RootsMagic User Groups

User groups are good places to find others with an interest in RootsMagic. You can receive help, ideas, and more from other RootsMagic users in your area.  If you know of a RootsMagic user group (or a general user group with a RootsMagic section) that isn't on this list, please click here and let us know.

To see a list of users who are interested in starting a new user group, click here.  You can contact them about starting a group, or to see if they have already formed a group in your area.

If you would like to start a user group in your area, contact us with your name and contact information and we will add your name below for others in your area to contact.

Current RootsMagic User Groups

Arizona, Tucson - Arizona State Genealogical Society RootsMagic User Group

First Saturday of every month from 1 pm to 3 pm
University of Arizona Medical College, Room 3117, Tucson, Arizona
Visitors are welcome; check with the Facilitator as the group does not meet when another genealogy function is being held.
Contact Person: Barbara Baldwin Salyer, Group Facilitator

California, Burbank - RootsMagic User Group of the Southern California Genealogical Society

Third Sunday of every month from 2 pm to 4 pm (EXCEPT March and November 3 pm to 5 pm)
SCGS Library
417 Irving Drive, Burbank CA
SCGS website http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/
Contact Person: Jay Holladay

California, Ojai - RootsMagic Forum

Third Wednesday of every month from 7 to 8 pm
Ojai Family History Center
411 San Antonio St
Ojai, CA 93023
Contact Person: Howard Thomas

California, San Diego - RootsMagic SIG of the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego

Third Saturday of every month from 9 am to noon (SIGs start at 10:45)
University of California San Diego
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS)
Robinson Building Complex (RBC)
http://www.cgssd.org/

Colorado, Denver - Colorado Genealogical Society Computer Interest Group

Second Monday of every month (except July and August) at 7 pm.
Christ the King Lutheran Church
2300 So. Patton Ct.
in southwest Denver.
The corner of Iliff and So. Patton Ct.
http://www.cogensoc.us
Contact Person: Mary Stiny

Florida, Bradenton - Manasota Genealogical Society RootsMagic SIG

2nd Monday of each month at 2 p.m.
Westminster Courtyard
222 Old Main St.
Downtown Bradenton
Contact: Phyllis Doucett and Anne Young, both long-time RootsMagic users

Florida - West Pasco County Genealogical Society

Third Wednesday of every month at 2 pm.
LifePoint Christian Church
6219 River Rd.
New Port Richey, FL 34673
Contact Person: Debbe A. Hagner, AG

Idaho, Blackfoot

Second Saturday of every month at 10am
For meeting and location details contact Jared Denlinger at
jbdenlinger@cableone.net

Idaho, Nampa - Nampa Idaho RootsMagic User Group

4th Wednesday of every month at 7pm
Nampa FHC
101 N. Canyon Street
Nampa, Idaho
Contact Person: Glenys Rasmussen

Illinois, Chicago - North Chicago Suburbs User Group

Meets 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
For meeting place contact Donna Roginski at
donnaroginski@hotmail.com

Illinois, Chicago - North Chicago Suburbs User Group

Meets 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
For meeting place contact Donna Roginski at
donnaroginski@hotmail.com

Iowa / Illinois - Genealogy SIG of the Quad-Cities Computer Society

Third Monday of each month at 7:00 pm
Tri City Jewish Center
2715 30th Street
Rock Island, IL
http://www.qcs.org

Kansas City

First Saturday of even number months
Johnson County Kansas Central Resource Library
9875 W 87th Street
Overland Park, KS
For meeting and location details contact Carol Kuse at bernie-carol@sbcglobal.net

Maine, Kennebec County

RootsMagic User Group in the Kennebec County region of Maine
Contact robo1@roadrunner.com

Michigan, Davison - Davison "RootsMagic" Genealogy Society

Second Thursday of each month from 2 pm to 4 pm
Davison Senior Citizens Activity Center
10135 Lapeer Rd. Davison, MI
http://davison-sc.org/

Minnesota, St. Cloud - Central Minnesota User Group

Central Minnesota User Group from St. Cloud Area Genealogist's Inc.
2nd Tuesday of the month, 7 pm.  Meeting Nov, Jan, Feb, March, April and May.
304 Birch Dr. SE .  St. Cloud, MN.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnscag/SCAG/index.htm
Contact person: annettedt@charter.net

Ohio, Cincinnati / Dayton

Currently meets about 4 times a year, generally in Monroe Ohio, between Dayton and Cincinnati.
To find out when the next meeting is scheduled for, contact Carol Cole at cccole4@juno.com.
Everyone in the group will have access to all other members so they can contact members between meetings to ask questions.

Ohio, Cleveland - NEOCAG (North East Ohio Computer Aided Genealogy)

Second Saturday of each month at 9 am
St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church
435 SOM Center Rd., (SR 91)
Mayfield Village, OH
http://neocag.net

Oregon, Corvallis

Every other month on a Saturday from 1-3
For more information contact: Ann Smart  All are welcome!

Oregon, Portland

Family History Center
2220 NE Jackson School Road
Hillsboro OR 97124
Contact person: Leslie Lawson  All are welcome!

Pennsylvania, Lansdale

First Tuesday of each month at 7pm
Lansdale Public Library
301 Vine Street
Lansdale, PA 19446
Contact person: Edward Black
Receive help with research ideas, citing evidence, and more from other RootsMagic users.  Arrive about 6:45 to have your laptop checked by Library IT staff for current operating security programs.  Meeting will begin at approximately  7:15 pm in the Community Room.

Texas, College Station / Bryan - RootsMagic Users Group

Fourth Monday of each month (except May, June, July, and December)br /> 9:30 am - 11 am
Bryan Public Library meeting room
For meeting and location details, contact facilitator: Sue Foy at (979) 774-0420

Texas - RootsMagic Users Network

An online users group for those not close enough to meet in person.
Your input is welcome if in TX.
Group email only to keep email amount small.
Contact Jon Czarowitz at jonczar@yahoo.com

Utah, St. George - Washington County PAF User Group

The Washington County PAF Users Group meets the 3rd Saturday of each month, except August when no meeting is held, at 10:00 a.m. to noon. Meetings are held in the Relief Society Room at the Morningside Stake Center, 9th South and River Road, St. George. Contact Fran at 435-688-1260 or jflightner@skyviewmail.com

Utah, Provo - Utah Valley PAF User Group (RootsMagic SIG)

Second Saturday of each month from 9 am to 10:30 (general meeting on variety of topics)
RootsMagic SIG meets from 10:30 am to 12 noon
3511 North 180 East, Provo, Utah
http://www.uvpafug.org

Washington, Olympia area - Olympia RootsMagic User's Group

First Thursday of every month from 6 to 8pm
Tumwater Branch of the Timberland Regional Library
7023 New Market Street
Tumwater, WA 98501
Library phone: (360) 943-7790
Contact: Cliff Wilder cpwilder1@comcast.net

Washington, Seattle - RootsMagic Users Group, Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle and Puget Sound areas. 
Third Saturday of each month (except December) from 10 am to 12 pm
Contacts:  Patricia Summers-Smith and Tim Dooley

Washington, Spokane - RootsMagic Users and Family History Workshop

RootsMagic Users Group
Meeting the third Thursday of each month from 7-9 pm
LDS Church Building at 808 E. Sitka Avenue, Spokane, Washington.
Contact: Lew or Trudy at 509 340-3709 or 509 483-0971 ltlundy@comcast.net

Users Wanting to Start a User Group

This is a list of users who are interested in starting a RootsMagic User Group in their area.  Please contact them to see if they have already started a group or if you are willing to help.  If you start a user group, please let us know so we can add it to the list above.

Area User Name (click to email)
Alabama, Choctaw County area Shirley McNeely
Alaska, Anchorage Peggy A. Hempelmann
Arizona, Mesa / Apache Junction Antoinette Shields
Arizona, Phoenix Edna Fink
Arizona, Prescott Lee Wise
Arizona, Scottsdale Suzanne Brayer
Arkansas, Arkansas River Valley familyresearch@rrfarm.com
Arkansas, Little Rock arkhops@mail.com
California, Big Bear Peggy Hooper
California, Covina Ed Roundtree
California, Fontana area Emma Wood
California, Lompoc / Santa Maria Doris and John Lawrence
California, San Francisco Tim Cox
California, San Jose (south bay) Marcia Holstrom
California, Santa Rosa Lee Taylor
California, Sun City Lois Burton
Delaware, Newark John Pfotzer
Delaware, Wilmington Wayne Mower
Florida, NW Panhandle, Fort Walton Beach Fred Curtiss
Florida, Fort Myers area ocorb@comcast.net
Florida, Orlando Becky Berlin
Florida, The Villages bburhop13@yahoo.com
Georgia, Atlanta Hank Bauer
Gary Rogers
Illinois, Bloomington Bob Howard
Illinois, Lisle Sandy Johnson
Illinois, Morton Grove Donna Roginski
Kansas, Wichita area KSGrammy2
Kentucky, Bowling Green Lynton Stewart
Kentucky, Louisville Winnie Miller
Kentucky, Morehead Samone Ratcliff
Louisiana, Shreveport Dwight Jackson
Louisiana, West Monroe or NE area Shelby A Morse
Maine lcgrayme@midmaine.com
Maryland, Baltimore, Harford, Cecil Co. area Chris Smithson
Maryland, College Park, Silver Spring area Dick Matteson
Massachusetts, Cape Cod area Judy Fenner
Michigan, Ann Arbor / Canton Michael Mayrend
Michigan, Kalamazoo snowclown@charter.net
Michigan, Milford area Kim Wickman
Michigan, Saginaw, Lansing area Ardis Wolven
Michigan, Scottville / Ludington area Beth Clemensen
Michigan, Traverse City area Daisy Butler
Minnesota, southern Wanda Patsche
Mississippi, Yazoo County yazoogent@msn.com
Missouri, Columbia johnsonle@missouri.edu
Missouri, Springfield Kay Morrow
Missouri, St. Louis Keith Brown
Nebraska, Omaha Karen McAndrew
Nevada, Las Vegas Sandy Johnson
Doug Richter
New Hampshire, Manchester area Carolyn Spooner
New Mexico, Albuquerque Kay Witkowski
New York, Albany area Brad Green
New York, Rochester area John-Paul Vidal
North Carolina, Charlotte area stilljanice@aol.com
Patricia Donatelli
North Carolina, Hendersonville / Asheville / Brevard Beth Golden
North Carolina, New Bern fussbutn@embarqmail.com
North Carolina, Raleigh/Cary/Durham area Janis S. Hendrick
Ohio, Findlay (NW Ohio) Darrell Prichard
Ohio, Lewis Center / Westerville area (Columbus) Mary Scott
Oklahoma, Collinsville (Tulsa) Rachel Wight Stephens
Oregon, Roseburg Sandra Sperry
Pennsylvania, Coatesville / Thorndale area medtran51@comcast.net
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Dale Mellott
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh area M. Bambie Goodall
Pennsylvania, Reading Shaun S. Udrea
South Carolina, Indian Land (Charlotte NC) area Patricia Donatelli
Tennessee, Nashville Bart Bartleson
Texas, Houston Lynna Kay Shuffield
Texas, Temple Jon Czarowitz
Utah, Kearns / West Valley area Annie Barentine
Virginia, Fairfax area Jane Pearson
Virginia, Richmond / Powhatan area rabutcher@msn.com
Virginia, Tidewater area sasilady1938@cox.net
Virginia, Williamsburg / Gloucester area lloding@earthlink.net
Washington, Spokane Lew & Trudy Lundy
Washington, Olympia Cliff Wilder
West Virginia, Charleston area Jim Shank
West Virginia, Wheeling area RW Gracey
Wisconsin, Green Bay jerryfschr@aol.com
Wisconsin, North central area Allen Theiler
Wisconsin, Sheboygan Kim M Kester
Wisconsin, Southeast area Judy Rockwell
Australia, Melbourne Andrew Kemp
C Wyndham
Bermuda Antony Siese
England, Manchester area Alan Tennuchi
Germany Peter Roehner
Mexico, Guadalajara Patrick Barnum
Panama 4fv1c8h02@sneakemail.com
South Africa Bart Heyneke
UK, Kent Bob Greenway
UK, Oxfordshire Simon Atkin
UK, Sussex Chris Swarbrooke
UK, West Sussex, Hampshire Raymond Airton