PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385, AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 7, 2005 GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN AUBURN The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, June 23rd, 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 Susan Jackman, who will talk on the subject: "Pennsylvania German Research." Susan and her family lived in England for 3 1/2 years, and while living there researched her ancestors as well as serving as a librarian in the Family History Center outside of London. She has served as a librarian in the Sacramento Family History Center since 1989. She currently serves as a member of the board with responsibility over Seminars and Staff Training. She teaches family history classes through the Folsom-Cordova Adult Education Program, and is the author of "Biography of Israel Burket, Pioneer of Somerset County, Pennsylvania," as well as webmaster of the Sacramento Family History Center site. 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 "www.pcgs.pcgenes.com" where details of these meetings can be found as well as other research references and announcements. #