The Charleston Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society

April 2018 Chapter Meeting
2018-04-15 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax) | The Masonic Center, 1285 Orange Grove Rd, Charleston, SC, 29407, United States
Chapter member Doreen Larimer will review how land was granted and developed in South Carolina. Our Charleston County Public Library has an extensive collection of will and deed abstracts for SC counties, and Doreen will focus on how to use them to locate our ancestor’s land.

March 2018 Chapter Meeting
2018-03-18 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)
Chapter member Pat Kruger will present “Using the Digital Public Library (DPLA).” This virtual library provides a wealth of text, video, objects and images in its vast and ever increasing collections; its resources are a great way to add context and events to your ancestral stories. Pat’s program will explore the genealogical value of the DPLA holdings and explain a variety of ways to search the new version (about to change) of the DPLA website.

February 2018 Chapter Meeting
2018-02-18 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)
Chapter member Rorey Cathcart will present her “Irish In America” which she was unable to present at the Family History Center’s annual workshop this past October. Rorey’s presentation will highlight how to use arrival and distribution patterns as clues to places of origin.

January 2018 Chapter Meeting
2018-01-21 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)
Chapter member, Lynn Baker will explain how genealogists can maximize the benefits of an Ancestry.com Autosomal DNA test.

December 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-12-17 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)
Join us for our annual holiday meeting – everyone is asked to bring a favorite finger-food. Several of our Chapter members will also give brief “show and tell” presentations about their genealogy accomplishments during 2017.

November 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-11-19 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)
Chapter member Charlie Black will provide an overview of the upcoming changes to the Find-A-Grave website and will also explain the website’s tools for creating new memorials.

October 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-10-15 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)

September 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-09-17 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)

May 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-05-21 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)

April 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-04-23 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)

March 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-03-19 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)

February 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-02-19 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)

January 2017 Chapter Meeting
2017-01-22 14:30 - 16:30 (America/Halifax)

Chapter Meetings
2016-05-22 14:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Chapter Meetings of the Charleston Chapter are usually held at 2:30 pm on the 3rd Sunday of the month (with some exceptions for holidays). There are no meetings in July or August. We meet at The Masonic Center, 1285 Orange Grove Rd., Charleston, unless otherwise indicated.
