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In celebration of October Family History Month, the Oakland FamilySearch Library will host the California Genealogical Society's fifth annual Fall Beginning Genealogy Research Series.
Is visiting a library fun? Really?
Yes! It's so much fun members of the California Genealogical Society make the trek to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City year after year after year.
This past April, Kathie Jones took her video camera to document the society's twelfth annual tour. The result is a light-hearted look at our most popular research trip. A Trip Worth Taking: the Family History Library is the newest video offering by Jones and Shannon Reese.
The California Genealogical Society has a long history of collaborative relationships that continues today.
Board members Pat Gallagher and Henry Snyder have been meeting with Patricia L. Keats, Director of Library and Archives at the Society of California Pioneers. They have been planning an introductory genealogy class for members of both societies to be held in San Francisco in the fall.
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The Society of California Pioneers |
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L. to R. Jane Hufft, Pat Gallagher, Henry Snyder, and Kim Cotton. |
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Alice Phelan Sullivan Library |
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Joseph and Mildred Rolph Moore Gallery |
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Pat Gallagher, Henry Snyder and Patricia Keats. |
"I love when people get introduced to our collections here at the Society of California Pioneers. We have such a treasure trove of not only printed information, but visual information as well. Our manuscript collections (diaries, letters, etc.) are wonderful, but there is also the vast collection of other materials that researchers can use. Visual materials such as maps, printed broadsides, photographs, advertising ephemera and art can all be really informative in many ways for researchers.
Working at the Society is like working in a vast historical story – each day one can go from the Gold Rush to Japanese immigration at Angel Island, from rare books on early San Francisco to pamphlets on early California artists. One learns something new everyday!"Keats summed things up: "We are looking forward to collaborating with the California Genealogical Society since both of our organizations have similar aims, and our collections complement one another quite a bit. I think this will be the beginning of something very beneficial, as well as interesting and fun, to both our organizations!"
The July 2012 eNews, volume 6, number 7, 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.
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Thomas Lee Rader and Louise Douglas Mackintosh |
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