Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society

11/15/2025

SAVE THE DATE!
ROOT CELLAR's 2026 Spring Seminar is coming up!

WHEN?: Saturday, April 18, 2026
WHERE?: Maidu Community Center
1550 Maidu Dr., Roseville, CA
WHO?: Drew Smith, Internationally recognized genealogy educator

Watch for details....

11/15/2025

Thursday 20 November 2025
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Who Was Your Most Challenging Ancestor to Research?

This will be an interactive workshop with everyone being invited to speak and offer suggestions on records to use or places to look.

A short 5 to 10-minute talk should include:
Information about the chosen Ancestor.
Why they were the most challenging to research.
What lengths you had to go to.
If the search was successful, how you succeeded in breaking down your “brick wall”.
And, if you haven't fully succeeded, present it to the workshop group as a case in progress so we can suggest ways for you to move forward with your research.

Sylvan Community Center
7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights

11/07/2025

Resources on the DAR Website (General Meetings)
Thursday, November 13

7:00 pm
Zoom (registration required on Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society website)
A zoom meeting presented by Emily Boling.
The DAR website is full of information that can be used not just to join DAR, SAR or CAR but to help genealogists find connections vital to their research. We will cover what resources are at the DAR site.

11/02/2025

Last workshop of the year!
Who Was Your Most Challenging Ancestor to Research?
Prepare to give a short talk about your most difficult person you researched, why? Did you find your answers? If this is still a challenge maybe we can all help!
Keep your talk short enough so everyone can participate please.
Hope to see everyone there!
November 20th 2:00-4:00, Sylvan Community Center 7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights, CA

10/04/2025

Happenings at Root Cellar
• 9 Oct 2025-zoom, Madeline Yanov-topic “A Rose by Any Other Name: Using Nicknames to Find Your Ancestor” 7pm
• 13 Nov 2025-zoom- Emily Boling topic-Resources on DAR website 7pm
• 11 Dec 2025- 2pm -4pm Christmas Raffle, at Sylvan Community Center

Come and join us.

09/09/2025

08/06/2025

Register for the Sept. 27 Fall Webinar at https://rootcellar.org/index.php
For more informaiton. go to the announcement on the Home page or to the Sept. 27 website calendar item.

If you are a member, login to the website to be presented with the discounted price.

ONLINE REGISTRATION:
• Accepts all credit cards and some debit cards. Procssed by PayPal.
• The indicated price is per person.
• Use the quanity selector on the right to select 1 or 2 people. Then press the Add to Cart button.
• To proceed with the purchase, press the Checkout button.
• If you selected two people, then when entering the purchaser information during the payment process be sure
to enter both names in the purchaser name field.
• Note: When in PayPal, you don't have to create a PayPal account. To stop PayPal from doing that, slide the
blue Create my PayPal account ... slider to off.

REGISTER BY MAIL:
• $25 for members, $30 for non-members. Admission fee is per person.
• Make the check payable to Root Cellar.
• Include a note titled Back to Basic which lists the names, email addresses and phone numbers of registrants.
• Mail to: Root Cellar, P.O. Box 265, Citrus Heights CA 95611-0265
• Mail-in payments must arrive one week prior to Sept. 27.

AT A MEETING:
Provide your check (or cash) and attendee name(s) with contact info at an upcoming meeting (e.g., the Workshop).

A week prior to the event, all registrants will be emailed a Zoom join-meeting link.
Registration questions? Problems? Email treasurer@rootcellar.org.

08/06/2025

Aug. Root Cellar Workshop
Root Cellar Genealogy Workshop - 3rd Thursdays from 2:00PM - 4:00PM

SHARING A FAMILY TREASURE

Do you have your grandmother’s special bowl? Your mother’s special dish? Great grandpas tool box? A postcard from your Great Uncle when he was away at war?
Well bring one to our August Workshop and share the object and the story with all of us! Tell us a little bit about why your treasured item is special to you and how it fits in your family tree. A great piece of information to share would also be your plan for what happens to your treasure after you are no longer the caretaker. If you’re short a special object bring a photo to share.
Our best meetings are when we all tell our stories so please join us!

06/09/2025

June 14th Heritage Trail Museums

The Wheatland History Museum
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
111 Main St. Wheatland, CA

The primary purpose of the Wheatland Historical Society is to discover, collect, preserve, and disseminate knowledge concerning the history of the Wheatland area in the County of Yuba and the State of California.

Lincoln Area Archives Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
640 Fifth St., Lincoln
916-645-3800 laamca.org

A walk through the Lincoln Museum is a walk back in time, from our turn of the century kitchen to our complete blacksmith shop. We pay honor to each of our Military branches, while highlighting Gladding, McBean & Company Clay Factory on its 150 year celebration, as well as the McBean Park Pool 100 year event. Our collection of typewriters, telephones and cameras represent days gone by. It truly is a unique experience walking amongst over 4,500 historic artifacts and exhibits, with a side tour of our gift shop or “Market Place”.

Fruitvale Schoolhouse Museum
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
3425 Fruitvale Rd., Lincoln
530-889-6500 placer.ca.gov/museums

Experience school at a 136-year-old one room schoolhouse in rural Lincoln. Participate in hands-on activities in the classroom, explore the Native Plant Garden, or bring your picnic basket and enjoy lunch under the oak trees!