GSSVC Meetings & Presentations

Posted below are the meeting notes, slides and meeting recordings for any of the GSSVC Public Meetings or the GSSVC Monthly Presentations.

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2026 Meetings

2026 MAR 8

Shanan Roling of the Genealogy Society of Southeast Volusia County presented: Florida History and Genealogy Resources

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2026 FEB

Shanan Roling of the Genealogy Society of Southeast Volusia County presented: Researching Marriage Records & Full Text Search in Family Search

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2026 - JAN 11

Shanan Roling of the Genealogy Society of Southeast Volusia County presented:

Census Records; Next Level Research and “The SE Volusia 140".

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2026 APR

To Be Determined. Contact us if you have a topic you would like to learn more about.

January

The featured program was a lengthy talk on UK research given by Paul Howes, the President of the St. Augustine Genealogy Society.

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April

The program was an introduction of the speaker, Zach Zacharis, who spoke about small towns in Florida.

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February

Larry Fermi presented on "How to Get Started in Genealogy" using his father's family from Italy as an example.

May

Bill Meister's program focused on "Den Research" as a way to focus research by looking at the 30 original ancestors (32) on a 5-generation family group sheet.

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2024 Meetings

January

Larry Fermi presented an online, interactive program on "Using Newspapers.com", providing a detailed handout.

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April

The program featured Sandy Streitberger, who presented "Trivia and Tidbits" and provided a handout.

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October

Bill Meister presented on Genealogy Timelines. He described timelines as a chronological list of a descendant's life information set in context with historical events.

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February

Bill Meister presented "5 Key Strategies for Genealogical Success".

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May

Janet Hunter of the Indian River Genealogical Society presented on "Story Ideas From DNA". Her presentation focused on using DNA to tell a family's story, which can sometimes provide a different reality from written records or offer answers not found in paper trails.

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November

Terry Raburn Hall, President of Roots and Branches Genealogical Society in Deland, presented on transcribing historical documents and gave an 1846 travelogue.

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