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Copyright © 2012 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library
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California Genealogical Society President Jeffrey Vaillant had a great idea I think you should steal.
When the incoming board of directors had their first meeting this past February, Jeff added a new item to the agenda: "My Favorite Ancestor." After "old business" and before we move on to new agenda items, one director gives a short, two-three minute presentation about an ancestor. Jeff makes the next assignment so the presenter will have a month to prepare.
So far each presentation has included a a photo or two to pass around. Some have recited a short life synopsis, some have focused on a good story, and some have talked about some aspect of the research itself.
It has been such a successful idea it is spreading to other committee meetings at our society. Last month our Publications/Marketing chair, Shannon Reese, brought along some photos and the obituary he wrote for his grandmother, who died this past year.
One added benefit is that the photos are also being used in the "California Ancestors" feature in our monthly eNews. You can take a look at the photos on our California Ancestors photo board on Pinterest.
It goes without saying that genealogists love to share their family history. This has been a good way to put some of the focus back on our research.
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Tim Cox |
November 2012 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 November calendar lists forty-eight events at various venues around the Bay Area, sponsored by thirty societies, libraries and archives.
If you would like to add your group's events to the calendar, please email the information by the 15th of each month. (Please include "SFBA Calendar" in the subject line.)
Copyright © 2012 by Kathryn M. Doyle, California Genealogical Society and Library.
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Table and supplies organized and ready for the workshop. |
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Diana Edwards, Bill O'Neil, Marianne Frey, and Linda Okazaki. |
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Todd Armstrong and Carolyn Jacoby |
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Linda Okazaki |
The box workshop was active and interactive with a lively group. Where else can you learn to create an archival box that is beautiful and functional, and have fun in the process? It was also nice to meet some new people, both members and non members. Thanks, Bill!
No one is certain how the original membership book of the California Chapter of the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America came to be at the California Genealogical Society. It most likely was among books that were donated after a member’s death.
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Past-presidents Charlotte Scherman (left) and Jean Palmer (right) flank NSCDA-CA President Nancy McAteer (center) and the ledger book at Octagon House. |
The October 2012 eNews, volume 6, number 10, 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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"Little Jim" |
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