Mapping Madness with Ron Arons - Sunday, April 18, 2010

Sunday, April 18, 2010
1:00 p.m. (Doors open at 12:30 p.m.)

Oakland Regional Family History Center
4766 Lincoln Avenue
Oakland 94602

San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society Lecture and Meeting: Mapping Madness with Ron Arons

Member and author Ron Arons will be the featured speaker at an upcoming SFBAJGS meeting. Ron will discuss numerous websites where one can find historical maps and he will review the online mapping facilities provided by the two Goliaths in the field: Microsoft and Google. He will also introduce the audience to several other online mapping facilities, including: Microsoft’s MapCruncher, IBM’s Many Eyes, and Muckety.com

Born and raised in New York, Ron Arons has traced his roots to England, Poland, Romania, the Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania. In researching his book, The Jews of Sing Sing, Ron took a genealogical approach, collecting a variety of original source documents. The book includes biographies of more than a dozen famous gangsters and lesser-known criminals and paints a broad canvas of Jewish criminality in New York City. Ron's newest book is the recently released Wanted! U.S. Criminal Records: Sources and Research Methodology.

Copyright © 2010 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.

eNews April 2010, volume 4, number 4

The April 2010 issue of the eNews, volume 4, number 4, has been published and emailed to members and friends. As always, the eNews features timely information about the California Genealogical Society and our upcoming events. Each edition also includes Suggested Links From the Blogosphere and a photo feature: CGS Ancestors.

This month we have a mystery man. Can you help member Susan Smith-Bromiley and her cousin, Vicky Whitney Landau, discover what happened to their great-uncle, Joseph B. Mendizábal?

Joseph B. Mendizábal

All past issues of the eNews are available for viewing at the eNews ARCHIVE. The May 2010 issue will be emailed on April 30, 2010. To receive a copy, please join our mailing list.

Wordless Wednesday

Visit to the Library
Tour by Dick Rees
Santa Clara Gen-Study Group

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Photograph by Kathryn M. Doyle, Oakland, California.

Discover Your Swedish Roots Using Genline

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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

Learn how to research Swedish Church records to trace your Swedish ancestry. Peter Wallenskog, CEO of Genline AB and Kathy Meade, Genline’s North American representative, will give a presentation on Swedish genealogy and demonstrate how to trace one’s roots using Genline, an online service that contains digital images of the original Swedish Church Books archive from the 16th century to the 20th century.

In addition, Peter and Kathy will demonstrate Genline’s new exciting initiative connecting the Swedish Church Books to Bygdeband, a site containing historical information about places, where one can gain a deeper understanding of the place where one’s Swedish ancestor lived.

Free to all participants with preregistration.

Register online.



Copyright © 2010 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library

Overview: Microsoft Office 2007

Saturday, May 1, 2010
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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

Join Tim Cox as he gives a high level overview of the Microsoft Office 2007 Suite of applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You may bring your laptop but it's not required.

This class is a free benefit for members only. Class size is limited to twenty participants.

Walk-ins will not be admitted.

Register online.