A tidbit to whet your Easter Appetite for the Dog Days of August! Looks like FGS is going to be great! FYI, I did call Amtrak to see if we could arrange group rates for a train trip down.... let me know if you are interested. By joining together with other Bay Area Societies, we may create w hole car full of crazy genealogists <grin>! HEAVEN! Jana -----Original Message----- From: Mark Lowe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [FGS-2002] California Repositories - E-zine FGS/CSGA 2002 Conference E-zine Mark the dates on your calendar - August 7-10, 2002 - to attend the FGS/CSGA conference. In Today's Issue Update on Conference Registration Brochure Southern California Repositories Share the E-zine ------------------------------------------- Update on Conference Registration Brochure The FGS/CSGA 2002 Conference Registration Brochure has been mailed. If you have previously attended an FGS Conference you should receive a brochure in the mail. If you would like to request a brochure, visit the FGS Website. <http://www.fgs.org/fgs-mailinglist.htm> Don't forget you can register online. <www.fgs.org> -------------------------------------------- Southern California Repositories - Part One Of course you are planning to conduct research while visiting in Southern California. We are sharing a portion of the repositories discussed by Melinda Shackleford Kashuba, PhD., in the Spring 2002 FGS FORUM. A special thank you to Melinda for sharing this information with the E-zine. Los Angeles Public Library <http://www.lapl.org> This library houses the largest genealogy and history collection found in a public library west of the Mississippi. It is located at 630 West Fifth St. (at Flower), Los Angeles, CA 90071; (213) 228-7400. The History and Genealogy Department houses over 200,000 volumes. Southern California Genealogical Society Library <http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/> The library is located at 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504-2408; (818) 843-7247. It houses over 30,000 genealogy and history books and 400 CDs. Recently, the library of the German Genealogical Society of America has been added to the SCGS collection. Los Angeles Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints <http://www.lafhc.org> It has over 200,000 microfiche, 90,000 rolls of microfilm and over 16,000 books. It houses the collection of the Polish Genealogical Society of California. Among some of the wonders in this library include the collection of Hamburg Passenger Lists and Indices, California Marriage and Death indices, New York City passenger arrival lists and indices (1820-1920) and the U.S. Census (1790-1920). National ArchivesPacific Southwest Region <http://www.nara.gov/regional/laguna.html> 24000 Avila Road, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 (first floor, east entrance); (949) 360-2641. University of California, Los Angeles <http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/index.htm> There are several libraries for the genealogist to take special note: The Charles E. Young Research Library, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024; (310) 825-1323. The map collection is the second largest map library in the United States (following the Library of Congress) and is well worth the trip to west Los Angeles. The telephone reference service for maps is (310) 825-3135. E-mail reference service is available at <[email protected]>. Contact a reference librarian prior to your visit in order to be sure the map your are interested in is available. There are a number of ethnic library resources at UCLA. Two notable collections include the Asian American Study Center Reading Room located in 3230 Campbell Hall; (310) 825-2974 and the American Indian Studies Center located in 3220 Campbell Hall; (310) 825-7315. UCLA Film and Television Archive's Research and Study Center is the world's largest university-held collection of motion pictures and broadcast programming. If you are researching someone who worked in the industry, this is a wonderful resource. You will need to make an appointment in person at 46 Powell Library or by calling (310) 206-5388. Georgina Cole Library <http://www.ci.carlsbad.ca.us/cserv/genealog.html> 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92009; Genealogy Desk (760) 434-2931. Following the outstanding collection at LAPL, this is the largest genealogy collection held by a Southern California public library. The genealogy collection is housed on the entire second floor. It includes over 20,000 volumes, 7,500 rolls of microfilm, and 118,000 microfiche. (Watch for Part Two next week) -------------------------------------------- Share the E-zine with others: To Subscribe: 1. To join the list, send an e-mail message to: [email protected] 2. Your message should read: subscribe 3. You will receive a confirmation e-mail message. Your e-mail address will NOT be shared and there will be no advertisements as part of the message. Visit the FGS Website <http://www.fgs.org> J. Mark Lowe, CG National Publicity Chair, FGS/CSGA 2002 Conference [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237