Odenton Genial Genealogists meet on Mondays from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. A DNA Discovery meeting is held prior to the genealogy meeting at 12:15.  Our meetings cover a variety of subjects related to genealogy and members are encouraged to share their knowledge and experience. We discuss new features or functionality from the different genealogy sites and personal breakthroughs. For 2026, our members are focused on stories about their families.  Prompts are given for each month and members are encouraged to write their stories and present them in a meeting. The prompts for April are: 

1. Holiday Traditions: Easter, Passover, or any other holiday tradition. Who started it? Will it continue through the next generations.

2. April 10th is Siblings Day.  Write, Tell, or Present stories of the goofy things you did with (or to) your siblings, your similarities and your differences. 

You can also choose the story to be about any siblings in your family history.

3. Writer's Choice: The monthly 'prompts' may not suit everyone or you may have something else on your mind. You can choose a different topic.

April 6, No Meetings

April 13, 12:15-1:00: DNA Discovery: Y-DNA.  1:00 - 3:00: Morey's Corner. We will allow time for anyone who has February homework to present and we'll start on our March homework.

April 20, 12:15 - 1:00: DNA Discovery: Bring your DNA questions/problems to discuss. 1:00-3:00 Search Party: Send in your requests for help in finding information about someone in your tree.

April 27, 12:15 - 1:00: DNA Discovery. 1:00 - 3:00: Strategies for finding parents of those born in a period where they don't show up in the 1850 Census with their parents.

March has 5 Mondays so we will go to lunch on March 16 at 12:00. The restaurant will be determined by the group. Odenton Genial Genealogists meet Mondays from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Our meetings cover a variety of subjects related to genealogy and members are encouraged to share their knowledge and experience. We discuss new features or functionality from the different Genealogy sites and personal breakthroughs. A DNA Discovery meeting is held prior to the general genealogy meeting at 12:15.

March Homework: Tell or write a story an Irish ancestor. If you don't have an Irish ancestor, then pick any other ancestor you find interesting.

• March 2, 12:15-1:00: DNA Discovery. Bring your DNA questions/problems to discuss.
• March 2, 1:00 - 3:00: We will allow time for anyone who has February homework to present and we'll start on our March homework. o
• March 9, 12:15-1:00:  DNA Discovery.  Bring your DNA questions/problems to discuss.
• March 9, 1:00 - 3:00  Morey's Corner, February homework presentations/readings.
• March 16, 12:15 - 1:00: Lunch! Keeping the Genial in Odenton Genial Genealogists!
• March 16, 1:00 - 3:00: Lunch! Keeping the Genial in Odenton Genial Genealogists!
• March 23, 12:15 - 1:00: DNA Discovery.
• March 23, 1:00 - 3:00: March Homework.
• March 30, 12:15 - 1:00: What's new in DNA?
• March 30, 1:00 - 3:00: What's new in Genealogy?  Wrapping up March Homework.

Odenton Genial Genealogists will meet every Monday from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm during February unless the O'Malley Senior Center is closed. Our meetings cover a variety of subjects related to genealogy and members are encouraged to share their knowledge and experience. We discuss new features or functionality from the different Genealogy sites and personal breakthroughs. A DNA Discovery meeting is held prior to the general genealogy meeting at 12:15.

February Homework: Tell or write a story about how you met your spouse, how your parents met, or something or someone you love.

• February 2, 12:15-1:00: DNA Discovery. Bring your DNA questions/problems to discuss.
• February 2, 1:00 - 3:00: Tom McCarriar will teach us how to attach a document found on FamilySearch to a person in our Ancestry tree, including source, citation, and media. We will also allow time for anyone who has January or February homework to present.
• February 9, 12:15-1:00:  DNA Discovery.  Bring your DNA questions/problems to discuss.
• February 9, 1:00 - 3:00  Morey's Corner, February homework presentations/readings.
• February 16, 12:15 - 1:00: DNA Discovery. Bring your DNA questions/problems to discuss.
• February 16, 1:00 - 3:00: Search Party and February homework
• February 23, 12:15 - 1:00: DNA Discovery.
• February 23, 1:00 - 3:00:  What's new ? February Homework.