California Genealogical Society blog

28 April 2013

Summer Intermediate Genealogy Series Begins Thursday, May 30, 2013

Posted by Kathryn Doyle

May 30, 2013 – August 8, 2013

Ten Thursday Sessions

6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

California Genealogical Society Library Classroom

2201 Broadway, Suite LL2

Oakland, CA 94612

Registration is now open for a summer session of ten Intermediate Genealogy classes at the California Genealogical Society Library. This series is designed for the researcher who wants to go beyond the basics.

Ten classes will be held Thursday evenings from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., beginning May 30, 2013 through August 9, 2013. (Class will not be held on Thursday, July 4, 2013.)

SCHEDULE:

05/30 Probate and Guardianship Records – Susan Goss Johnston

06/06 Reading and Transcribing Old Handwriting – Janice Sellers

06/13 Cemetery Records – Jane Knowles Lindsey

06/20 Church Records – Jane Knowles Lindsey

06/27 Newspaper Research – Janice Sellers

07/04 Holiday

07/11 Finding Country Cousins in Land and Property Records – Susan Goss Johnston

07/18 Seeking City Slickers in Lesser-Known Records – Susan Goss Johnston

07/25 Military Records – Susan Goss Johnston

08/01 Immigration and Naturalization – Jane Knowles Lindsey

08/08 Solving Your Toughest Genealogy Problems – Johnston and Lindsey

Download the series flier for full class descriptions.

PLEASE NOTE:

Class size is limited to thirty participants. No walk-ins.
Fee is $60 for ten classes, including syllabus. Non-members $80.
Pre-registration is required. Participants are encouraged to utilize information received in the beginning classes BEFORE enrolling in the intermediate series.

25 April 2013

San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Calendar: May 2013 Published

Posted by Kathryn Doyle

May 2013 events have been published on the San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Calendar – a collection of local genealogical society classes, workshops and meetings within a 75 mile radius of San Francisco.

The May calendar lists sixty classes and events at various venues around the Bay Area, sponsored by thirty-five societies, archives, and libraries.

If you would like to add your group's events to the calendar, please email the information by the 15th of each month for publication on or before the 25th. (Please include "SFBA Calendar" in the subject line.)

24 April 2013

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by Kathryn Doyle

13th Annual California Genealogical Society

Salt Lake City Research Tour

April 14-21, 2013

19 April 2013

Using Online Library Catalogs - Saturday, June 8, 2013

Posted by Kathryn Doyle

Saturday June 8, 2013
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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

Browsing is fun. We've all whiled away the hours scanning the shelves of our favorite bookstores. But libraries aren't bookstores and browsing a library is not research!

A recent survey of 600 genealogical society members revealed that more than half were not using online library catalogs. If you are a part of that majority, you are missing out on a valuable research tool.

Join California Genealogical Society librarians Barbara Hill and Laura Spurrier for an informative class on using online public access catalogs (OPACs) and how they can aid your genealogy research. Libraries large and small (including our own) have these databases you can access from home. Barbara and Laura will share their expertise so you can search effectively and utilize these powerful tools.

Register online.

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

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

Barbara Hill retired after thirty-three years of library work, with experience in a public library, a school library, a small scientific research library, and an academic library. Her last position, at the U.C. Berkeley Library, involved ordering books from all over the world. She ascribes her interest in genealogy to "prenatal influence," as her mother was researching the family tree at the Library of Congress before Barbara was born. Although she did not begin active pursuit of her ancestors until after her marriage, she has been at it ever since. Barbara has been a member of the California Genealogical Society since 1985 and currently serves on the Library Committee.

Laura Spurrier retired from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory after serving as a reference librarian, head of cataloging, and technical information specialist. Among her M.A. degrees, she has an M.L.S. from U.C. Berkeley. Genealogy was the family hobby in the Spurrier household so Laura caught the bug as a teenager. She is a specialist in Quaker research and has lectured on the topic to the society. Laura has been a member of the society since 1996 and currently serves on the Library Committee.

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