Welcome to the SCGS Members Area
AccessNewspaperARCHIVE
and Jamboree Extension Webinar Series Archive

Welcome to the The Southern California Genealogical Society Members section of its website. This feature will allow our members to access to fully searchable databases with thousands of records of Southern California marriages, deaths, cemetery listings, obituaries, immigration and naturalization information, church, military, school and newspaper articles.  You'll find a few databases online now; more will be added in the near future.  When all of the databases have been added, family historians researching Southern California will find a wealth of resources.

The members area affords access to two of the favorite benefits of SCGS membership:

• at-home use of AccessNewspaperARCHIVE, a collection of thousands of digitized newspapers from around the US.
• archive of webinars conducted as part of the Jamboree Extension Series. These one-hour presentations are given twice monthly (the first Saturday and third Wednesday) and are conducted by professional genealogical speakers and expert lecturers. The inital broadcast is offered free to the genealogical community as part of SCGS's mission to provide educational services. Archived sessions are available only to SCGS members. The current listing of webinars can be found here. 

If you are not yet a member of SCGS and are interested in membership, click here to purchase a membership through our shopping cart. The $35 individual domestic membership (or international e-membership) is a great bargain. SCGS also accepts donations to support the program to insure the Webinar Series will continue to be offered at no cost.

SCGS MEMBERS:

The Members section is a secure area of the website, and your email address is the key to access.  If you have provided your email address to SCGS, we will probably have an email address on file for you and you're all ready to go.

If you are an SCGS member whose email address is not in our website database, we will add you as quickly as we are able.  Just send your email address to membership@scgsgenealogy.com.  We will add the email address you provide to your account.

If you have never logged into the website or the SCGS shopping cart, you will need a temporary password to log on to the Members section for the first time. 

1. Go to www.scgsgenealogy.com
2. Locate the SCGS Logo and Members Login graphic on the upper right corner of the page.
3. Click on the logo. You will be directed to the instructions page.
4. To begin using the member databases click on the "Click here to login to the Member Site" link. You will be directed to the login page.
5. Below the login box is a link to “Forgot Your Password.”
6. Click on this link
7. Type in your email address

Shortly thereafter, you will receive an email with your temporary password.  Once you have received your password, you may log in to the site.   If you do not receive this email, drop a reminder to membership@scgsgenealogy.com. 

When you receive your temporary password, enter your email address and temporary password into the login box and you will be directed to the Members welcome page. 

If you wish to change your password to something easier to remember:

1. Go to the Home Page
2. Click on the menu item, Shopping Cart
3. Click on the sub item Go to My Account. 
4. Login to the shopping cart. This will take you to your account summary page.
5. Click on the link Change My Password. It will ask for your current password and what you want the new password to be.
6. Type in your current password
7. Type in your new password
8. Press Enter

If you have any problems with the Members section, please email membership@scgsgenealogy.com.

Look for new additions to our Members section coming soon!!