Swedish Genealogy Day at the Oakland FamilySearch Library

I'm pleased to share this announcement from member Marge Bell.

Saturday, October 12, 2013
9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Oakland FamilySearch Library
(formerly Oakland Regional Family History Center)
4766 Lincoln Avenue
Oakland, California 94602

Have you hit a brick wall in your Swedish research or do you want to know where to begin? The Oakland FamilySearch Library will be hosting a day of Swedish research classes and individual consultations.

The one-day seminar will feature:

• Anna-Lena Hultman, expert on emigration research who helped develop the Emibas CD
• Anneli Andersson from the Mellerud Museum and Genealogy Archive
• Charlotte Börjesson, board member with the Computer Genealogy Society of Sweden (DIS)
• Kathy Meade - North American representative for ArkivDigital

There is no fee for the seminar but tickets are required. Email the library with your request and use the subject line: SwedGen. Space permitting, walk-ins may be allowed after 9:20 a.m.

There are a limited number of one-on-one, thirty minute consultations available by appointment only. Fill out the online research query form before September 1, 2013. Be sure to indicate that you will be attending at the Oakland, CA site.

Schedule:
9:00 a.m.     Doors open, registration, tickets for door prizes
9:30 a.m.     Opening remarks and Introductions
10:00 a.m.   Using ArkivDigital - online Swedish church records, Kathy Meade
11:00 a.m.   Swedish online resources and CDs, Anneli Andersson

12:00 p.m.   Lunch (bring your own) Drinks and snacks available for purchase. Library computers and wifi available during lunch break

1:15 p.m.   Door Prizes (must be present to win)
1:30 p.m.   DISBYT (Swedish Family Tree Database) and EmiWeb, Charlotte Börjesson

2:30 p.m.   Leaving for America: Swedish culture with emigration history, Anna‐Lena Hultman

3:30 p.m.   Question and answer session

Download the information flier.

The Oakland FamilySearch Library, formerly known as the Oakland Regional Family History Center, is one of the largest and most accessible centers for genealogical research in California, with more than 9,000 volumes of books, periodicals, family histories, city and county histories, city directories, plus over 37,000 reels of microfilm and 9,000 microfiche containing millions of local vital records and historical census data from all over the world.


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

Wordless Wednesday

Volunteers at Work

California Genealogical Society Library

Photograph by Kathryn Doyle, Oakland, California, 6/11/2013.


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

San Francisco Bay Area Genealogy Calendar: August 2013 Published

August 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.

Most Bay Area societies take a break in August so the calendar is light with only thirty 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.)

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

Call for Articles: The California Nugget Seeks WWI Accounts for 2014 Centennial of the Start of The Great War

Do you have an ancestor story about World War I?

Was there a WWI soldier, sailor, marine, nurse, journalist or ambulance driver in your family? Did an ancestor contribute to the war effort from home?

The California Genealogical Society is looking for accounts and ancestor stories about the Great War, including letters, photos, service records, and military records for the "California Ancestors" portion of The California Nugget in 2014, as the anniversary of the start of the war is commemorated. A descendancy chart for the ancestor would be a welcome addition. 

Download the submission guidelines. Email your submissions to Editor Jane Hufft.

The California Nugget, the journal of the California Genealogical Society (CGS), is published twice a year. Its purpose is to share the unique genealogical material in the CGS library, add to the body of family history information about Californians, offer guidance and timely information to family researchers, and to provide a forum for members to share their expertise and findings. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the society. The magazine is distributed free to members and is available to non-members for $5.00 an issue, plus postage.

Images from the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, WWI Posters Collection, LC-USZC4-7313 (Do Your Duty), LC-USZC4-9940 (Farm to Win), LC-USZC4-10783 (Doing Her Part).


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

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July Membership Meeting with Henry Snyder

Newspaper Preservation and Digital Access in The Americas and Europe

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Photographs courtesy of Ron Madson, Oakland, California, 7/13/13.
Copyright © 2013 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.