The QC Genealogy Club logo. From the 7 children seen in this 1857 photo, a six-generation lineage flowed, with more than 28,000 direct relatives. Thousands of them alive today — and joyfully linked up . . . by a team of amateur genealogists who learned and expertly applied the same modern researching methods, tools and options that our club teaches and abundantly provides to our members.
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Our club began in Qctober of 2021 after the club’s founder, Dick Sussman became fascinated with the subject — stimulated by an amazing letter from a 70 year-old cousin back East in which she described how she was able to trace the Sussman family’s huge lineage back over a period of five centuries. She now has frequent screen-to-screen Zoom conversations with hundreds of their living relatives located in more than 20 countries worldwide.
Dick immediately began asking about QC’s level of interest in genealogy with more than a hundred residents via conversations by phone; email; and the HOA message forum. His 8-days of club-formation Announcements in the What’s Happening e-bulletin started on Oct 6th and resulted in a literal deluge (more than 50) of affirmative responses indicating enormous beginner interest, as well as abundant genealogical *expertise* among many of our year-round and seasonal homeowners. All of them highly enthused about the possibility of a club devoted to serving that deep interest.
(Dick is also the 2006 founder of the very successful QC Billiards Club.)
— November 2021: From a continually growing list of 62 residents who want to participate in the newly-formed QCGC, a leadership team is developed via the appointment of three resident expert genealogy researchers who accept Coordinator roles. A husband-wife couple volunteer to be our first Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Six committee chair positions are filled.
— December 2021: Leadership team discusses plans for a January in-person General Membership meeting of all listed members (canceled weeks later out of Omicron concerns).
— February 2022: Completion of club website: qcgenealogy.com is announced. Our inviting and comprehensive Membership Form is developed. Inaugural General Membership meeting is held on Feb. 23rd via Zoom: Watch our video of the entire meeting: https://youtu.be/dqUJn5qYZ6U Leadership team’s members and plans are introduced via an extensive Powerpoint slide and voice-overed presentation plus Q&A session.
— March 2022: The QCGC transitions from a structure comprised of six leaders and six committees to an eight-member, formal Board of Directors featuring the same group of diligent volunteers.
– March 23rd – On our own attractive & richly informative HOA website page, the new QCGC is officially listed among the many popular clubs and activities our community offers for its present and potential homeowners: View our official QC Club page on the HOA website
— April 2022: A superbly informative 1-hour presentation for the QCGC by Alumni club member, Gil Lusk, with 57 years of genealogical researching expertise. His topic is: using the amazing capabilities of various specimens of DNA material for tracing living and past relatives going back many centuries. Watch our video of Gil’s dynamic presentation: https://youtu.be/Iv0lz1FU5B8
— May 2022: With emotionally-moving slide presentations, photos, and narratives, QCGC members vividly convey details about veterans in their ancestral lineage who served in US armed services. Watch our video of the entire event: https://youtu.be/JsQbr6P9neg which reflected our observance of 2022’s Memorial Day.
– May 15th – QC Genealogy Club is featured in our community newspaper with nine meeting photos,
thoroughly descriptive text & vital links to more QCGC information: Read the excellent article here
— June 2022: The first of three special summer General Membership meetings (June, July, August) with a very informal workshop format. These meetings instructively feature reciprocal and entertaining leadership/membership Q & A discussions of many wide-ranging genealogy topics. Click this link for a taste of how well received our workshops are:
Intriguing 2022 summer workshop notes
— September 2022: General Membership meeting features Guest Speaker, Alyson Smith, the Director of the Sahuarita Family History Center who presents an extremely valuable and informative program about optimally using the so-convenient Family History Center (Clickable link). Alyson asked that all participants bring a lap-top, or tablet because this will be a working hands-on presentation. Enjoy *watching* our video of the entire event as it took place: https://youtu.be/AqoPCg3c-is
— November 2022: Our club hosts a very successful “Meet & Greet” social event in the Madera Clubhouse that celebrates the First Anniversary of QCGC’s founding. Watch our video of highlights of the social event: https://youtu.be/FL9QZHzYAoM
— December 2022: QC Genealogy Club is featured in our community newspaper with a photo from the Nov 2nd “Meet and Greet” social event, thoroughly descriptive text, and vital links to more QCGC information: Read the excellent article here
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