We are The ROOTS Users Group (RUG) of Arlington, VA, a non-profit incorporated in February 1989. We are celebrating our 37th year of continuous service to our members! Our address is PO Box 24, Oakton, VA 22124-9998.

We offer webinars and other materials to support the officially retired The Master Genealogist software but we continually review other genealogy software looking toward future migration from TMG. Online meetings and webinars are typically held the second Saturday of the month but we occasionally will skip a month for holidays. Webinars are devoted to presentations and discussions of general interest to all genealogists, covering aspects of hardware and other software, and having an indirect impact on TMG users. The meetings are open to the public and there is no admission charge.

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UPCOMING RUG MEETINGS

Times are US Eastern Time Zone

July 11, 2026 -- VACATION --No Meeting

Aug 8, 2026

Time	Session	Title	Presenter
9:00 am	Session 1	Come to your Census - Part 1 Focus on Censuses- the 1926 Irish Census	Ed Potter, Irish Special Interest Group Leader, Fairfax Genealogical Society
~10:00 am	Session 2	Come to your Census - Part 2 Focus on Censuses - Canadian Census	David Walker & David Hopper, Canadian RUG Member
~10:50 am	Break
~11:00 am	Session 3	Come to your Census - Part 3 Census Focused Recorded Webinars (from RUG's Members Only Webinar Library). "Getting the Most Out of a Census Record" and “The Other Census – U.S. State and Territorial Censuses”	Thomas MacEntee Webinars from RUG’s Members Only Library*

*The links to the handouts for this meeting’s webinar will be live in the Members Only Webinar Library soon. The link to the above recorded webinars will be live the morning of the meeting.

Please type your questions in the Chat window during the sessions or send them in advance to programs@rootsusers.org.

We welcome members and new users!

Join us for our meetings by downloading and installing the FREE Zoom App. You can use the Basic Free application to view a meeting hosted by the RUG as our license can host up to 100 people. FOR ZOOM BEGINNERS: Please watch this video on YouTube.

RUG plans to inform members in three different ways of the link members need to access each meeting. First, an email with the ZOOM link will be sent the night before the scheduled meeting by the webmaster. The link also will be posted on the front page of the RUG website on the morning of the meeting. This same Zoom link will be posted for attendees on the TMG Mailing List. (If you are not a member of that list, you can join here.)

Please take time now to sign up for an account with ZOOM if you have not already. We would appreciate your creating a profile that states your first name or initial and last name, whether or not you are a RUG member, and your location. For example: Connie Jeremiah, RUG M, VA. If you wish, include a photo in your account profile. When you are in the meeting, you can change it by clicking on the ‘…’ on your picture or clicking on ‘…’ after your name in the Participants list, and then clicking on “Rename”. ZOOM has different functions that we will be using for the meeting, including the chat box for you to communicate with RUG and other attendees, the Raise and Lower Hand function, and the ability to voice your questions and comments live.

TMG Links
The Master Genealogist Wholly Genes’ Software Support Page
The Master Genealogist Email Support List
Terry Reigel’s TMG Tips
John Cardinal’s Home Page
Family History Hosting
Lee Hoffman’s TMG Tips
Michael J. Hannah’s Home Page
History Research Environment (HRE)