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General Meetings

General Meeting Information

Join us! Our monthly General Meeting programs include topics related to research sources, methodology, technical support and storytelling.

Guests are always welcome.

The meetings are free and open to the public.

Society events are held in the public room at the

St. Johns County Southeast Branch Library.

Meetings are on the 2nd Saturday of each month (except August and as noted on the Calendar) and they start at 1:00 pm. Check-in begins at 12:45 pm.

Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 1:00pm

Faded Echoes of the Civil War. Correlating Evidence of Identity & Kinship

Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL, will join us in person to recount the research involved in identifying New England and Mid-West Union soldiers whose burials in St. Augustine, Florida, were lost to time. She will discuss methods of researching record groups for men whose names were not known. A case study is included.

More on this event and other General Meetings below

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Other Calendars

SAGS Executive Committee Meetings

SAGS Past Events

National Genealogical Society Conference Keeper Calendar

Florida State Genealogical Society Poolside Chat Seminars

Georgia Genealogical Society Free Webinars and Seminars

Alabama Genealogical Society Seminars

St. Johns Public Library Southeast Branch

6670 US 1 South

St Augustine, FL 32086

November 8, 2025

Faded Echoes of the Civil War. Correlating Evidence of Identity & Kinship.

Amy Giroux will join us to discuss “Faded Echoes of the Civil War. Correlating Evidence of Identity & Kinship". This presentation will not be recorded or available on Zoom.

The presentation recounts the research involved in identifying New England and Mid-West Union soldiers whose burials in St. Augustine, Florida, were lost to time. The research begins with an 1865 stereogram photograph housed at the Library of Congress. Attendees will learn methods of researching record groups for men whose names were not known. This involves working within locality related sources to identify potential men, and then verifying them through other documentation. A case study illustrates the methods and highlights some of the documentation used to solve this research problem and to connect these men to their families.

Amy Larner Giroux, PhD, CG, CGL, is co-author of the Florida edition of the NGS Research in the States series and has published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Record, The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists), and Florida Studies. Her research interests include New York, New England, Florida, military cemeteries, burial iconography, and ethnic studies. She has lectured nationally and has taught at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research.

December 13, 2025

Holiday Lunch

As we usually do in December, this is a time for the members to get together, talk genealogy with their fellow researchers and enjoy a potluck lunch. This event, like all SAGS meetings, are free and open to the public. Please join us!

The Society will provide a meat, drinks and paper goods. Feel free to bring something to share!

January 10, 2026

St Augustine's Role in American History

Charles Tingley will join us in person to discuss St Augustine's Role in American History.

On July 4, 2026, our nation will commemorate and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Our topics this year will focus on America's history with our first discussion covering our own St Augustine.

Charles Tingley is a Senior Research Librarian at the St Augustine Historical Society. He has been with the Research Library over forty years. He is active in the community giving lectures and interviews, and writing articles on various aspects of St. Augustine history including historical architecture and genealogy. Charles is a recipient of the Arthur C. Thompson Award for the best article in the Florida Historical Quarterly in 2016. In 2019 the City Commission gave him the de Aviles Award for community service.

February 14, 2026

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

March 14, 2026

Mapping Ireland's Records

John Grenham will join us to discuss Ireland's records including use of his website Irish Ancestors (www.john.grenham.com)

The focus of the talk will be the Irish Ancestors website, in particular major changes that have been implemented over the past year in mapping Irish surnames, record sources and geographic divisions. As well as dealing with visualizations of Irish sources, the talk also provides a broad overview of the most relevant records for Irish research.

John Grenham is the author of Tracing Your Irish Ancestors (5th ed. GPC 2019), widely regarded as the standard guide for Irish genealogy. He is also the founder of the website Irish Ancestors (www.johngrenham.com), a popular jumping-off point for online Irish research.

April 11, 2026

US Records in the FamilySearch WIKI

Darris William show us how to use the FamilySearch Wiki to search early US Records.

Darris Williams is the FamilySearch Wiki Team Manager & Community Trees Manager. He has a BA in Family & Community History and specializes in Wales, England, Ireland, Scotland, Jamaica, Barbados, and Grenada.

May 8, 2026

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

June 13, 2026

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

July 11, 2026

Summer Break

August 9, 2026

Summer Break

September 12, 2026

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

October 10, 2026

General Meeting

Speaker scheduling in progress.

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