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SUMMARY:Feb 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Johnny Andrews from the Old Darlington Chapter of the SCGS will talk with us about “Using State Records to Bypass Burned Counties.” Numerous counties in South Carolina have lost records because of fires or other catastrophes\, and Johnny will highlight the availability of other records that can help researchers work around these losses.  \nThis will be a ZOOM-ONLY meeting and not in-person at the Masonic Center. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/feb-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:virtual via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Mar 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Presentation is to be announced.  \nWe expect this will be an in-person meeting at the Masonic Center. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/mar-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T143000
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SUMMARY:Apr 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Chapter member Pat Kruger will be speaking at this month’s meeting.  Her program ‘Too Crazy to be True?  Separating Fact from Fiction’ will discuss ways to consider and research ‘crazy’ family stories; The legends passed through the family that might be true\, or not. Did your immigrant jump ship?  Did an uncle really invent the cotton gin?  Did Sherman burn your grandfather’s farm?   With historical research\, archival research\, and analysis\, we’ll discuss approaches to help separate fact from fiction. With enough program time\, we’ll explore some member examples so get your crazy stories together.  If we do not have enough time at this month’s meeting\, we will try to continue this discussion later in the year. \nThis will be an in-person meeting at the Masonic Center and available via Zoom. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/apr-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T160000
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SUMMARY:May 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month\, Leigh Jones Handal\, will present “Lost Charleston.”  Leah is a native South Carolinian and an avid student of Lowcountry history. Leah is a graduate of the College of Charleston with an MA degree in journalism from USC. She’s a licensed city tour guide (25+ years) and owns her own tour company\, Charleston Raconteurs (charlestonraconteurs.com). As a past Director of Communications and Public Programs at Historic Charleston Foundation (1998-2010)\, she’s directed the foundation’s annual spring house and garden tours and Charleston International Antiques Show. She was also tapped by the Mayor’s Office to serve as co-editor of the city’s official history and tour guide training manual\, released in 2011. She’s currently engaged\, along with others\, to produce the second edition of the tour guide manual over the next two years. \nHer first book\, Lost Charleston was released 2019 and her second\, Storied & Scandalous Charleston\, in 2022. Her most recent book\, Charleston Then & Now\, was released in May 2024. In addition\, Leigh writes the bimonthly “Do You Know Your Lowcountry” column for the Charleston Post & Courier. She created and appears on the Lowcountry Live show’s “I Love the Lowcountry” series (WCIV-TV4) and has lectured extensively for a wide range of groups on Charleston history. \nThis will be an in-person meeting at the Masonic Center with access via Zoom. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/may-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T160000
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SUMMARY:Sep 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our presenter this month will be Chapter member Charlie Black who will provide an update of several recent enhancements made to the FamilySearch Full-Text Search tool. If you aren’t familiar with Full Text\, FamilySearch is utilizing A.I. technology to create transcripts of documents which can then be searched by keywords\, names\, places and other parameters. \nThis will be an in-person meeting at the Masonic Center with access via Zoom. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/sep-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251019T143000
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CREATED:20251002T232531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T211655Z
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SUMMARY:Oct 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our presentation for the October meeting — “Working with DNA – a Case Study” — will be given by Charity Rouse\, Director of Local History for the Spartanburg County Public Libraries. She has worked at the Spartanburg Library since 2014 and is a member of the Delegate Council of the National Genealogy Society and the Pinckney District Chapter of the SC Genealogical Society as well as numerous other genealogical and historical organizations.\nThis will be an IN-PERSON meeting at the Masonic Center but will also be accessible via Zoom. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/oct-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251116T143000
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SUMMARY:Nov 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our November presentation\, “Unknown Keys to Help Unlock Genealogy Mystery” by Karen Prewitt will give some lessons learned for dealing with of those inevitable brick walls in genealogy research\, and will share some little-known facts that could make a difference in your research.  Karen moved to Charleston in 1981 after four years spent in Europe\, both teaching and studying design and architecture. She and her husband have restored an 1838 house in Ansonborough (an ongoing lifetime project!) and she has been an active volunteer for many civic groups in her 44 years in Charleston. For the last 35 years she’s also found time to research her Padgett family genealogy.  \nThe meeting will be accessible via Zoom. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/nov-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T143000
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SUMMARY:Dec 2025 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:December is our annual “Show and Tell” holidays get-together. We invite chapter members to talk about genealogy-related “news” from the year.  Come join us and learn a bit more about what’s been happening with our members. \nIf you would like to present at this meeting\, please contact Melanie Zimmerman (melanieszimmerman “at” gmail.com).
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/dec-2025-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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SUMMARY:Jan 2026 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:OurJanuary presentation by Paul Porwoll will be about the old St Andrews Parish church in the West Ashley area of Charleston which dates from the early 1700s. \nThe meeting will be accessible via Zoom. Guests are always welcome in person or via Zoom\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/jan-2026-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T160000
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SUMMARY:Mar 2026 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our March meeting will be a round table of research problems rather than a specific topic presentation. Members who have a genealogical brick wall or research problem are submitting well-defined genealogical background information before the meeting and we will choose three or four to discuss during the meeting to try to help the researcher break through their difficulty.  \nThe meeting will be held at the Masonic Center but will also be viewable via Zoom. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/mar-2026-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260419T160000
DTSTAMP:20260428T161401
CREATED:20260417T144632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T144923Z
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SUMMARY:Apr 2026 Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Chapter member Pamela Brown is speaking at our April 19th meeting about her genealogist work for the U.S. Army Past Conflicts Repatriation Branch (PCRB)\, where she researches and identifies primary next of kin and DNA-eligible relatives for missing Soldiers from wars and conflicts as far back as WWI.  \nPamela became interested in family history as a child and began her own serious research in 1999 to uncover the origins of her maternal grandmother\, who was an orphan. After taking a DNA test\, she discovered that her beloved father was not her biological parent\, which led her deeper into DNA research. She volunteers as a “search angel” helping others identify biological parents\, and started working as a genealogist for PCRB in 2023. She’s a member of several genealogical and lineage organizations\, including The Jamestowne Society\, General Society of Mayflower Descendants\, Daughters of the American Revolution\, and Associated Daughters of Early American Witches. \nThe meeting will be held at the Masonic Center but will also be viewable via Zoom. Guests are always welcome\, so please CONTACT US if you are not yet a chapter member and want to participate via Zoom.
URL:https://charlestongenealogy.org/event/apr-2026-chapter-meeting/
LOCATION:The Masonic Center\, 1285 Orange Grove Rd\, Charleston\, SC\, 29407\, United States
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