California Genealogical Society
and Library eNews
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December 2008, Vol. 2, No. 12
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Holiday Hours
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Library CLOSED, December 24, 2008 - January 1, 2009
CGS reopens on Friday, January 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
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Desk Duty Meeting
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Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at CGS
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 A meeting of the Desk Duty Committee will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. The later time was chosen to accommodate BART travelers. Please bring a brown-bag lunch.
Agenda items include membership update, CGS computer changes, new library patron services, program information and new telephone service options.
A repeat meeting is scheduled for Saturday, December 13, 2008, at 9:30 a.m. for members who can not attend during the week.
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Annual Membership Meeting
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Saturday, January 10, 2009, 1:00 p.m. - CGS Library
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Please join us for this important annual session. We will provide a review of 2008, plans for 2009, details about proposed research trips, seminars, membership meetings and workshops and much more. President Jane Lindsey, chair of the meeting, will make time for questions and answers. The agenda also includes brief committee reports, approval of the society budget and the annual election of new board members.
Light refreshments will be served at 12:30 p.m. before the meeting begins.
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Intermediate Level Genealogy - Eight Sessions in 2009
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Another Joint Venture with the Oakland Regional Family History Center
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 The class schedule has been finalized for the
Intermediate Course in Genealogy following the success of the recent
beginners' classes held during Family History Month. A total of fifty
students took advantage of the classes offered jointly by the
California Genealogical Society and the Oakland Regional Family History Center.
The Intermediate Course will consist of eight sessions and will be offered twice - on Saturday, at the
CGS Library and on the following Tuesday,
at the Family History Center. All classes are from 10:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. The same instructors and handouts will be at both sessions and students can
attend classes at either (or both) facilities.
Classes begin on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at the CGS Library with Military Records taught by genealogy instructor and military records specialist Susan Goss Johnston.
The full schedule includes the following topics:
January 17 & 20: Military Records
January 24 & 27: Probate and
Guardianship Records
January 31 & February 3: Land and Property
Maps, and Gazetteer
February 7 & 10: Church and Cemetery Records
February 14 & 17: No classes
February 21 & 24: Newspaper Research
February 28 & March
3:
Reading and
Transcribing the Handwriting of Colonial America
March 7 & 10 - No classes
March 14 & 17:
Immigration,
Passenger Lists, Naturalizations and Passports
March 21 & 24: Other People
Finders, Continuing Education and Giving Back
Preregistration is necessary to insure adequate handouts. The course
fee is $15 to cover the cost of materials. Individual sessions cost $2
each. Register by telephone 510-531-3905 or E-mail.
Please prepay the
materials fee by check, payable to ORFHC. Send to the Oakland Regional
Family History Center, 4766 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland CA 94602,
attention: Marge Bell. Indicate "Intermediate Class" in the memo field.
Illustration:
"The Family Tree" by local artist Lyn White, from the cover of the
Oakland Regional Family History Center brochure.
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Scots-Irish Research Seminar - Save the Date!
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Saturday, March 7, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Please help spread the word!
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 The
California Genealogical Society and Library and the Ulster Historical Foundation will present a full day Scots-Irish Family
History Research Seminar on Saturday, March 7, 2009, at the new Oakland Airport Holiday Inn, 77 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, California.
Fintan Mullan, Executive Director of the Ulster Historical
Foundation and Dr. Brian Trainor, former Director of the Public Record Office of Northern
Ireland (PRONI) and former Research Director of the Ulster Historical
Foundation will present several lectures, including: Emigration from the North of Ireland to North America in the 18th Century, Records Relating to the Different Churches in Ireland, Irish and Scots-Irish Research: 'Not Always at the Bottom of the Pile' and The Ulster Plantation: Sources for 17th Century Families.
Full details and registration information will be available in the program flier which will be included in the January CGS Newsletter and will be available at the CGS website on December 15, 2008.
Watch for a special "early bird" registration price - $10 off if you register before January 15, 2009.
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Ninth Annual Tour to Salt Lake City Announced
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March 29, 2009 - April 5, 2009
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 The dates have been set for the ninth annual California Genealogical Society Salt Lake City
Research Tour. As in previous years, the tour
will run from Sunday to Sunday, March 29, 2009 to
April 5, 2009. CGS President Jane Lindsey and CGS Research Director
Nancy Peterson return as volunteer leaders of this very popular trip to the Family History Library.
The tour package includes:
* Hotel room (7 nights, double occupancy)
* Shuttle service to and from the airport
* Three group dinners (Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday)
* Orientation meeting and several lectures
* Optional assistance at CGS prior to the trip
* Computer assistance
* Hotel shuttle to library, if needed
* Continental breakfast included
Accommodations will be at the Shilo Inn, located three blocks from the Family History Library. The Shilo provides free high-speed internet access in every room.
The cost is $680 (airfare not included.) A deposit of $200 holds one space. Download the tour flier and registration form for full details.
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Beyond the Bay in 2009
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Expanding "Member Coffees" to Include a Speaker
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CGS hopes to expand
membership outreach to include a program with speaker in addition to coffee and
fellowship. Up to three "CGS On the Road" events may be planned for 2009 in locations
where CGS has a cluster of members, pending local volunteer assistance.
Places under consideration include Santa Rosa, San Jose and the San
Joaquin area. E-mail Jane Lindsey or call the society at 510-663-1358 if you would like to help plan an event in your area.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana Tour August 16, 2009. Sign Up Now!
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Allen County Public Library - August 16-23, 2009
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The fourth CGS Research Tour to the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana,
is being planned for August 16-23, 2009. Join CGS President Jane
Lindsey for a week at the best public genealogy library in the United
States.
Space is limited to fifteen participants. To ensure the minimum tour requirement of ten participants is met, a $200 deposit is required by June 15, 2009. The trip will be canceled if we do not have the minimum, so please E-mail Jane Lindsey if you are interested in attending. The tour brochure will be available on the CGS website before mid-December and will be included in the December CGS Newsletter.
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In Memory
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Frederick Sterling "Rick" Sherman (1928-2008)
 Friend,
colleague and CGS Past-President Rick Sherman died on Monday, October
27, 2008. A memorial service will be held at the Berkeley City Club
Ballroom, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, California, on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 2:00 p.m., . The U.C. Berkeley News published Frederick Sherman, leading expert on high altitude gas dynamics, dies at 80. The U.C. Mechanical Engineering Department put up a memorial Web page Frederick S. Sherman has died.
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CGS Ancestors
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Photo Tributes to the CGS Family
This month's CGS Ancestor Photo was submitted by Dick Rees. Dick made this composite of the Tupper family from digital images of the original tintypes.
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These are the nine children of Solon and Nancy Cook Tupper of East
Douglas, Massachusetts and Bakersfield, Vermont. Nelson, the eldest son,
was born in 1841 and the youngest, Francis, in 1855. The tintypes were
doubtless all made on the same day, probably by an itinerant
photographer. There were actually ten children but one died in infancy before the photographs were made.
Josephine (center, bottom) was my great-grandmother. I remember her visiting us when
I was about only about four or five. At the age of 86 she embarked on a bus trip to see
some of her children! My grandmother's brother lived, I think, in North
Carolina at the time and she went to see him and then to my grandmother in
New Haven. She died in 1942 and my parents took me to Vermont for the funeral.
Josephine was an interesting woman. She once asked my
grandfather to take her to visit the writer and poet, Ella Wheeler
Wilcox. He was amazed to learn that his mother-in-law knew
Mrs. Wilcox. "I don't," she replied, "but I soon will." Mrs. Wilcox was
probably astonished at the stranger who rang the doorbell of her summer
home, but Josephine was invited to come in and have tea in the
garden. She and Ella Wheeler Wilcox did become friends - they got together
whenever my great-grandmother was visiting from Vermont. When Mrs.
Wilcox died in 1919, she specified that her funeral service was to be
held from my grandfather's funeral home, a great boost for his
business.
-Dick Rees
If you would like to see your CGS Ancestor featured in a future edition
of the CGS e-News, please e-mail your image
and include a brief description.
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California Genealogical Society and Library
A Northern California Genealogy Resource
Oakland, CA 94612-3031
Founded
February 12, 1898 in San Francisco, CGS, a non-profit, all-volunteer
organization that seeks to aid, educate and encourage research in
family history, is presently located in Oakland, California. The
society maintains a library, gathers and preserves vital records and
disseminates information through publications, meetings, seminars,
workshops, its Web site, blog and online catalog. |
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