PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385 AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 11, 2005 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN AUBURN The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Wednesday, February 23rd, in the Beecher Room of the Placer County Library located at 350 Nevada Street in Auburn. This meeting date is one day earlier than normal because of scheduling at the library. The meeting is free and open to the public. The program speaker this month will be Barbara Leak, with her subject being, "A Placer County Pioneer: The Story of Peter Oest." She is a fifth generation Californian with early American ancestry. Past President and current Librarian of the local society, she is also the editor and principal author of the society's popular handbook, "Tracing Your Family Tree: How to Begin." In addition, she is currently the President of the Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley, and has lectured for more than 10 years, specializing in land and military records. 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 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 "www.pcgs.pcgenes.com" where details of these meetings can be found as well as other research references and announcements. #