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Monday, October 28
Finding Swedish Ancestors  (SMCGS Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
ZOOM meeting
Member Tim Benson will present his research of his great-grandparents who came to the US from Sweden in 1890.  As part of the presentation, he will give a primer on Swedish church records, an amazing free, online resource that documents the entire Swedish population from birth to death for 300 years.  He will chronicle his great-grandparent’s movements from small town Sweden to the capital of Stockholm, and finally their emigration to Kansas City where they ran a bakery for years.
 
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Monday, November 25
AI and Genealogy: Trouble Ahead?  (SMCGS Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
ZOOM meeting
Thomas MacEntee will present AI and Genealogy: Trouble Ahead? Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic but the technology has been around for years.  Learn how AI is currently being used to improve the genealogy experience.
 



Monday, January 27, 2025
Researching Maryland Land Records  (SMCGS Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
ZOOM meeting
Rachel Frazier of the Maryland State Archives will provide information on researching Maryland Land Records through deeds.  She will also address equity records, probate records, and even Provincial Court records, as other ways to find clues about land records



Monday, February 24, 2025
Be A Super Sleuth: Accessing Images in Family Search  (SMCGS Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
ZOOM meeting
Jill Morelli, CG, CGL will present "Be A Super Sleuth: Accessing Images in FamilySearch".  Over 95% of the online records of Family Search are not accessible by a surname search.  Newly digitized records are being put in Images and not in the Card Catalog.  Jill will tell us how to find these records and access the information.  Also covered will be the new Beta Lab all-word document search.  



Monday, March 24, 2025
DNA Research  (SMCGS Monthly Meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
ZOOM meeting
Tom McCarrier, will give an overview of using DNA as a tool for genealogy research. He will also tell of new DNA testing company features or third party tools that were announced at RootsTech 2025. Tom is co-chair of the DNA Special Interest Group of th Anne Arundel County Genealogy Society.