COLLEGE OF MARIN GRADUATES – 1952 Section I of IV Kentfield, Marin County, California JANUARY CLASS – January 30, 1952 ARNESON, Robert C. BEST, Jr., Charles R. CONNER, Jacqueline DOLLAHITE, Raymond EDWARDS, James L. EMISON, Sidney FITZGERALD, Coleman FRANKLIN, John B. GIDDINGS, Daniel GREENMAN, Edwin GROVER, Myron KEENE, Madonna KUWATANI, Yukata McSWEENEY, Jr., John NIVEN, Joann RAYMOND, Stanford ROMO, Harry SLOETZER, Clarence SMITH, Joyce Ann SMITH, Lawerence STRAIN, Jeris E. VAN DYKE,Willard von DUERING, Charles I have a scan of the program, so if your relative is mentioned I would be glad to email a copy to you. Rosemary

Over the next couple of days, I will be posting to the list four sections with the graduates of the classes of January and June 1952 for College of Marin, Kentfield, California. Rosemary (Has it really been 50 years already?) (Oh my.)

Just in.... Do read then get out your pencils and write your representatives!!!! Jana -------- Original Message -------- Subject: SB1614 MAY 28TH UPDATE Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 18:15:10 -0700 From: Iris Jones <[email protected]> To: Master List 3 <[email protected]>, Master List 4 <[email protected]>, Master List 5 <[email protected]> On Tue, 28 May 2002 18:13:51 -0700, Iris Jones <[email protected]> wrote: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ON SB1614 - MAY 28, 2002 Sorry for the silence, but last week was very busy. I have been playing telephone-tag with the folks at the office of the Governor, the Director of Health Services and subordinates, and legislators. In some cases I just got a run-around. In response [I believe] to correspondence from the genealogy community, the Governor had a news release [May 19, 2002] on the question of identity theft and privacy rights, "New proposed guidelines will affect millions of Californians by restricting or limiting the release of the 41 million birth and death indices." He goes on, "These guidelines will safeguard individual privacy and prevent fraud. But they also will ensure appropriate access to information for those conducting genealogical research or who have other legitimate needs for such data." The first of the six guidelines is to prevent the use of someone else's birth certificate which is covered by Senator Speier's SB247. The fifth of his guidelines is standardizing all California birth certificates, not now the case. SB247 will be amended to standardize all certificates. The second and of most concern, "Restrict the use of the birth and death indexes by limiting viewing to the offices of state or local registrars and recorders. Those who wish to view the indices would be required to sign a statement certifying, under penalty of perjury, that the information would not be used for criminal purposes. The release of the indices for non governmental purposes would be prohibited." [As I have said before, this in itself restricts the public. The turn-around time for the State to furnish a copy of a certificate now is six months and more. Since I began this job in 1994, we have dealt with more than a half dozen county recorders who all but ignore the public, in some cases people could not even get an appointment to get into their offices.] The third requires the state to implement an electronic death registration system statewide to aid in the timely cross matching of birth and death certificates. The State presently is required to indicate on the birth certificate the death information to prevent the use of birth certificates of the deceased. Now there is lag time implementing this action. [This is a good thing.] The guidelines include making it a crime to acquires, transfer or retains vital records with the intent to defraud. [Which I am sure is covered by law already.] And lastly to create a Vital Records Protection Advisory Committee to review and make recommendations to the Dept. of Health Services. Presently SB1614 is being amended to include language to cover financing and should be heard today by the Appropriations Committee. It will go to the Senate Floor for a vote before May 31, 2002, the cutoff for bills to leave the house of origin. At this point contacting your own Senator is what we need to do. Organization's officers can also contact Senators in their area. Let them know how we feel. Obviously, we have not changed the Governor or Senator Speier's mind. Maybe our own representatives will be more receptive. Commentary: If the bill passes and is implemented, the state will furnish one terminal to each county. Envision that----say in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco or even Sacramento. I can only imagine the reaction by county recorders. Talk about nightmares. Not to mention the time it will take to develop the new non-comprehensive indexes. Since the Governor's December Executive order suspending the release of the indexes, the public can only view the indexes at the State or county level. How well is the public being served now? I want to thank each of you who have contacted me by mail, Email and fax. I appreciate knowing you are out there and doing what you can to help us save our Indexes. I had hoped to respond to each of you, but that is going to be impossible. Please know that I do appreciate your help and encouragement. Keep it coming. To follow State Legislation, check the State Web site at http://www.sen.ca.gov> or order copies from the Bill Room, State Capital, Sacramento, CA 95814 or call to order 916-445-2323. To be added to my Network, send your name, name of your organization, and E-mail address, stating you wish to be added to the Legislative Network, to <[email protected]>.---28 May 2002, CSGA Legislative Network Coordinator, Iris Carter Jones. [Permission is granted to reprint Legislative reports. Please cite your source.]

Hi, FYI - anyone going to Michigan in July???? The 2002 International Roots Conference will be in Dearborn this year and features Jack Perkins of A&E Biography fame as Keynote speaker plus Richard Wilson, State Coordinator for the CA GenWeb Project as Featured Speaker of the Week. The details can be seen here: http://www.rootsconference.com/ "The International Roots ConferenceT is the premier national genealogical conference for family historians tracing their European roots. Featuring session tracks devoted to accessing records from European countries, sources and repositories, European and ethnic history and culture, methodology, technology, genetics--and much more!" Looks like a good one... Jana

GRADUATES - Part 2 (end) Larkspur-Corte Madera School 12 June 1946 Graduation held at Larkspur City Hall (Column 2, L - Y) LYMBURNER, Jackie MILLER, Kaylaine NISJA, Dick PLUMBRIDGE, Bill REEVES, Bob ROBBINS, Evie ROBINSON, Ruth SAUERS, John SHEFUGA, Arthur SOUTHERLAND, Gavin STREETT, Paul THOMPSON, Pat VAUGHN, Dixie WHITESIDE, Daniel WILSON, Tom WRIGHT, Wilber YOUNG, Peter I have a scan of the program, so if your relative is mentioned I would be glad to email a copy to you. Rosemary

GRADUATES - Part One Larkspur-Corte Madera School 12 June 1946 Graduation held at Larkspur City Hall (Column 1, A - L) ANDRICH, Donald AUSTIN, Carl BACHUM, Patricia BARBER, Celia BATES, Tom BOWMAN, Joan BROOKS, Ann COLTON, Virginia CUTHBERT, Alfred DOWLING, Donald FARRIN, Larry FOSTER, Dick FUST, Richard GERBICH, Charlie HOCKIN, Harlan HYERS, Kenneth LOFTUS, Harry I have a scan of the program, so if your relative is mentioned I would be glad to email a copy to you. Rosemary

In going through old things, I have found graduation programs and lists for the following: LCM School, Larkspur, 1946 Tamalpais High, Mill Valley, 1950 College of Marin, 1952 I also have yearbooks for Dominican Convent Upper (High) School for 1950, and Marin Catholic High for 1953, and the list of graduates from the IJ for Drake High 1954. I would like to post some of the smaller lists of graduates if this is ok with the list person. Please let me know. I'll only do one at a time. The Tam and Drake ones are pretty long, so might have to divide those into 3 sections. Rosemary

Wow, Stephanie, you did agreat job of getting the word out to get 16 people there today! I am impressed that you managed to get it out to the list! Susan On Sun, 19 May 2002 12:26:23 EDT [email protected] writes: > it's raining, but we're still planning to meet in the parking lot > about ten > > we'll see how wet it is & we may go ahead with the picnic there > > if it's too wet, we'll decamp to Susan Trumbull's house at 2035 El > Dorado > Court in Novato (phone 897-1617) > > Stephanie > > > ==== MarinGenSoc Mailing List ==== > Visit the Marin County Genealogical Society's site: > http://www.maringensoc.org >

Hi Scott, As you know it was pouring rain, so we left a note at Miwok and 16 people made it up to my house and we had a nice indoor picnic, barbecue included. I hope you weren't one of the bay to breakers runners who shed his clothes ;-) (only kidding) it must have been a cool run. Come to the next meeting in June. Should be good! Susan On Fri, 17 May 2002 12:51:48 -0700 Scott Trimble <[email protected]> writes: > At 02:04 AM 5/13/02, [email protected] wrote: > >Annual society picnic will be held at Miwok Park > >2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA > >Sunday, May 19, 2002 > >10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. > > Doh! That's the same day and time as the Bay-to-Breakers race in > San > Francisco, so I will not be able to make it. This year will be my > fifth > running! Too bad, since I would have liked to have gone to the > picnic. I've missed so many meetings lately that it would have been > nice > to catch up. I live really close by in Novato too! Have a great > time, > everyone.... > > Scott Trimble > http://productions.stst.net/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > SCOTT T.S. TRIMBLE ||| www.ststproductions.com ||| [email protected] > FILM PRODUCER / LOCATION MANAGER ||| www.pacificnorthwestmovies.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things > you didn't > do than by the ones you did do.... Explore. Dream. Discover." -- > Mark Twain > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given > us." > -- Gandalf the Grey / The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in > awhile, > you could miss it." -- Ferris Bueller / Ferris Bueller's Day Off > (1986) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > "You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? > Anchor chains, > plane motors, and train whistles." -- George Bailey / It's a > Wonderful Life > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > > > ==== MarinGenSoc Mailing List ==== > To read how to join the Society visit here: > http://www.maringensoc.org > Dues are due in September of every year. >

it's raining, but we're still planning to meet in the parking lot about ten we'll see how wet it is & we may go ahead with the picnic there if it's too wet, we'll decamp to Susan Trumbull's house at 2035 El Dorado Court in Novato (phone 897-1617) Stephanie

Forwarding on behalf of NGS and FGS: Please be aware that the National Genealogical Society and the Federation of Genealogical Societies believe strongly that California State Senate Bill 1614 on Vital Records Indexes poses a significant threat to records access in the state of California. These two national organizations have approved and sent the following joint resolution and petition to the Senate Appropriations Committee in California. We encourage you to contact your California Senator to defeat this bill. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Resolution and Petition from The Federation of Genealogical Societies And The National Genealogical Society The Federation of Genealogical Societies with headquarters in Austin, Texas, a national and international organization of societies, representing fifty-five genealogical societies in California and over 50,000 genealogists and family historians in that state, and further representing 550 societies nationwide with approximately one-half million genealogists and family historians being members of those societies, and The National Genealogical Society with headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, recognized as the leading genealogical society in the United States and North America, having approximately ten percent of its membership in California, do make the following joint resolution and petition to the legislature of the State of California; Whereas, California State Senate Bill 1614 on Vital Records Indexes threatens to reduce the information available in the birth and death record indexes rendering them significantly less useful and/or limit the use and access by genealogical researchers and family historians, and Whereas, both organizations consider these records to be primary to the pursuit of discovering an individual's heritage and history; in fact, central to the human need that answers the yearning deep inside each of us to know who we are and from where we came; and Essential for the youth of our nation to help develop a sense of their cultural heritage and to provide a strong foundation in a world of shifting values; and For the youth to research their families and learn, for example, how their families overcame hardships in the past which can give them answers to some of the challenges they face today; and that This curiosity and need crosses cultural and international boundaries, in a way, uniting us as a human family; and Whereas, both organizations are equally concerned about the issue of identity theft and are fully supportive of state and local leaders acting responsibly to protect the rights and property of the people they are called to serve, Do petition the California State legislature to find a balanced solution to the matter of protecting the rights of the citizens of the great State of California from identity theft while still providing sufficient access to the records for the continued use by genealogists and family historians for the legitimate pursuit of tracing ones' heritage and ancestry. Further, we believe these two objectives are not mutually exclusive and offer the following for your consideration; According to the First Amendment Coalition, recent studies confirm that most identity thefts occur through the literal theft by friends, relatives, fellow workers or strangers, of wallets, purses or mail, or fraudulent address changes; and That many of the county recorders do not have the manpower or funding to facilitate the requirements of SB1614 and that the lack of uniformly implementing the proposed bill would render it ineffective for its intended purpose; and That we understand the powerful tool that mother's maiden name is in uniquely identifying an individual in a given population; that the intersection of two surnames dramatically improves the statistical probability above chance that two individuals are the same person, thus being an extremely useful tool to genealogists and family historians to identify individuals with common surnames within a given population; and That this information (particularly mother's maiden name) is readily available in open sources, namely newspapers, especially obituaries, birth and marriage announcements, cemetery tombstones, Who's Who publications, professional directories and published biographies, and That corporations such as American Express, use individual identifiers other than the mother's maiden name which are not found on the vital records indexes, namely the last four digits of the social security number and that due to the open availability of the identity of the maiden name of a person's mother making it readily available for identity theft, that banks and other financial institutions be encouraged to discontinue the use of the mother's maiden name as a unique identifier, and That the State of California consider adopting legislation which provides both a level of adequate security and access by genealogists and family historians; and that the legislation from the states of Arizona and/or Kentucky may be used as an appropriate model. This resolution and petition was adopted by the executives and board of directors of both the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society at the annual meeting of the National Genealogical Society held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dated 18 May 2002. Submitted on behalf of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the National Genealogical Society by: Dean J. Hunter Curt B. Witcher President, President, Federation of Genealogical Societies National Genealogical Society

Hi everyone, Suddenly this is moving forward fast.... Please read as it will certainly affect our ability to research. Pertinent email addresses are listed at the bottom. This is the weekend to write a letter if you so choose. Jana -----Original Message----- From: Iris Jones [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 2:15 PM To: Master List 7; Master List 8; G.A.S. List Subject: LEG MAY 17, 2002 REPORT MAY 17, 2002 - SENATE BILL 1614 UPDATE While I subscribe the SB1614, since my last report on May 15, 2002, I have checked the activity daily. As of late last night there was no change. This morning I find that the bill has been scheduled to be heard before the Appropriations Committee at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 20, 2002. There are also new amendments. The bill requires the comprehensive index of birth and death record indexes be kept confidential. It will be available to some government agencies, but the information is require to maintain confidentiality. The copies of Indexes sold prior to 31 December to 3rd parties will require that the information remain confidential under penalty of law. It requires the State Registrar to establish a separate noncomprehensive electronic indices which will be electronically available to county recorders. But the public may only view these noncomprehensive indexes at the State or county on computer terminals designated for this purpose. Obviously, between now and 9:30 a.m. on Monday morning leaves little time for action. I am going to send my letter of objections to the author, the Governor and members of the Appropriation Committee who have fax Email numbers available. The Committee: State Capital Bldg., Sacramento, CA 95814 Senator Dede Alpert (Chair), Room 5050; Fax 916-327-2188; Email <[email protected]> Senator Jim Battin (Vice Chair), Room 3024; Email <[email protected]> Senator Debora Bowen Room 4040; Email <[email protected]> Senator John Burton, Room 205; no fax; no Email Senator Martha Escuta, Room 5080; Fax 916-327-8755 Senator Maurice Johannessen, Room 5061; Fax 916-445-7750 Senator Ross Johnson, Room 3063, only in Irvine Office Senator Betty Karnette, Room 5066; Fax 916-641-4395 Senator Bruce McPherson, Room 2054; Email <[email protected]> Senator Kevin Murray, Room 4038; Fax 915-641-4395 Senator Don Perata, Room 4061; Fax 916-286-3885 Senator Charles Poochigian, Room 5087 Senator Jackie Speier, Room 2032; Fax 916-327-2186; <[email protected]> Governor Gray Davis, Fax 916-445-4633; <[email protected]> -- Iris Carter Jones CSGA Legislative Coordinator

At 02:04 AM 5/13/02, [email protected] wrote: >Annual society picnic will be held at Miwok Park >2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA >Sunday, May 19, 2002 >10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Doh! That's the same day and time as the Bay-to-Breakers race in San Francisco, so I will not be able to make it. This year will be my fifth running! Too bad, since I would have liked to have gone to the picnic. I've missed so many meetings lately that it would have been nice to catch up. I live really close by in Novato too! Have a great time, everyone.... Scott Trimble http://productions.stst.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOTT T.S. TRIMBLE ||| www.ststproductions.com ||| [email protected] FILM PRODUCER / LOCATION MANAGER ||| www.pacificnorthwestmovies.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.... Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." -- Gandalf the Grey / The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it." -- Ferris Bueller / Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "You know what the three most exciting sounds in the world are? Anchor chains, plane motors, and train whistles." -- George Bailey / It's a Wonderful Life ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I sent the following message May 10: "There will not be a meeting in May. The next meeting will be in September. Hope all of you have a great summer. If you have any suggestions for future meetings, please send them to me. Thanks. John" Unlike my notice of the April meeting, which failed to go thru due to an improper address, the May notice failed because RootsWeb no longer accepts messages to a list unless they are in plain text (not HTML, enriched test or those with attachments). If I followed the directions of Earthlink correctly, this message is in plain text and you will receive it. Life do get confused at times. John --- John Deadman --- [email protected] --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet.

Hi everyone, This is the best, most factual piece of information I have seen on SB 1614. I called John Burton's office last week and was directed to his webpage: http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/burton/ the bill is not to his desk yet, however, the secretary said it does help if Sen. Burton gets letters as backup information, especially from members of groups like ours who would be impacted by the vote. If you choose to write, click on the "feedback" button on the left of the screen on Burton's page.... It is important to differentiate between identity theft and our ability to research public records. The key points in my mind are made clear below. Jana -----Original Message----- From: Jonelle Ellis Russell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SFBAY-CSGA] [Fwd: UPDATE MAY 15, 2002] I just opened this message from Iris. I hope you appreciate her efforts as much as I do. This message provides me with a clearer understanding of the bill, and I appreciate her advice regarding letters. You can tell from the previous my previous messages, my understanding of this issue was not as clear as it should have been. I am aware some of you have already written letters to express your opinions. THANK YOU! Every letter counts and if we identify ourselves a genealogist, we make our numbers known. Keep writing let our government representative know the genealogical community cares and we VOTE! Jo Russell - North Bay Regional Rep, CA State Genealogical Alliance -------- Original Message -------- Subject: UPDATE MAY 15, 2002 Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 17:11:51 -0700 From: Iris Jones <[email protected]> To: Master List 5 <[email protected]>, Master List 6 <[email protected]>, Master List 7 <[email protected]> UPDATE MAY 15, 2002 Several old or out dated reports have be posted in error. As of today: SB1614 The Closure of the Birth and Death Records INDEXES passed the Judiciary Committee on May 7, 2002. It has NOT been scheduled [as of 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, 2002] to be heard in the Appropriations Committee which does meet tomorrow May 15, 2002. Once it is heard and if it is passed in the Appropriations Committee it will then go to the Floor of the Senate for a vote. If it passes there it will go to the State Assembly. It must be heard by two rules committee in the Assembly also. Because of the nature of the bill it should be referred to the Judiciary and then to the Appropriations Committees in that order. WHAT WILL SB1614 DO? It will close the INDEXES to the Birth and Death records. It will cause to be developed an 'noncomprehensive index' to be viewed at the Dept of Health Services [DHS] and/or in individual county recorders offices. While initially drafted by Senator Speier, this is now the 'Governor's bill.' He stated earlier this year that he would do everything he could to protect Californians from identity theft no matter what the coast. No one disputes the need to stop identity theft. WILL THIS BILL CURTAIL IDENTITY THEFT? Neither the State [Dept of Health Services-DHS] or counties which we have communicated with have found any incidents where present identity thefts could be linked to either the sale of birth or death certificates or to these indexes. Studies show that identity thefts are a crime of convenience, or occur with the theft of wallets, purses and mail, all of which contain documents with personal information [drivers license, identification, credit, Social Security cards, checks, etc.]; or by access to personal information in homes and businesses. Originally on Television and in the Newspapers, Senator Speier voiced her concerns regarding the Birth Records Indexes because they included the mother's maiden names. The mother's maiden names are ONE OF A HALF DOZEN IDENTIFIERS used by banks and some credit companies for over the phone transactions. [Experts have for years cautioned the public not to use maiden names.] Senator Speier now has a bill SB1237 that would require banks [means: any institution engaging in financial activities] not to use MAIDEN NAMES as identifiers. If this bill passes then the maiden names on INDEXES [whether concerns were justified or not] become a NON-ISSUE. The concern with the Death Records INDEXES was due to the fact that the Social Security numbers appear on the death certificate. Once a person dies, that Social Security file is rendered closed. There is a lag-time. But in the case of California Death Records INDEX, there is a even greater lag-time between the date of death and when that date appears on an index. On the CDs of Indexes sold by the DHS [and halted by the Governor's Executive Order] the most current death date was 1999. In the files in the DHS offices for their own use the most current date is 2000. [Certainly, Social Securely can close an account within a year and five months.] Does this also make this a non-issue? WHERE IS THE MONEY? I just mentioned that the DHS is a year and five months from being current. Why? Because the department has for years not had the funds or manpower to update and keep current the indexes of their certificates. In fact, the sale of the CDs of Indexes was to help offset that cost allowing them to bring their records up-to-date. When the Governor first found out about the revenue short fall, he froze hiring and required all departments to cut expenses [I believe it was by 10%]. Do the math. Now if the State is having problems meeting their obligations due to a shortfall of funds and not enough manpower. Consider the situation at the county level. So, SB1614 will close the present [not current] indexes, require the State and counties to develop an entirely new indexing process. Would not that money, if there were any, be better spent to encourage and aid law enforcement to pursue 'White Color Crime' - catch, prosecute and punish the offenders? Would not that money, if there were any, be better spent to allow the DHS to implement a more extensive tracking system to help catch offenders instead of developing an 'noncomprehensive' index that essentially closes those indexes to the public who need and use them for legitimate endeavors. WHAT CAN YOU DO? Write the author Senator Speier. Write the Governor. If you write before SB1614 is heard before the Appropriations Committee, write the members of the committee. Have your organization's president write indicating the displeasure of your organization. If the bill goes to the Floor of the Senate write your own Senator. I recommend written letters [snail mail]. Write what you think. [I would not be impressed with 'canned' or form letters, would you?]. Phone calls are simply tallied, I am sure that may be the case with Emails for many Legislators. Some Legislators simply do not regard communications of non-constituents important, unless they might run for state office. WILL THEY LISTEN TO US? Maybe not, but can we afford to lose another piece of our public records? In an effort to solve a difficult problem, should legislators punish entire groups of honest citizens, rather than find ways to catch the criminals? IF YOU RECEIVE THIS BY EMAIL, you have the ability to find on the Internet all the information you will need. The bills, the history of activities, schedules, information on the committees, leadership and members, and where and how to contact or own Senators. <http://www.sen.ca.gov> ---Iris Carter Jones, Legislative Coordinator, May 16, 2002---

Annual society picnic will be held at Miwok Park 2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, CA Sunday, May 19, 2002 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Bring your own food and drinks (please, no alcohol due to insurance requirements). The society will furnish paper plates, paper cups, plastic ware and napkins. There will also be some free beverages available that were left over from the Buckland seminar. Charcoal and ice will also be furnished. Schedule: 10:30 to 11:00 set up 11:00 to 11:30 meeting (installation of officers) 11:30 to 1:00 lunch 1:00 to 1:30 clean up MIWOK PARK is located at 2200 Novato Blvd., Novato, LOCATED: On north side (right side) of Novato Blvd. going west, near junction of Eucalyptus Avenue (which is on left of Novato Blvd. just prior to the Park's parking area on right). FROM: North or South Hwy 101 take Delong exit, go straight on Delong and Diablo to Novato Blvd. and turn right onto Novato Blvd. OR: Take San Marin exit and follow it out to Novato Boulevard. Turn left. The park is about three tenths of a mile on the left hand side of the boulevard.

Hello all, This is just in from the CA State Genealogical Alliance regarding those very important databases that were available to researchers up until a few months ago. I offer it as a timely FYI and encourage you to send an email if you feel so inclined. Jana -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 2:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [SFBAY-CSGA] Closing of CA Birth and death indexes I received an email from Iris Carter Jones concerning SB1614 sponsored by Sen. Jackie Speier which would close both the birth and death indexes in California to the public. Iris is hoping that if you do not think this should happen that you will contact Sen. Speier and let her know. For those of you who are unsure about the birth index you might at least let her know that closing the death index will not protect the privacy of anyone. At the same time, if anyone has heard what office Sen. Speier is planning to run for next, Iris would like to know. Please post this message out to as many lists in the Bay Area as possible. We would like to inundate Sen. Speiers office with requests to quash the bill. Thanks -- Cath How To Contact Senator Speier Capitol Email Address: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Capitol EMail Address: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> Capitol Web Address: <A HREF="http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/speier/">http://democrats.sen. ca.gov/senator/speier/</A> District Address - San Mateo 400 South El Camino Real, Suite 630 San Mateo, CA 94402 Phone: 650-340-8840 Fax: 650-340-1661 District Address - San Francisco 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 14200 San Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: 415-557-7857 Fax: 415-557-7864 Capitol Address State Capitol, Room 2032 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 916-445-0503 Fax: 916-327-2186 Campaign Address Post Office Box 3113 Daly City, CA 94015 Phone: 650-361-0301 (w)

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Please make it a point to come to this Wednesday's general MCGS meeting. Besides the presentation on preservation and restoration of old records, photographs, etc., elections for the vacant board positions will be held. It is most important that we have a good turnout. See you there!