----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Hinkel" <phinkel@pacbell.net> To: <CA-SCGS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: [CA-SCGS] Family History Writers Conference - Burbank, California > > New All-Day Family History Writers Conference Scheduled > June 10, 2007 > > In June, the Southern California Genealogical Society will devote an > entire > day of its annual three-day Jamboree to family-history writing. There will > be something offered for every level of writer, and for every genre of > family history projects, from memoirs, to journaling, to historical > research, to technical tips for managing large writing projects. > > The keynote speaker is well-known writer Carolyn See, discussing how to > handle family secrets with discretion, honesty and sometimes humor. Other > writers include Judith Barrington, with two presentations on memoirs; > Linda > Lawrence Hunt, author of "Bold Spirit," talking about pulling historical > research together into book-shape; D.G. Fulford, one of the founders of > www.therememberingsite.org and the author of several journaling workbooks, > explaining how to start the memories flowing; Thomas Curwen, > editor-at-large > at the Los Angeles Times, explaining how professional writers manage the > challenges of taking notes, interviewing, story structure, dialogue, > description and characterization. In addition, A Conversation With Megan > Smolenyak Smolenyak will offer an informal, one-hour gab session on > Megan's > adventures on Good Morning America, the PBS series Ancestors, and her > efforts to spearhead the search for the Real Annie Moore, the first > immigrant through Ellis Island. > > There will also be two discussion panels: Setting the Scene [Researching > Local History], and Publishing Your Family History. Among the various > panel > participants are George G. Morgan, past president of ISFHWE, Cecilia > Rasmussen, local-history columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and Loretto > D. > Szucs, vice-president of publishing for The Generations Network (the > parent > company of Ancestry.com). Szucs is also the co-editor of The Source: A > Guidebook to American Genealogy. Another session, Where Do We Go From > Here, > will be led by SCGS Writers Group leader, Jean Chapman Snow. > > Discounts are available for early registration (before April 1) and for > SCGS > members. Walk-in registrations will be available at the door if space > permits, but the conference is filling fast, so early registration is > recommended. > > The conference will be held on Sunday, June 10, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 4 > p.m. > at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center in Burbank, > California. The convention center is adjacent to the Burbank [Bob Hope] > Airport and close to both the Golden State and Ventura freeways. > > The Marriott has rooms available at a special Jamboree price. > Reservations > can be made online or by mail. For complete information, visit the website > at www.scgsgenealogy.com or call 818.843.7247. > > Submitted by Beth Maltbie Uyehara > Conference Co-Coordinator > > The Library is open to the public for research on: > 10:00am - 4:00pm Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays > 10:00am - 9:00pm Tuesdays > 10:00am - 4:00pm on third and fourth Saturdays > 10:00am - 4:00pm on first and second Sundays > Closed Mondays > > > Southern California Genealogical Society > 417 Irving Drive > Burbank, California 91504-2408 > phone: 818-843-7247 > email: scgs@scgsgenealogy.com > web: www.scgsgenealogy.com > > > - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * > > It's all about the 38th Annual Jamboree! > Make plans to attend > June 8-10, 2007, in Burbank, CA > Register online at > http://www.scgsgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CA-SCGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi everyone You can get 3 free days Access to World Deluxe Records on Ancestry.ca anytime Between February 15-28,2007 This is in honour of Heritage Day in Canada. I've got an announcement page about this at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/canada-news.shtml A link is provided that will get you to the free access. All you need do is register For your 3 days of free research in their World records. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

Collections Update This e-mail was sent to you by Ancestry.com. To ensure delivery, please add AncestryMonthlyUpdate@email.ancestry.com to your address book or safe list. February 13, 2007 Nevada Marriage and Divorce Indexes, 1956-2005 No place invokes thoughts of marriage quite like Las Vegas. For decades, Nevada has been synonymous with wedding chapels and impromptu wedding ceremonies. Nevada hosts almost 7% of all U.S. marriages despite the fact that it is home to less than 1% of the U.S. population. Millions of marriages have been performed in Nevada in the past 5 decades, and now we've released the index to those marriages and divorces from 1956-2005. With nearly 10 million marriages and almost a million divorces, there is a good chance you'll find at least one ancestor with ties to Vegas. Just in time for Valentine's Day, we've created www.vegasweddingodds.com - a light look at the data from these indexes. Find out if your marriage will stand the test of time, learn fascinating facts about Nevada marriage and divorce statistics, bone up on your Las Vegas celebrity trivia and much more. Try your luck > Forward this email to interested family and friends. RECENTLY ADDED COLLECTIONS: Nevada Marriage Index 1956-2005 With 9.5 million names, the Nevada marriage index is of interest to those looking to dig up some celebrity dirt, or a surprise marriage in the past of a relative. Don't let the opportunity to spend some time looking through this great 50-year history of Nevada marriages leave you at the altar. Nevada Divorce Index 1956-2005 Containing almost 1 million names, this database lists the names of the couples that obtained divorces in Nevada during this 50-year span. These records may be of special interest to you if you have ancestors that lived in the area, since most of the couples that were only visiting Las Vegas to get married obtained divorces elsewhere. Learn more > :: FREE THROUGH FEBRUARY February is Black History Month and we are excited to celebrate it by offering a new search tool to make it easier to find your African American ancestors in census records, and releasing collections of books dedicated to African American family history research. We've also added tips for getting started and furthering your research. The following content has been added to the site for Black History Month: Freedmen's Bureau Records Following the Civil War, Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau to aid in Reconstruction efforts. The bureau helped former slaves find work, establish schools, negotiate contracts, find medical care, legalize their marriages and more. This is an eclectic collection of former slave records, and searching these images can yield fascinating facts and information about these people. African American Photo Collection Browse thousands of photos of African Americans throughout history - inspiring images of ancestors who had families, fought wars, broke down barriers and helped create a better, more diverse America. U.S. Colored Troops Records Some 178,000 African Americans served in segregated U.S. Colored Troop units during the Civil War. The records of their service can reveal a lot about these important individuals - where they lived, where they served, whether they were wounded in battle and more. :: FREE 3-DAY ACCESS THROUGH FEBRUARY newly added > search card catalog > coming soon a.. Drouin Church Records Collection b.. Iowa State Census c.. Minnesota Marriages, 1958-1995 d.. Kansas State Census e.. Soldiers of the First World War, Canada f.. 1871 Scotland Census g.. 1891 Scotland Census © 2007 The Generations Network, Inc. All rights reserved. PRIVACY STATEMENT Ancestry.com does not sell, rent or otherwise distribute the personal information you provide us to third party advertisers. Questions? Comments? Please don't reply to this email as we cannot respond to messages sent to this address. Instead, visit our online help center to get answers to common questions or send us a message. You can also contact us at: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, UT 84604, Attn: Customer Service. Edit your account options or unsubscribe from this communication. You are subscribed to Ancestry Special Offers as: ajvlh@cox.net.

fyi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Crowley" <scion@usroots.com> Cc: <ca-scgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 6:12 AM Subject: [CA-SCGS] free acess to genealogybank.com until Tues, 13 Feb > This morning at the St. George Genealogy Jamboree > Tom Kemp of GenealogyBank.com announced that the site is free for > anyone from now until Tuesday, 13 Feb 2007 and he said we could > spread the word as far as we wanted. The site has loads of stuff on > it, old newspapers, the largest obituary collection on the Internet, > books, Government documents related to genealogy, and lots > more. It's geared to U.S., not international, and is really a > worthwhile site. I've mentioned it before to the group. Here's the > address and log in info: > > http://www.GenealogyBank.com > > Click on login. You will see two boxes. Enter the following > information: > Email: promotion@genealogybank.com > Password: GenBank4U > > If you haven't made up the agenda for tomorrow morning, you might > want to add this, and if you have made it up, you could announce it > and give them the info. And they can tell anyone they want to. I > guess we could send out a note on our email list, but I'll let you > decide about that. BTW, he also said that if anyone wants to sign up > for it to do it via Holly Hansen's myancestorsfound.com website since > that gives a $10 discount ($80 vs $90 per year). But tell people to > try it out for free this weekend and until Tuesday. > > > > - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * > > It's all about the 38th Annual Jamboree! > Make plans to attend > June 8-10, 2007, in Burbank, CA > Register online at > http://www.scgsgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CA-SCGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

FYI ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Hinkel" <phinkel@pacbell.net> To: <ca-scgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 11:21 PM Subject: [CA-SCGS] Announcement: SCGS Jamboree Website Launched > Visitors to the SCGS website at www.scgsgenealogy.com will see that we > have > added a new, extensive section. All of the details for the 38th Annual > Genealogy Jamboree and Resource Expo (June 8-10, 2007, at the Burbank > Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center) are now available online, > including > > -- day-by-day schedule http://tinyurl.com/2hg7m8 > -- speakers http://tinyurl.com/29hkow > -- exhibitors http://tinyurl.com/2erny5 > -- hotel information http://tinyurl.com/2ckorj > -- registration online and by mail > -- Family History Writers Conference > -- Louisiana-California Creole Connections tract > -- and the Zydeco La-La Dance > > We have had an outstanding response from our exhibitors, and we have sold > nearly every table in the exhibit hall! The exhibitors include many of > the > most popular and important organizations serving today's genealogists, > including > > Ancestry.com > Salt Lake City Family History Library / FamilySearch.org > Everton Publishers > The Genealogy Shelf > Godfrey Memorial Library > Genealogy software creators > Genealogy websites RootsTelevision and USGenweb > Several authors and publishers > Numerous area genealogical and heritage societies > ...and many, many more. > > We do have a few speaker bios to add, and a few tweaks to make here and > there to the website. But we just couldn't wait to show you the work that > we've done over the past weeks. > > Please take a few minutes and visit us at www.scgsgenealogy.com and click > on > the Jamboree box in the middle of the page. Read all about our plans to > make this the best Jamboree ever! > > See you at Jamboree! > > Paula Hinkel > President, SCGS > > Leo Myers > Jamboree Chairman, SCGS > > > - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * > > It's all about the 38th Annual Jamboree! > Make plans to attend > June 8-10, 2007, in Burbank, CA > Register online at > http://www.scgsgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CA-SCGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

http://www.fhsa.org/ Collen is an awesome speaker and you will learns lots! Thanks Vicki

Everyone in Iceland is related. Every member of the 300,000 population derives from the same family tree, according to genealogy website www.Islendingabok.is. The www.islendingabok.is web site hosts the online registry Íslendingabók (“The Book of Icelanders”). In it one can find information about the families of about 720,000 individuals who were born in Iceland at some point In time. Anyone who is registered in the database has free access to it. Íslendingabók is the product of a cooperation between Icelandic company deCODE Genetics and Fridrik Skúlason, who first began registering genealogy information in 1988 into a program called Espólín. In 1997 Skúlason and deCODE began cooperating on registrations for genealogy research and Íslendigabók was born. Íslendingabók claims to be the only genealogy database in the world that covers a whole nation. More than 95 percent of all Icelanders born since 1703, when the first national census was taken, are registered into the database and half of all Icelanders who have lived on the island from the Settlement in 874 and until 1703. The registrations in Íslendingabók are based on a whole range of sources, such as censuses, church books, the national registry, ancient scripts, annals, obituaries etc. These kinds of documents were more accurate and better preserved than comparable documents in other countries, according to islendingabok.is, probably because Icelanders have always been interested in Genealogy. Genealogy can in fact be considered a national sport in Iceland. When people introduce their partners to the elderly members of their family for the first time, they usually ask: “Hverra manna ER hann (eða hún)?” which translates to: “Who are his (or her) people?” In the Icelandic sagas each character is introduced by a long listing of his or her ancestors. Genealogists in Iceland say all Icelanders are descendants of the bishop Jón Arason. Arason and his partner, Helga Sigurdardóttir, had at least nine children and all f them also apparently had large families. It is believed that every person now alive in Iceland can find this one couple someplace in their family tree. In fact, most Icelanders can find the couple at multiple places in the family tree.

Off to Laughlin, NV for a few days.Meeting my son and his girlfriend there for a visit. More "goodies" when I return. Sally

Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection www.cdpheritage.org/newspapers This collaborative project serves as the foundation for a statewide historical-newspaper database, beginning with 44 papers dating from 1859 to 1880. The database will include full-text indexing of all articles, graphics Letters to the editor and advertisements. You can view articles individually or in the context of the full newspaper page. Eventually, the project aims to encompass papers through 1923, a total of 1.6 million pages. The State of Wisconsin Collection http://Digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI You'll find digitized books, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs, maps and other resources in this online library. Materials include public documents, local histories, land survey records, and photos and maps of Milwaukee neighborhoods beginning in 1885. Territorial Kansas Online www.territorialkansasonline.org This handsome site hosts hundreds of personal letters, diaries, photos and maps that bring to life the settling of Kansas and its bloody debate over slavery. Utah Census Search www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/census_search.htm Even you don't think you have Utah ancestors, you might find a relative or two by searching these 1850 to 1880 enumerations of Utah Territory-which, After all, also covered various parts of adjacent states. West Virginia Memory Project www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory This site from the state archives includes a timeline, state documents, old photos, militia records, a periodical search and even a celebration of the Mountaineer State's historical highway markers. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

This is showing as a broken link..... Read the whole press release at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-020.HTML

Give this site a try: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=5819 It will cover the information mentioned below. Sally LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO DIGITIZE GENEALOGY BOOKS The Library of Congress just announced that it has received 2 Million from the Alfred P. Sloan foundation to digitize thousands of Books. Among those to be digitized are "U.S. Genealogy and regimental Histories. The former includes many useful county, state, and regional Histories, while the latter includes histories, memoirs, diaries and Other collections from the Civil War period." Read the whole press release at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-020.HTML

This is showing as a broken link..... Read the whole press release at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-020.HTML [Sally says] Let me see if I can find a correct site, just copied it without checking .. a BIG goof on my part I'm afraid.

USAFuneralHomesOnline.com www.usafuneralhomesonline.com Even if you're not looking to lay a dearly departed relative to rest, this comprehensive guide to the nation's funeral homes can be a useful resource for tracking down your ancestors' death records. Vital Records in the United States www.vitalrecordsus.com The Web has several guides to vital records, but we like this one's clean organization scheme, uncluttered info and clickable map. Sampubco [have gotten some old wills thru this site] www.sampubco.com Don't be put off by this site's bare-bones interface and almost adversarial tone. You can browse and search for free a variety of indexes to wills, naturalizations and intentions, guardianships and vital records, then order copies for a modest fee. NaturalizationRecords.com http://naturalizationrecords.com/ Learn about naturalization and citizenship records with these detailed primers, then follow the links to online searches. Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO DIGITIZE GENEALOGY BOOKS The Library of Congress just announced that it has received 2 Million from the Alfred P. Sloan foundation to digitize thousands of Books. Among those to be digitized are "U.S. Genealogy and regimental Histories. The former includes many useful county, state, and regional Histories, while the latter includes histories, memoirs, diaries and Other collections from the Civil War period." Read the whole press release at http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-020.HTML

SCOTLAND: East Lothian, Bolton - Bolton Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions Pag56 http://ndhm.org.uk/page_56.htm __,_._,___

www.familyoldphotos.com -- Proud member of IBSSG

www.footnote.com lots of documents and its searchable -- Proud member of IBSSG

----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Hinkel" <phinkel@pacbell.net> To: <ca-scgs@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:26 PM Subject: [CA-SCGS] SCGS Jamboree 2007 - Ancestry's In the House! > We have some great news for our Jamboree participants this year! > > Ancestry.com will be joining an impressive list of exhibitors and vendors > in > our Expo Area. In addition, Ancestry has made a substantial contribution > to > underwrite the participation by The Genealogy Guys, George G. Morgan and > Drew Smith; and we are very grateful for their support. > > Loretto D. Szucs, Executive Editor of Ancestry Magazine and Vice President > of Publishing for MyFamily.com, is on the Jamboree speaker's list, as are > George and Drew. In an announcement released today by Ancestry, we > learned > that another of our key Jamboree speakers, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, has > just joined Ancestry as their Chief Family Historian. > > Quoting from the news release: > > "PROVO, Utah, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ - Ancestry.com, the world's largest > online family history resource, today announced the appointment of Megan > Smolenyak as Chief Family Historian. > > Ms. Smolenyak, an award-winning professional and author/co-author of four > books, has an impressive background in the family history industry with > several decades of experience. Ms. Smolenyak most recently rewrote history > by uncovering the true story of Annie Moore, the first immigrant to come > through Ellis Island. > > "We couldn't be more pleased to expand our relationship with Megan and > have > her join our stellar research team led by noted Loretto Dennis Szucs > (Lou)," > said Tim Sullivan, CEO of The Generations Network, parent company of > Ancestry.com. "With Lou and Megan together, we are proud to have two of > the > most well-recognized authorities on board. Lou and Megan both bring unique > talents to the table and the combination of their efforts creates an > unrivaled team. Megan has an unmatched mix of knowledge in both > traditional > and DNA family history research. Coupled with her ability to effectively > communicate and evangelize the category, she has a natural talent for > genuinely inspiring and motivating people when she talks about family > history..." > > The full release can be found on the Everton's Publishers Genealogy Blog > http://genealogyblog.com/ > > Jamboree registration information can be found at the > www.scgsgenealogy.com. > Look for speakers schedules and more details online by the end of the > month. > > > > - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * > > It's all about the 38th Annual Jamboree! > Make plans to attend > June 8-10, 2007, in Burbank, CA > Register online at > http://www.scgsgenealogy.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CA-SCGS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

"Goodbye my love, and may we have the pleasure of embracing again in six months." So reads the last message mariner Robert Tod wrote to his wife before embarking on a "long and perilous voyage" from the shores of Lancashire in 1848. He never returned. Mariner Tod's note is one of thousands of documents painstakingly restored by staff and volunteers at the Lancashire Record Office, on Bow Lane, Preston. Almost a million individual documents have been restored - records covering an area from Merseyside to Cumbria and into Yorkshire - and are now available for members of the public to see. You can read more about these newly-available records in the Lancashire Evening Post web site at http://beta.prestontoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=1980121&SectionID=73 Or http://tinyurl.com/3begnd Sally Rolls Pavia sallypavia2001@yahoo.com List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"

In a message dated 1/18/2007 5:47:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time, vpietsch@pdq.net writes: > Subj: [GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES] subscribe > Date: 1/18/2007 5:47:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time > From: vpietsch@pdq.net > To: GenealogyBitsAndPieces@rootsweb.com > Sent from the Internet > > >