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 – September 18, 2003 Free "How to Begin" Genealogy Seminar Offered The Placer County Genealogical Society is again sponsoring a free seminar to the general public on beginning genealogy. "Tracing Your Family Tree – How to Begin" will lead attendees through the process of how to do research, document and keep records in recording one’s family historical data. This year’s seminar will be held on Saturday, October 11th, from 9:00AM to 3:00PM, at the Beecher Room of the Auburn-Placer County Library at 350 Nevada St., in Auburn. 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 program will show you various record keeping forms, how to organize your work and methods of researching from home through written or e-mail correspondence. It will also show you where to find research information on the Internet, where you may find research resources in various libraries and how to find historical documents and other sources of family data. This free seminar on beginning genealogy is open to the general public, however, space is limited and reservations are required. An optional handbook will be available for $10. You are encouraged to also bring a sack lunch. For reservations, call (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. It holds a general meeting at the library on the fourth Thursday of each month from 7-9PM, featuring a program speaker on various genealogical subjects. It also offers two specialty day groups, one that studies subjects of member interest and the other, a Family Tree Maker User Group, that discuss use of this genealogy data base program with hands on demonstrations. The Society maintains an Internet web site at www.pcgenes.com/pcgs.html