======================================================================== LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY E-BULLETIN FOR MAY May 1, 2002 ======================================================================== Meeting Reminder The Family Tree Maker group will meet tomorrow evening. See below for details ANNOUNCEMENT Two useful new links are on our Web site at http://www.l-ags.org: Click on Useful Internet Links, then on Vital Records, then on: (1) 1930 Census: Enumeration District Finder. If your family lived in a big city, it can be very difficult to find them in the 1930 Census. This finding aid makes it much easier. (2) California Birth Records. This online index now extends from 1905 to 1995. ======================================================================== M A Y M E E T I N G S Visitors are welcome at all of our meetings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FAMILY TREE MAKER FOCUS GROUP Dick Finn, Acting Leader Thursday, May 2, 2002 - 7:30 PM Always the first Thursday of the month Place: Livermore Adult Education Facility (formerly the Sonoma Avenue School), 543 Sonoma Ave., Livermore For a map to the school, surf to: http://www.L-AGS.org/sonoma.html 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. If you have a problem you want to bring up at the meeting, it will help if you post it in advance to: ftm.group@l-ags.org Members owning laptops are requested to bring them to the meeting. Please bring your FTM manual also. Guests are welcome at no charge. All persons interested or potentially interested in Family Tree Maker and related software are invited to attend. 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-XXX-XXXX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING Dick Finn, Acting Program Chairman Tuesday, May 14, 2002 - 7:30 PM Always the second Tuesday of the month Location: Congregation Beth Emek, 1886 College Avenue, Livermore Map to the meeting site: http://www.L-AGS.org/college.html Topic: Livermore Medicine in the Old Days Speakers Dr. Grace Devnich Livermore Medical Doctor, Historian and Author The May 14th meeting of the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society will feature Dr. Grace Devnich. Dr. Devnich was a doctor to a large number of Livermore's citizens having started her practice here in 1948. After retirement Dr. Devnich traveled to over fifty countries, wrote two books, wrote a number of articles on travel, Livermore history, and medical subjects. Dr. Devnich will speak on the medical history of the Livermore area, the large number of hospitals here, the doctors without licenses, a most unusual duel, and why she and her husband moved here in the first place. For information contact Dick Finn at 925 XXX-XXXX or: mailto:president@L-AGS.org. Visitors are welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI-VALLEY TMG USERS GROUP Joyce Siason, Kay Speaks and Larry Renslow, Leaders < mailto:tvtmg.chair@L-AGS.org > Saturday, May 18, 2002 - 9-12 AM Always the third Saturday of the month Location: 6377 Clark Avenue, Dublin, Ca. Off Dublin Blvd., past National Food Lab. URL for a map to the meeting place: < http://www.L-AGS.org/clarkave.html > Program: The first hour or so will be instruction. The balance of the time will be devoted to work on your own information. By working together we can all help each other with any problems. - - - - - Please avail yourself of the TMG e-mail forum to post questions or answers: Visitors are welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GENEALOGY STUDY GROUP Kay Speaks, Leader < mailto:study.chair@L-AGS.org > Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 7:30 PM Always the third Thursday of the month Location: Mocho Street LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore URL for a map to the church: < http://www.L-AGS.org/mocho.html > Program: "Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes" of the 1880 Census The 1880 census has an additional set of schedules which are little known and seldom used by most researchers. The "Supplemental Schedules 1-7: Defective, Dependent and Delinquent Classes" (DDD Schedules). If individuals were classified as "insane" or "idiotic", were in prison, deaf/mute, blind, had a sickness/disability, were maimed/crippled, were homeless children, or paupers and indigents, the census takers were required to go to one of the 7 schedules set aside for these categories and ask additional, detailed questions of these individuals, if they were capable of answering, or of their caretaker(s), if they were not capable of answering. The purpose of this special schedule was to identify people in these categories and to learn more specifically about their situation. Samples of what you might find in the DDD Schedules: In Whiteville, Hardeman County, Tennessee, the names of Rufus Green and Clavin Hall were recorded on the schedule of "insane" persons. Before the schedules were sent off, Dr. A.P. Waddell M.D., scratched off the names and wrote, "I have known Rufus Green and Cal Hall for many years--they are both colored and are both of sound mind." In the same county, Ben Oppenheimer of Bolivar had been deaf since the age of three, due to scarlet fever. He had lived for three years at the Kentucky State Mute Asylum, from which he was discharged in 1855. About William Burnette, listed as insane, the enumerator J.R. Jones of Hardeman County wrote, "I cannot learn anything in reference to the above named person only that he was of sound mind up to the Shiloh Battle in April 1862 but soon after said battle he became insane and been so ever since. He is in good health and lives with his brother George L. Burnette. He is a married man but his wife left him after he became insane. No physician has ever examined him; it is believed that he was so frightened that he became insane." These DDD schedules were made in most states. Even in the states where they were not made or no longer exist, some of the information is available in the regular population schedules, from which the DDD schedules were taken. Microfilm copies are available from many of the same places as the mortality and supplemental schedules. - - - - - Please avail yourself of the Study Group e-mail forum to post questions or answers: Visitors are welcome. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COMPUTER INTEREST GROUP Jim Lathrop, Group Leader < computer.chair@L-AGS.org > Thursday, May 23, 2002 - 7:30 PM Always the fourth Thursday of the month Place: Livermore Adult Education Facility (formerly the Sonoma Avenue School), 543 Sonoma Ave., Livermore For a map to the school, surf to: http://www.L-AGS.org/sonoma.html Program: What you don't know can hurt you! In January, many of you requested a session on computer security issues. This month, we will have a talk on computer security from Gary Blair. Gary works for Sandia in computer security, and has taught computer science classes for UC Berkeley Extension for over 10 years. Come and bring your security questions! As usual we will see you at 7:30 at Sonoma School. - - - - - Please avail yourself of the CIG e-mail forum to post questions or answers: < mailto:cig@L-AGS.org >. As always, our meetings are open to discussions on other "computers in genealogy" subjects. Visitors are welcome. ======================================================================== The Boilerplate 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 < mailto:webmaster@l-ags.org >. - - - - - The L-AGS Web site is located at . 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