Using Digital Photography for Genealogy with Mary Beth Frederick – 6/18/2011

Saturday, June 18, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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

Back again by popular demand!

Let Mary Beth Frederick teach you how to use your digital camera to take photographs of books, original documents, microfilm, and computer screens. Using her method will save you time, money, energy, and frustration. You'll also be kind to your back by never again toting a mountain of paper in your carry-on baggage!

New this year! Based on feedback from previous sessions, Mary Beth has added a post-lunch lecture on organizing digital files.

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Digital Photography: A Tool for Your Genealogical Research

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Lunch

Bring a brown bag or carry-in from neighborhood cafes. Mary Beth will have an informal "hands-on" photo session so bring your cameras!

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.  Questions and Answers

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.  Organizing Your Digital Files

This workshop is limited to twenty participants and is a free benefit of membership. Non-members fee is $20.00 (non-refundable) and can be applied towards membership on the day of the workshop.

Preregistration is required. Walk-ins will not be admitted. Registration confirmations will be sent to the first twenty participants to register. Additional names will be collected and placed on a waiting list in case of cancellations.

Register online.

Mary Beth Frederick has enjoyed careers in marketing research, systems analysis and design, project management and as an editor for both print catalogs and an online website.

For over six years she has been engaged full time in discovering her family tree and that of her husband, as well as working for select clients. She has researched the records of many U.S. states as well as those of French Canada and the Louisiana Territory; England, France and Germany; Wales and the Channel Islands, and South Africa. When the volume of paper collected during the first two years of research threatened to outgrow her office, she started taking digital photos of source documents.

Mary Beth attended the 2011 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy where she completed the Research of France and French Canada course. She holds memberships in various genealogical and lineage societies, including First Families of St. Louis and La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan. She earned a BA in English Literature with Classics from The Loyola University of Chicago.


Copyright © 2011 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library

Wordless Wednesday

March Membership Meeting and Book Launch

"Over, Under, Around and Through Lost Records" 

with Raking the Ashes Author Nancy Peterson

Photographs courtesy of Tim Cox, 3/12/2011, Oakland, California.

Copyright © 2011 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.

eNews May 2011, volume 5, number 5

The May 2011 issue of the eNews, volume 5, 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: California Ancestors.

This month member Stephen Glenn White pays tribute to his father's older brother, Valmah "Val" Sherman White, who enlisted in the French army Réserve Malle, in 1916, as a volunteer ambulance driver.

Valmah "Val" Sherman White, far left, placing a call in the donkey's ear to his buddy at the tail.

Past issues of the eNews are available at the eNews archive.

The June 2011 issue will be emailed on May 31, 2011. To receive a copy, please join our mailing list.


Copyright © 2011 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.

Talking California Genealogical Society Initiatives on Blog Talk Radio

I was honored to be a guest on the Federation of Genealogical Societies' new blog radio show, My Society on Saturday, April 29, 2011. Host (and far-flung member) Thomas MacEntee invited me to discuss Genealogy Society Initiatives That Work!

During the first forty-five minutes of the hour long show, Thomas and I talked about the California Genealogical Society blog, eNews and our internet presence across social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and American Towns. We also discussed these initiatives:

• Society "Welcome Mat"
• First Free Saturday Intro class
• Family History Month classes
• Don't hide your newsletter behind the website membership wall
• Collaboration 

The shows are archived so you can listen to them anytime. My Society airs every Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Central, 12:00 p.m. Mountain and 11:00 a.m. Pacific time.

Let me know what you think!

Listen to internet radio with mysociety on Blog Talk Radio.

Founded in 1976, the Federation of Genealogical Societies links the genealogical community by helping genealogical societies strengthen and grow. To do this, FGS publishes FORUM magazine, filled with articles pertaining to society management and genealogical news; publishes an extensive series of Society Strategy Papers, covering topics about effectively operating a genealogical society; sponsors an annual conference – four days of excellent lectures, including one full day devoted to society management topics; publishes a blog, FGS Voice; and hosts My Society on BlogTalkRadio.

Copyright © 2011 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.

Society Row at Jamboree – Can You Help?

It's that time of year again! The Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree returns Friday through Sunday, June 10 - 12, 2011, at the Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center.

The generous folks at SCGS know how difficult it is for societies to afford the fees and provide the manpower to have an exhibit booth for the full three days of the conference. This year Paula and Leo have made an incredible offer to genealogical societies and we have taken them up on it!

Jamboree's new feature this year is Society Row. The California Genealogical Society will have a 6' table in the Convention Center main foyer on Saturday, June 11, 2011, at no cost! Thank you, Southern Cal! Our table will be staffed throughout the day 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Members are needed to help starting at 7:00 a.m. for set up.

For detailed information about schedule, speakers, genealogy exhibitors and more, visit the Jamboree blog and be sure to download the Jamboree App. The full thirty page Jamboree Magazine is available for download from the SCGS website.

Attention members: please email me if you are attending and can help at the table.


Copyright © 2011 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library