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San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Calendar: July 2010 Published

by Kathryn Doyle (6/26/2010)

July 2010 meetings and events have been posted to the San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Calendar. The calendar is a collection of local genealogical society events – seminars, classes, workshops and meetings – within a 75 mile radius of San Francisco.

More than thirty genealogy programs will be offered during the month of July.

If you would like your group’s events added to the calendar, please email the information by the 20th of each month for publication on the 25th. (Put “SFBA Calendar” in the subject line.)

The California Nugget, Volume II, Issue 1

by Kathryn Doyle (6/25/2010)

Writing, editing, formatting and printing of the Spring 2010 edition of The California Nugget is complete and copies should be arriving at members’ homes any day. Kudos to Editor Jane Hufft and Production Editor Lois Elling for another outstanding issue!

You’ll notice right away that the cover color has changed – the plan is to use a different one for each year. The Editor’s message from Jane explains:

For 2010 both issues will have green covers, signaling freshness, renewal, and growth in the articles and information we present for our readers. May this inspire your research to bloom!

The cover article is an informative and entertaining piece by Thomas MacEntee: The Day Grandma Fran Got On Facebook: Why the World Didn’t End and Why It Was a Good Thing. Thomas is a “far-flung” member of the California Genealogical Society who lives in Chicago.

TABLE of CONTENTS
Twenty-First Century Genealogy
The Day Grandma Fran Got On Facebook by Thomas MacEntee
California Ancestors: Our New Look by Kathryn Doyle
Finding the Laughran Sisters – Part II by Jane Hufft

California Ancestors

Alonzo Marston and Eliza Jackson: Struggles and Survival of a California Family by Ronald Cannon

Louis Schwoerer and Sophia Henrietta Schlechtweg: Pioneers of Murphys, Calaveras County by Barry F. Schwoerer and Lori Schwoerer

For Our Readers
The CGS Calendar
Recent Acquisitions in the Library
News from the Society
New Members
Research Trip to Salt Lake City
Index

The California Nugget is a benefit of membership in the California Genealogical Society. It is published twice a year.

Encore! Hard Drive Organization: Making Use of Your Computer File Folders

by Kathryn Doyle (6/23/2010)

Saturday, July 31, 2010
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

California Genealogical Society Library
2201 Broadway, Suite LL2
Oakland, California 94612

Join Tim Cox for an encore presentation of this popular workshop!

After collecting digital images from online sources and manually scanning paper documents and photos for over twenty years, Tim found a management method that works for his digital files. He will demonstrate how to name files for easy identification, how to organize folders that make it easy to find them, and how to properly identify scanned photographs.

This workshop is limited to twenty participants and is a free benefit for society members. Walk-ins will not be admitted.

The fee for non-members is $20.00 (non-refundable) and can be applied towards membership only on the day of the workshop.