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The Call for Presentations for the 47th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree AND the 2016 Extension Webinar Series has been issued.
If you are interested in being considered as a speaker, submit your proposals before September 30, 2015. All the details are here. Jamboree will be held June 3-5, 2016, with a pre-conference DNA and workshop day on June 2nd. The conference will again be held at the Marriott Los Angeles Burbank Airport Hotel.
Please feel free to forward this to your friends, cousins, and others who may be interested in speaking or in attending.
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GENEii Writing Contest
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 The Southern California Genealogical Society sponsors its annual family history writing contest to support and encourage the writing of family history, local history, and memoirs, both by genealogists and by the public at large.
Now is the time to start writing! Submissions must be received between 1 November and 31 December, 2015. For more information, click here.
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Ralphs Club Renew Today!
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Thanks to all of the SCGS members and friends who joined the Ralphs Community Contribution Program in support of the Southern California Genealogical Society. SCGS receives over $2000 each year through participation in this program. Ralphs policy requires that participants re-join the program every year. All of our members who are currently enrolled in the Ralphs Community Contribution Program must update their information to continue to participate in the program.
Sign up or re-enroll here.
Thanks for supporting SCGS!
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Upcoming Events at the
SCGS Family Research Library
The Master Genealogist User Group
5 September - 2pm-4pm
Beginners Class - First Steps
12 September 9am-11am
Lunch & Learn
12 September 12pm-3pm
African American User Group
12 September - 3:30pm-6pm
Family Tree Maker User Group
13 September - 4pm-6pm
Legacy User Group
14 September - 7pm-9pm
Hispanic Tuesday
15 September - 11am-4pm
Italian Interest Group
19 September - 10am-12pm
German Interest Group
19 September - 1pm-4pm
RootsMagic User Group 20 September - 2pm-4pm French-Canadian Heritage Society 25 October - 10am-4pm Beginning Genealogy Classes September 1, 8, 15 & 22 9:30am-11:30am SCGS Members Only
Writers Group 1 September - 12pm-2pm Writers Group 20 September - 2pm-4pm Luncheon for SCGS Volunteers 3 October - 11am-3pm
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SCGS and the
Family Research Library
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Southern California
Genealogical Society
Library open to the public;
donations gratefully accepted.
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Hours
Monday: Closed
1st, 2nd & 4th Tuesday: 10am - 4pm
3rd Tuesday: 10am-9pm
Wednesday: 10am-4pm
Thursday: 10am-4pm
Friday: 10am-2pm
1st and 2nd Saturday: 10am-4pm
3rd and 4th Sunday: 10am-4pm
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MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
Are you a member of the Southern California Genealogical Society? If not, consider joining us. Your membership opens the door to many valuable benefits, whether you live in the neighborhood or hundreds of miles away. Join over 2,000 other members of SCGS who are located in all corners of the US and around the globe. You'll be glad you did!
Free remote access to fee-based subscriptions
- MyHeritage Library Edition
- World Vital Records (value to $89.99/year)
Free 24/7 access to the Webinar Archive with over 100 hours of recorded sessions from the Extension Webinar Series. Quarterly journal The Searcher (choice of digital or hard copy)
Discounts
- $35 discount on an annual findmypast.com subscription
- Registration discounts for Jamboree and DNA Conferences
- Research Team Assistance
- SCGS Publications
Opportunities to Collaborate
- Special Interest Groups: French-Canadian, Hispanic, African American, Irish, Italian, German, Chinese, Nikkei, Family Tree Maker, Legacy, RootsMagic, The Master Genealogist, DNA, Family History Writers
- Volunteer opportunities galore
- 1890 Project to create an online data resource for LA County.
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 Join us for our twice-monthly webinars featuring knowledgeable, acknowledged top-tier professional genealogical speakers.
The live webcast is offered free of charge to family historians around the globe.
SCGS members have 24/7 access to nearly 125 sessions in the members-only webinar archive. Register today for the webinars in the 2015 series!We are grateful to those who, through donations and memberships, have supported the SCGS mission to provide genealogical education to a global audience.
 Saturday October 3, 2015 - 10am PDTTen Steps to Better Genealogy by Eric W. Siess, CG. Improve your genealogical skills and results through new tools, habits and learning. Ten simple steps can put you on a path to better research.
Please Support the Webinar Series
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 Upcoming
Lunch and Learn Sessions
SCGS Family Research Library,
417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA
Free, open to the public
Saturday, 12 September 2015 - 1:00pm-3:15pm
"Secrets of the Los Angeles Public Library Map Collection"
Glen Creason, LAPL Map Curator
"Using Maps and Gazetteers in Genealogical Research"
Ted Gostin.
Saturday, 10 October 2015 -1:00pm-3:15pm
"Heritage Society Application Day." Find out how to join a heritage society.
Saturday, 14 November 2015 - 1:00pm-5:00pm
"Adoption Research"
"California and the Civil War"
"The Grand Army of the Republic"
Kim von Aspern-Parker.
The Library will not be open for research.
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Preserve the Pensions  Donate Today!
SCG  S has accepted the challenge and joined the FGS project to preserve the fragile records of the War of 1812 Pensions through digitization. In support of this monumental task, SCGS will match, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the first $2500 donated by members, Jamboree guests and others. So far we have raised $1,536.
Your $50 donation is matched by SCGS, then matched by Ancestry, then matched by FGS, to become a donation of $200, allowing 444 pages of documents to be digitized. Donate here. Note on your donation that this is for the 1812 Pension Project.
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New Database at the SCGS Library!
 Back by popular demand to the SCGS Library, findmypast.com currently has more than 2 billion historical records from around the world, including U.S. census records, the largest collection of Irish records available online, and U.S. military records from the Revolutionary War to World war II. In additon, the library subscription grants access to explore millions of newspaper pages,as well as the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI).
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Wednesday October 21, 2015 - 6pm PDT