Genealogy Club of Solivita
The Genealogy Club of Solivita meets on the Third Monday of every month in the 2nd floor meeting room at the Riviera Spa and Fitness Center. The meeting time is 6:30 pm.
All Solivita residents are invited to join in learning about searching for your ancestors. All experience levels from beginner to advanced genealogist are welcome. Sesssions for beginners were held this summer and at intervals during the year.
For more information, e-mail Ginger Allain at vallain576@gmail.com or Jeffrey Carlson at jc7594505@verizon.net. To get on the mailing list for meeting reminders and announcements, email Bill Adams at bill_c_adams@hotmail.com.
For more genealogy topics/sharing, join the Solivita Genealogy Club on Facebook.
A Sampling of Earlier Meetings:
February 2017 - DNA Testing and Genealogy - Jeff Carlson shares information about the variety of DNA tests available and how they can help with your research.
January 2018 - Accomplish Your 2018 Genealogy Goals
March 2018- Showcasing Your Family History in a Book - Ginger Allain and Susan Godlewski show how easily one can preserve photos and family stories in self-published books using Blurb, Shutterfly or CreateSpace.
November 19, 2018 - A genealogy expo - A number of tables will be set up around the room and you can browse around, talking to members who are showcasing genealogy tools or ways of preserving your family history. Susan Godlewski will have a display of her family books created on Shutterfly and you can ask her questions about the process. Beth Baumwell will display her genealogy featured in heritage scrapbooks and can tell you about how she makes those. Ginger Allain will have her laptop with access to Newspapers.com. Bring the name of an ancestor so she can demonstrate the searching techniques on this database. There will be a table of handouts (like a cousin chart or list of useful genealogy websites).
December 17, 2018 - end-of-year social. Members are encouraged to work up a profile of an ancestor and talk about them to the group. These are fairly short presentations and can be anyone from your family tree (a grandparent or a newly discovered ancestor from the 1700s). Members bring either beverages or nibbles like cookies to share. Newcomers are welcome. (email Ginger at vallain576@gmail.com to let her know if you will have a presentation and what you might bring for the refreshments table)
January 21, 2019 - Getting the Most from Your Ancestry DNA Test. If you've already taken the test, but wonder how to get more information from it, you need this meeting. If you haven't taken the Ancestry DNA test, this will open your eyes to how useful it can be. Presenter: Ginger Allain
Information From Meetings:
If you missed a few meetings, some of the handouts are included in the DOCUMENTS section below. For presentations by Ginger Allain, she placed the information on a website.
Upcoming Meetings:
Through the summer of 2021, meetings will continue to be held on Zoom. This allows snowbirds or anyone traveling to still participate in the meetings. If you get the club email announcements, the Zoom invitation comes to you with that. If you don't get those, you need to email Bill Adams at bill_c_adams@hotmail.com to get on the list.
