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Sunday, February 15, 2026 SFBAJGS Presentation ZOOM Free and everyone interested is welcome. Time and Place: 1:00 pm until 2:30 pm, Pacific Time At Your Home Topic: Genealogy Surprises, Discoveries, and Outright Lies: Sorting Out the Facts Speaker: Melissa Barker Most genealogists have made discoveries, found surprises, and documented some family information that was outright lies.  Whether we are doing the happy dance or shocked by what we have found, it is important that we document this information for future generations.  Good or bad, it all tells the story of our ancestors.  Learn from a seasoned genealogist and archivist the best way to handle the genealogy surprises, discoveries, and outright lies that come our way. Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and public historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum.  She is known as The Archive Lady in the genealogy community.  She writes a popular blog titled A Genealogist in the Archives.  She has been a professional genealogist for the past 20 years with expertise in Tennessee records and has been researching her own family history for the past 35 years. Register for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. You do not have to have a Zoom account to attend a Zoom meeting. You will be prompted to download the software, once you have clicked on the link that you have been provided. You may also wish to create an account, but that is not required to participate in a Zoom meeting.

Friday, February 20, 2026 SFBAJGS Co-Presentation Live & In-Person Free and everyone interested is welcome but seats are limited. Time and Place: 11:00 am until 3:00 pm, Pacific Time Venue Change: BATS Bayfront Theatre Fort Mason Center 2 Marina Blvd, Building B, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94123 The Fort Mason Center offers ample parking, and the venue is also accessible via public transportation. If you have already registered, no action is required—your registration remains valid at the new location. Topic: Family Tree Maker event with the California Genealogical Society Speaker: Duff Wilson and Mark Olsen, Family Tree Maker Family Tree Maker Executive Director Duff Wilson and Genealogy Community Ambassador Mark Olsen will present the latest features and innovations of FTM 2024. This event will include interactive demonstrations with lots of tips, techniques, helpful insights, and Q&A with those in attendance, much like a Family Tree Maker User Group meeting. Topics: Intro & Unique and New Features Connect! A completely new workspace in FTM 2024 that makes it easy to enlist relatives to help you accelerate your research. Tools for cleaning up orphaned items (media, sources, and citations). Also: Expanded ver. 2.0 of our mobile tree viewer app (for Android, iPhone, and iPad), including how to take your tree with you on your tablet or smartphone when visiting relatives and have their additions and corrections waiting for you as sticky note hints on your FTM tree when you get back home. ALBUMWALK® Mobile App How easy it is to have a relative identify everyone in a group photo just by tapping on them and talking about them. Q&A Session for attendees Hands-on help with Family Tree Maker on your own computer as time permits after each tour event. Your requests for features you'd like to see in future editions. It should be noted that SFBAJGS is not endorsing FTM over any other product or service. Register for this meeting via Eventbrite

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