Menlo Park California Family History Center/Class Schedule

Upcoming events
San Mateo County Genealogy Society Fall Seminar will be held at the Menlo Park Stake Center (same property as the MPFHC) on Saturday Nov 3. See http://www.smcgs.org for details.

Wednesday morning series
9am-noon Wednesday mornings, various Instructors with experience in the topics. Inge Harding-Barlow is the series facilitator. $25 requested donation for the series for cost of materials

Sept 19 to Nov 7: Records and Methods of Finding Them -- On and Off-line


 * 19 Sept: English Dicesan Wills &amp; Occupational Records
 * 26 Sept: Greater London Records &amp; Large US Town Records, using the Example of Chicago
 * 3 Oct: English Records 1540-1660 &amp; American Colonial Records
 * 10 Oct: English County Civil Records 1650 - 1800 &amp; Welsh Records
 * 17 Oct: Scottish Records &amp; English Marriage Records
 * 24 Oct: Rogues Gallery Records &amp; Making Her Story Come Alive
 * 31 Oct: Digging in Overseas Archives &amp; Library Books on Line
 * 7 Nov: Scandinavian "Little Places" &amp; American Land Grants

On-line registration requested, click here.

Saturday afternoon classes
1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday afternoons, various instructors

Sept 15 to November 17 (except Oct 6 or Nov 3): Starting &amp;/or Restarting -- Finding Good Records


 * Sept 15: Basic Beginnings Listing What you know and choosing your Mega Data Bases
 * Sept 22: Next Steps On-line and Off-line
 * Sept 29: Obtaining Background Information
 * No class Oct 6
 * Oct 13: Using Newspapers and Local Histories
 * Oct 20: Using Maps, Land and House Records
 * Oct 27: Writing Family Histories
 * No class Nov 3 (San Mateo County Geneological Society event)
 * Nov 10: Writing an Ancestor's Birography, or your own
 * Nov 17: Your Ancestor Traveled

On-line registration requested, click here.

Staff Training Meetings
2nd Wednesday of each month (except July and December), 7-8 pm in the Baptistry, across the parking lot from the Center.