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Information About TheLivermore-Amador Genealogical Society |
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The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society was formed in June 1977 by students of a Livermore Adult Education Class. On June 27, 1977 the charter members met to adopt by-laws and the organization was founded.
Purposes
Our membership has a combined experience of many hundreds of years in the field of genealogy. All of us want to share our experience with you, and in turn to learn from your experience. Through cooperation, the efforts of each individual are multiplied many fold.
Members Handbook
All members are provided with a handbook that will help them get the most from their Society. It includes many "How-to" sheets of information for those just getting started. It also describes the many archives, libraries and resource centers in the Bay Area. In addition, the handbook contains information on the meetings of the various sub-groups of our club.
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General Membership Meetings (Check our Coming Events Page for more details)
Society general meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Congregation Beth Emek, 3400 Nevada Court, Pleasanton. Programs have featured genealogists, local historians, local authors, and local business people who can offer insights into the history of the Livermore-Amador Valley. Some of our more popular meetings are those in which members share their recent genealogy breakthroughs with the audience, or seek help from the audience on research "brick walls" that have them stumped. For information about programs at the meetings, contact Barbara Huber, Program Chairperson.
The Study Group Meetings
The Study Group, which now includes the Computer Interest Group, meets monthly on the fourth Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore. It offers a variety of research information from beginning to intermediate genealogy. A group leader provides a subject for each meeting and handouts are available. There is always an active question and answer session. By combining the talents of our many members we hope to help each other with our family research problems. For more information, contact Kay Speaks, Group Leader.
The Family Tree Maker Group
The Family Tree Maker Group meets monthly on the first Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Almond Avenue School, 1401 Almond Avenue, Livermore. This group learns how to use all the features of the Family Tree Maker software. Meetings may have a lesson on or a review of an aspect of the software, and there will always be a time for questions and answers. For more information, contact Dick Finn, acting FTM Leader.
The Tri-Valley The Master Genealogist Users' Group
The Master Genealogist Group meets monthly on the third Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at 7077 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 110, Pleasanton. This group focuses on the powerful software used by professional genealogists. There are topics for discussion and time for practice and questions and answers. For more information, contact Kay Speaks, TMG Leader.
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Surname Registry
The Society has published More Names of Our Ancestors, an index to family names that members are researching. Dates and places connected with each family are also listed. Through this book, we have made contact throughout the world with others interested in the same family lines.
Local Cemeteries
The Society has published two surveys of local cemeteries. Livermore Cemeteries contains over 5800 names of people buried in the four cemeteries of Livermore: Roselawn, St. Michael's Catholic, Memory Gardens and Oak Knoll, a pioneer cemetery that has been abandoned. Cemeteries of Pleasanton and Dublin, California, published in January 1990, contains 4668 entries from three cemeteries: St. Augustine's Catholic and Memorial Gardens in Pleasanton, and the Dublin pioneer cemetery, which dates from 1859. It also contains records of burials from Graham Mortuary, Pleasanton, 1904-1923. On our Web site, we have published 358 records of a different mortuary, Robert Graham Mortuary of Livermore, from the years 1878-1887 and 1893.
A listing of all our publications with descriptions and prices is on this web site.
The above publications and other databases are searchable from the search engine on our home page.
Seminars
The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, in cooperation with the Livermore and Pleasanton Latter-Day Saint Churches, has offered a one-day genealogy seminar since 1991. Carefully selected classes and workshops are presented by qualified teachers. The classes range from those for the beginner to some for the expert researcher. The very newest research information to the newest computer technical knowledge is presented. Seminar information will be posted on our Coming Events Page.
The Roots Tracer
The Livermore Roots Tracer is our quarterly publication distributed to all our members, local libraries and other genealogical societies. It has been designed to provide research tips, news of Society activities, and information from other societies throughout the nation. Members are encouraged to write articles for The Roots Tracer and are invited to submit queries and genealogical aids. An archive of current and past issues is available on this web site.
The L-AGS Genealogy Library in the City of Pleasanton Library
The Society, in cooperation with the City of Pleasanton Library, maintains the largest collection of genealogical materials in the Valley, numbering over 1000 books, over 550 CD-ROMs, the California Death Index on microfiche for 1940-1994, Federal Census microfilms (1860-1920) for the Pleasanton-Livermore part of Alameda County, and genealogical periodicals from other parts of the country. The genealogy book collection is listed in the library's on-line catalog. In addition, there are two computers dedicated to genealogical research near the Genealogy Collection. Genealogy docents are on duty at the library on a regular weekly schedule.
The City of Pleasanton Library is located at:
400 Old Bernal Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566-7012
(925) 462-3535
For more information on any aspect of the Society, contact the L-AGS President.
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If you would like to join our group, dues are $18.00 individual, $25.00 family (two people at the same address) for a calendar year, January through December. Those joining in October, November and December become members through December of the following year. Please make checks payable to "L-AGS."
You may download a Membership Application form and fill it out or simply send the following information:
Full Name
Postal mailing address, including Zip code
Telephone number
E-mail address
Surnames you are researching
Localities of interest
Interesting facts about your ancestors
and dues by postal mail to:
L-AGS
P.O. Box 901
Livermore, CA 94551 USA
If you you would like further information, you may contact our Membership Chairman at membership@l-ags.org . Or, you can attend any of the meetings listed above where the group leader can take your information and give it to the Membership Chairperson, who will then add you to our roster and send you a membership card.
Sorry, we have no way to accept payment by credit card, and no way to convert non-US currency or checks.
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