----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MONTHLY E-BULLETIN AUGUST 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- R E M I N D E R August 21 is the deadline for advanced registration for RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY A One-Day Seminar for Beginners and Experts Presented by the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Pleasanton and Livermore California Stakes Where: Pleasanton LDS Church, 6101 Valley Ave. When: Saturday, September 20, 1997 Registration $15.00 per person. Lunch will be included for those who register in advance. (Lunches will not be available for those registering at the door) For Information Call: Jolene Abrahams (510) XXX-XXXX Garth Ludwig (510) XXX-XXXX Joe Toland (510) XXX-XXXX. Or write to: Livermore Amador Genealogical Society P.O. Box 901 Livermore, CA 94551-0901 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular Monthly Meeting for August 1997 Tuesday, August 12, 1997 - 7:30 pm Location: Congregation Beth Emek, 1886 College Ave., Livermore Program: Clare Jost speaking on "History of Livermore: St. Michael's Records" The speaker at this meeting will be Clare Jost, a lifelong Livermore resident with Robert Livermore in her line. She will speak on the history of Livermore and the records that are available at St. Michael's Parish. For information call David Abrahams at XXX-XXXX or Dave Curry at XXX-XXXX. Non-Members are welcome. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Genealogy Study Group Our Study Group will not meet again until October 16, 1997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Interest Group Doug Mumma, Group Leader Thursday, August 28, 1997 - 7:30 pm Location: LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore Program: Chris Cochems speaking on "Privacy and Security issues on the Internet" The speaker at this meeting will be Chris Cochems, the System Administrator for The Diamond Lane (TDL), a local Internet Service Provider. His topic will be "Privacy and Security issues on the Internet" which should be of concern to all of us who use the Internet. He also does consulting about web page creation and other computer issues. Non-members are always welcome. Note: The L-AGS website has moved to a new location and can be visited at: http://www.l-ags.org For additional information call Doug Mumma at XXX-XXXX or Dave Curry at XXX-XXXX. FUTURE MEETINGS - Topics for future meetings include "Creation of Wall Charts for Reunions" and "Your Word Processor Can Crunch Data Too" Non-members are welcome at CIG meetings. * * * * * L-AGS Family Tree Maker Focus Group Date: Thursday, August 7, 1997 at 7:30 pm Location: LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore The L-AGS focus group for Family Tree Maker will meet on Thursday, August 7th, at 7:30 P.M. in the LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street in Livermore. We will meet in Room 9, unless it is taken. I will post signs. We will have a computer there, loaded with FTM Version 4.0. Please bring your questions and any problems you may be having with Family Tree Maker, and the group will try to answer them for you. For further information, call J'Nell Thompson at XXX-XXXX, or email at XXXX@earthlink.net. * * * * * Family Origins for Windows Focus Group Wayne Barnes is the coordinator for this group (telephone # is XXX-XXXX and e-mail is XXXX@aol.com). * * * * * For information call Doug Mumma at XXX-XXXX or Dave Curry at XXX-XXXX. Members needing help with a computer problem at any time between meetings may call one of the mentors listed in the Members' Handbook. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS Library The L-AGS library is housed in the Pleasanton Library at 400 Old Bernal Avenue in Pleasanton. The hours are: Monday and Tuesday Noon to 9 pm Wednesday and Thursday 10 am to 9 pm Friday closed Saturday 10 am to 5 pm Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm A L-AGS docent, helping with the Internet as well as with genealogy, is currently on duty at the library on Wednesdays from 10 am to 1 pm. Members who would like to serve as genealogy docents may contact Judy Person at XXX-XXXX. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Livermore Family History Center The LDS Family History Center at 950 Mocho Street in Livermore is open at the following times: Monday 10 am to 3 pm Wednesday and Thursday 6 pm to 9 pm Saturday 1 pm to 4 pm L-AGS members who would like to serve as docents at the FHC may contact Jeanne Tanghe at XXX-XXXX. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ride-sharing Offered If you are interested in attending a meeting and would like a ride, or can occasionally offer a ride, please call David Abrahams at XXX-XXXX (e-mail: XXXX@ccnet.com) or Karen Banta at XXX-XXXX (e-mail: XXXX@aol.com). -----------------------------------------------------------------------