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 (October 8, 2004) Free "How to Begin" Genealogy Seminar Reminder The Placer County Genealogical Society is reminding the public of its annual free seminar, "Tracing Your Family Tree - How to Begin," which will be held on Saturday, October 16th, from 9:00AM to 3:00PM, at the Beecher Room of the Auburn-Placer County Library at 350 Nevada St., in Auburn. On site registration begins at 8:30AM, however, advance registration is encouraged because of limited seating. The seminar will lead attendees through the process of how to do research, document and keep records in recording one's family historical data. Doing genealogical research on your family roots can be a very rewarding hobby. You never know what bits of lost history about your ancestors you will suddenly find. Placer County is rich in historical history of early pioneers trying to strike it rich in the foothills we now call "Gold Country." Where did these people come from and where did they go? How did you and your family end up in the west? Do you know who all your cousins are? All these questions are what stimulate our curiosity to learn more about our roots. The seminar is free, but there will be an optional handbook available for $10. There will be a short lunch break and attendees might want to bring a sack lunch. For reservations, leave a message at (530) 887-2646 or e-mail your name and number of persons attending to kin2barb@surewest.net. The Placer County Genealogical Society has a membership of over 200 members from all around the country. It holds a general meeting at the library on the fourth Thursday of each month from 7-9PM, and features a program speaker on various genealogical subjects. It also offers two specialty day groups, one that studies various subjects of member interest and the other that reviews computer data base program subjects. The Society maintains a web site at www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Barbara Leak, Seminar Chairperson (530) 887-2646