PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385 AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 18, 2006 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN AUBURN The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, January 26, 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 Pamela Bell Dallas, who will speak on the subject of "What To Do When You Hit a Brick Wall".   Dallas is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and has served on the board of several genealogical societies. She currently is Vice President of the Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley, Education Chair for the Roseville Genealogical Society, Regional Director of the California State Genealogical Alliance and Past President of the Placer County Genealogical Society. She has also appeared on local television talk and radio shows discussing genealogy and has written and appeared on several genealogy instructional videos aired on local TV. The Placer County Genealogical Society has a membership of about 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. #