ROOT CELLAR MEETING CORRECTION As several of you noticed, I gave the wrong date for the November meeting. It is Wednesday, November 9th at 7 pm. Sorry!
Shirley: Nov. 7th is a Monday. I assume the meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 9th. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shirley Chang" <schang007@comcast.net> To: <CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 10:59 PM Subject: ROOT CELLAR November Meeting > > > ROOT CELLAR November 2005 Meeting > > > > The meeting for November is Wednesday, November 7th at 7 pm in the Community > Room at Merrill Gardens, 7418 Stock Ranch Road, Citrus Heights (near Sylvan > Road and Greenback Lane). > > > > The speaker is Stephen P. Morse whose topic is "One-Step Searching for > Census, Ellis Island, Castle Garden and Other Records". > > > > The December meeting will have Glenda Lloyd as speaker and the Christmas > Raffle. More information later on the topic and the Raffle. > > > > > > > > ==== CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message to > CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains (in the body of the message) the command > unsubscribe > > and no additional text. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >
ROOT CELLAR November 2005 Meeting The meeting for November is Wednesday, November 7th at 7 pm in the Community Room at Merrill Gardens, 7418 Stock Ranch Road, Citrus Heights (near Sylvan Road and Greenback Lane). The speaker is Stephen P. Morse whose topic is "One-Step Searching for Census, Ellis Island, Castle Garden and Other Records". The December meeting will have Glenda Lloyd as speaker and the Christmas Raffle. More information later on the topic and the Raffle.
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 1 to 3 pm Topic: Nancy Morebeck Speaker: Civil War Records Meetings are held in the Senior Wing of the Maidu Community Center located at 1550 Maidu Drive, Roseville. Please remember to sign in at the Senior Desk and at the Roseville Genealogical Society table. Visitors are always welcome!
Meeting Notice: The Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley meets Saturday, November 5, at 10:00 am at the Sacramento LDS Family History Center, 2745 Eastern Ave, Sacramento. This meeting is a week earlier than usual, due to a seminar on Nov 12. If your organization has dates scheduled for any genealogical special events next year (seminars, etc), please submit your dates for the Council's long-range calendar. Email the date, event type, and name of sponsoring organization to info@sacvalleygenes.org. The Council's goal is to facilitate communication and cooperation among genealogical organizations and libraries in northern California. Anyone interested in what's happening in the genealogical community is welcome to attend our meetings. Barbara Leak, President Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley
PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385 AUBURN, CA 95604 Voice Mail (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 31, 2005 GENEALOGY SOCIETY TO HOLD ITS DAY STUDY GROUP The Placer County Genealogy Society (PCGS) will hold its regular monthly Day Study Group Workshop, on Monday, November 14th. The Society sponsors this study session on the second Monday of each month (except December), from 10AM to Noon, in the Placer County Library's Beecher Room, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn. This month's day program will be led by Barbara Leak on the subject of "County and Town Histories." She will demonstrate different types of local history books and see what they have to say about our ancestors. The study group session is open to the public at no cost. For more information on this Study Group, the Society's Family TreeMaker User Group and its regular meeting activity, see the Society's Web page at www.pcgs.pcgenes.com or call 887-2646. #
The special on Cemeteries was GREAT. If you haven't seen it yet, tune in Monday, Oct. 31 at 10 pm, Channel 6 or TIVO it. >Wednesday, October 26, 8pm & 11pm >Thursday, October 27, 4pm >Monday, October 31, 10pm > >Channel 6 will air A Cemetery Special, a celebration of cemeteries across >America. This one-hour program will feature an unusual and informative look >at graves, monuments, family plots, sculpture, and the way cemeteries >interconnect with many aspects of modern American culture. >
For those of you that knew Dr. Pat Stanford, her obituary is in today's Sacramento Bee. It can also be viewed online at: http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?Id=LS15509256X Click on the above link or cut and paste the url into your browser's address bar. Marilyn Larson My E-mail is protected by Norton Anti-Virus 2005
PBS will air a special on Cemeteries (one of my favorite research topics!) this week. Wednesday, October 26, 8pm & 11pm Thursday, October 27, 4pm Monday, October 31, 10pm Channel 6 will air A Cemetery Special, a celebration of cemeteries across America. This one-hour program will feature an unusual and informative look at graves, monuments, family plots, sculpture, and the way cemeteries interconnect with many aspects of modern American culture.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 1 to 3 pm Topic: Whirlwind Tour of Genealogical Records, Part II Speaker: Pamela Dallas Meetings are held in the Senior Wing of the Maidu Community Center located at 1550 Maidu Drive, Roseville. Please remember to sign in at the Senior Desk and at the Roseville Genealogical Society table. Visitors are always welcome!
For the twelfth year, the following class is being offered this spring at Sierra College in Rocklin: An Introduction to Family History and Genealogy This class is designed for those new to family history research, or those with some experience who may wish to refresh their basic research skills. The six-session class includes five, three-hour classroom sessions plus a field trip to the Sacramento Family History Center, a local genealogical research facility. The field trip is scheduled in consultation with students early in the class sessions. This introductory class will explore the fascinating world of genealogy and family history research, America's second most popular hobby. In this class, you will learn how to begin researching your family history; how to organize and record data on charts and forms; the types of records to research; successful research strategies including identifying, locating, and searching sources; and how to evaluate data that is discovered. Many examples are used throughout the class. The use of computers, the Internet, and genealogical and other software programs in your research will also be discussed. The class includes the following six sessions: Session 1: Getting started: definitions, recording data, documenting your research Session 2: Organizing research, the five research steps, genealogical research facilities, research sources (family sources, compiled sources, original sources, U.S. census records.) Session 3: Research sources (continued): timelines; land and property records; naming practices; oral and written histories; family photographs; calendar changes; maps, atlases and gazetteers; newspaper records and obituaries; researching directories; occupational and fraternal records. Session 4: Research sources (continued): passenger lists; immigration/emigration; voting registers; naturalization records; military records; cemetery, mortuary and burial records. Session 5: Research sources (continued): court records (wills, probates, divorce, guardianships, adoptions); tax lists; school records; and medical records; record searching tips; sharing your family history; and an overview of the use of computers in genealogical research. Session 6: Orientation and Tour of the Sacramento Family History Center -------- Sierra College, Community Education (Rocklin Campus) To register, call: (916) 781-0590 or (800) 242-4004, extension 2590, or online at: www.sccommed.org (directions are posted) (Class code #8517) Thursdays, November 3, 10, 17 (no class on 11/24), December 1, 8, 2005 + the Family History Center tour (to be scheduled in class) The class will meet at the Rocklin campus, 5000 Rocklin Road, Rocklin from 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Fee: $79 (+ $5 fee to the instructor to cover handout materials) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Genealogy on the Internet This class is designed for beginner and intermediate family history researchers. A basic understanding of computers and the Internet is highly recommended as this class focuses on family history research strategies on the Internet and not basic Internet skills. This is a three hour, one session class, offered in the computer lab of each school. Genealogy on the Internet is more than "surfing." It is researching, sharing, and learning to utilize new tools that were never available before! The advent of the personal computer and the Internet have made genealogical research possible on a global scale. Researchers can communicate across town or around the world, in record-breaking time. Learn what genealogical resources are available on the Internet and how to use them. We will discuss the World Wide Web, e-mail, mailing lists and newsgroups, commercial online services, tutorials, online library catalogs, and research databases (free and subscription-based). -------------- Sierra College, Community Education (Rocklin Campus) To register, call: (916) 781-0590 or (800) 242-4004, extension 2590, or online at: www.sccommed.org (directions are posted) (Class code #8489) Tuesday, December 13 (one session) The class will meet in Room RG-112 at the Roseville Gateway (the old Roseville Hospital site), 333 Sunrise Avenue, Roseville from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Fee: $34 (+ $1 fee to the instructor to cover handout materials) INSTRUCTOR for both classes is Chuck Knuthson Chuck has been studying and conducting genealogical research for thirty years. He has instructed beginning and intermediate classes for eleven years, and lectures regionally and nationally. Chuck has lectured at the national conferences for the National Genealogical Society and the Federation of Genealogical Societies. A fourth generation Californian, Chuck is a retired captain, having served thirty-two years with the Roseville Police Department. He has completed seminars at Brigham Young University, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the National Institute on Genealogical Research, and the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. He has also completed the National Genealogical Society's course, American Genealogy: A Basic Course. He has attended numerous local, state, and national seminars, institutes, and conferences. Chuck is president of the 1,200 member Sacramento German Genealogy Society, and a member of numerous other genealogical and professional organizations. He currently serves as Treasurer for the Federation of Genealogical Societies.He is pursuing certification as a professional genealogist. If you have questions or wish additional information, please call Chuck in Roseville at (916) 782-5704, or you may e-mail him at: cknuthson@surewest.net . Chuck's web site is at: <www.californiaancestry.com>. NOTE: While pre-registration is not required it is strongly ADVISED, as any class not meeting the minimum number of registrations will be canceled.
Hi, Last call for the bus trip to Sutro Genealogy Library in San Francisco on Wednesday, October 26th. We still have seats. We have several pickup locations, so you shouldn't have to drive too far. At this point, no future bus trips are planned. This may be your final time to use this stress free method of transportation to a great genealogy source. Sharon G. Bias PO Box 1725 North Highlands CA 95660 (916) 481-4413 work (916) 487-6858 fax SGBELVERTA@aol.com
PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385 AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 pcgs.pcgenes.com PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 16, 2005 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN AUBURN The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, October 27th, in the Beecher Room of the Placer County Library located at 350 Nevada Street in Auburn. The meeting is free and open to the public. The program speaker this month will be Annette Hulse who will speak on the subject of "Using the Resources of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society from Afar". Annette is an active genealogy professional researcher and consultant; her interest in genealogy dates back to her teen years. She has been an operations and engineering consultant for 20 years, after studying Civil Engineering at MIT and Stanford. She also continues to enjoy playing women's soccer. She is a member of the NEHGS Advisory Council, edit the newsletter for San Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society, and she is the webmaster for the Namaqua Chapter of the DAR. She is also a member of the Associate of Professional Genealogy and the Genealogical Speakers Guild.. The Placer County Genealogical Society has a membership of nearly 200 that is made up of individuals and families that have historical and genealogical interests. The group holds a general meeting at the Auburn library site on the fourth Thursday of each month from 7-9PM, and features a program speaker on various genealogical subjects. The group also offers two specialty day groups that meet from 10AM to noon. One, the Day Study Group, studies various topics of member interest and meets at the library the second Monday of each month except July, August and December. The other, the Family Tree Maker User Group, reviews genealogy computer program subjects on the second Thursday of the month, and meets at the Latter Day Saints Church, 1255 Bell Road, in Auburn. The Society maintains a web site at "pcgs.pcgenes.com" where details of these meetings can be found as well as other research references and announcements.
Registration is now open for the Fall Seminar sponsored by the Sacramento Family History Center to be held Saturday 12 November in Fair Oaks. The emphasis this seminar is 'Digital and Original' concentrating on original records online. We have 11 new classes including; University Special Collections Online, State Archives and Libraries Online, Brigham Young University Library Online, GenSmarts, NewEnglandAncestors.org, Google; your Personal Research Assistant, Latest and Greatest Online, PAF Insight and many others. Details and registration can be printed by selecting the 'seminar' tab from the Family History Center Web Site at http://www.familyhistorycenter.info <http://www.familyhistorycenter.info/> . Come and make a day of it! Deadline for pre-registration is 2 November.
Family History Day at the Archives Saturday, October 15, 2005 8:30am to 4:00 pm California State Archives, 1020 "O" Street, Sacramento Join us for a full day of genealogical activities! Classes on many aspects of genealogical research including DNA, passenger lists, newspapers, German research & oral histories, preservation techniques and using the Internet will be offered throughout the day. Local genealogical, historical and lineage societies will have exhibits and have members available to answer questions. Tour the behind the scenes areas of the State Archives and research in Root Cellar's library. And all this is free to the public! For a schedule of classes visit the California State Archives website at www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm
Sacramento Jewish Genealogical Society Monday, October 17, 2005, 7 p.m. Albert Einstein Residence Center, 1935 Wright Street, Sacramento “City Directories -- Clues to Your Family Tree” John Powell is a professional genealogist with a probate research firm as well as a licensed private investigator. He’ll talk about his work tracing genealogies to locate the nearest living relatives for estate distribution. During the last ten years he’s solved hundreds of genealogies ranging from missing children to cases involving more than 800 cousins. One valuable tool? City directories. He’ll share tips on how to use the directories to trace families from year to year and offer several clues to using other records that help in compiling a more complete family tree. Please join us at 7 p.m., Monday, October 17. For more information, contact the Sacramento Jewish Genealogical Society at jgs_sacramento@yahoo.com or leave a message at 916-486-0906 ext. 361.
ROOT CELLAR MEETING The ROOT CELLAR Meeting for October is Wednesday, October 12th at 7 pm in the Community Room at Merrill Gardens, 7418 Stock Ranch Road, Citrus Heights (off Sylvan Road - north of Greenback Lane). There will be a 28th Birthday Celebration for ROOT CELLAR and Tom Crews will speak on "The Pony Express". Come for the Birthday celebration, hear an interesting speaker and see the new meeting location.
Sacramento German Genealogy Society PO Box 660061 Sacramento CA 95866-0081 OK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Upcoming topics at the Sacramento German Genealogy Society The next meeting of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society will be on Tuesday, October 25, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church. St. Mark’ s is located at the corner of Lusk Drive and St. Mark’s Way in Sacramento. The speaker will be Dr. Roger Minert. The topic is: Recording German Place Names: Solving Problems of Style, Format, and Consistency for Documenting Our Ancestors' Lives. Roger P. Minert, Ph.D., a professor of German family history at Brigham Young University, broaches problems of place-name designations and proposes solutions concerning geographic levels of place names, changes in jurisdictions, "official" spellings, and other problems faced in documenting our German ancestors' lives. Entrance to the SGGS monthly meetings is free and visitors are welcome. Guests and members are encouraged to arrive for the meeting a half-hour early, to allow themselves time to socialize and browse the society’s informational tables. The tables feature German genealogy-related books and other genealogical aids for sale, German reference and library tools, and back issues of the society’s quarterly “Der Blumenbaum.” There are always mentors in attendance who share your interests and are eagerly awaiting a chance to discuss German genealogy, answer your questions, and compare notes on research. If you have questions about the society, e-mail President Chuck V. Knuthson at: _cknuthson@surewest.net_ (mailto:cknuthson@surewest.net) or call him at (916) 782-5704. Please visit the society’s website at: _www.SacGerGenSoc.org_ (http://www.SacGerGenSoc.org) . Submitted by: Sharon G. Bias, Publicity Director 3838 Watt Avenue #F605 Sacramento CA 95821 (916) 481-4413 _sgbelverta@aol.com_ (mailto:sgbelverta@aol.com)
Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1 to 3 pm Topic: Taffy Couts Speaker: Tribe of Native Americans Meetings are held in the Senior Wing of the Maidu Community Center located at 1550 Maidu Drive, Roseville. Please remember to sign in at the Senior Desk and at the Roseville Genealogical Society table. Visitors are always welcome! ----- Original Message ----- From: "James L. Rader" <jim@rader.org> To: <CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:24 PM Subject: Saturday October 15th annual genealogical fair California Archives Week Celebrates with Week Long Events, > Thursday, October 6, 2005 > > California Archives Week Celebrates "Discovering Historical Treasures of the > Golden State" with Week Long Events > > Sacramento, CA - "Discovering Historical Treasures of the Golden State" will > serve as the theme of this year's California Archives Week, from October > 8-15. The events, sponsored by the Society of California Archivists and the > California State Archives, will be held at the California State Archives > Building at 1020 "O" Street. This celebration encourages archives, > libraries, museums and historical societies throughout the state to > highlight their collections and services. > > The California State Archives will hold an open house on Saturday, October > 8th from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. The open house will include behind the scenes > tours, a special exhibit of documents from the collection, displays by local > repositories and the opening of "This is War! The Golden State in Global > Conflict," an exhibit on California during World War II. > > On Thursday, October 13th, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., the Archives will host a > forum to discuss the use of historical documents. Presentations will be > given on the Mexican-American youth in California, finding information in > the State Archives and the exclusion of the Japanese during World War II in > California. > > To close out the week, on Saturday, October 15th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., > the Archives will host its annual genealogical fair, Family History Day. > The day's events will feature exhibitors, tours of the Archives, classes on > researching family history and document preservation demonstrations. The > day's events are being held in collaboration with local genealogical and > historical organizations. > > > For a statewide listing of California Archives Week events, please visit the > State Archives' website at http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm. > > > > I hope you have a good day > I am Jim Rader 916-366-6833 > my web site is www.rader.org > email me at jim@rader.org > Classes on my web at http://www.rader.org/classes/my_classes.htm > > > > ==== CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS Mailing List ==== > How to unsubscribe. Send a message to > CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > that contains (in the body of the message) the command > unsubscribe > > and no additional text. > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > >
Thursday, October 6, 2005 California Archives Week Celebrates "Discovering Historical Treasures of the Golden State" with Week Long Events Sacramento, CA - "Discovering Historical Treasures of the Golden State" will serve as the theme of this year's California Archives Week, from October 8-15. The events, sponsored by the Society of California Archivists and the California State Archives, will be held at the California State Archives Building at 1020 "O" Street. This celebration encourages archives, libraries, museums and historical societies throughout the state to highlight their collections and services. The California State Archives will hold an open house on Saturday, October 8th from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. The open house will include behind the scenes tours, a special exhibit of documents from the collection, displays by local repositories and the opening of "This is War! The Golden State in Global Conflict," an exhibit on California during World War II. On Thursday, October 13th, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., the Archives will host a forum to discuss the use of historical documents. Presentations will be given on the Mexican-American youth in California, finding information in the State Archives and the exclusion of the Japanese during World War II in California. To close out the week, on Saturday, October 15th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Archives will host its annual genealogical fair, Family History Day. The day's events will feature exhibitors, tours of the Archives, classes on researching family history and document preservation demonstrations. The day's events are being held in collaboration with local genealogical and historical organizations. For a statewide listing of California Archives Week events, please visit the State Archives' website at http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm. I hope you have a good day I am Jim Rader 916-366-6833 my web site is www.rader.org email me at jim@rader.org Classes on my web at http://www.rader.org/classes/my_classes.htm