======================================================================= LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY E-BULLETIN FOR JULY 1999 July 1, 1999 ======================================================================= You are invited to a G A R D E N P A R T Y! Lori Codey, Hostess Time: Saturday, July 17, 1999 - 4:00 PM Location: Our 4th Annual Garden Party (members only) is scheduled for Saturday, July 17th, 4:00 pm at my house. BBQ beef, soft drinks & water will be provided. Please bring a potluck dish to share, your own plates & silverware, and beer or wine if you wish. We have a pool and if tradition holds, July 17th should be one of the hottest days of the year....so, bring a suit and towel also! Please let me know by Monday, July 12 if you are coming so we know how much food to buy. RSVP by e-mail to president@l-ags.org or by phone to XXX-XXXX. This will be the General Meeting for July (no meeting 7/13). We will need help to get the tables & chairs from the Synagogue and to set them & the awnings up. Please let me know if you can help by calling me at XXX-XXXX or e-mail at president@l-ags.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- C O M I N G E V E N T S Visitors are welcome at all of our meetings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- L-AGS FAMILY TREE MAKER FOCUS GROUP Dick Finn, Group Leader Date: Thursday, July 1, 1999 at 7:30 PM Location: Mocho Street LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore URL for a map to the church: http://www.l-ags.org/mocho.html NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION FOR THE SUMMER! We will have a sharing and problem solving session. Bring in your questions, problems, solutions, and anecdotes about FTM. We are primarily a group of Family Tree Maker users (from beginners to experts) who discuss/share problems and successes and in general help each other in the use of FTM software. All persons interested or potentially interested in Family Tree Maker and related software are invited to attend. Guests are welcome at no charge. For information on our group please feel free to call Richard Finn at 925-XXX-XXXX or e-mail him at XXXX@pacbell.net. If you can't get Dick try George Anderson at 925-8XXX-XXXX or XXXX@ccnet.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING The regular meeting on July 13 will be replaced by the garden party for members only on Saturday, July 17. Please see the announcement above and don't forget to RSVP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGY STUDY GROUP Vicki Renz, Leader Thursday, July 15, 1999 - 7:30 pm Location: Mocho Street LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore URL for a map to the church: http://www.l-ags.org/mocho.html The study topic for July will be announced later. The Study Group will continue to meet during the summer at the usual place in the Mocho Street LDS Church. - - - - - 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 contact Vicki Renz at 925 XXX-XXXX or XXXX@tdl.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP Dick Finn, Group Leader Thursday, July 22, 1999 - 7:30 pm Location: Mocho Street LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore URL for a map to the church: http://www.l-ags.org/mocho.html NOTE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION FOR THE SUMMER! Program: "Modern imaging technology: printers, scanners, cameras, ..." Presenter: Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Utley Epson America, Inc. The Utley husband and wife team from Epson will educate us on the current and future state of the art in digital imaging. Epson has been winning much critical praise for its advances in this technology. Here are the URLs for some Web pages that will give you a preview of the products that the Utleys will discuss: http://www.epson.com/home.shtml http://www.epson.com/printer/ http://www.epson.com/cam_scan/ 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 rwfinn@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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIBRARY NEWS Jay Gilson, Library Chairman During the month of July 1999, while the Pleasanton Library is undergoing a makeover, the L-AGS/Pleasanton Library Genealogy CD collection will be available for loan at the my home during the hours of 10 AM - 8 PM every day. Please call me at XXX-XXXX to arrange mutually convenient times. Email: JDGILSON@best.com. You will have to pardon the mess here because we are giving our house a makeover also! The catalog of our CDs is posted on the Web at: http://www.l-ags.org/pleasanton.cds.html The total CD-ROM holdings are now 138 titles and 262 disks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVERMORE FAMILY HISTORY CENTER Bill Silver, Director 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 The telephone number at the Livermore FHC is 925 XXX-XXXX. 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 David and Lola Cummings, Directors These are the new expanded hours for the Pleasanton Family History Center: Tuesday 5 PM to 9 PM Wednesday 9 AM to 1 PM and 7 PM to 9 PM Friday 9 AM to 5 PM Saturday 10 AM to 2 PM The telephone number at the Pleasanton FHC is 925 846 0149. Equipment: 3 computers with Family Search 4 microfilm viewers 2 microfiche viewers 10 basic reference books - - - - - Note that the hours in Pleasanton overlap only slightly with the hours at the Mocho Street FHC in Livermore. The Pleasanton FHC is located 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes from the Webmaster We realize that not all L-AGS members have e-mail. If you have friends in L-AGS who do not have e-mail, please keep them informed about news in these e-mail bulletins. - - - - - To discontinue receiving these mailings from L-AGS please call me at 925 XXX-XXXX or e-mail me at XXXX@ccnet.com. - - - - - 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, ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ride-sharing Offered If you are interested in attending a meeting and would like a ride, or can occasionally offer a ride, please contact Karen Banta at 925 XXX-XXXX (e-mail: XXX-XXXXa@pacbell.mobile.com). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The L-AGS Website is located at: http://www.l-ags.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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