Folsom Cordova Adult Education Fall Semester 2004 Presents Family History Report Writing Using the Genealogical Standards of the Board of Certified Genalogists A 7 Week Workshop Held in Folsom at the Mercy Folsom Village Computer Lab 1160 Duchow, Folsom $40/Seniors 55 and older $30 Instructor: Susan H. Jackman Thursday 9 am -12 pm Class begins 9 September 2004 Week One: Project Definition/Elements of a Report Week Two: Evidence Evaluation Standards Week Three: Genealogical Proof Standard Week Four: Proof Summaries/Limited Project Client Report Week Five: Abstracts/Extracts/Summaries/Transcriptions Week Six: Nutshells or Snapshots/Quotations Week Seven: Review and Pesentation of Reports Learn how to define and execute a research project Learn how to prove a relationship when a primary source is unavailable Learn how to create a thorough report using Genealogical Standards Includes Internet Research The last half of each class is spent online using Internet sources and working on reports Come Away with a Finished Project! The class has limited seating for 12 people This class is TENTATIVE based on the AVAILABILITY of the time slot above. DO NOT CONTACT THE ADULT EDUCATION OFFICE CONCERNING THIS CLASS AS IT IS NOT ON THE FALL SCHEDULE. BUT, There is a 90 percent chance that it WILL happen. If you are interested, send an email to the instructor: susanjackman@comcast.net Questions? Call or e-mail the instructor Susan Jackman at (916) 983-5118

Folsom Cordova Adult Education Fall Semester 2004 Presents Creating a Family History Web Site A 7 Week Course in HTML Held in Folsom at the Mercy Folsom Village Computer Lab0 1160 Duchow, Folsom $40/Seniors 55 and older $30 Instructor: Susan H. Jackman Monday 9am-12pm Class begins September 13th Learn how to create a Web Site including your Family Histories, Ancestral Photos and Pedigree Charts. Bring in your GEDCOM, documents and Photos. Come away with a finished product ready to upload to your server. This is FUN STUFF! Week One: The Internet, Introduction to Creating Web Pages Week Two: Getting Started, Changing the appearance of Text Week Three: Adding Images, Working with Images Week Four: Creating Links, Creating Tables Week Five: Creating Frames, Advanced Web Pages Week Six: Using Style Sheets, Publishing Web Pages Week Seven: Summary of HTML Tags, Review Registration Begins August 1st The class has limited seating for 12 people If you would like a registration reminder email the instructor A Registration form will be sent to your email on August 1st Questions? Call or e-mail the instructor Susan Jackman at the above address or (916) 983-5118

Genealogy Classes offered by Jim Rader (Sept 2004) See full computer class schedule at http://www.rader.org/Fall2004.htm There is a registration form on the page above ! I will be teaching the following Genealogy classes plus "Movies on your PC", Intro to computers and "How come they are rich and I am not?" Online Roots for the Beginning Family Researcher - The Internet is a wonderful-albeit intimidating-tool for genealogists. Online Roots offers step-by-step, carefully categorized instructions that will help you feel comfortable using the Internet to enhance your genealogical research. The Internet has become an integral part of genealogy research. Even if you are fairly comfortable with online genealogy research, chances are Online Roots will provide new methods and hints that can further your search. Friday . 12:30-2:30 Class begins Sept. 10 7 wks. $40/$30 seniors 55+ Optional TEXTBOOK --. Online Roots: How to Discover Your Family's History and Heritage with the Power of the Internet By Pamela Boyer Porter, CGRS, CGL; and Amy Johnson Crow, CG. Rutledge Hill Press, 2003. Softcover. $19.99. The Internet has become an integral part of genealogy research. Even if you are fairly comfortable with online genealogy research, chances are Online Roots will provide new methods and hints that can further your search. Topics covered will include; Getting Your Feet Wet , - Doing the Right Thing , Wading in Deeper , Finding People in the Modern Era , Revealing Family Sources , Acquiring Vital Records , Finding Ancestors in the Census or Other Lists , Visiting the Courthouse , Coming to America: Immigration, Naturalization, and Ethnic Sources , Finding Clues to Military Service , Discovering Ancestors at Work and Worship , Finding Ancestors in Unusual Places , Using Libraries and Archives Effectively , Putting Your Ancestors in Context Legacy: The Basics The full-featured professional genealogy program that helps you track, organize, print, and share your family history. Includes sourcing, reports, merging, To Do list, slide shows, multimedia, Web pages, spell checking, import and export and much more. By Jim Rader Fri. 3:00-5:00 Class begins Sept. 10 7 wks. $40/$30 seniors 55+ The full-featured professional genealogy program that helps you track, organize, print, and share your family history. Includes sourcing, reports, merging, To Do list, slide shows, multimedia, Web pages, spell checking, import and export and much more. And, it's free! Topics covered will include Start a New Family File, Add the First Individual, Add a Spouse , Add Marriage Information , Add a Child , Add Parents , Add New Events to an Individual , Enter Notes for an Individual , Add a New, Unlinked Individual , Navigate , Use the Name List , Use Right-Click Menus , Back Up Your Family File , Import a GEDCOM File , Import a PAF File , Link to Existing Individuals , Add an Additional Spouse , Unlink or Delete a Child, Spouse, or Parent , Rearrange Spouse Order and Child Order , Search for Individuals , Show Relationships , Display Another Family/Pedigree View , Export a GEDCOM File , Use Bookmarks , Use the History List , Add Additional Parents , Merge Duplicate Individuals , Find Potential Problems , Copy From One File to Another , Print a Report , Print a Book , Print Blank Forms I hope you are having a fine day ! Seeking Jesus' will in my life ! I am Jim Rader jim@rader.org Visit my web at www.rader.org I hope to hear from you again soon!

PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385, AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 6, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN AUBURN The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, July 22th, in the Beecher Room of the Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street in Auburn. The meeting is free and open to the public. The program speaker this month will be Vi Parsons. Her topic will be "Writing Your Life History in Five Minute Stories." It would make genealogy research so exciting and so much easier if an ancestor had left a diary, journal or a book of stories about their family. If you don't think you have time to write your own history, this is the class for you. Ms. Parsons will explain how to select a subject and write a story in a few minutes while traveling or waiting for an appointment or even watching TV. She will conclude by helping all to write one of their own special memories. The Placer County Genealogical Society has a membership of over 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. One that studies various topics of member interest, which meets at the library on the 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, at the Latter Day Saints Church, 1255 Bell Road, in Auburn. The Society maintains a web site at "www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html " where details of these meetings can be found as well as other research references and announcements. #

Sacramento German Genealogy Society P. O. 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, July 27, at 1:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church on Lusk Drive at St. Mark’s Way in Sacramento. The speaker will be Jim Rader, who will present “DNA and its relation to family history research.” The discoveries and opportunities in DNA research appear revolutionary for family historians. The August 24 meeting topic, presented by LaVern Rippley, Ph.D., will be “200 Years of Germans in America.” The September 28 meeting topic, presented by several SGGS members, will be “I made a big boo-boo in my German family history, but I sure learned from that mistake!” The October 26 meeting topic, presented by SGGS favorite Roger P. Minert, Ph.D., will be “Fact or Fancy: Client Misconceptions Noted during 12 Years as a Professional German Researcher.” 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, which 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.” And 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 Charles V. Knuthson at cknuthson@surewest.net or call him at (916) 782-5704 or contact the society’s website at www.SacGerGenSoc.org. Submitted by Ramona Schmiedel, Publicity Director 5915 Pelm Lane Foresthill CA 95631 (530) 367-4445 rundfschmiedel@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ MSN Movies - Trailers, showtimes, DVD's, and the latest news from Hollywood! http://movies.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200509ave/direct/01/

Joe Shackelford is feeling some better, Helen Campbell Called and yes Joe is feeling better but he is still ill. He is in Washington now with his daughter. Joe's house will be sold. There will be a yard sale there, June 24, 25, 26 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. ) The address is 3224 Wigan CT., Rancho Cordova . There are some Genealogy things for Sale at a reasonable price. .

Looking forward to seeing you July 7th. for the 6 week Family History Session at the Cordova Senior Center, 1-3 pm. Sincerely, Mary Lou Shaw

Jim Thank you again for the splendid presentation you did for our Family History Class at the Cordova Senior Center. I hope to enroll with you in the Fall. Would you please send this E mail out for me? Helen Campbell Called and yes Joe is feeling better but he is still ill. He is in Washington now with his daughter. Joe's house will be sold. There will be a yard sale there, June 24, 25, 26 (Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning. ) The address is 3224 Wigan CT., Rancho Cordova . There are some Genealogy things for Sale at a reasonable price. . Looking forward to seeing you July 7th. for the 6 week Family History Session at the Cordova Senior Center, 1-3 pm. Sincerely, Mary Lou Shaw

For those of you looking for a new computer Here's an offer which will be hard to beat 348.59 After Rebates thru Jun 26 Shop at Store Office Depot 11119 Folsom Blvd., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Tel: (916) 638-9308 • 256MB DDR SDRAM memory • 40GB hard drive • DVD-ROM/CD-RW (48x24x48x) drive • Windows® XP Home • 17" CRT monitor (16" viewable area) • Canon i350 inkjet printer Model T2742 628.59 - 50.00 eMachines PC Mail-In Rebate - 30.00 KDS Monitor Mail-In Rebate - 50.00 Printer Mail-In Rebate - 150.00 Office Depot Bundle Mail-In Rebate = 348.59 #479472 I hope you are having a fine day ! Seeking Jesus' will in my life ! I am Jim Rader jim@rader.org Visit my web at www.rader.org I hope to hear from you again soon!

This seems to be a good month for history lovers on Channel 6. Just in time for commemorating Independence Day, here is another program dealing with the American Revolution. Rebels and Redcoats: How Britain Lost America With vivid dramatizations of battles, eyewitness accounts, original documents and paintings, REBELS AND REDCOATS tells the untold story of the American Revolution. Renowned British military historian Richard Holmes presents the four-part series, focusing on the military struggle - the soldiers, leaders, tactics and strategy of this grand conflict. Told from an unusual point of view - that of the British losers - the series at the same time explores painful conflicts within the American populace, taking viewers inside the vicious battles of brothers, friends and families forced to choose sides between loyalist and rebels. The first 2 episodes of this 4-part series are scheduled to air on KVIE, Channel 6 at the following dates and times: Episode 1: The Shot Heard Around the World/American Crisis Wednesday, June 23, at 8:00 pm Thursday, June 24, at 3:00 pm Friday, June 25, at 1:00 am Episode 2: The War Moves South The World Turned Upside Down Wednesday, June 30, at 8:00 pm Thursday, July 1, at 3:00 pm

* LIBERTY! The American Revolution * is a dramatic documentary about the birth of the American Republic and the struggle of a loosely connected group of states to become a nation. The George Foster Peabody award-winning series brings the people, events and ideas of the revolution to life through military reenactments and dramatic recreations performed by a distinguished cast. Episodes 1 and 2 of this 6-part series are scheduled to air on KVIE Channel 6 on the following dates and times: Episode 1: The Reluctant Revolutionaries Tuesday, June 22, at 2:00 pm Episode 2: Blows Must Decide Tuesday, June 29, at 2:00 pm Learn more about it at http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ This wonderful series originally aired on PBS a few years ago. I am delighted to see it being broadcast again and highly recommend watching it. Barbara Leak President, Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley

History Detectives returns to PBS next week with all new episodes. Air times on KVIE Channel 6 are: Episode One - Civil War-Era Submarine, Red Cloud's Pipe, The Edison House Monday, June 21, at 9:00 pm Tuesday, June 22, at 3:00 pm Wednesday, June 23, at 2:00 am Episode Two - Monopoly, Japanese Internment Camp Artwork, The Lewis and Clark Cane Monday, June 28, at 9:00 pm Tuesday, June 29, at 3:00 pm Wednesday, June 30, at 2:00 am Learn more about it at http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/

Two more winners have been announced in the drawings at the NGS conference. Please see the original message below. Sue Gross, winner of the Palm Pilot, is president of the Nevada County Genealogical Society, one of our Council member organizations. Sue put in a lot of time at the conference volunteering for the Council at our exhibit booth. Congratulations, Sue. You've earned this reward! Barbara Leak, President Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley www.sacvalleygenes.org ----- Original Message ----- > We would like to congratulate Andrea Dietze for winning a five-night stay > and Sue Gross for winning a brand-new Palm Pilot from the Holiday Inn-Salt > Lake City for registering at our booth at the NGS show in Sacramento. Thank > you all for registering and please stop by our booth at the FGS show to > enter to win another great prize. Again when you visit Salt Lake City > please take advantage of our $55+tax genealogy rate and complimentary > shuttle service to & from the Library. > > Good luck on finding the next branch in your family tree! > > Jill B. Poulsen > Holiday Inn, Salt Lake City-Downtown > 999 S. Main Street > Salt Lake City, UT 84111 > (801) 359-8600 telephone > (801) 364-4915 fax > Check out our virtual tour at: www.holiday-inn.com/slc-downtown

As I prepare for the fall I need your help If you think you might be inclined to take a class this fall More details on my web site at http://www.rader.org/my_classes.htm ================================== Survey for Proposed new Fall 2004 schedule Folsom Cordova Adult Education 2 hour classes --- 7 weeks long Fall Session Sept 7 - Oct 29 (Please place an X next to all that apply) Which Class would you like to take in ? 1. Basic Computer Troubleshooting and Maintenance 2. Beginning Legacy 3. Creating Greeting Cards with Photoshop Elements 4. E-Mail the easy way to keep in touch 5. How come they are rich and I'm not 6. Intermediate Legacy 7. Intermediate to Photoshop elements 8. Internet Research Skills 9. Introduction to computers 10. Introduction to Photoshop elements 11. MS Word - Flyers, Letters, & Brochures 12. Online Roots 13. Organize or Agonize (computer files and folders) 14. Put your computer to work: Digital Scrapbooking 15. Put your computer to work: Emailing Photographs (Graphics for the web) 16. Put your computer to work: organize your photographs 17. Surfing the Internet 18. Movies on your computer I hope you are having a fine day ! Seeking Jesus' will in my life ! I am Jim Rader jim@rader.org Visit my web at www.rader.org I hope to hear from you again soon!

As I prepare for the fall I need your help If you think you might be inclined to take a class this fall 1. what day 2. what time would best fit your schedule ================================== Survey for Proposed new Fall 2004 schedule Folsom Cordova Adult Education 2 hour classes --- 7 weeks long Fall Session Sept 7 - Oct 29 Which time slot would you take a class in (Please place an X next to all that apply) 9 am - 11 am 11:30 - 1: 30 2 pm - 4 pm 4:30 - 6:30 7 pm - 9 pm 8 am - 10 am 10:30 - 12:30 1 pm - 3 pm 3:30 - 5:30 6 pm - 8 pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday I hope you are having a fine day ! Seeking Jesus' will in my life ! I am Jim Rader jim@rader.org Visit my web at www.rader.org I hope to hear from you again soon!

PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385, AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 12, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN AUBURN The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, June 24th, in the Beecher Room of the Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street in Auburn. The meeting is free and open to the public. The program speaker this month will be Maria Brower, who speak on the subject "Planning for a Research Trip." For anyone going to the local library to do research, to the Salt Lake City Family History Library, to a place where their ancestors' lived, or sitting in front of their computer, they are going on a research trip. Both in person, or on-line, the preparation to be done prior to the trip or session will determine the trip's success. Brower has been involved with genealogy for 30 years. Se is the founder and past president of the Nevada County Genealogical Society. She specializes in Nevada County and Gold Rush research as well as Missing Heir research. The Placer County Genealogical Society has a membership 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. One that studies various topics of member interest, which meets at the library on the 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, at the Latter Day Saints Church, 1255 Bell Road, in Auburn. The Society maintains a web site at "www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html " where details of these meetings can be found as well as other research references and announcements. #

The BBC has just announced that the British Library has decided to put 100 years of 19th century newspapers online . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3795631.stm The new website will be online within the next 18 months Marilyn Larson My E-mail is protected by Norton Anti-Virus 2003

"June 22: Professional help available "Jennifer Anderson, to be our presenter on June 22, is an outstanding professional German researcher who has been working with Dr. Roger Minert at Brigham Young University. (He calls her skills 'phenomenal.') "If you would like to reserve a 25 minute appointment with her between 9:00 AM and 12 noon on June 22, contact Milt Kelly. The fee per session is $15. Send your check, payable to 'SGGS' with your request for a time slot, to Milt Kelly, 210 San Carlos Way, Novato, CA 94945-1628. (Email MiltKelly@Novato.net)" There are still time slots available! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

The Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley congratulates the winners in our raffle drawing at the NGS Conference. The first prize winner is Cherie McGrath. Cherie is a member of the Sun City Lincoln Hills Genealogy Group in Lincoln, California. She receives a gift certificate for seven nights free lodging at the Holiday Inn Salt Lake City-Downtown. The second prize winner is Virginia Kocher of Whitehall, Ohio. She receives a gift certificate for four nights lodging at the Best Western Salt Lake Plaza Hotel. Congratulations, Cherie and Virginia. May your good luck continue when you visit the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Barbara Leak, President Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley www.sacvalleygenes.org

Today's issue of Ancestry's Daily News has a review of the NGS conference by Paula Stuart Warren. It includes very nice tributes to our wonderful volunteers and to the Sheraton's luscious chocolate deserts. You can read it online at www.ancestry.com/dailynews Barbara Leak President, Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley and a chocoholic who would gladly pay the ticket price twice over for another slice of the chocolate mousse served at the ISFHWE dinner.