SGSC meets first Saturday of the month (September through May) at Bethany Lutheran Church at 4500 E Hampden Avenue, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado (near Hampden and I-25). Meetings are generally two hours long and include committee reports and one or two presentations. Meetings are for members only, but please contact hej.sgsc@gmail.com for a guest pass!
| Date: | September 3, 2022 |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Title: | Unexpected Delights from the 1950 Census: Mapping Family and Old Neighbors and Telling Their Stories |
| Speaker: | Ron Floberg, SGSC Member, Past SGSC President and Program Chair |
| Date: | October 1, 2022 (Zoom only) |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Title: | Fika on Zoom Swedish Research Case Studies |
| Speaker: | Kjell Andersson, SGSC Member, Research & Mentoring Chair |
| Date: | November 5, 2022 |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Special Extended Meeting and Reception Two Presentation from Guest Speaker Door prizes for in-person attendees | |
| Titles: | Studying the Viking Age in Scandinavia |
| Speaker: | Neil Price, Professor, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University, Sweden Chair of Viking Study |
| Date: | December 3, 2022 |
| Time: | tbd |
| Title: | Julbord – SGSC’s Annual Holiday Event |
| Location: | Bethany Lutheran Church |
| Date: | January 7, 2023 |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Title: | Open Mic – Let’s hear from our members |
| Location: | Bethany Lutheran Church |
| Date: | February 4, 2023 |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Title: | Tracking Down Grandpa in Swedish and Alaskan Records |
| Speaker: | Monta Lee Dakin |
| Date: | March 4, 2023 |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Title: | Genealogy Mentoring Help: Fika on Zoom and In-person |
| Speaker: | Kjell Anderson, SGSC Member, Research & Mentoring Chair |
| Date: | April 1, 2023 |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Special Extended Meeting and Reception Two Presentation from Guest Speaker Door prizes for in-person attendees | |
| Titles: | What is New in ArkivDigital? Filling in Your Family Tree with ArkivDigital |
| Speaker: | Kathy Meade, North American Representative for ArkivDigital, an online service providing access to Swedish historical records |
| Date: | May 6, 2023 |
| Time: | 9:30 am meeting |
| Titles: | Genealogical Sources |
| Speaker: | Bev Harbourt, SGSC Member |
LOOKING FOR SPEAKERS FOR 2023
SGSC is currently scheduling speakers for the fall of 2023. SGSC members especially are encouraged to share their research. Topics can include DNA, research findings on your family, black Sheep in your family, emigrating, and where your ancestors settled in America. Topic should relate to Swedish genealogy in Sweden or in the US. Practice time on SGSC’s zoom account will be offered.
Contact Program Chair Monta Lee Dakin about speaking: mld780@aol.com
If you have already offered to speak and need to confirm your scheduling, please contact Monta Lee again.
