The fight for access to records we use for genealogical and historical research has now reached the Federal level. The following notice is from Iris Carter Jones. Notice there is a California Senator behind this bill as well. PD FEDERAL LEGISLATION - A CALL TO ACTION At the federal level there are two bills on privacy and the use of Social Security Numbers working their way through the system. They are call the Social Security Misuse Prevention Act. Granted, the misuse of Social Security Numbers has gone on much too long, but as the bills are worded it could spell the end of the Social Security Death Indexes. Even if they were to exempt the present Death Indexes, no further indexes could be developed. The Utah Genealogical Society has worked to get the authors to amend the bill to protect the continued availability of the death indexes, but so far there have been no amendments. It is time for the genealogy community to let Washington know how we feel. We want people's privacy protected but we do not want to see this very important historical research tool lost forever. It is important to thousands of genealogists and family health historians. We ask that make the following amendments in S228 and HR637: 1. Under Sec. 3 (a)(1)(a) DEFINITIONS, add the following definition: "SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER - The term 'social security number' refers to the social security number of a living individual." 2. Under Sec. 4 (a)(1)(e)(2) LIST OF PAPER AND OTHER NONELECTRONIC RECORDS, delete "(D) death certificates." You can contact the authors: S228 Senator Dianne Feinstein 331 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3841/fax (202) 228-3954 <feinstein.senate.gov/email.html> Senator Patrick J. Leahy 433 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4242/<senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov> Senator Judd Gregg 393 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3324/<mailbox@gregg.senate.gov> HR637 Representative John E. Sweeney 416 Cannon Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20515 (202)225-5614/Fax (202) 225-6234 To be added to the Network, send your name, name of your organization, and e-mail address, stating you wish to be added to the Legislative Network, to <ijones@accessbee.com>.---22 April 2003, CSGA Legislative Network, Iris Carter Jones. [Permission is granted to reprint Legislative reports. Please cite your source.]

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 – April 21 ,2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO HOLD LAST OF THREE-PART WORKSHOP The Placer County Genealogical Society (PCGS) will its regular Day Study Group Workshop, on Tuesday, May 6th. The Society sponsors its study group program (an informal round table discussion on genealogical problem solving) on the first Tuesday of each month, from 10AM to Noon, in the Auburn-Placer County Library Beecher Room, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn. This month’s program will be presented by Barbara Leak on the subject of "Getting Organized: A Genealogists Greatest Challenge. To introduce her program, Ms. Leak says, "Disorganized stacks of papers surely must be the true hallmark of a genealogist. We search for the perfect filing system, but there is no perfect system. How can we ever achieve control?" At this workshop, she will outline filing concepts, then compare some widely diverse filing systems that are recommended by "the experts." The workshop 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.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html or call 887-2646.

If you research in St. Louis, this might be of interest. If you research in Missouri check out the State Archives page – the link is below. Patricia Walls Stamm, CGRS just announced that there is a project to digitize the St. Louis City Probate Records. It will eventually cover the years 1802 - 1900. It is a continuing project but the index is online at http://www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/resources.asp

PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385 AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 14, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUBURN GENEALOGY CLUB TO MEET The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, April 24th, in the Beecher Room of the Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street in Auburn. The meeting is open to the public. The program speaker will be Sandra Harris, who will be speaking on the subject: "Copy and Restoration in the Digital Era and Traditional." Sandra is a professional photographer, and along with her husband David, are owners of Harris Studio in Sacramento. As part of the business, the couple has done many copy and restoration projects for their clients. Ms. Harris will show some examples of traditional copy and restoration work and discuss the new techniques using the digital approach to restoring photographs. The Placer County Genealogical Society has a membership of over 200 individuals and families that have 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 first Tuesday of the month, and the other, the Family Tree Maker User Group, reviews genealogy computer program subjects, on the second Thursday of the month. The Society maintains a web site at www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html

-----Original Message----- From: Pam Cooper [mailto:pamcooper@bellsouth.net] Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 6:16 AM To: APG-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [APG] STATE LIBRARY--UPDATE! The fight continues. Politicians will be politicians This just in from the Florida Library Association <fla@lists.netimpact.net> And the fight continues even after the Legislators said NO! Please, again I ask you to start writing the legislators, but most importantly Glenda Hood, secretaryofstate@mail.dos.state.fl.us or jnash@mail.dos.state fl.us and Governor Bush, jeb.bush@myflorida.com These two have spoken out against what the legislators voted and will continue to do it their way --- in any they can. The saga continues as the Administration looks for ways around the will of the people and their legislators... Despite the Senate and House of Representatives' clear opposition to the transfer of the circulation to Nova Southeastern and their decision to NOT fund the deal, the Administration continues to look for ways around it and has suggested that private funds may be solicited to make the transfer. Also, despite opposition to the transfer of Records Management to the Department of Management Services, the Administration is looking for ways to accomplish this anyway through the bill that addresses reorganization of the Department of State and the Department of Community Partnerships. State records are evaluated by archivists for historical value and some positions in Archives are funded by the Records Management revenues. In March, the Archivist of the United States, John W. Carlin, wrote a superb letter to the Governor, Speaker of the House and Senate President that explaing the importance of keeping Records Management functions with the Archives. Jody Fitzgerald, FLA's legislative advocate is working with legislators on the reorganization bill to try to prevent both of these things from happening. It is absurd that the Administration continues to push for this horrible plan to dismantle the State Library of Florida. Unfortunately, they still don't understand what the citizens of Florida have been telling them for three months and what the House of Representatives communicated last week with their UNANIMOUS vote against funding the Nova deal. Please communicate with your legislators 1) that the reorganization bill should not give the Administration the ability to send the collection away or dismantle the State Library as they originally proposed, and 2) there is great value in keeping Records Management with Archives under the State Library--the functions of the two areas are closely related. As always, thank you for your continued efforts in support of our State Library. John F. Szabo Vice President/President-elect Florida Library Association ==== APG Mailing List ==== The Association of Professional Genealogists http://www.apgen.org/publications/apg-l/index.html

I received a call from the Sutro Library today informing me that as of May 1, 2003 the Sutro Library in San Francisco will no longer offer Saturday hours.

If you research in Florida or are just wondering what is happening with the fight to keep the Florida State Library and Archives intact here is the latest update. Ok, now that I have calmed down. <G> We WON!!!!!!!!! Representative Bev Kilmer of Marianna presented to the Speaker of the House Johnnie Byrd a proposed amendment. He approved it and told her to present it to the House. It was done very late -- probably the last one on the agenda just before 5:00 p.m. The most amazing part is that it was a unanimous vote. Incredible, but true. Also, this is the way I understand it will work. Both the House and the Senate are proposing the exact same budget. So, that means, there is no discussion and this is what they will send to the Governor. The downside is that 14 people are still losing their jobs and it is mostly in the Archives area. That will hurt them. The books are staying, and 106 people still have their jobs!! Please send a thank you to all your representatives. They do deserve our acknowledgement of support because they DID listen even though at times we really thought they were against us. What an amazing turn of events! I am not going to be able to sleep for days!!!!!! Some of you will get this many times because I am trying to send to all my lists. I apologize, but good news is always worth receiving over and over. <G> Pam Cooper FGS/FSGS 2003 Conference Co-Chair < http://www.fgs.org > President, Florida State Genealogical Society < http://www.rootsweb com/~flsgs/ > Chair, Librarians Serving Genealogists < http://www.cas.usf edu/lis/genealib/ > P. O. Box 7066 Vero Beach, FL 32961-7066 ==== APG Mailing List ==== The Association of Professional Genealogists http://www.apgen.org/publications/apg-l/index.html

Sacramento German Genealogy Society P. O. Box 660061 Sacramento CA 95866-0081 OK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April meeting of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society The April meeting of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society will be held Tuesday, April 22, at 1:00 p.m., at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church on Lusk Drive at St. Mark’s Way in Sacramento. The speaker for the meeting will be Gary Horlacher, A.G., a doctoral candidate at Brigham Young University who is fast becoming known for his expertise and inventiveness in locating and placing German resources on the internet. His topic will be “Reaping the Potential of the Internet in German Research and Projects.” Entrance to the SGGS monthly meetings is free for members. Visitors are welcome, although it is asked that non-member attendees either join the SGGS or pay a $5.00 admittance fee when they attend a meeting. The society’s only source of income is membership dues, and the cost of providing its exceptional programs is quite high. Guests and members are encouraged to arrive for the meeting by 12:30, to give themselves time to browse the SGGS informational tables, which feature German genealogy-related books for sale, pedigree charts and other genealogical aids, oversized German wall maps, German reference and library tools, German cards, back issues of the society’s quarterly “Der Blumenbaum,” and mentors to answer research questions. And there are always SGGS members who share your interests and are eagerly awaiting a chance to discuss German genealogy and compare notes on research and families! 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 _________________________________________________________________

ROOT CELLAR's Spring Seminar, featuring Barbara Renick, is on Saturday, April 12 at Woodcreek High School in Roseville. Barbara Renick has 30 years of research experience tracing her own family tree in the challenging areas of Eastern Europe and the hills of Tennessee. She has taught genealogical computing classes since 1985, and presented lectures, seminars, workshops, and computer labs at regional conferences since 1983 and at national conferences since 1994. She is well known for explaining technical material in easy-to-understand language. Barbara is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild and the Association of Professional Genealogists. She also serves as a genealogical computing instructor at the LDS Regional Family History Center in Orange, California. She writes for several genealogy publications and co-authored The Internet for Genealogists: A Beginner's Guide. Lecture Topics include: Better Internet Search Techniques Library Resources Online Seven Rules For Successful Researching Online Mistakes I've Made (And You Can Avoid) As A Computer Genealogist Disaster Avoidance For Genealogists With Computers The Pre-Registration fees have been extended: Registrations must be received by ROOT CELLAR by Friday, April11. Cost is $22 for members and $27 for non-members. Cost at the door is still $35. Send your check with your name, address, phone number and Email address to Seminar, ROOT CELLAR – SGS, P.O. Box 265, Citrus Heights, CA 95611-0265. If you would like a flyer via Email (pdf format – Adobe Acrobat), please Email vjhawk55@juno.com. Questions may be directed to Billie Helms at 991-5971 or Sammie Hudgens at 481-4930.

Do you research in Massachusetts? If so, this will interest you. -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Sergeant [mailto:info@genealogyfair.com] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 3:04 PM Massachusetts Vital Records Public Hearings Alert! Hearing scheduled for Thursday, April 3, 2003 at 9:30 A.M. Public Hearings on Vital Records bills to be held in Room A-1 by the JOINT COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS Call (617) 722-2120 for hearing schedule confirmation and directions. It is VERY important that genealogists and family history researchers are well represented at this hearing. Genealogists must make it clear that their views represent a large percentage of concerned citizens. If you cannot attend this hearing, you should contact your state representative, senator and the JOINT COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS members listed below to express your interest in the bills regarding access to vital records. If you do not have copies of the proposed bills (some are available on the Massachusetts legislature web site - see links below), request copies from your representative. You may also request documentation to support specific claims for "need" in the various measures. Researchers who are not Massachusetts residents may express the impact on their research and the resulting loss of tourism revenue and other issues that the members of the JOINT COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS should be aware of. There is still space available at the The Massachusetts Genealogical Council Annual Meeting at Regis College in Weston MA on Saturday March 29 - see http://massgencouncil.home.attbi.com/MGC_2003_Flyer.PDF or http://www.GenealogyFair.com for a text version of the program information. The Massachusetts Genealogical Council will update their website on Monday March 31 with information to help coordinate attendees at http://massgencouncil.home.attbi.com/index.htm Additional information for these hearings may be found as follows: JOINT COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS Room 472 State House Boston, MA 02133 Telephone: (617) 722-2120 It shall be the duty of the committee on Government Regulations to consider all matters concerning public utilities, gambling, the racing industry, the registration of various trades or professions, the issuance of licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages and such other matters as may be referred. Members appointed to the committee: Morrissey of Norfolk and Plymouth Tucker of Second Essex and Middlesex Baddour of First Essex Hart of First Suffolk McGee of Third Essex and Middlesex Knapik of Second Hampden and Hampshire Bosley of North Adams B. P. Golden of Boston Naughton of Clinton Ayers of Quincy Festa of Melrose Nangle of Lowell Leary of Worcester T. M. Stanley of Waltham Wallace of Boston Brown of Wrentham Hill of Ipswich http://www.state.ma.us/legis/comm/j17.htm MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS FEE and LEGISLATION SUMMARY FEE INCREASE FOR VITAL RECORDS SERVICES http://www.state.ma.us/dph/bhsre/rvr/FeeIncrease.htm Effective April 1, 2003, fees for Vital Records services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as follows : SEARCH FOR BIRTH, DEATH, OR MARRIAGE RECORDS IN PERSON A 10-year search including one certified copy OR a medical research copy OR an official statement that the desired record is not on file (Negative Statement) $12.00 each ; Decorative Heirloom Certificates (birth and marriage only) ordered in person $50.00 each BY MAIL A 10-year search including one certified copy OR a medical research copy OR an official statement that the desired record is not on file (Negative Statement) 30 Day Service $22.00 each ; Decorative Heirloom Certificates (birth and marriage only) ordered by mail $60.00 each EXPEDITED MAIL Mail orders requesting expedited two week service $28.00 each Request ordered by phone through VITALCHEK system (includes a $5.50 VITALCHEK fee), one copy sent through U.S. mail $33.50 for first copy Request ordered by phone through VITALCHEK system (includes a $5.50 VITALCHEK fee), one copy sent by Federal Express (includes $17.50 FedEx fee) $51.00 for first copy Additional copies ordered at the same time by phone through the VITALCHEK system $28.00 each RESEARCHING VITAL RECORDS IN PERSON AT THE STATE REGISTRY Individuals performing their own research at the Registry $6.00 per hour AMENDMENTS Amending existing vital record documents $50.00 per amendment Proposed ADDITIONAL fee increases via surcharge for automated database as specified:  A special Senate committee comprised of Robert E. Travaglini, Stan Rosenberg, Cynthia Stone Creem, Susan C. Fargo, Harriette L. Chandler, Robert O'Leary and Michael R. Knapik issued A Report of the Special Committee to Recommend Mitigation for Local Aid Cuts with the following recommendation: Relating to Birth, Marriage, and Death Records (HD2428) - The bill relating to the birth, death and marriage records would permit the development of a statewide database to serve the needs of the public. - Through a surcharge on certified copies of vital records, the state projects income of $1.28 million in the first year, rising to $2.09 million in the seventh year, with surpluses ranging from $327,000 to $663,000. (see http://www.stanrosenberg.com/mitigation.html ) Proposed Legislation with Public Hearings To Be scheduled: The MGC created Senate Bill 405 AN ACT RELATIVE TO BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS a petition of Susan C. Fargo, Charles E. Shannon, Susan W. Pope, Robert L. Hedlund and other members of the General Court. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st00405.htm Senate Bill 408 RELATIVE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF CERTAIN RECORDS a petition of Guy W. Glodis, Bruce E. Tarr, Brian A. Joyce, Anthony J. Verga and John P. Fresolo for legislation relative to the management of adoption records by city and town clerks http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st00408.htm Senate Bill 443 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONICALLY RECORDED VITAL RECORDS a petition of Michael W. Morrissey  most notably "Special certified copy", may include, but are not limited to, professional, personal or genealogical research. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st00443.htm Senate Bill 533 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE ELIMINATION OF RESEARCH FEES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S VITAL RECORDS DEPARTMENT a petition of Irving R. Murstein and Robert L. Hedlund http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st00533.htm Senate Bill 1040 AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING ACCESS TO BIRTH CERTIFICATES .. By Ms. Fargo, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.1040) of Susan C. Fargo, John A. Lepper, Charles E. Shannon, Bruce E. Tarr relating to uncertified copies and adoption records http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st01040.htm Senate Bill 1054 AN ACT RELATIVE TO ESTABLISHING OPEN ADOPTION RECORDS AT THE AGE OF CONSENT .. By Mr. Hedlund, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.1054) of Robert L. Hedlund and Irving Murstein for legislation relative to public inspection of adoption records http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st01054.htm Senate Bill 1953 AN ACT FURTHER REGULATING CERTIFICATES OF BIRTH RESULTING IN STILLBIRTH.. By Mr. Shannon, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1953) of Charles E. Shannon and Garrett J. Bradley for legislation to further regulate certificates of birth resulting in stillbirth http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st01953.htm House Bill 143 Petition of William M. Straus for legislation to regulate the use of social security numbers for identification purposes in the Commonwealth http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h00143.htm House Bill 545 Petition of Thomas P. Kennedy and Robert S. Creedon, Jr., relative to the issuance of certified birth records to Native Americans ( to correct the race listed on their birth certificates at no charge when proof is presented). http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h00545.htm House Bill 1085 Petition of Elizabeth Poirier, Jo Ann Sprague, Michael J. Coppola, Scott P. Brown, Martin J. Walsh and Shirley Gomes relative to access to birth records of certain persons born out of wedlock (opens records in those cases where the father's name is listed). http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h01085.htm House Bill 1321 of J. James Marzilli, Jr. relative to the treatment of vital records of certain non-marital children. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h01321.htm House Bill 1465 Petition of Daniel E. Bosley relating to birth, marriage and death records [This is a resubmission of the July 2002 version of the H5158 bill which last year passed the House and was blocked in the Senate.] http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h01465.htm House Bill 1656 Petition of of Peter V. Kocot relative to the issuance of certified birth records to Native Americans. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h01656.htm House Bill 1661 Petition of Anthony J. Verga and Christopher P. Asselin relative to disclosure of information concerning certain birth, marriage and death records - closes all birth records after 1913 and all marriage and death records after 1953, such that only immediate family or representatives may access either the indices, the records or the certificates  at the discretion of the custodian. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h01661.htm House Bill 2233 Petition of Thomas J. O'Brien, other members of the House and another relative to birth, marriage and death records. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h02233.htm House Bill 2459 Petition of Paul C. Casey relative to the issuance of certain birth and marriage records - exempts vital records recorded before 1 Jan 1841 [that is, before reporting to the state was required] and those for which volunteer waivers were registered from Section 2A of chapter 46 of the General Laws. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h02459.htm House Bill 3147 Petition of Brian S. Dempsey for legislation to further regulate the issuance of death certificates. http://www.state.ma.us/legis/history/h03147.htm ===== Sharon Sergeant Ancestors and Ephemera http://GenealogyFair.com Bring Your Ancestors Home! ==== GEN-EVENTS Mailing List ==== If you have questions or problems re the GEN-EVENTS List, see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~autwgw/gencon/list.htm

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 – March 21,2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGY SOCIETY TO HOLD LAST OF THREE-PART WORKSHOP The Placer County Genealogy Society (PCGS) will hold the third of a three-part program, as part of its regular Day Study Group Workshop, on Tuesday, April 1st. Considering the attendance at the two previous sessions, this program has been very popular. The Society sponsors its study group program (an informal round table discussion on genealogical problem solving) on the first Tuesday of each month, from 10AM to Noon, in the Auburn-Placer County Library Beecher Room, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn. This third session, titled "Importance of Census both Federal and State," will be an overview of the Federal and State Census from 1790-1930, indexes, AIS and Soundex. This three part presentation began in February on the subject to "Getting Started." In March, the program was "Locating Information. These three sessions are being moderated by Donna Young and are 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.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html or call 887-2646. #

This class is not family history related but the skills you learn can be used to create family history related documents such as ancestral time-lines and information databases, or simply for documented and footnoted histories of an individual ancestor that include photos and scanned images. Mail-merge skills can be used for family organization news letters. I have 2-4 openings only for the following class. If you are interested please reply asap to 'hold your spot' or be put on the waiting list. Folsom Cordova Adult Education Presents: Microsoft Word 2000 A ten week course beginning Thursday 3 April 2003 Location: Mercy Folsom Village 1160 Duchow, Folsom, CA Instructor: Susan H. Jackman Learn the basics of word processing in Microsoft Word 2000. This class covers everything from entering and selecting text to tables and mail-merge. Do you have a favorite font with size and color that you use a lot? Did you know that you can give it a name and store the 'character style' for ease in future use? How about creating a template from a 'document style' that you use a lot---that stores your margins, font type, heading sizes, etc! Better still, how about a 'macro' to save you time by combining a series of commands that you use a lot-into a single command. For instance: 'Click insert, Click Picture, Click From File, Select the file, click insert' saved as a 'macro' means that with the touch of a key on your keyboard you might add a 'letterhead' or other graphic located on your hard drive. Want to learn how to take names in a word table and 'merge' them into a label or envelope template for mailing purposes? How about how to use mail merge to create a personalized letter for everyone on your mailing list? Or how to create a table of information that can be sorted by name, date, place, or any other heading type! Examples of other tools covered in the ten week class are: using auto shapes, inserting and arranging photos, adding a text box, adding color to your document, adding footnotes, page numbers, headers and footers, the list goes on and on. Following is the class schedule: Week 1: Getting Started/Save and Open Documents Week 2: Change Display of Documents Week 3: Edit Text/Format Text Week 4: Format Paragraphs/Format Pages Week 5: Print Documents/Work With Multiple Documents Week 6: Work with Tables Week 7: Work with Graphics Week 8: Time Saving Features Week 9: Mail Merge Week 10: Word and the Internet

PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385 AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 18, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUBURN GENEALOGY CLUB TO MEET The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, March 27th in the Beecher Room of the Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street in Auburn. The meeting is open free to the public. The program speaker will be David Dickson. He will be speaking on the subject of "Genealogy of German Speaking Countries." Mr. Dickson has three Degrees from three different institutions of higher learning, in German and English, with postgraduate studies done at UC Davis. He began research of his family as a young boy and has now assisted in publishing three books. The Placer County Genealogical Society has a membership of over 200 individuals and families that have 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 first Tuesday of the month, and the other, the Family Tree Maker User Group, reviews genealogy computer program subjects, on the second Thursday of the month. The Society maintains a web site at www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html

Here are some dates for your Long Range Calendar! Family History Day – Saturday, March 13, 2004 Plan to join us next year for another great Family History Day at the Archives This will be an exciting kick off for A Golden Prospect, NGS Conference, Sacramento, May 19 – 22, 2004

There is still room in both classes Mail your check to FOLSOM CORDOVA ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES Mail registration & checks to: . $40 (Seniors 55+ $20) Adult Ed. 10850 Gadsten Way Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 635-6810 come and join us Details on my web at http://www.rader.org/my_classes.htm CC-131 Genealogy - Family History On the Internet Monday 1-4 begins Mar 24 CC-132 Genealogy - Family History Data Base (Internet) Friday 1-4 begins Mar 28 A question which class should contain the DNA in Genealogy materials ? Let me know what you think! I hope you are having a fine day ! Seeking Jesus' will in my life ! I am Jim Rader jim@rader.org I hope to hear from you again soon!

There is still room in both classes come and join us CC-131 Genealogy - Family History On the Internet Monday 1-4 begins Mar 24 CC-132 Genealogy - Family History Data Base (Internet) Friday 1-4 begins Mar 28 A question which class should contain the DNA in Genealogy materials ? Let me know what you think! I hope you are having a fine day ! Seeking Jesus' will in my life ! I am Jim Rader jim@rader.org I hope to hear from you again soon!

Roseville Genealogical Society proudly announces the publication of our 2nd cemetery book: "ROSEVILLE PUBLIC CEMETERY DISTRICT, PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, VOLUME 3, June 1975 to October 1998". This volume contains 3,823 names including Date & Place of Birth, Date & Place of Death with a 43 page alphabetical index. Soft cover, spiral binding, 156 pages. $25.00 plus $2.50 shipping and handling. Make checks payable to RGS and send to: Roseville Genealogical Society PO Box 459 Roseville, CA 95678 Also, our 1st book has now been re-printed, and is also available at this time: "The ROSEVILLE CEMETERY I. O. O. F. BOOK, VOLUME I, PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, January 1925 to June 1975" This publication contains 4,100 names including Date & Place of Birth, Date & Place of Death. About half of the names include Marriage status and cause of Death. 45 page alphabetical index, spiral binding, soft cover, 179 pages. $25.00 plus $2.50 shipping and handling. Make checks payable to RGS and send to: Roseville Genealogical Society PO Box 459 Roseville, CA 95678 My outgoing E-mail is protected by Norton Antivirus 2002.

Steve Morse will be presenting his Ellis Island and 1930 Census web sites at Root Cellar's monthly meeting this coming Wednesday (March 12) at 6:30 PM. Their meetings are held at Citrus Heights Elementary School, 7085 Auburn Blvd. in Citrus Heights. This will be a good opportunity for those who missed his previous talk to the JGS or for those who need to hear it again. Following Steve, as an added attraction, Glenda Lloyd will make a presentation on beginning genealogical techniques. I plan to attend. See you there? Lester

Thanks Jim! I have helped several black people in the FHC over the last two weeks as a result of the missionaries being at Black History events. This will be a nice thing to point out to them. Best regards, Verna Hazelbaker James L Rader <jim@rader.org> wrote:Subject: Free Access to the WPA Slave Narratives Ancestry.com has free access this month of the WPA Slave Narratives. Just go to www.ancestry.com & look on the right side column of Home page. ==== 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. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, and more

I have a VERY authentic looking one that's about 7 - 8" tall, but the "covered" part has a couple of small tears in it - it was made by an inmate at Folsom Prison around 1955 as a TV light, so is entitled to be a bit ratty I guess - after all, it IS almost 50 years old!...LOL... As long as I get it back, I'd be more than happy to loan it to you - if you're really careful with it (it fits a theme in my living room where it's on constant "display") - especially if you'll keep me in mind to help further with the NGSC in Sacto next year! (My father bought it, and when both parents died, it passed down to me) Norma Thornton Pamela Dallas wrote: > > Needed � One Covered Wagon! > > Do you have a covered wagon in your closet or garage that you�ve been > wondering what to do with? > > Would you like to lend or donate it to the Council? > > We are in need of an authentic looking covered wagon. The ideal size is 8� > to 14� tall. > > If you can help us please email me off the list at pbdallas@earthlink.net > <mailto:pbdallas@earthlink.net> > > Thanks! > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237