======================================================================== LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY E-BULLETIN FOR SEPTEMBER 1998 September 1, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- See the note at the end for tips on improving the readability of this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L I B R A R Y B U L L E T I N Jay Gilson, Library Chairman BIG NEWS! Just today we put 15 new CDs in the carousels at the Pleasanton Library. They are World Family Tree CDs 8 through 22, to bring us completely up-to-date with all of the WFT disks that Broderbund has issued so far. By unfortunate coincidence, WFT CDs 1-7, which have been at the library for several months, are currently in cataloging at Fremont. We have requested that the new CDs not go to cataloging for several months, to make sure everyone who has been waiting has a chance at them. Note that the Pleasanton Library is closed for Labor Day on Monday, September 7, and for Admissions Day on Wednesday, September 9. ======================================================================== C O M I N G E V E N T S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY A one-day Seminar for beginners and experts Saturday, 19 September 1998 Register by **September 5** to qualify for a free lunch! Complete details are given later in this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS Family Tree Maker Focus Group Date: Thursday, September 3, 1998 at 7:30 pm Place: Sonoma School, 543 Sonoma Ave., Livermore J'Nell Thompson recently announced that she is unable to continue to lead the Family Tree Maker Focus Group. Dick Finn and I will try to carry on in J'Nell's place, so the September meeting of the group WILL take place as scheduled. Note that we are back to our regular winter meeting room at Sonoma School. For a map to the school, dial up: http://www.l-ags.org/sonoma.html All persons interested or potentially interested in Family Tree Maker and related software are invited to attend. Guests are welcome at no charge. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Regular Monthly Meeting Garth Ludwig, Program Chairman Tuesday, September 8, 1998 - 7:30 pm Location: Congregation Beth Emek, 1886 College Avenue, Livermore Map to the meeting site: http://www.l-ags.org/college.html Program: "Show and tell: my genealogy adventures of Summer 1998" Members and guests are invited to show off their genealogical souvenirs and describe their genealogical activities during the past summer. For information, contact Garth Ludwig at 925 XXX-XXXX or at XXXX@ix.netcom.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 925 XXX-XXXX or send her e-mail at XXXX@ccnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Interest Group Dick Finn, Group Leader Thursday, September 24, 1998 - 7:30 Location: Sonoma School, 543 Sonoma Ave., Livermore URL for a map to the School: http:/www.l-ags.org/sonoma.html Note that we are back to our regular winter meeting place. Program: "Genealogical Computing: New tools, hardware and software that we can use now" Presenter: Nina Berry Senior Member of the Technical Staff Sandia National Laboratories/California Nina will describe "some really exciting things that will be happening in computing, and especially on the World Wide Web, in the next few years." Nina has a Ph.D. in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and MS and BS degrees in Computer Science. She is a native of Pennsylvania with extra-curricular interests in "cooking/baking, pottery, music, creative writing, photography, toy robots, artificial intelligence, volunteering/ mentoring." Non-members are welcome to attend at no cost. 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 - - - - - Members needing help with a computer problem may call one of the mentors listed in the Members' Handbook. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- R E S E A R C H I N G Y O U R F A M I L Y H I S T O R Y A one-day Seminar for beginners and experts Presented by the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society & The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Livermore and Pleasanton, California, Stakes Saturday, 19 September 1998 at Livermore LDS Church 950 Mocho Street, Livermore, California Registration at 8:00 a.m., Classes 8:45 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. Registration fee: $15.00 per person REGISTER EARLY - SEATING IS LIMITED! Lunch will be provided for those who pre-register before September 5 For a registration form, call: Jolene Abrahams, 925-XXX-XXXX Garth Ludwig, 925-XXX-XXXX Bill Silver, 925-XXX-XXXX CLASSES INCLUDE: Beginning Genealogy Virginia Research Pleasanton Library & CD ROM's Creative Memories Internet Temple Ready (for LDS members) Basic Census research Preserving Photos Creating a Personal Atlas Basic Military Research How to use Scanners British Research Leaping the Brick Wall Civil War Research Beyond Census Family History Center Research ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS Library Jay Gilson, Library Chairman Do you want to have your cake and eat it too? We are starting an experimental program to share the costs of buying new CDs for the Genealogy Compact Disk Center at the Pleasanton Library. Here's how it will work in general, with specific details to be decided later: You and the Library Committee jointly decide on a genealogy CD that would be useful to you as well as to the library. Then L-AGS orders the CD. You pay some agreed-upon part of the cost and you get to use it at home for some agreed-upon length of time, before turning it over to the CD Center permanently. It's a win-win offer! If you are interested, contact me at 925 XXX-XXXX or at XXXX@best.com. Currently available CDs are 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 (closed September 7) Wednesday and Thursday 10 am to 9 pm (closed September 9) 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 (except September 9) from 10 am to 1 pm. Members who would like to serve as genealogy docents may contact Jay Gilson at 925 XXX-XXXX or at XXXX@best.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T I P S Y O U C A N U S E Tips of the Month Shirley Siems Terry, Tipster shirley@tdl.com Shirley's column appears on our Web site 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 (closed September 7) Wednesday and Thursday 6 pm to 9 pm Saturday 1 pm to 4 pm (closed September 5) L-AGS members who would like to serve as docents at the FHC may contact Jeanne Tanghe at 925 XXX-XXXX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pleasanton Family History Center The new directors of the Pleasanton Family History Center are David and Lola Cummings. They took over on August 1 after returning from 18 months on a family consulting mission in the Boston area. 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 center 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 David and Lola Cummings, Center Directors, at 925 XXX-XXXX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes from the Webmaster The seven most recent issues of the Roots Tracer are now permanently available on our Web site, thanks to Doug Mumma and Vicki Renz. Look for the link "Tracer Archives" on our home page. If you are willing to forgo receiving a paper copy of the Tracer and read it (in color!) on the Web site instead, you can save L-AGS some money for printing and mailing, and save a tree too! Contact Lori Codey at 925 XXX-XXXX or XXXX@pacbell.net. - - - - - If you ever have trouble accessing the L-AGS Web site, or find any faulty links on it, please let me know immediately. George Anderson, XXXX@ccnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ride-sharing Offered If you are interested in attending a meeting and would like a ride, or can occasionally offer a ride, please call or Karen Banta at 925 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 925 XXX-XXXX or e-mail me at XXXX@ccnet.com. 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