California Genealogical Society
and Library eNews
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September 2009, Vol. 3, No. 9
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Please Note: The CGS Library will be CLOSED Saturday, September 5, 2009 for Labor Day. The next First Free Saturday is October 3, 2009.
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September Membership Meeting: Breaking Down Brick Walls
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Saturday, September 12, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
CGS Library, 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2, Oakland, California
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 Four Tales: Family Stories to Help You Break Down Brick Walls
Four active CGS members will share interesting family stories that illustrate the creative ways they conquered their genealogical brick walls.
Lorna Wallace will present Buckingham's Letter - how a twenty year journey ended at the CGS Library.
Tom
Gesner will present Name That Man: Who Was Mr. Ross? - how a fiftieth wedding
anniversary announcement led to a lot of unnecessary work.
Mary Beth Frederick will share The Long and Winding Road to Anne E. - the search for a surname for her gg-grandmother.
Steve Harris will relate brief vignettes with brick wall solutions using familiar
sources in unfamiliar ways.
Please note that a short membership meeting will begin promptly at 1:00
p.m. The presentations will follow at 1:30 p.m. There will be time for
questions and answers.
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| Workshop: Digital Photography - A Tool For Genealogy Research |
Saturday, September 19, 2009, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
CGS Library, 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2, Oakland, California
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Join CGS member Mary Beth Frederick and learn how to use your digital
camera to take photographs of books, original documents, microfilms,
and computer screens. Using this method will save you time, money,
energy, and frustration, not to mention your back as you will never again have to tote
a mountain of paper in your carry-on baggage!
The workshop is a FREE benefit of membership but is limited to fifteen
people. Pre-registration is required - no walk-ins will be allowed.
There is a non-refundable sign-up fee of $10 for non-members. (This fee
can be applied toward membership on the day of the workshop.) There is
a sign-up sheet at the CGS Library desk. Please call CGS at
510-663-1358 or email CGSLevents@gmail.com to reserve a space.
Read more about Mary Beth at the CGSL blog.
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Fall Beginning Genealogy Research Series
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Classes Begin September 24, 2009
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In celebration of October Family History Month, the Oakland Regional Family History Center (ORFHC) and the California Genealogical Society (CGS) are offering an encore Beginning Genealogy Research Series. Four classes will be taught on Thursdays at the ORFHC and repeated on Saturdays, at the CGS Library.
The same teachers and handouts will be used in both sessions each week and enrolled students can attend classes at either or both facilities. Classes start on September 24, 2009. All classes will be held from 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
An optional Internet Workshop will be held on Thursday, October 1 and Saturday, October 3, 2009 from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. There is a $15 fee for the full series of classes which includes a printed syllabus. Single classes can be attended for a fee of $4 per class if space is available. The optional workshop will not be open to walk-ins.
For the full schedule and registration information, download the series flier.
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Announcing the CGS e-News ARCHIVE
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Past Issues Back to 2007 Now Available
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The California Genealogical Society now offers an online archive of all past editions of this electronic newsletter. The CGS e-News ARCHIVE can be easily accessed through the society website. The link is in the left sidebar. Read more at the CGSL blog.
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Silent Auction Items Sought
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Do you have something that would make an interesting auction item for the October 23, 2009 event with NEHGS?
Two years ago at our last New England event, we raised over $1600 with a silent auction. Jane Lindsey still needs a few more items. If you have something to donate, please email Jane and she will call you back.
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October is Family History Month
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Blog Workshop on Saturday, October 10, 2009.
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 Events coordinators Tim Cox and Carolyn Steinberg are planning several special programs to celebrate Family History Month in October. Check the CGSL blog and the Google calendar for event details as they become finalized.
Learn more about the Blog Workshop.
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NEHGS Comes West - Register before September 29th
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Have you sent in your registration form yet? The "early bird" break ends September 29, 2009!
October 23, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Full Day Seminar and Lunch
Wedgewood Wedding and Banquet Center at the Metrolinks Golf Course
10051 Doolittle Drive, Oakland
Michael J. LeClerc and Christopher Child from NEHGS will
present several talks, including Researching Your New England Ancestors Online, Western
Massachusetts Families in 1790 and more.
Friday, October 23, 2009, 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Evening Cocktails and Dinner
Holiday Inn & Suites, 77 Hegenberger Road, Oakland
Capping off the day will be a dinner and presentation The Lighter Side of Genealogy by Brenton Simons, Ryan Woods, and Jane Lindsey.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Private Consultations with Chris Child or Michael LeClerc
CGS Library, 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2, Oakland, California
Consultations will be available for purchase for $25 per half-hour. Payment should be made directly to NEHGS at the time. Please email Ryan Woods with questions or to receive the request form.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Special Sunday Research Time for Seminar Participants Only
CGS Library, 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2, Oakland, California
Download the flier for full event details.
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CGS Ancestors
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Photo Tributes to the CGS Family
Edited by Cathy H. Paris
This month's photographs and story were submitted by Lisa Gorrell.
The girl in the white dress in the photograph on the left is my great-grandmother, Lela Ann, with her parents Ebenezer LOVELESS and Eliza ROGERS. Lela Ann Loveless was born in Faulkner County, Arkansas, in 1896. Her family later moved to Stephenville, Erath County, Texas. Although all census records indicate that Ebenezer was a farmer, he also
was a minister. I have a newspaper photo showing him baptizing
adults in a river. Lela Ann married George Warren LANCASTER in 1912. They had four
children, one of whom is my
95-year-old grandmother, who I have always called Mam-ma. Mam-ma and my mother, Lea Nell, came to California after
World War II. They are shown in the second photograph in the matching
clothes that my grandmother made. These two photos are the four generations before me.
- Lisa Gorrell
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If you would like to see your CGS Ancestor pictured in a future edition
of the CGS e-News, please email Cathy Paris and send your image
and a brief narrative.
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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 website, blog and online catalog. |
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