======================================================================== LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY E-BULLETIN FOR JUNE 1998 June 1, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the note at the end for tips on improving the readability of this message. ======================================================================== Regular monthly events at L-AGS Family Tree Maker Focus Group First Thursday, 7:30 pm Sonoma School 543 Sonoma Street Livermore (NOTE: July and August meetings are on the fourth Thursday at the Mocho St. LDS Church, combined with the Computer Interest Group. See announcement below.) Main L-AGS Meeting Second Tuesday, 7:30 pm Congregation Beth Emek College and "M" Livermore (NOTE: June meeting is at the Pleasanton Library. See announcement below.) Study Group Third Thursday, 7:30 pm LDS Church 950 Mocho St. Livermore Computer Interest Group Fourth Thursday, 7:30 pm Sonoma School 543 Sonoma Street Livermore (NOTE: June, July and August meetings are at the Mocho St. LDS Church,. See announcement below.) Some meetings have special schedules during summer and holiday seasons. Check this page for details each month. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS Family Tree Maker Focus Group Date: Thursday, June 4, 1998 at 7:30 pm Place: Sonoma School, P-2 classroom, 543 Sonoma Street, Livermore The L-AGS focus group for Family Tree Maker will meet on Thursday, June 4th, at 7:30 pm at the Sonoma School in Classroom P-2, 543 Sonoma Avenue, Livermore. The P-2 classroom is a trailer located behind the main school building. It is best to park in the east parking lot, and walk around the back of the building to the classroom. You can go to the following URL to view a map showing the school and classroom location. http://www.l-ags.org/sonoma.html We will discuss problems, solutions, and questions anyone has with Family Tree Maker. If you have some specific issue you would like dealt with, send me an email message describing the issue so we can be prepared at the meeting. NOTE: For July and August, the Family Tree Maker Focus Group will meet with the Computer Interest Group on the fourth Thursday of the month. The meeting will be at the Mocho St. LDS Church. If necessary, the FTM Focus Group will caucus after the CIG meeting. URL for a map to the LDS Church: http://www.l-ags.org/mocho.html For further information, call J'Nell Thompson at XXX-XXXX, or email me at XXXX@tdl.com. Non-members are welcome. J'Nell Thompson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular Monthly Meeting for June 1998 Garth Ludwig, Program Chairman Tuesday, June 9, 1998 - 7:30 pm Location: Pleasanton Library, 400 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton The meeting room is through the first door to the right after entering the building. NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION FOR JUNE ONLY Program: "Genealogy Compact Disks" Presenter: Jay Gilson, L-AGS Library Chairman The talk will be an overview of genealogy CD's in general and a discussion of their utility to genealogy groups such as ours. It will also characterize our L-AGS/ Pleasanton Library Genealogy CD collection and will conclude by posing questions for L-AGS members. Jay promises that "This will not be a computer talk, no digital mumbo-jumbo." The speaker is a retired engineer and 40-year resident of Livermore. He says, "My passion for the last 5 years has been family history research in Vermont of the 1770-1850's." For information call George Anderson at 925 XXX-XXXX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Genealogy Study Group Jolene Abrahams, Leader Thursday, June 18, 1998 - 7:30 pm Location: LDS Church, 950 Mocho St., Livermore (parking and entrance in the rear). URL for a map to the LDS Church: http://www.l-ags.org/mocho.html The Society's Study Group will meet on Thursday, June 18, 1998 at 7:30 pm in the LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street in Livermore. Jolene Abrahams, Past President of L-AGS and a local genealogist leads this informal group and with the help of other qualified members keeps things interesting and educational. If you are just starting out or are an expert genealogist who wants to expand your knowledge, be there. No cost to attend. - - - - - Members needing help with a genealogy problem may call one of the club officers, who will attempt to find someone who can help. For information call Jolene Abrahams at 510 XXX-XXXX or send her e-mail at XXXX@ccnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Interest Group Dick Finn, Group Leader Thursday, June 25, 1998 - 7:30 pm Location: LDS Church, 950 Mocho St., Livermore URL for a map to the LDS Church: http://www.l-ags.org/mocho.html NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION FOR JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST Program: "Current and future genealogy products from Broderbund" Presenter: Paul Birchfield, Broderbund Software, Inc. Non-members are welcome to attend at no cost. - - - - - Members needing help with a computer problem may call one of the mentors listed in the Members' Handbook. For information call Dick Finn at XXX-XXXX or E-mail him at XXXX@pacbell.net During Dick's absence, contact George Anderson at XXX-XXXX or XXXX@ccnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS Library The Genealogy CD Center in the Pleasanton Library opened for business on May 23. One hundred and six compact disks with genealogical data are already in the carousels, with more to come. Until all of the disks are cataloged, they will be sent ten at a time to Fremont for the cataloging process, so temporarily there will be gaps in the holdings. Note that the June 9 meeting of L-AGS will be devoted to the subject of genealogy compact disks. Conditions of use for the compact disks are those required by the Pleasanton Library. In particular, users are asked to be considerate of the reference librarians, who do not have time for lengthy tutoring. There are how-to instructions and help files on each CD, and two printed manuals have been provided to allow users to learn by self-study and practice. Currently available CDs were listed in the last Roots Tracer. They are also listed at: http://www.l-ags.org/tracer/Library.htm Use of the CD computer is on a first-come basis, with a one-hour time limit if others are waiting. If you have a laptop computer with a CD drive, you can bring it to the library and have unlimited-time access to the CD collection. The Pleasanton Library 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 is 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to get your Tips for June from: Tips of the Month Shirley Siems Terry, Tipster shirley@tdl.com Shirley Terry is a three-time president of L-AGS and one of our most experienced genealogists. She is the official "tipster of the month" on the L-AGS Web site. Her column appears monthly, offering helpful and interesting advice on all things genealogical. Shirley would like to hear about your favorite tips! To reach "Tips of the Month" on our Web site, click on that title in the table on our home page at http://www.l-ags.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual LDS/L-AGS Seminar The date for the 1998 L-AGS/LDS genealogical seminar has been set. Please mark your calendars: Date: Saturday, September 19, 1998 Place: LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore Details will be announced this month. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pleasanton Family History Center The following are the current hours for the Pleasanton FHC at the Pleasanton Stake house on the corner of Valley and Paseo Santa Cruz. The building faces North and the entrance to the library is on the East side. Wednesday 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The library now has four microfilm readers, four fiche readers and two computers running the Family Search program. Non-LDS patrons are welcome. For use of the facilities at times other than the regular open hours, a special appointment may be requested from Nan Reuel, Center Director, at 510 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@pacbell.mobile.com). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The L-AGS Website is located at: http://www.l-ags.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you prefer not to receive these mailings from L-AGS or would like further information, please call me at 510 XXX-XXXX or e-mail me at XXXX@ccnet.com. George Anderson ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Readability To make sure this message is readable by the maximum number of different computer systems, it is transmitted in plain text, without embedded formatting. The message was composed in 10 point monospaced Courier font, in a 6.125 inch column width. Any necessary indenting and centering was done with spaces, not tabs. If the text appears ragged on your screen, change to 10 point Courier font, or copy the message to a word processor and change the font there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------