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by Kathryn Doyle (8/6/2010)

While scrolling through Google Reader I was pleasantly surprised to come upon a glowing review of our Lookups service by Leah Allen in Follow Friday: CGSL Look-Ups.

Her kind words are especially meaningful because the California Genealogical Society Lookups and Research team has been stretched to the breaking point with their work on the Judge project. Now that the book has been published I hope they are all catching up on their sleep. On behalf of our Lookups Committee – Judy Bodycote, Lavinia Schwarz, Pat Smith and Jim Sorenson – thanks, Leah, for the commendation!

The other part of the surprise was learning that we have another member blogger. Leah is a student and the author of two genealogy blogs: The Internet Genealogist and The Sacramento Valley Graveyard Rabbit. I’ve added the links to the sidebar collection of blogs written by CGS members. It’s getting to be a large collection so I invite you to do some browsing!

Free Broadway Shuttle Launched

by Kathryn Doyle (8/5/2010)

Carly Perez-Banuet, Operations Manager of the Breuner Building sent notice of this wonderful new addition to our neighborhood (Uptown Oakland):

Catch the FREE BROADWAY SHUTTLE to Meet Downtown Oakland!

The City of Oakland now offers a FREE Broadway Shuttle! The sparkling green buses begin operating at 7:00 a.m. between Jack London Square and Uptown.

Look for the bright and colorful “B” signs along Broadway and climb onboard. The Broadway Shuttle will travel between Embarcadero and Grand Avenue, with stops in Jack London Square, Chinatown, Old Oakland, City Center, Uptown and the Lake Merritt Financial District. Shuttle hours are Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. (with service potentially expanding into the evenings over time).

The “B” runs:

between Jack London Square and Grand Avenue
Monday – Friday (except on major holidays)
7:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m.
every 10 minutes during commute hours and lunchtime
every 15 minutes all other times

Wordless Wednesday

by Kathryn Doyle (8/4/2010)

Spotted at the CGS Library: Jeremy Frankel

President, San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Photograph courtesy of Tim Cox, Oakland, California.