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Saturday, September 21
SacPubLib: Genealogical Legacy of the California Gold Rush (Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual via Zoom
Sacramento Public Library presents Genealogical Legacy of the California Gold Rush, with speaker Jacqi Stevens.
People from around the world made their way to California in the mid-1800s, seeking gold. Many returned home as poor as they came; others stayed on, initiating a flow of letters and photographs from far-flung origins. Those mementos can still be found in antique shops in the foothills today. Through case studies of the stories behind several such photographs, learn how the same research techniques we use in genealogy can be applied to discovering the identity of the faces in hundred-year-old rescued photographs.
This program will take place on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email contact@saclibrary.org. |
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Saturday, October 26
SacPubLib: Architectural Ancestry: A Course in House History (Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual via Zoom
Sacramento Public Library presents Architectural Ancestry: A Course in House History, with speaker Jill Morelli.
Learn about house histories from an architect/genealogist! Like people, places have a history and your home is your most personal of places. In this course we will review the records that might be helpful to researching your location of choice; use our observational skills to identify design elements and how they inform us about our house and our neighborhood.
This program will take place on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email contact@saclibrary.org. |
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Saturday, November 16
SacPubLib: Bagging a Live One: Finding Living People (Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual via Zoom
Sacramento Public Library presents Bagging a Live One: Finding Living People, with speaker Mary Kircher Roddy, CG.
This presentation can help you find distant cousins and other people who may have a connection to your research subjects. The techniques of reverse genealogy have multiple uses:
- Living cousins may have photos, documents, artifacts, and stories about the common ancestors.
- Forensic genealogists need to build family trees forward and find living people for heirship cases or to resolve property issues.
- DNA researchers may be interested in locating descendants from specific ancestral lines for targeted DNA testing.
- Genealogists may have unrecognized DNA matches. Building ancestral trees forward makes it possible to determine how those unknown matches might fit into the family tree.
This program will take place on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email contact@saclibrary.org. |
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Saturday, December 14
SacPubLib: What Did Daddy Do? Locating Family Members in Old Business Records, Part 1 (Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual via Zoom
Sacramento Public Library presents What Did Daddy Do? Locating Family Members in Old Business Records, Part 1, with speaker Madeline Yanov.
It is estimated that we spend about 1/3 of our adult lives at work. That was also true for our ancestors who might have spent more time at their job. Whether your ancestor worked as a factory worker on a Ford assembly plant or a farmer, miner, or owned a store, there are documents recording that information. Did your family own their own business? Records exist for those businesses. This presentation will delve into the types of records available for many occupations. We will look at corporate, agricultural, and small business records; ranging from incorporation papers, licenses and permits, to newspaper articles, advertisements, directories, and personal papers. Tips will be given to how to go about finding information on corporations, professional certifications and where these records are kept. Business records can add another dimension to the story of your ancestors’ lives!
This program will take place on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email contact@saclibrary.org. |
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Saturday, January 25, 2025
SacPubLib: What Did Daddy Do? Locating Family Members in Old Business Records, Part 2 (Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual via Zoom
Sacramento Public Library presents What Did Daddy Do? Locating Family Members in Old Business Records, Part 2, with speaker Madeline Yanov.
It is estimated that we spend about 1/3 of our adult lives at work. That was also true for our ancestors who might have spent more time at their job. Whether your ancestor worked as a factory worker on a Ford assembly plant or a farmer, miner, or owned a store, there are documents recording that information. Did your family own their own business? Records exist for those businesses. This presentation will delve into the types of records available for many occupations. We will look at corporate, agricultural, and small business records; ranging from incorporation papers, licenses and permits, to newspaper articles, advertisements, directories, and personal papers. Tips will be given to how to go about finding information on corporations, professional certifications and where these records are kept. Business records can add another dimension to the story of your ancestors’ lives!
This program will take place on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email contact@saclibrary.org. |
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Saturday, February 22, 2025
SacPubLib: Ephemera: Scraps of Your Ancestor’s Life (Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual via Zoom
Sacramento Public Library presents Ephemera: Scraps of Your Ancestor's Life, with speaker Gena Philibert-Ortega.
What’s ephemera? It’s the stuff that much of our genealogy research is built on. Defined as paper items that were not meant for long-term archiving, ephemera can hold great genealogical value. In this presentation, Gena Philibert-Ortega will show you examples of ephemera and how and where you can find it.
This program will take place on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email contact@saclibrary.org. |
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Saturday, March 22, 2025
SacPubLib: Double Dating: Understanding the Calendar Change (Speaker)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual via Zoom
Sacramento Public Library presents Double Dating: Understanding the Calendar Change, with speaker Pamela Bell Dallas.
Understanding the details of the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar is essential for sound genealogical research.
This program will take place on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
If you have any questions, please email contact@saclibrary.org. |
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