For the ninth year, the following two classes are being offered this fall at both Sierra College in Rocklin and American River College in Sacramento. SEARCH FOR YOUR ANCESTORS: An Introduction to Family History and Genealogy This class is designed for those new to family history research, or those with some experience who may wish to refresh their basic research skills. The six-session class includes five, three-hour classroom sessions plus a field trip to the Sacramento Family History Center, a local genealogical research facility. The field trip is scheduled in consultation with students early in the class sessions. This introductory class will explore the fascinating world of genealogy and family history research, America's second most popular hobby. In this class, you will learn how to begin researching your family history; how to organize and record data on charts and forms; the types of records to research; successful research strategies including identifying, locating, and searching sources; and how to evaluate data that is discovered. Many examples are used throughout the class. The use of computers, the Internet, and genealogical and other software programs in your research will also be discussed. The class includes the following six sessions: Session 1: Getting started: definitions, recording data, documenting your research Session 2: Organizing research, the five research steps, genealogical research facilities, research sources (family sources, compiled sources, original sources, U.S. census records.) Session 3: Research sources (continued): timelines; land and property records; naming practices; oral and written histories; family photographs; calendar changes; maps, atlases and gazetteers; newspaper records and obituaries; researching directories; occupational and fraternal records. Session 4: Research sources (continued): passenger lists; immigration/emigration; voting registers; naturalization records; military records; cemetery, mortuary and burial records. Session 5: Research sources (continued): court records (wills, probates, divorce, guardianships, adoptions); tax lists; school records; and medical records; record searching tips; sharing your family history; and an overview of the use of computers in genealogical research. Session 6: Orientation and Tour of the Sacramento Family History Center -------- American River College, Extension Program -- To register, call: (916) 484-8643 (Class code #7002.301) Wednesday evenings, October 15, 22, 29, and November 5 and 12, 2003 + Family History Center tour (to be scheduled in class) The class meets in Room 297 on the ARC main campus from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Fee: $69 (+ $5 fee to the instructor to cover handout materials) Sierra College, Community Education (Rocklin Campus) To register, call: (916) 781-0590 or (800) 242-4004, extension 2590, or online at: www.sccommed.org (directions are posted) (Class code #8517) Mondays, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 2003 + Family History Center tour (to be scheduled in class) The class will meet on the main Rocklin campus from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. in room I-10. Fee: $79 (+ $5 fee to the instructor to cover handout materials) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENEALOGY ON THE INTERNET This class is designed for beginner and intermediate family history researchers. A basic understanding of computers and the Internet is highly recommended as this class focuses on family history research strategies on the Internet and not basic Internet skills. This is a three hour, one session class, offered in the computer lab of each school. Genealogy on the Internet is more than "surfing." It is researching, sharing, and learning to utilize new tools that were never available before! The advent of the personal computer and the Internet have made genealogical research possible on a global scale. Researchers can communicate across town or around the world, in record-breaking time. Learn what genealogical resources are available on the Internet and how to use them. We will discuss the World Wide Web, e-mail, mailing lists and newsgroups, commercial online services, tutorials, online library catalogs, and research databases (free and subscription-based). -------------- American River College, Extension Program To register, call: (916) 484-8643 (Class code #7003.301) Tuesday evening, November 18, 2003 (one session) The class will meet at the ARC Computer Lab at McClellan Park (the former McClellan Air Force Base) from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Fee: $55 (+ $1 fee to the instructor to cover handout materials) ---------- Sierra College, Community Education (Rocklin Campus) To register, call: (916) 781-0590 or (800) 242-4004, extension 2590, or online at: www.sccommed.org (directions are posted) (Class code #8489) Monday, November 17, 2003 (One session, either afternoon OR evening) The class will meet in Room RG-112 at the Roseville Gateway (the old Roseville Hospital site), 333 Sunrise Avenue, Roseville from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Another class will be held the same day at the same location from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. (Registration covers one class. The same material is covered in each session.) This same class will be offered at Sierra College's Nevada County Campus in Grass Valley on Saturday, October 25, 2003, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Class code #6103. (Call the same numbers as noted above to register, or register online.) Fee: $34 (+ $1 fee to the instructor to cover handout materials) for any one session on either campus. INSTRUCTOR for both classes is Chuck Knuthson Chuck has been studying and conducting genealogical research for over twenty-five years. He has instructed beginning and intermediate classes for nine years, and lectures regionally and nationally. This summer he presented four lectures at the Utah Genealogical Association conference in Salt Lake City and two lectures for the eGenConference sponsored by Family History Radio, the first-ever Internet genealogy conference. In August 2002 he spoke at the Federation of Genealogical Societies annual national conference in Ontario, California. A fourth generation Californian, Chuck recently retired as a captain after thirty-two years of service with the Roseville Police Department. He has completed seminars at Brigham Young University, the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, the National Institute on Genealogical Research, and the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. He has also completed the National Genealogical Society's course, American Genealogy: A Basic Course. He has attended numerous local, state, and national seminars, institutes, and conferences. Chuck is president of the 1,300 member Sacramento German Genealogy Society, and a member of numerous other genealogical and professional organizations. He is pursuing certification as a professional genealogist. If you have questions or wish additional information, please call Chuck in Roseville at (916) 782-5704, or you may e-mail him at: cknuthson@surewest.net . NOTE: While pre-registration is not required for either school, it is strongly ADVISED, as any class not meeting the minimum number of registrations will be canceled.