St. Augustine Genealogical Society

10/21/2026

The good folks at MyHeritage have upgraded their DNA test results software. Read more at their blog, linked below.
It's often worth testing with a different company. You may find extra cousins, because the companies have substantially different user populations.

We’re pleased to introduce a highly requested new feature on MyHeritage: you can now confirm your known relationships with DNA Matches. If you already

10/21/2026

A gentleman who has written a program called TreeAlive wrote and asked us if we would give it a mention in our newsletter. We don't have one of those, however!
TreeAlive can be used to find/map the historic places near where your ancestors lived. It's also very interesting just to browse the map of the historical places themselves and click on the little brown dots for more information about them. Here's a map of Florida. I recommend focusing in on St Augustine, of course! You can focus in or out on other places around the country. Go to the linked home page for more information about the program and what it can do for you. Enjoy

1,219 Florida historical markers, each with a permanent page on maps from the era it commemorates.

10/20/2026

Please do consider joining us on November 14 at 1pm for a talk by Janet Messer on the following topic:

10/18/2026

Here's a great resource on Irish genealogy that I have not encountered before. Pages written by experts!

The first successful census of Ireland was conducted in 1821, inaugurating a decennial series which ended in 1911. The returns for the 1821-91 period have almost entirely been lost, so all that remain for researchers are those for 1901 and 1911 which are available here: http://census.nationalarchive...

10/02/2026

Newspapers.com is FREE this weekend! Sorry - no details - (it's already incuded in my Ancestry sub - so they don't bother to tell me! Just try it and see what happens
https://www.newspapers.com/go/freeaccess/

Limited time free access to view and search pages in our newspaper archive for obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, social pages, and much, much more.

09/14/2026

Those members and visitors who came on Saturday enjoyed a stimulating talk by Judy Nimer Muhn. Her extensive handout and the video of her talk are now on our website behind the paywall. Members: please note that the video will be up FOR TWO WEEKS only

09/12/2026

Very interesting article with embedded video about women and their roles in the industrial era. Although the focus is on the UK I doubt that the US situation will be much different

09/09/2026

Please consider joining us for the restart of our monthly meetings at 1pm on Saturday at the SouthEast Library. Our speaker is a nationally-known expert on Canadian genealogy, Judy Nimer Muhn. She will be joining us via Zoom.
We plan on recording her session and, all being well, will place it on our site, behind the paywall together with her extensive handout. Members who cannot attend will be able to view her talk for a two week period only.

Society, Regional and National Event Calendars

09/07/2026

We have good news for you, people: you are not old!
This fine lady in Fayetteville, GA is OLD, and she looks great on it too! None of us are anywhere close! Wow

Mabel Dunbar of Fayetteville celebrates her 112th birthday with family and friends.

09/01/2026

Yet another FREE offer from MyHeritage. Type in the URL below.
Happy hunting