey shares a link to a Family Tree Magazine article on How to Trace Your Ancestors in Voter Records. “Voter records (registration lists, registration certificates and voter registration cards) can provide valuable information for your genealogical research. Not only … Continue reading →

The U.S. Constitution mandates a census of the population every 10 years (Title 13 of the U.S. Code). As such, the goal of the 2020 Census was to count everyone who lived in the U.S. on April 1, 2020.  Households were … Continue reading →

Merilee Mulvey shares a link to “How to Trace your Ancestors in Voter Records”. The article recently appeared in Family Tree Magazine by Diane Haddad, who suggests voter records as a source for family research through registration lists, certificates or … Continue reading →

Debby Wright shares a link to an article by a family researcher on his personal experience in locating family through DNA testing. He details an 8-step procedure, beginning with the selection of DNA kits (he suggests 2), then what to … Continue reading →

Save the Dates: Oregon Genealogy Society DNA Seminar (A Zoom Meeting)Saturday, October 31, 202010:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Topics include: Making Your Case with Documents and DNA. The session will “show different ways that genealogical problems have solved bay integrating … Continue reading →

Debbie Wright sends out a warning to MyHeritage users of a recent phishing scam that people need to be aware of and remain vigilant for fake emails.  Beware of emails with the subject line “Ethnicity Estimate V2”.  Full details from … Continue reading →