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Wordless Wednesday

by Kathryn Doyle (4/14/2010)

Frankie Rhodes, Dick Rees and Arlene Miles

March 10, 2010

Photograph by Kathryn Doyle, Oakland, California.

Featured on RootsTelevision!

by Kathryn Doyle (4/13/2010)

We’re so honored and pleased that our YouTube video has been added to RootsTelevision and has been selected as one of this week’s New Roots Tuesday picks.

Pub/Mark Committee chair Cathy Paris created Who Do You Think We Are? from blog photos and added captions to describe all aspects of the society and our members. RootsTelevision thinks it’s “a great example of how a society can showcase themselves online.” We agree! And we thank Roots Television for helping us to spread our message.

Roots Television offers free genealogy and family history videos. Topics include Conferences, How-to, DNA, African Roots, British research, Irish family history, Hispanic roots, Libraries, Archives, Reunions, Photo Restoration and more.

Some Nice Press From A Surprising Source

by Kathryn Doyle (4/12/2010)

I mentioned last month that advertising our First Saturdays Free “Intro to Genealogy” classes on internet events sites like Yelp, Yahoo Upcoming and Facebook seems to be reaching a new and younger audience. This month’s April 3 class, taught by Mary Beth Frederick, included a student who found us on Yelp and who was interested in more than just learning some genealogy.

Brianna Headsten let us know in advance that she was coming and that she would be writing an article about the class for her school newspaper. A communications student at California State University East Bay, Brianna is on the staff of The Pioneer. I was thrilled to receive a copy of her article, All Branches Have Common Roots, published on April 8, 2010, and assurances that she will be back to do more research on her family history.

Thanks so much, Brianna!