======================================================================== LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY E-BULLETIN FOR JULY 1998 July 1, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the note at the end for tips on improving the readability of this message. ======================================================================== C O M E T O A G A R D E N P A R T Y An Invitation from Lori Codey The July regular meeting will be changed from the normal Tuesday evening to Saturday, July 18th at 4:00 pm for our 3nd Annual Garden Party Potluck. This party is for members and their guests and will be held at my house, BBQ Beef, sodas, and water will be provided. Please bring: * A potluck side-dish, salad or dessert to feed 8-10 people * Your own place setting (plates and silverware) * Beer or wine if you desire * We have a pool, so bring a swimsuit and towel too! PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL R.S.V.P. BY MONDAY, JULY 13TH SO I CAN ESTIMATE HOW MUCH MEAT, DRINKS, ETC TO BUY. MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS: XXXX@pacbell.net DIRECTIONS: >XXX-XXXX. THANKS...see you! Lori ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS Family Tree Maker Focus Group Date: Thursday, July 23, 1998 at 7:30 pm Place: LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore 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 July 1998 Garth Ludwig, Program Chairman The July meeting will be a Garden Party at Lori Cody's house. See announcement above. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Genealogy Study Group Jolene Abrahams, Leader The Study Group will not meet again until October. - - - - - 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, July 23, 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: "Genealogical Computing; New tools, hardware and software that we can use now" Presenter: Nina Berry Member of the Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories/California Nina says she will describe "some really exciting things that will be happening in computing, and especially on the World Wide Web, in the next few years." 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 on CIG call Dick Finn at 925-XXX-XXXX or e-mail him at XXXX@pacbell.net If you can't get Dick try George Anderson at 925-XXX-XXXX or XXXX@ccnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS Library The Genealogy CD Center in the Pleasanton Library is doing a brisk business, but rarely with a waiting line. Access will soon be changed from "first come, first served" to an "advance reservation" basis. 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. Currently available CDs were listed in the April 1998 Roots Tracer. They are also listed on the L-AGS Web site, with a link on the home page. 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 (closed July 4) 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 July from: Tips of the Month Shirley Siems Terry, Tipster shirley@tdl.com Shirley's 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------