2022 NGS Conference Speaker: Cindy Thomson

by Jennifer Dix (4/6/2022)

Cindy Kim Thomson

Cindy Thomson

The National Genealogical Society conference, “Our American Mosaic,” is scheduled May 24-28 in Sacramento. CGS is the local host society! We are pleased to tell you about the CGS members who are among the conference speakers.

CINDY THOMSON is a retired government economist who specializes in multi-ethnic immigration to Hawaii and early Korean immigration to the U.S., including the historical impact of government policies toward Asians. She has written on these topics for our blog and currently serves as a CGS Board member. She speaks Saturday, May 28, on “Immigrant Sugar Plantation Workers in Hawaii: A Multi-Ethnic Approach to Genealogy.”

If you haven’t yet registered, now is the time! Complete program and registration details are available at the Conference website: https://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/

ALSO: Volunteers wanted! Many hands make light work. Even an hour or two makes a difference. Please take a look at the Volunteer Sign-up Sheet and see what slots are open.

2022 NGS Conference Speaker: Linda Harms Okazaki

by Jennifer Dix (4/4/2022)

Linda Okazaki

Linda Harms Okazaki

The National Genealogical Society conference, “Our American Mosaic,” is scheduled May 24-28 in Sacramento. CGS is the local host society! We are pleased to tell you about the CGS members who are among the conference speakers:

LINDA HARMS OKAZAKI, a California native and past CGS president, is a professional genealogist and speaker who enjoys uncovering family stories. Much of her work centers around Japanese Americans. She gives two talks on Saturday, May 28: “Researching Japanese Americans” and “Reconstructing a Japanese American Family Through Documents: A Case Study.”

If you haven’t yet registered, now is the time! Complete schedule and registration details are available at the Conference website: https://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/

ALSO: Volunteers wanted! Many hands make light work. Even an hour or two makes a difference. Please take a look at the Volunteer Sign-up Sheet and see what slots are open.

Help index the newly released 1950 census!

by Jennifer Dix (4/1/2022)

1950 census logo
By Evan Wilson

The release of the 1950 census is well under way. All images are already available at NARA’s website (archives.gov) and searchable by name, though the computer-generated index appears to have a rather high error rate. FamilySearch has also begun to release images, and users will soon be able to check and correct its own indexing, which was done by Ancestry.com using artificial intelligence and machine learning technology.

FamilySearch has made it very easy to combine our efforts as a group. Though we cannot reserve sections as a society––everything will remain available to everyone––CGS members who plan to check and correct some of the indexing should consider joining our group. That way, our efforts will be counted together, and we can see how we stack up against other societies. The link to join our group is: https://www.familysearch.org/groups/family?groupId=MMM9-W2X&inviteId=MMM9-FY2&cid=group-mgmt_copy .

Also, I wish to correct a mistake I made in last week’s post. CGS members who are interested in joining a few informal Zoom sessions about the indexing effort should email me at [email protected]. My post last week misspelled my email address. I apologize to anyone who tried to reach me and could not.