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• MCGS Virtual Writing Group Meeting

  • When
    September 17, 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 Sep 17, 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 DNA Group Meeting

  • When
    September 18, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom

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  The September Virtual DNA meeting is on Thursday, Sept 18th, 2025 at 7 pm.

  This meeting will cover the chapter of the book on,

  Analyze Your Sources & Evaluate Your DNA Matches

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

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

  DNA Sources, Information, and Evidence: Sorting it All Out (Robin Wirthlin)
  

  Source, Information and Evidence Analysis for a DNA Research Project (Diana Elder)

  Here is a relevant podcast,

  Analyzing Your Sources in a DNA Research Project (Nicole Elder)

  
  

  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 9/2/2025)

  
  

  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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• MCGS Virtual General Meeting

  • When
    September 25, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
  • Location
    Online - Zoom

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  We will have a Virtual General Meeting on Thursday, Sept 25, 2025 at 7 pm.

  Topic

  Creating an Ancestor Sketch:

  Turn Years of Genealogy research into a Captivating Family Story
  

  Presented by Thomas MacEntee
  

  
  

  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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