PLACER COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY PO BOX 7385, AUBURN, CA 95604 (530) 887-2646 www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 12, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO MEET IN AUBURN The Placer County Genealogical Society will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7PM, Thursday, August 26th, 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 Pam Dallas. Her subject will be: "Double Dating and the Calendar Change." Genealogists rely on dates, i.e., precise dates, to keep them on the right research track, test theories and help prove conclusions. But what if the calendar changed? What if two jurisdictions were using different calendars? What if the method of determining the date changed? Understanding the calendar change can be critical to a genealogist's success. Those attending should expect to learn some calendar history and discover why double dating might be for them. 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, that studies various topics of member interest, 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.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html " where details of these meetings can be found as well as other research references and announcements. #