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31 January 2013

A San Francisco Public Library Talk by Jane Lindsey: Using Familysearch.org for Your Genealogy Research

Tuesday, March 19, 2013
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

San Francisco Main Public Library
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

Jane Knowles Lindsey will present a lecture at the  San Francisco Main Library on using FamilySearch.org. This free website provides a collection of records, resources, and services to help people with their genealogical research. Records on the site come from the United States and from countries around the world. It is one of the most heavily used genealogy sites on the Internet.

This talk will focus primarily on learning to search the records, finding information in the card catalog and the exploring the Learn tab which includes the Familysearch Wiki.

Come discover what you can find about your family on this incredible website!

Jane Knowles Lindsey is past-president of the California Genealogical Society. She continues to serves on its events committee. Jane's specialty is events planning and she has arranged genealogical research cruises to Alaska, Canada and the Carribbean. In addition, she leads annual group research tours to major genealogical libraries in Salt Lake City and Boston.

Mrs.
Lindsey, a native of Massachusettes, received her R.N. degree from Boston University and practiced nursing until 1983. She did extensive volunteer fundraising for Children’s Hospital, Oakland, until 1998. Jane is also a past Trustee and Council member for the New England Historical and Genealogical Society. She travels to Salt Lake City at least twice a year to do her own family research and for private clients.

Copyright © 2013 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.

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