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Livermore-Amador Genealogical SocietyL-AGS Monthly Speakers & Topics |
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| DATE | SPEAKER | SUBJECT/TOPIC |
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| 2026-12 | ||
| 2026-11 | ||
| 2026-10 | Madeline Yanov | The Salem Witch Trials |
| 2026-09 | ||
| 2026-08 | Christine Cohen | Topic Alienation Of Affection - Divorce in the USA |
| 2026-07 | ||
| 2026-06 | ||
| 2026-05 | Sara Cochran | Missing: Reward! Locating Widows, Spinsters, and Bachelors |
| 2026-04 | Dawn Kosmakos | Genetic Genealogy Case studies |
| 2026-03 | Kathryn Lake Hogan![]() |
Find Your American Ancestor Using Canadian Records |
| 2026-02 | Scott Norrick | Online Resources for Researching British Ancestry |
| 2026-01 | Lisa M. Vogele | Travel your tree: Where ancestry meets adventure |
| 2025-12 | Madeline Yanov | Finding ancestor's occupations and business records. Part II |
| 2025-11 | Madeline Yanov | Finding ancestor's occupations and business records. Part I |
| 2025-10 | Christine Cohen | Fishing In Every Pond: Cousin Baiting |
| 2025-09 | Scott Norrick | Germans to America’s Midwest, 1848-1900 |
| 2025-08 | Lisa M. Vogele | Point of Origin: How to Find Your Ancestral Village |
| 2025-07 | Candice Buchanan | Look Locally: Finding the Women in Our History |
| 2025-06 | Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew | Tips, Techniques, and Surprises Using the FamilySearch Website |
| 2025-05 | Karen LaDuca | Preserving Family Heritage: Navigating FindaGrave and Creating Virtual Cemeteries |
| 2025-04 | Kate Penney Howard | Squeezing All the Facts Out of Your DNA Matches |
| 2025-03 | Jean Wilcox Hibben-PhD | Forget me not: The Story of a Milwaukee Pioneer |
| 2025-02 | Sara Cochran | Grandma Said What? Gathering and Verifying Your Family’s Oral History |
| 2025-01 | Grant Din | Finding Chinese Railroad Worker Files in the U.S. |
| 2024-12 | J. Mark Lowe | Comparing Plats of Land with Deeds and Grants |
| 2024-11 | Mary Kircher Roddy | Bagging a Live One |
| 2024-10 | Linda Harms Okazaki | The Picture Bride Era: The Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907 between U.S. and Japan |
| 2024-09 | Mark McClaren | Scotland and Northern Ireland Research |
| 2024-08 | Thomas MacEntee | AI and Genealogy: Trouble Ahead? |
| 2024-07 | James Baker | Avoiding the 6 Biggest Genealogy Mistakes |
| 2024-06 | Lisa Gorrell | Researching Church records |
| 2024-05 | Bob Trapp | Researching the Genealogy of Mayflower Families |
| 2024-04 | Jennifer Holik | Exploring the Greatest Generation |
| 2024-03 | Jennifer Holik | Research a Veteran |
| 2024-02 | Melinda Kashuba | Using Maps in Genealogical Research, Part 2: Digital Mapping with Google Earth and Google Maps |
| 2024-01 | Melinda Kashuba | Using Maps in Genealogical Research, Part 1: How Maps Are Essential to Successful Genealogical Research. |
| 2023-12 | Evan R. Wilson | Unsourced Materials |
| 2023-11 | Mary Kircher Roddy | Flying Under the Radar – Discovering Charles Olin’s Alias |
| 2023-10 | Pam Vestal | Teasing Out the Hidden Story Behind the Genealogical Facts |
| 2023-09 | Candice Buchanan | Local History and Genealogy Research at the Library of Congress |
| 2023-08 | NA | NA |
| 2023-07 | Christine Cohen | Homesteading: Land For All |
| 2023-06 | Stephen P. Morse | The 1950 Census: Searching with and without a Name Index & The 1950 Census: One Year Later |
| 2023-05 | Janice Sellers | Jewish Genealogy Research |
| 2023-04 | Linda Harms Okazaki | Organize Your Genealogy |
| 2023-03 | Glenda Lloyd | Cemetery Records |
| 2023-02 | Sara Cochran | Shaky Leaf Syndrome: Using Website Generated Hints More Effectively | 2023-01 | Stewart Traiman, MD | Excel for Genealogists—Using Analytics to Reveal Hidden Stories |
| 2022-12 | Madeline Yanov | Ancestral Road Trips, Part II: Go West Young Man |
| 2022-11 | Madeline Yanov | Ancestral Road Trips Part I: East of the Mississippi |
| 2022-10 | Robert Jackson, PhD | German Family History, basic level |
| 2022-09 | Richard Finn | Cowboys and Ranchers in the Livermore Area |
| 2022-08 | Glen Holstein, PhD | The Geography of American Genealogy |
| 2022-07 | Gena Philibert-Ortega | WPA Historical Records Survey and YOUR Genealogy |
| 2022-06 | Karen LaDuca | How to research your ancestors in Italian records |
| 2022-05 | Sharon Monson | Sailing to America: Passenger Lists Before 1900 |
| 2022-04 | Ron Gilmore | Murder & Consequences |
| 2022-03 | Evan R. Wilson | A Historial Framework for Southern Genealogy |
| 2022-02 | Glenda Lloyd | The ABCs of Land Records |
| 2022-01 | Lisa Gorell | Focused Research: Using Research Plans |
| 2021-12 | Janice Sellers | Vital Records and the Calendar Change of 1752 |
| 2021-11 | Cath Madden Trindle | Exploring Irish Townlands |
| 2021-10 | Gena Philibert-Ortega | Solving Your Brick Wall (Part 2) |
| 2021-09 | Gena Philibert-Ortega | Solving Your Brick Wall (Part 1) |
| 2021-08 | Jeff Vaillant | Researching your Civil War Ancestor |
| 2021-07 | Jacqi Stevens | Blogging: Installment Plan for Publishing Your Family's Story. |
| 2021-06 | Ralph Severson | Making the most of FamilySearch resources |
| 2021-05 | Thomas MacEntee | Getting Ready for the 1950 US Census |
| 2021-04 | Gena Philibert-Ortega | 10 Databases you didn't know were on Ancestry.com |
| 2021-03 | Susan G. Johnston | The Records Behind the WWI Draft Registrations |
| 2021-02 | Stewart Traiman, MD | Citations – Easier than you Think |
| 2021-01 | Pam vestal | How to Write Ancestral... |
| 2020-12 | Linda Harms Okazaki | West Coast Immigration in the 20th Century |
| 2020-11 | Christine Cohen | Immigration Ports of Entry |
| 2020-10 | Susan Goss Johnston | What Became of Aaron Case |
| 2020-09 | Stephanie West | Canadian Genealogical Resources Online |
| 2020-08 | Jeanette Sheliga | Sanborn Maps |
| 2020-07 | Gena Ortega-Philibert | The Records that Tragedy Leave Behind |
| 2020-06 | Lisa Gorrell | German Research: Let's Get Started! |
| 2020-05 | Ralph Severson | Family Search Sources (Cancelled Covid) |
| 2020-04 | Jeremy Frankel | Researching Jewish Genealogy (Cancelled Covid) |
| 2020-03 | Linda Harms Okazaki | West Coast Immigration in the 20th Century (Cancelled Covid) |
| 2020-02 | Grant Din | Chinese Imigrants on the Titanic |
| 2020-01 | Mark McLaren | DNA Testing Overview |
| 2019-12 | Madeline Yanov | But He Was Just a Farmer! How to Find and Add Context to the Story of Your Farmer Ancestor |
| 2019-11 | Dawn Kosmakos | Meet Your DNA Match |
| 2019-10 | Sean Conley | Irish genealogy resources |
| 2019-09 | Karen LaDuca | Ciao to your Italian Civil records |
| 2019-08 | Bill Hewitt | Restoring and documenting an Old Cemetery |
| 2019-07 | Gina Phlibert-Ortega | Her Name was Not Unknown: Finding Female Ancestors and We’re Related to George Washington?: Proving (or Disproving) Family Stories |
| 2019-06 | N/A | Seminar: Working together to find those stubborn ancestors |
| 2019-05 | Teresa Parham | The Life & Times of F.C. Ewer, California Pioneer |
| 2019-04 | Mark McLaren | Ulster Scots ( Scots-Irish) Research |
| 2019-03 | Sue Severson | Our Genetic Heritage, Better Understanding our Genealogy through DNA |
| 2019-02 | Lisa Gorrell | Tips For Breaking Brick Walls |
| 2019-01 | Christine B. Green | British Online Genealogy |
| 2018-12 | Dvorah Lewis | Labor Omnia Vitae:Hard Work Conquers All at Sutro Library |
| 2018-11 | Gene Block | How to discover What was unique about your ancestor's lives. |
| 2018-10 | Patrick Lofft | Military service can be an important part of your family's story. |
| 2018-09 | George Fulton | Austria-Hungary, A Genealogical Potpourri |
| 2018-08 | Steve Minniear | History of Dublin CA |
| 2018-07 | Patrick Lofft | Delving Deeper into the Census and Beyond |
| 2018-06 | Grant Din | Interviewing Your Relatives |
| 2018-05 | Susan Goss Johnson | Interrogating Online Family Trees |
| 2018-04 | Richard Finn | Livermore In The 1800's |
| 2018-03 | Kay Speaks | Crafting Your Google Search Quarterly Hands-on Workshop |
| 2018-02 | Karen LaDuca | Ciao To Your Ancestors In Italian Civil Records |
| 2018-01 | Jim Stinecipher | French Civil Records Resaerch |
| 2017-12 | Stephen P. Morse | One-Step Portal for Online Genealogy |
| 2017-11 | Martha Wallace | Land Records In Public Land State |
| 2017-10 | Christine Bell Green | Immigration To The United States Before 1820 |
| 2017-09 | Grant Din | Angel Island Stories |
| 2017-08 | Kay Speaks | Online Research Techniques Using Google |
| 2017-07 | Sheila Wells | Cemetery Records |
| 2017-06 | Cat Nielsen | Preparing For a Research Trip |
| 2017-05 | Ralph F Severson | Visiting The Oakland Family History Center |
| 2017-04 | George Fulton | Mexican Research |
| 2017-03 | Jackie Reimers | Making Your Family History Come To Life |
| 2017-02 | David Goerss | Researching WWI |
| 2017-01 | Kathryn Marshall | Researching War of 1812 Era Ancestors |
| 2016-12 | Janice Sellers | Dust To Dust What's Buried In Cemetery Records |
| 2016-11 | Lisa Gorell | Beginning German Research |
| 2016-10 | Janet Brigham Rands | Online Family Trees |
| 2016-09 | Karla Henderlong Madeline Yanov |
The Tax Man Found Your Ancestors, Can You? |
| 2016-08 | Linda Okazaki | The Angel Island Experience |
| 2016-07 | Diane George | Using Google For Genealogy - Google Search And Beyond |
| 2016-06 | Ralph Severson | Family Search Wiki |
| 2016-05 | Cat Nielsen | Camera As A Tool |
| 2016-04 | Patrick Lofft | Exploring the L-AGS Website |
| 2016-03 | Pamela Dallas | Help! The Courthouse Burned! Now I Can’t Research My Family |
| 2016-02 | Richard Finn | Oak Knoll Cemetery, Livermore, abandoned but not forgotten |
| 2016-01 | Ted Shapas | What To Do With All Those Photos |
| 2015-12 | Steven Morse | Case Study: Genealogy of Renee Kaufman |
| 2015-11 | Susan Goss Johnston | More Adventures in Source Citations |
| 2015-10 | Joy Cohn & Tom Matthews |
Bring out the Pitchforks! Hunting the witches in your woodpile |
| 2015-09 | Garl Satterthwaite | DNA and Genealogical Research |
| 2015-08 | Gene Block | Four Main Reasons Why We Hit
Brick Walls in Our Research - When the Records are Available |
| 2015-07 | Debbie Shields | Getting Organized [What a Mess] |
| 2015-06 | Ron Filion | SFGenealogy.com |
| 2015-05 | Anne Mitchell | Searching Successfully to Reveal Your Ancestor’s Story on Ancestry.com |
| 2015-04 | Bill Levesque | TimeShaker |
| 2015-03 | Steven Minniear | World War II Dublin: Camp Parks, Fleet City and How Genealogy Helps Write a History |
| 2015-02 | Roger Howland | Indentured Servants |
| 2015-01 | Janice Sellers | Vital Records and the Calendar Change of 1752 |
| 2014-12 | Teresa Parham | Hitting the Mother Lode |
| 2014-11 | Susan Goss Johnston | "It Becomes My Painful Duty.." Uncovering the Stories in Letters of Condolence |
| 2014-10 | Vera Broyles | Land and Property Records |
| 2014-09 | Janice Sellers | Where There's a Will: Probate Records Can Prove Family Connections |
| 2014-08 | Sally Stevens | Western Migration During the Gold Rush Era |
| 2014-07 | Virginia Kysh | Cemeteries Are Not a Dead Subject |
| 2014-06 | Kay Speaks | USCIS (U.S. Customs & Immigration Service) |
| 2014-05 | Susam Goss Johnston | Writing Your Family History One Byte at a Time |
| 2014-04 | Anne Homan | My Hannam-Mansfield Ancestry |
| 2014-03 | Tim Cox | Hard Drive Organization: Making Use of Your Computer File Folders |
| 2014-02 | Loretta Kaskey | Researching Your Old House |
| 2014-01 | Janice Sellers | Online Newspapers |
| 2013-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing, Show & Tell |
| 2013-11 | Garl Satterthwaite | Quaker Research |
| 2013-10 | Richard Ferman | Finding Your Revolutionary War Ancestor |
| 2013-09 | Lisa Gorrell | Using City Directories |
| 2013-08 | Ralph Severson | Family Tree on FamilySearch.org |
| 2013-07 | Vera Broyles | Tips and Tricks for More Accurate Genealogy |
| 2013-06 | Janice Sellers | Grandma, Who are you? Finding Women in Your Family Tree |
| 2013-05 | Debbie Mascot & Jane Southwick |
Self-Publication Process |
| 2013-04 | Teresa Fraser | Maps Hold Clues to Your Family History |
| 2013-03 | Tim Cox | Fun Tools to Help Genealogists Work Smarter |
| 2013-02 | Patrick Lofft | What Do Docents Do? |
| 2013-01 | Dick Finn | Midway: The Town, the Cemetery, the People, the Research |
| 2012-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing - short stories and "Ah...Ha" moments |
| 2012-11 | Traci Parent | Life and Death in the Mount Diablo Coal Field |
| 2012-10 | Susan Goss Johnston | The Records Behind The WW1 Draft Registration Cards |
| 2012-09 | Kim Von Aspern | Blogs, Podcasts, Webinars & Wiki's - Oh My! |
| 2012-08 | Steve Danko | ABCs of DNA |
| 2012-07 | Angela Kraft | Beyond Names and Dates: Building Your Ancestors' Profiles |
| 2012-06 | Ron Arons | Putting the flesh on the bones |
| 2012-05 | David Stevenson | Joseph Adock Wilkes Danville's Civil War Union Soldier |
| 2012-04 | Steve Morse | Getting Ready for the 1940 Census |
| 2012-03 | Julie Mooney | Researching the valley pioneer Martin and related families |
| 2012-02 | Lisa Lee | NEHGS website- making the most of it |
| 2012-01 | Bill Hewitt | Planning and executing a major genealogical road trip |
| 2011-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing - How have you shared your family history? |
| 2011-11 | Deborah Ratto Dash | Find-A-Grave- what it is and how to use it to its fullest |
| 2011-10 | Bev Lane | Remember the Ladies - Woman Suffrage 1911-2011 |
| 2011-09 | Grant Din | Angel Island Immigrations Station |
| 2011-08 | Ed Mason | Finding Missing Cousins |
| 2011-07 | David Stephenson | The Surprising Wilkes Family of Tassajara |
| 2011-06 | Bert Donlon | Donlon Family History |
| 2011-05 | Lisa Louise Cooke | Inspiring Ways to Capture the Interest of non-genealogist in Your Family |
| 2011-04 | Cath Madden Trindle | California Cousin |
| 2011-03 | Patrick Lofft | Clues Leading to Ancestral Villages |
| 2011-02 | Linda Driver & Walt Crawford |
Driver & Cockerton family ancestry |
| 2011-01 | Gary Myer | Kolb Family of Dublin |
| 2010-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 2010-11 | Marge Bell | Whats new at Familysearch.org |
| 2010-10 | Susan Goss Johnston | No Papers - the life of Uriah Stone- Rev War pensioner |
| 2010-09 | Kay Speaks | Passenger List Annotations |
| 2010-08 | Gabe Gutierrez | Obtaining Mexican Records |
| 2010-07 | Jim DeMersman | What Can be Found in Cemeteries and why they are so important to preserve |
| 2010-06 | Albert Rothman | A Brooklyn Odyssey |
| 2010-05 | Doug Mumma | Family Finder - Family Tree DNA diagnostic tool |
| 2010-04 | Anne Homan & Dick Finn | Vasco's Livermore 1910 |
| 2010-03 | Lisa Louise Cooke | Google Earth |
| 2010-02 | Bridget Poizner | Saving Oral Family Histories |
| 2010-01 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 2009-12 | Christine Rose | Too Young for the Revolution; Too Old for the Civil War - Military Records Between these Wars |
| 2009-11 | Cath Madden Trindle | Slogging Through Cemeteries |
| 2009-10 | Susan Goss Johnston | Assumption is the Mother of All Screw-Ups |
| 2009-09 | Ron Arons | Best Bet Internet Sites |
| 2009-08 | Richard Rands | Census Analysis Form |
| 2009-07 | Steve Morse | Hodgepodge of Lesser-Known Research Tools and How to Use Them |
| 2009-06 | Lisa Lee | Canadian Research Techniques |
| 2009-05 | Dr Stephen Harris | City Directories for Oakland |
| 2009-04 | Tilli Calhoun | Author of The Holms Family Cookbook |
| 2009-03 | Ron Filion | San Francisco Genealogy |
| 2009-02 | Lisa Louise Cooke | Best Of The Genealogy Gems Podcast |
| 2009-01 | Isabel Nolte | The Early Pioneers in the Livermore Valley were One Big Family |
| 2008-12 | L-AGS Members | Members Sharing - Show and Tell |
| 2008-11 | David Lowell | An American Story - The History of Abram Bradbury Lowell and His Family |
| 2008-10 | Taffy Couts | The Five Civilized Tribes of Southeastern United States |
| 2008-09 | Marge Bell | FamilySearch.org (Tentative) |
| 2008-08 | Mel Stephenson | Scandinavian Research |
| 2008-07 | Marcia Murray Holstrom | Using Maps in Genealogy |
| 2008-06 | Pamela Dallas | WPA Depression Era Jobs Turn into Great Gifts for Genealogists |
| 2008-05 | Dick Finn | Tri-Valley Civil War Veterans - What an Interesting Group They Were |
| 2008-04 | Ron Willis | Photography as a Tool in Genealogy |
| 2008-03 | Hildi Kang | Tradition and Tradition Breakers: One Korean Family Lineage 720 A.D.-1955 |
| 2008-02 | Kay Speaks | Ancestry: Review and What's New |
| 2008-01 | Susan Goss Johnston | End Writer's Block: Write Your Family History One Byte at a Time |
| 2007-12 | Mary Dillon | 101 Ranch Genealogy |
| 2007-11 | Shirley Reimer | Smart Steps For Success In German Genealogy |
| 2007-10 | Cath Madden Trindle | But It's My Family: Copyright Issues for the 21st Century |
| 2007-09 | Chuck Knuthson | Newspaper Research: A Window to the Past |
| 2007-08 | Marge Bell | Churches and Cemeteries |
| 2007-07 | Jane Lindsey | New Space of the California Genealogical Society Library |
| 2007-06 | Beth Twogood | Following the Throckmorton Footsteps |
| 2007-05 | Barbara Leak | Searching for Soldier Ancestors |
| 2007-04 | Ann Parker | Weaving Personal Histories of the Past into Fiction |
| 2007-03 | Anne Homan | My New Book: Historic Livermore California A to Z |
| 2007-02 | Chuck Weidel | My Trip to Germany |
| 2007-01 | Maxine Trost | Archival Methods |
| 2006-12 | Duncan Tanner | My Vacation in Florida Massachuetts |
| 2006-11 | Kay Speaks | Chinese Genealogy |
| 2006-10 | Cath Madden Trindle | Scotch and Irish Records |
| 2006-09 | Susan Goss Johnston | Immigration |
| 2006-08 | Doug Mumma | What Can I Learn from DNA Testing? |
| 2006-07 | Larry Mauch | Genealogy and History and Horse Medicine |
| 2006-06 | Margaret Toth | Breaking Down Brick Walls |
| 2006-05 | Nancy Peterson | The Forthcoming Book- Raking the Ashes |
| 2006-04 | Marge Bell | Colonial Handwriting |
| 2006-03 | Caroline Earhart | Genealogy Quilting |
| 2006-02 | Susan Goss Johnston | Using Online Census Indexes |
| 2006-01 | Barry Schrader | My grandma's pitcher and other sentimental treasures I could sell on eBay |
| 2005-12 | Bob Dougherty | Genealogy in the Digital Age |
| 2005-11 | Frank Geasa | Genealogy Research at the Pleasanton Library |
| 2005-10 | Chuck Knuthson | Research Facilities in the Golden State |
| 2005-09 | Linda Garrett | Cemetary Headstone Art Symbols & Their Meanings |
| 2005-08 | Don Dickensen | The Mayflower Society |
| 2005-07 | Cath Madden Trindle | Lists and Indexes and Special Collections |
| 2005-06 | Bill Harlan | Harlan Family History |
| 2005-05 | Dick Finn | Heritage Families Project |
| 2005-04 | Kenneth Miller | Area Resources |
| 2005-03 | Jim Muir | Identity Theft - Personal Computers & the Internet |
| 2005-02 | L-AGS Members | Genealogy Mixer |
| 2005-01 | George Anderson | Family History Month - A display promoting genealogy |
| 2004-12 | L-AGS Members | Reading revised bylaws; election of officers; sharing family recipes |
| 2004-11 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 2004-10 | Dr. Ripan Malhi | Genetic Ancestry Testing |
| 2004-09 | Linda Garrett | Researching Collateral Lines |
| 2004-08 | Cath Madden Trindle | Once Upon a Time - Genealogical Storytelling |
| 2004-07 | Marge Jergentz-Stout | Writing Your Life Story |
| 2004-06 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing & Sign Up for Fair Booth |
| 2004-05 | Doug Mumma | Using DNA in Your Genealogy |
| 2004-04 | Judy Person | How to Use PERSI and The Draper Manuscripts |
| 2004-03 | Mary Dillon | Civil War Research Experiences |
| 2004-02 | Linda Garrett | Researching Collateral Lines |
| 2004-01 | Anne Homan | German Genealogy |
| 2003-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 2003-11 | Charles Huff | Sanborn Fire Maps |
| 2003-10 | Marie Abbott & Bob Manildi |
Trevarno and Coast Manufacturing |
| 2003-09 | Ray McFalone | Recording Your Family History |
| 2003-08 | Local DAR Members | National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution |
| 2003-07 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 2003-06 | L-AGS Members | A Closer look at L-AGS |
| 2003-05 | Bob and Pat Lane | 90 Years of Family Fun - the Alameda County Fair |
| 2003-04 | Sonya Gividen | Cemetery and Funeral Home Records |
| 2003-03 | Jon Bryan Jane Southwick & Dick Finn |
How we found so much information on the Lyster family and their descendants |
| 2003-02 | Arel Wente | Wente family coming from Germany and establishing the Wente wineries |
| 2003-01 | Malvern Sweet | Life in the Altamont |
| 2002-12 | L-AGS Members | A Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of L-AGS |
| 2002-11 | Anita Gandolfo | Joesville and the Rock House history |
| 2002-10 | L-AGS Members | Family Sharing |
| 2002-09 | James Lyster | Lyster Family History |
| 2002-08 | Jim Concannon | Ireland to the Concannon Winery |
| 2002-07 | Charles Huff | Old Time Families of Pleasanton |
| 2002-06 | L-AGS Members | Sharing Your Finds and Tips |
| 2002-05 | Grace Devnich | Medical Services in Livermore |
| 2002-04 | DAR Members | SLC Research Trip |
| 2002-03 | Jackie Pels | Publishing Your Family History |
| 2002-02 | David Abrahams | Schellens Genealogy Collection Project |
| 2002-01 | Tilli Calhoun | The 2000 Mile Long Graveyard |
| 2001-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 2001-11 | Fran Schweitzer | Quilting and Genealogy Can Go Hand in Hand |
| 2001-10 | Barry Schrader | Will the Last Person Leaving Livermore Please Dig Up the Time Capsule? |
| 2001-09 | --------- | *** Cancelled because of the World Trade Center attack that morning *** |
| 2001-08 | Jane Steiner | Men in San Francisco in 1890 |
| 2001-07 | Linda Garrett & Pat Moore |
American Revolutionary Patriots and the DAR |
| 2001-06 | Jana Black | The US GenWeb Project |
| 2001-05 | John Heyse | German Research: Finding the Church Records |
| 2001-04 | David Abrahams | Taking Your Genealogy on a Trip |
| 2001-03 | J. Carlyle Parker | Wanting to go to Salt Lake City But Can't |
| 2001-02 | Doug Mumma | Genetic Genealogy: Using DNA to Research your Ancestors |
| 2001-01 | Dick Finn | Make Your Own Low Cost Family History Book |
| 2000-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 2000-11 | Margaret L. Ingram | Writing Your Life Story |
| 2000-10 | Kenneth Felton | U.S. Passports |
| 2000-09 | David Abrahams | 20th Century Immigration |
| 2000-08 | Carol Glover | Newspaper Research |
| 2000-07 | L-AGS Members | Garden Party - Potluck Dinner and Social |
| 2000-06 | Pat Isom | Using land and Property Records |
| 2000-05 | Doug Mumma | My Tips and Techniques for Planning a German Genealogy Trip |
| 2000-04 | Anne Homan | In Their Own Words- Oral History from Morgan Territory Road Residents |
| 2000-03 | Cathie Brown | Livermore's Three Sister-City Programs |
| 2000-02 | Robbie Robinson & David Abrahams |
Personal insights into the American Civil War - Diaries and letters of the times |
| 2000-01 | Bob Berlo | Population and Name History of California Cities and Towns: 1770 to 1999 |
| 1999-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 1999-11 | Traci Parent | How to Conduct an Oral History |
| 1999-10 | David Henry Sisson & Joan Sisson |
Finding Our Extended Family (Without the Internet!) |
| 1999-09 | Billie Dancy | What is new at the Pleasanton Library |
| 1999-08 | Linda K. Ashworth | Genetics and Genomics and Genealogy: A Common Root |
| 1999-07 | L-AGS Members | Garden Party - Potluck Dinner and Social |
| 1999-06 | Kathleen Todd Watson | Using the Internet For Genealogy |
| 1999-05 | Doug da Rocha Holmes | Portuguese Genealogy |
| 1999-04 | Max Noel | Techniques to locate persons both living and dead |
| 1999-03 | Gloria Gibbel | My Quest for Patriots |
| 1999-02 | Dan Mosier | Searching for Former Tesla Residents |
| 1999-01 | Jeremy Frankel | The University of California Library |
| 1998-12 | Garth Ludwig | Trains through our Valley |
| 1998-11 | Jay Gilson | Hands-on CD Workshop |
| 1998-10 | Barbara Gifford | Writing Your Family History |
| 1998-09 | L-AGS Members | Show and tell: my genealogy adventures of Summer 1998 |
| 1998-08 | Paul Burchfield | Modern genealogy software |
| 1998-07 | L-AGS Members | Garden Party - Potluck Dinner and Social |
| 1998-06 | Jay Gilson | Genealogy Compact Disks |
| 1998-05 | Paul Hawkins | History of the South of Market |
| 1998-04 | Gretchen Kohl | Elizabeth Boeke- In Her Own Words |
| 1998-03 | Christine Rose | How do you contract with a professional genealogist and what can one do for you? |
| 1998-02 | L-AGS Members | members Sharing - Show and Tell: Family Heirlooms |
| 1998-01 | George & Harriet Anderson | Preparing to go to Salt Lake City |
| 1997-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing |
| 1997-11 | Judy Person | Getting the Most from a Library |
| 1997-10 | Clare Jost | History of Livermore: St. Michael's Records |
| 1997-09 | Kurt Asplindh | Composing and Archiving Photographs |
| 1997-08 | Clare Jost | History of Livermore: St. Michael's Records |
| 1997-07 | L-AGS Members | Garden Party - Potluck Dinner and Social |
| 1997-06 | Molly Locklin | Videotaping Your Family Records |
| 1997-05 | Marge Jergentz-Stout | Going to my Homeland - Germany and the Ukraine |
| 1997-04 | Marge Bell | What is available at the Oakland Family History Center |
| 1997-03 | Christine Rose | Using Little-known and Neglected Sources - a Potpourri |
| 1997-02 | Shirley Terry | Family Newsletters: Publishing Your Family History in Bits and Pieces |
| 1997-01 | Tilli Calhoun | Livermore History |
| 1996-12 | L-AGS Members | Member Sharing - What I did on my genealogical safari last summer |
| 1996-11 | Irene Sanchez | Layout and Preservation of Scrapbooks and Photo Albums |
| 1996-10 | Shannon Smith | Restoring Damaged Photos |
| 1996-09 | Jane Knowles Lindsey | Laughter in Genealogy |
| 1996-08 | L-AGS Members | Garden Party - Potluck Dinner and Social |
| 1996-07 | Wes Johnson | Researching World War II Veterans |