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Our Mission:
Temecula Valley Genealogical Society is devoted to fostering a vibrant community committed to discovering, documenting, preserving, and sharing ancestral stories through education, collaboration, and resources, we connect individuals with their roots and deepen appreciation for the richness of their ancestors' life journeys.
Up Coming Events
Friday, May 8
AncestryDNA
Kathy Fernandes
10:00 am
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
This presentation reviews the ethnicity prediction and cousin matching features of AncestryDNA and explains how to use the analysis tools available on the site.
Monday, May 11
Colonial America Migration Routes & Modes of Travel
Annette Burke Lyttle
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Zoom & Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library 30600 Pauba Rd. Temecula, CA 92592
Colonial families moved inland along rivers, paths, and emerging roads into newly opening settlements. Learn the major migration routes and travel methods of early America—and how understanding these pathways can help predict where migrants went, where records were created, and where to look next in your research.
Timeline to the Americs 250
with Bonnie Hayosh
Friday, May 22
10 am
The Second Continental Congress: From Resistance to Nation
As tensions escalated into war, the Second Continental Congress became the colonies’ central authority. This presentation explores how delegates moved from protest to governance—organizing the war effort, forming a unified front, and taking the first steps toward independence.
Your Genealogy Learning Library, On Your Schedule
As a member of the Genealogy Society, you gain exclusive access to our video archives in the Members section—featuring recordings of past speaker presentations. Explore expert tips, research strategies, and inspiring stories from previous programs anytime, at your convenience. It's a great way to keep learning and stay connected with the latest in genealogy.
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What's New in May
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This Mother’s Day, we honor the women who came before us by preserving their stories through genealogy. Celebrate their lives, love, and legacies by discovering and sharing the roots that connect generations.
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What Did She Leave Behind?
Mother’s Day is a wonderful time to remember not only the mothers in our family tree, but the women whose lives may be preserved in quieter ways. Not every ancestor left a diary or formal biography, but many left traces: a handwritten recipe, a family photograph, a church record, a quilt, a letter, a newspaper notice, a favorite saying, or a story passed down at the kitchen table.
This May, choose one woman in your family tree and look beyond names and dates. What objects, memories, records, or traditions might help tell her story? Her life may be waiting in the small details.
Try this: Ask a relative about one woman in the family. What did she cook? What did she believe in? What work did she do? What was she known for? One remembered detail can turn a name on a chart into a person.
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The Records of Remembrance
Memorial Day invites us to honor those who served, but genealogy allows us to remember them more fully. Military service may appear in many kinds of records, including pension files, draft registrations, service records, headstone applications, burial records, county honor rolls, local newspapers, obituaries, and veterans’ organization records.
These records can reveal far more than a rank or unit. They may tell us where a person served, what they experienced, how service affected their family, where they lived afterward, whether a widow or dependent applied for benefits, or how the community remembered them.
Try this: Choose one veteran or service member in your family and look for one new record connected to their service. Even a small discovery can add depth to a family story and restore context to a name we pause to honor.
Places to find records (free links)
NARA- Military Records
NARA Military Service & Pension Records
NARA Pre WW1 Army Pension & Bounty land Applications
US Military Military Online Genealogy Records
VA Gravesite Locator
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In honor of America 250 Learn How to Research your Revolutionary War Ancestors
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 Your Family Story may be Waiting at the Library !
Genealogy Help Has Returned to the Library!
Curious about your family history? Stuck on a mystery ancestor? TVGS volunteer genealogy help is once again available in the TVGS Genealogy Room at the Ron H. Roberts Temecula Public Library.
This free community service welcomes beginners, experienced researchers, and anyone who simply wants to discover more about the people and stories in their family tree. Stop in, ask questions, and let friendly TVGS volunteers help you take the next step in your research.
Available: Mon & Tues 10am-noon Thurs & Sat 1pm- 3pm
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Freedom's Debt:A Guide to RevolutionaryWar Pensions !
Logan Knight, Senior Librarian
Allen County Plubic LIbrary Library
May 5th 11:30am PDT
Learn how these files reveal detailed family information, personal narratives, and clues that can break through brick walls in early American research
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