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California Genealogical Society and Library
Manuscript Collection
California Genealogical Society and Library
Manuscript Collection
Photographs courtesy of Jane Knowles Lindsey, 10/3/09, Oakland, California.
Honored To Be Nominated!
(10/5/2009)
The California Genealogical Society and Library blog is honored to be included in the Local/ Regional category of Family Tree Magazine’s 40 Best Genealogy Blogs nominees.
Voting is open from now until November 5, 2009. The process is one that the magazine is using to identify the “Best 40” for a future article:
The top 80 vote-getting blogs will make it through to a “final” round, and our editorial staff will select 40 blogs from that list. The Family Tree 40 will be announced in the May 2010 Family Tree Magazine and in the Genealogy Insider e-mail newsletter.
Among the nominees are several other CGS member blogs:
GeneaBlogie by Craig Manson
Heritage Happens by Cheryl Fleming Palmer
Destination: Austin Family by Thomas MacEntee
Steve’s Genealogy Blog by Stephen Danko
The Educated Genealogist by Sheri Fenley
The really exciting news is that you can meet ALL of these bloggers in person this coming Saturday, October 10, 2009 at the Blog Your Genealogy workshop. If you haven’t signed up yet, please email us and let us know you are coming!
And please go vote for your favorite blogs!
Book Repair Workshop Returns November 7, 2009
(10/1/2009)
The California Genealogical Society is taking reservations for the popular Book Repair Workshop to be held on Saturday morning, November 7, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Taught by Book Repair Committee Chairman, Bill O’Neil, the workshop is limited to ten enrollees.
Workshop participants learn book repair techniques by creating a book for themselves. Pages are provided and the pupils create the binding. The finished product will be a copy of a “how to” pamphlet written by the late Dick Thrift, founder of the CGS Book Repair Committee. Everyone goes home with a self-made instruction book and souvenir of the day.
PLEASE NOTE:
• Workshop is limited to ten.
• $25 charge for materials.
• Reservation form and pre-payment of fee required.
Download the registration flier and mail with a check for $25 to CGS. Questions? Call CGS at 510-663-1358 or E-mail [email protected]
Photograph by Kathryn M. Doyle, Oakland, California, 10/25/2008.