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    <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:52:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS DNA SIG-Virtual Meeting (02 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;DNA Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Topic: Genetic Networks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker: Kathleen Fernandes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;A genetic network shows how a group of individuals who share DNA are related to each other. This presentation explains how to use the Leeds method, Scapple mind mapping software, and the Shared cM Project tool in a step-by-step process to build a genetic network in unknown parentage research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS Reunion Users Group (05 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Topic: &lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;TBD&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker: Anne Alves&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For questions contact&amp;nbsp;Anne Alves&amp;nbsp;&lt;font face="Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:fansvsdgs@gmail.com"&gt;fansvsdgs@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6644145</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Class - Favorite Free Websites Pt. 2 (09 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9am Class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; My Favorite Free Websites for Genealogy, Pt. 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Doug Shaw&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Classes on genealogy, family history, media/technology, and computer skills are held at 9 am (PT) on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of most months except January, September, and December.&amp;nbsp; Classes are designed for a variety of interests and ability levels and are often used as a refresher.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" style=""&gt;For questions email &lt;a href="mailto:education@casdgs.org" target="_blank"&gt;education@casdgs.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting via Zoom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Zoom link will be sent to registrants a few days before the meeting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6644150</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Program (09 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Monthly Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;Join us for a presentation by Craig Scott.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;Craig will be presenting about Revolutionary War&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;Ancestors and Pension&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 22px;"&gt;Research&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session 1:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Researching a Revolutionary War Ancestor: A Case Study&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Through a case study, the life of a Revolutionary War soldier is followed from before the war, through the records created by his service during and after the war. There is more to Revolutionary War research than the compiled military service record and the pension.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session&amp;nbsp;2:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Pension Research: You Stopped Too Soon&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Many researchers when doing pension research stop too soon. They do not realize that there are at least four steps to pension research. The first is too understand basic pension law. Then there is the application, then the ledgers, and finally the final payment vouchers. Sometimes correspondence can be found relating to pensions in other sources. This lecture will take the researcher through all of these steps through case studies.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;p style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;(contact the webmaster at &lt;a href="mailto:webmaster@casdgs.org" target="_blank"&gt;webmaster@casdgs.org&lt;/a&gt; if you don't receive your registration email from Zoom)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This program will be recorded and placed in the "Members Only" section of our website.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For questions contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:program@casdgs.org"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;programs@casdgs.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>British Isles Interest Group- Hybrid Meeting (16 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp; British Isles Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; The American Revolution- A British Perspective&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1"&gt;Many of you have learned about the American Revolution in high school. You know the battles and the American heroes. In this talk I will cover how the British viewed this uprising against colonial rule. We will examine key figures in the British Government, the state of Britain entering the war, and how miscalculation and misunderstanding led to the defeat of the well trained British Army at the hands of colonials using unorthodox tactics. Many British Loyalist fled to Canada after the war. We will show you how to obtain those records.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Hybrid&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego FamilySearch Center in Mission Valley, 4195 Camino del Rio S San Diego CA 92108&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6532905</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>AI for Genealogy SIG (16 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; Simple Prompts &amp;amp; Steve Little's Genealogical Research Assistant&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/Genealogy-Spiral_Gemini_Generated_600x420.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="198" align="right" style="margin: 10px;"&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Have you used any of the many Artificial Intelligence tools (chat bots, image creators, research assistants, etc.) in your genealogy research?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;If so, share the tools, prompts, and procedures that have worked well for you.&amp;nbsp; What didn't work?&amp;nbsp; If you haven't used AI tools yet, learn about how you can use them in your research.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This SIG will include presentations on topics of interest and opportunities to share your experiences and questions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host:&amp;nbsp; Doug Shaw&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;For questions email &lt;a href="mailto:education@casdgs.org" target="_blank"&gt;education@casdgs.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting via Zoom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Zoom link will be sent to registrants a few days before the meeting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>German Interest Group (20 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;German Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;FamilySearch's Full Text Search:&amp;nbsp; What it Is and Why it Matters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#3B3B3B"&gt;Kay Little&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Host:&amp;nbsp; Amy Chidester&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Amy%20Chidester%202.jpeg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="125" height="148" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For questions contact Amy Chidester&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 22px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:gig.sdgs@gmail.com"&gt;gig.sdgs@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: Ubuntu; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span&gt;hybrid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;meeting via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego FamilySearch Center,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 4195 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego, California 92108&lt;font style="font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Zoom information will be sent in the week prior to the meeting to those that register.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Class - DAR Application (23 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;9am Class&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom:0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/America250_logo_128px.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; DAR Application&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Linnea Peltola&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Classes on genealogy, family history, media/technology, and computer skills are held at 9 am (PT) on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of most months except January, September, and December.&amp;nbsp; Classes are designed for a variety of interests and ability levels and are often used as a refresher.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" style=""&gt;For questions email &lt;a href="mailto:education@casdgs.org" target="_blank"&gt;education@casdgs.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting via Zoom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;The Zoom link will be sent to registrants a few days before the meeting.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS Ask A Genealogist (23 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/questions-2245264_1280_Free%20_Pixabay.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0" width="351" height="124"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;Ask a Genealogist Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This session is a forum where your genealogical questions can be answered by our panel. You may also talk about any genealogical successes you have had, problems you are encountering, or share with the group some of your current research. It is a chance for you to interact with your fellow genealogists so that we can all learn from each other. I invite you to come and have some fun with us.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Panel members:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Colin Whitney (host), Christy Dolan and Barbara Stanculescu&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu" style=""&gt;We encourage&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Ubuntu, serif" style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;you to send&amp;nbsp;your questions, two days prior to the session, to&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#0082AC" face="Ubuntu, serif" style=""&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="120" height="111" style="border-color: rgb(0, 52, 113); margin: 2px 5px 2px 4px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:fansvsdgs@gmail.com" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#0082AC" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome! to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6644165</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>California Pioneer Programs Virtual Workshop (26 May 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/CA%20Certificate%20Program/RootsTech%202025%20mockup3.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="189" align="right"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;California Pioneer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;Programs Workshop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This workshop is designed to assist any individuals researching their early California ancestors. Its primary focus is to address their specific genealogical questions and assign qualified researchers when required. An additional purpose is to provide education on early California history and its records. We will cover archives in California, Mexico and the United States at the state, county, local, library and university levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop Host:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Virtual&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month ahead of the meeting.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6498451</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS DNA SIG-Virtual Meeting (06 Jun 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;DNA Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Topic: DNA Painter Workshop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker: Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;One of the main features of DNA Painter is its chromosome mapping capability. It is a chromosome browser on steroids with much more capability and additional tools to help you analyze your DNA results. This session is a workshop in which you will obtain hands on experience in the use of DNA Painter. You will need to bring your computer with you and be prepared to enter the segment information of your matches. This requires access to a website such as MyHeritage, Family Tree DNA and Gedmatch which provides that information. If you do not have a DNAPainter account, we will go through the steps necessary to sign up for a free account. As time permits, we will address&amp;nbsp; features such as ancestral trees and tools.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" border="1" width="125" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(67, 140, 202);" height="116"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6527080</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Monthly Program - Hybrid (13 Jun 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/SDGS_Logo_Horiz_Color-600x226.png" alt="" border="0" width="283.5" height="107" align="right"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;Monthly Program&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;Join us for a Hybrid presentation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;Christine Cohen will present to us in person.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;We will also be broadcasting on Zoom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/2026/Christine%20Cohen%20.png" alt="Christine Cohen" border="1" width="188" height="251" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(130, 123, 0);" align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Session 1:&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Alienation of Affection - Divorce in the US.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://christinecohengenealogy.com/about-me" title="presenters bio" target="_blank"&gt;Presenter Bio&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://christinecohengenealogy.com/" title="presenters website" target="_blank"&gt;PRESENTERS&amp;nbsp; WEBSITE&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font&gt;______________________o_______________________&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This program will be recorded and placed in the "Members Only" section.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is always welcome!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;For questions contact&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:webmaster@casdgs.org"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;webmaster@casdgs.org&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6528726</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>No British Isles SIG this month (20 Jun 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp; British Isles Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO MEETING TODAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6532929</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>California Pioneer Programs Virtual Workshop (23 Jun 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;California Pioneer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;Programs Workshop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-top:0px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This workshop is designed to assist any individuals researching their early California ancestors. Its primary focus is to address their specific genealogical questions and assign qualified researchers when required. An additional purpose is to provide education on early California history and its records. We will cover archives in California, Mexico and the United States at the state, county, local, library and university levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop Host:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Virtual&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month ahead of the meeting.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6498454</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>No DNA SIG this month (04 Jul 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO MEETING TODAY&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" border="1" width="125" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(67, 140, 202);" height="116"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>British Isles Interest Group- Hybrid Meeting (18 Jul 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp; British Isles Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; Researching England and Wales Before the 19C&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;In this&amp;nbsp; presentation we will examine records available for England and Wales before the nineteenth century and focus&amp;nbsp; on research strategies applicable to this time period.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Hybrid&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego FamilySearch Center in Mission Valley, 4195 Camino del Rio S San Diego CA 92108&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6532837</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>California Pioneer Programs Virtual Workshop (28 Jul 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This workshop is designed to assist any individuals researching their early California ancestors. Its primary focus is to address their specific genealogical questions and assign qualified researchers when required. An additional purpose is to provide education on early California history and its records. We will cover archives in California, Mexico and the United States at the state, county, local, library and university levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop Host:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Virtual&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month ahead of the meeting.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6498458</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS DNA SIG-Virtual Meeting (01 Aug 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/DNA-Teilstueck_Basen-AGTC_kpl.png" alt="" title="" border="0" align="right" width="221" height="141" style="margin: 2px 5px 2px 0px;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;DNA Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; Ancestry&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Ancestry is the premier DNA website with over 28 million DNA testers, 140 million trees and 65 billion genealogical records. It is the place where you are likely to find the most matches. To help you, Ancestry adds new tools and features each year. We will dive into the capabilities of this website and show you this years new features.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" border="1" width="125" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(67, 140, 202);" height="116"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6527107</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>British Isles Interest Group- Hybrid Meeting (15 Aug 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp; British Isles Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; Newspapers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1"&gt;Newspapers are a source of information which should be part of very genealogist's research. They often provide information about our ancestors which cannot be found in other types of records. We can discover facts from the mundane to the effect of world events upon their life. Using AI and OCR, newspapers are being digitized and placed online at a rapid rate. We will examine some of the major newspaper sites, familiarize you with their use, and show you which papers are available for different regions of the British isles.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Hybrid&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego FamilySearch Center in Mission Valley, 4195 Camino del Rio S San Diego CA 92108&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6532931</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>California Pioneer Programs Virtual Workshop (25 Aug 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/CA%20Certificate%20Program/RootsTech%202025%20mockup3.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="189" align="right"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;California Pioneer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;Programs Workshop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This workshop is designed to assist any individuals researching their early California ancestors. Its primary focus is to address their specific genealogical questions and assign qualified researchers when required. An additional purpose is to provide education on early California history and its records. We will cover archives in California, Mexico and the United States at the state, county, local, library and university levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop Host:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Virtual&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month ahead of the meeting.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6498460</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS DNA SIG-Virtual Meeting (05 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;DNA Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic: Genetic Communities and Ethnicity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker: Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Ethnicity is a part of our ancestry and provides a sense of identity. We will examine what we can learn from our DNA results and show you how to interpret them. Ethnicity can be an important tool in understanding your relationships to your matches.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" border="1" width="125" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(67, 140, 202);" height="116"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>British Isles Interest Group- Hybrid Meeting (19 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp; British Isles Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; Directories and Electoral Rolls&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_1"&gt;There are a number of business and government record types which provide information about your ancestors apart from vital and census documents. We will examine directories, Electoral rolls and Tax lists, find where they can be accessed, and what information they contain. Some of these list living people and so are important when privacy laws hinder our research.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;and what information they contain.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#FF0000"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;Hybrid&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&amp;nbsp;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom and in-person at the San Diego FamilySearch Center in Mission Valley, 4195 Camino del Rio S San Diego CA 92108&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>California Pioneer Programs Virtual Workshop (22 Sep 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/CA%20Certificate%20Program/RootsTech%202025%20mockup3.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="189" align="right"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;California Pioneer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;Programs Workshop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This workshop is designed to assist any individuals researching their early California ancestors. Its primary focus is to address their specific genealogical questions and assign qualified researchers when required. An additional purpose is to provide education on early California history and its records. We will cover archives in California, Mexico and the United States at the state, county, local, library and university levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop Host:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Virtual&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month ahead of the meeting.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6498464</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS DNA SIG-Virtual Meeting (03 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;DNA Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic: Show and Tell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker: Group Members&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This is your opportunity to discuss the DNA researching you have been doing. You may address your successes, the brick wall problems you are having or other topics of interest to the group. Throughout the year I will be soliciting presentations.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" border="1" width="125" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(67, 140, 202);" height="116"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6527609</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>California Pioneer Programs Virtual Workshop (27 Oct 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;Programs Workshop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This workshop is designed to assist any individuals researching their early California ancestors. Its primary focus is to address their specific genealogical questions and assign qualified researchers when required. An additional purpose is to provide education on early California history and its records. We will cover archives in California, Mexico and the United States at the state, county, local, library and university levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop Host:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Virtual&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month ahead of the meeting.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>SDGS DNA SIG-Virtual Meeting (07 Nov 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;DNA Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp; What's in a Picture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker:&amp;nbsp; Kathleen Fernandes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody"&gt;This presentation describes the questions to ask when evaluating a visualization and then reviews the various approaches to displaying information about family relationships, DNA inheritance, matches in a family tree, and shared segments and matches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" border="1" width="125" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(67, 140, 202);" height="116"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6526336</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2026 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>California Pioneer Programs Virtual Workshop (24 Nov 2026)</title>
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&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Pictures/CA%20Certificate%20Program/RootsTech%202025%20mockup3.png" alt="" title="" border="0" width="283.5" height="189" align="right"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;California Pioneer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h3 align="center" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;Programs Workshop&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;

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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;This workshop is designed to assist any individuals researching their early California ancestors. Its primary focus is to address their specific genealogical questions and assign qualified researchers when required. An additional purpose is to provide education on early California history and its records. We will cover archives in California, Mexico and the United States at the state, county, local, library and university levels.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workshop Host:&amp;nbsp; Colin Whitney&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" alt="" title="" border="1" width="100" height="92.75" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); margin: 0px 3px;" align="left"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Ubuntu, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 21px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:cwhitaz05@hotmail.com"&gt;cwhitaz05@hotmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;Virtual&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;via Zoom.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Registration will open about a month ahead of the meeting.&lt;font&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>SDGS DNA SIG-Virtual Meeting (05 Dec 2026)</title>
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&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;" align="center"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;DNA Special Interest Group&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h2 style="font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Topic: MyHeritage&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speaker: Colin Whitney&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#1A1A1A" face="Ubuntu"&gt;Myheritage is a website which has been growing rapidly over the last few years. Each year it adds numerous tools and features to help us analyze our DNA results. It has now added a low cost whole genome sequencing test for autosomal DNA. With a database of close to 10 million which also supplies segment information, it is a must use site.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#F26522"&gt;&lt;img src="https://casdgs.org/resources/Speakers/Colin%20Whitney.jpg" border="1" width="125" align="left" style="margin: 8px; border-color: rgb(67, 140, 202);" height="116"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;For questions contact Colin Whitney&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider divider_style_border_solid" style="border-top-width: 3px; border-color: rgb(0, 153, 153);" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;This meeting will be a&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-size: 16px; font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font style="color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Virtual Only meeting on Zoom.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(26, 26, 26);"&gt;Registration will open about a month in advance.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#1A1A1A" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The public is welcome to register and attend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://casdgs.org/event-6527619</link>
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