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Planning Meeting
Wednesday, June 7
Planning Meeting  (TVGS Board Meetings)
4:00 pm
Zoom


Kathy Fernandes - DNA Painter
Friday, June 9
Kathy Fernandes - DNA Painter  (DNA Interest Group)
10:00 am
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
This presentation explains how to use the Chromosome Mapping feature of DNA Painter to track the DNA you share with matches and to map segments to ancestors. This presentation also provides an overview of the Ancestral Maps feature and Shared cM Project tool and What Are the Odds? tool available on the site. Kathy's Bio Here
 


Pam Vestal - How to Write Ancestral Stories Your Relatives Want to Read
Monday, June 12
Pam Vestal - How to Write Ancestral Stories Your Relatives Want to Read  (General Meeting)
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Part of the thrill of genealogy is sharing our discoveries with those we love, so it can be disappointing when our family members and friends have no interest in the subject.  However, with good research, thoughtful planning, and a dash of ingenuity, we can create engaging stories designed to entice even the most reluctant readers. Topics include how to breathe life into dry genealogical facts, choosing a compelling story structure, making decisions that enhance the quality of the writing, and presenting what you’ve written in an appealing way.  Creating a captivating ancestral story from our ancestors’ names, dates, and places is like turning fish eggs into caviar: the facts don’t change, but the way we describe them makes all the difference.


Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, June 21
Monthly Meeting  (Writers Group)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Zoom & Heritage Room Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Our Writers Group puts it’s focus on turning ancestral research of facts and charts into exciting stories, recounting the life and times of our families and their ancestors. The group encourages each other in creating interesting stories to preserve history as well as present day accounts that will become history for our future generations. Come and share your stories.


Putting It Together
Friday, June 23
Putting It Together  (4th Friday- General Education)
10:00 am
Zoom and Community Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Putting it together.  Once you’ve been on a ‘research trip’ – whether it’s Salt Lake City, or LeMars, Iowa (where your ancestors first lived in the US) – when you come home, there are photos and papers, and thumb drives full of data that you will have to organize and put away.  Some will not make the cut when you compare with what you have already at home.  It’s important to do this step while it’s all fresh in your memory – so get to it!  We’ll talk about it.



Planning Meeting
Wednesday, July 5
Planning Meeting  (TVGS Board Meetings)
4:00 pm
Zoom


Larry Naukam - Community Generated Databases
Monday, July 10
Larry Naukam - Community Generated Databases  (General Meeting)
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592


Kathy Fernandes - Third-Party Analysis and Visualization Tools
Friday, July 14
Kathy Fernandes - Third-Party Analysis and Visualization Tools  (DNA Interest Group)
10:00 am
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
This presentation reviews a number of third-party tools that are available to assist in autosomal DNA analysis. Topics covered include several Chrome extensions, the Genetic Affairs AutoCluster tool, the DNAGEDCom Client, and several visualization tools for mapping family relationships. Kathy's Bio Here
 


Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, July 19
Monthly Meeting  (Writers Group)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Zoom & Heritage Room Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Our Writers Group puts it’s focus on turning ancestral research of facts and charts into exciting stories, recounting the life and times of our families and their ancestors. The group encourages each other in creating interesting stories to preserve history as well as present day accounts that will become history for our future generations. Come and share your stories.


Census
Friday, July 28
Census  (4th Friday- General Education)
10:00 am
Zoom and Community Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Census – US Federal, Sweden, Britain, Canada, US States….so many to check out.  One of the MOST used tools to find the family.  And each one is different - every time.  So, we’ll talk about what to expect when you look at the 1810 US Federal Census….and the 1925 Iowa State Census              …and that Swedish household census. SO much to explore!



Planning Meeting
Wednesday, September 6
Planning Meeting  (TVGS Board Meetings)
4:00 pm
Zoom


Kathy Fernandes - Shared Matching Methodology
Friday, September 8
Kathy Fernandes - Shared Matching Methodology  (DNA Interest Group)
10:00 am
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
This presentation explains one of the research methodologies used to solve unknown parentage cases. This methodology focuses on the analysis of shared matches and presents several case studies illustrating how tools such as the Leeds method and the What Are the Odds? tool can be applied in the analysis. Kathy's Bio Here


Christine Cohen - Cousin Bating & Cousin Stalking
Monday, September 11
Christine Cohen - Cousin Bating & Cousin Stalking  (General Meeting)
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
We will discuss the many ways to reach out to distant living cousins to help you expand your pedigree chart forward in time. You may find family treasures, photos, DNA test takers and information that will break down a brick wall. We will explore online trees, lineage societies, cemetery indexes, obituaries in newspapers, living people finder websites and social media.


Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, September 20
Monthly Meeting  (Writers Group)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Zoom & Heritage Room Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Our Writers Group puts it’s focus on turning ancestral research of facts and charts into exciting stories, recounting the life and times of our families and their ancestors. The group encourages each other in creating interesting stories to preserve history as well as present day accounts that will become history for our future generations. Come and share your stories.


Immigration/Emigration/Finding that Village of Origin.  Yup.  Everybody’s ancestors did NOT originat
Friday, September 22
Immigration/Emigration/Finding that Village of Origin. Yup. Everybody’s ancestors did NOT originat  (4th Friday- General Education)
10:00 am
Zoom and Community Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Immigration/Emigration/Finding that Village of Origin.  Yup.  Everybody’s ancestors did NOT originate in North America.  So, let’s talk about how to figure out WHERE they came from (a sometimes LONG and difficult process), so that we can research them ‘over there’.



Planning Meeting
Wednesday, October 4
Planning Meeting  (TVGS Board Meetings)
4:00 pm
Zoom


Annual Open House
Saturday, October 7
Annual Open House  (General Meeting)
10:00 am
Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Celebrating TVGS 25th Anniversary


Kathy Fernandes - Endogamy Explained
Friday, October 13
Kathy Fernandes - Endogamy Explained  (DNA Interest Group)
10:00 am
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Endogamy is the practice of marrying within a limited community or group over many generations for cultural or religious reasons or due to geographic isolation. This presentation describes how to recognize endogamy in your family tree, explains its impact on evaluating DNA test results, and provides recommendations on how to deal with endogamy in your family research.  Kathy's Bio Here


Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, October 18
Monthly Meeting  (Writers Group)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Zoom & Heritage Room Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Our Writers Group puts it’s focus on turning ancestral research of facts and charts into exciting stories, recounting the life and times of our families and their ancestors. The group encourages each other in creating interesting stories to preserve history as well as present day accounts that will become history for our future generations. Come and share your stories.


Friday, October 27
Let’s Get Creative  (4th Friday- General Education)
10:00 am
Zoom and Community Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Let’s Get Creative.  Face it, most of us get rolling eyes and sighs when we begin to talk about ‘the family history’.  BUT there may be some creative ways to entice the younger generations to get excited about their ancestors – from stories, to scrapbooks, to sorting through the old black and white photos or those heirlooms.  A ‘family history’ doesn’t have to mean a boring book filled only with names, dates and places!  It can be so much more.  Let’s discuss!



Planning Meeting
Wednesday, November 8
Planning Meeting  (TVGS Board Meetings)
4:00 pm
Zoom
Budget Meeting for 2024


Kathy Fernandes - A How-To Guide to Using DNA Test Results in Genealogical Research
Friday, November 10
Kathy Fernandes - A How-To Guide to Using DNA Test Results in Genealogical Research  (DNA Interest Group)
10:00 am
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
This presentation provides step-by-step guidance on how to approach the analysis of DNA testing data and apply the results in your genealogical research. Topics covered include testing strategies, confirming relationships to family members tested, verifying the branches in your tree, identifying “surprise” cousins, and addressing brick walls in your distant ancestry. Kathy's Bio Here


Jean Wilcox Hibbens: “Looking Forward to Looking Back: Where to Go Next
Monday, November 13
Jean Wilcox Hibbens: “Looking Forward to Looking Back: Where to Go Next  (General Meeting)
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Jean Wilcox Hibben; PhD, MA, former So. Cal. college speech professor (MA Speech Communication; PhD Folklore), is a national speaker and author. A member of the DAR, she is the former director and current stafftrainer for the Corona, CA Family History Center, has worked on backgroundresearch for two genealogy television programs, and was a host for podcastson social history. A former Board-Certified genealogist with over 40 years of researchexperience, she is a former board member of APG and past president of its So. Cal. Chapter;newly elected board member of the So. Calif. Genealogical Soc.; 1st Vice-president of theCorona Genealogical Society, as well as webmaster for that same organization; and participant
on a number of other society boards. Jean writes the “Aunty Jeff” column for the Informer, thenewsletter of the Jefferson County NY Genealogical Society. Her website: circlemending.org


Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, November 15
Monthly Meeting  (Writers Group)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Zoom & Heritage Room Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Our Writers Group puts it’s focus on turning ancestral research of facts and charts into exciting stories, recounting the life and times of our families and their ancestors. The group encourages each other in creating interesting stories to preserve history as well as present day accounts that will become history for our future generations. Come and share your stories.



Lets Review!
Friday, December 1
Lets Review!  (4th Friday- General Education)
10:00 am
Zoom and Community Rm, Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Let’s Review!  What did you learn this year?  What did I learn?  What discoveries did you make? Did any brick walls crumble for you?  What’s YOUR plan for 2024?


Holiday Potluck
Monday, December 11
Holiday Potluck  (General Meeting)
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592