======================================================================== LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY E-BULLETIN FOR SEPTEMBER September 1, 2002 ======================================================================== Meeting Reminder The Family Tree Maker group will meet this week. See details below. ANNOUNCEMENTS Meeting places Contrary to what was announced last month, the L-AGS Study Group meeting for September will be held at the usual site in the LDS Church on Mocho Street in Livermore. See details below. The Family Tree Maker Focus Group and the Computer Interest Group will resume meeting in Sonoma School starting this month. New CDs at the Pleasanton Library Thirteen new genealogy CDs will soon be in the carousels at the Pleasanton Library. They are all World Family Tree (WFT) discs published by Genealogy.com. Previously our collection included all WFT CDs up through Volume 62. The new additions bring the holdings up through Volume 80, except for Volumes 63, 64, 66, 72 and 76. The reason for the gaps is that I bought these CDs on behalf of L-AGS on EBay, most of them for $4.99 each. I bid on the five others but was outbid. The regular price for WFT CDs is $20. We will try to fill in the gaps when the price is right again. ======================================================================== S E P T E M B E R 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, September 5, 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 NOTE THAT WE ARE BACK IN SONOMA SCHOOL FOR OUR MEETINGS Version 10 of Family Tree Maker has just been released. We will discuss and critique the features of the new version. 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: mailto: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 Mary Dillon, Program Chairperson < mailto:program.chair@L-AGS.org > Tuesday, September 10, 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: The Concannon Family - From Ireland to California and a New Life Presenter: Jim Concannon Grandson of the founder of Concannon Vineyard James Concannon, founder of Concannon Vineyard, immigrated to America from the Aran Islands of Ireland at the age of seventeen. Several years later he arrived in California with his wife and the first of ten children. Following the advice of his good friend Archbishop Alemany of San Francisco, he planted a vineyard and went into the wine business to produce Sacramental wine for the church services of various religious denominations. This church association enabled the winery to continue operation during the years of Prohibition. Three generations have carried on the tradition of wine making from 1883 to the present in the Livermore Valley. James Concannon, grandson of founder, was born and raised in Livermore and attended local schools. He graduated from St. Mary's College with a degree in business administration, later attending U.C. Davis for classes in Enology (wine chemistry). After serving in the Korean War for two years he returned to Livermore and assumed the role of winemaker at Concannon in 1955. Jim continues to be actively involved in the winery as well as serving his community and church in many ways. - - - - - In addition to Jim Concannon, we will also have as our guest Mr. James Lyster from London, England. In advance of his visit to America, a number of our members have been working hard helping Mr. Lyster research his family, who were some of the earliest Irish citizens of Dublin, California in the mid 1800s. We will present our work to Mr. Lyster at our meeting. 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, September 21, 2002 - 9-12 AM Always the third Saturday of the month Location: 7077 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 110, Pleasanton. This is across Valley Avenue from Gate 12 of the fairgrounds. URL for a map to the meeting place: < http://www.L-AGS.org/koll.center.html > Program: We will devote some time to continuing the discussion of the new version 5.0 of TMG. 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, September 19, 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 > Contrary to the announcement made last month, the L-AGS Study Group meeting for September will be held at the usual site in the LDS Church on Mocho Street in Livermore. Program: To be announced - - - - - 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 < mailto:computer.chair@L-AGS.org > Thursday, September 26, 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 NOTE THAT WE ARE BACK IN SONOMA SCHOOL FOR OUR MEETINGS Program: Making a Personal Family History Video Presenter: Ray McFalone Attorney, Video Hobbyist Mr. McFalone writes: "I am an attorney although my profession has little to do with my video hobby. I have been making family history videos as a hobby for about 5 years. For the last two years I have made family history videos for hospice patients on a volunteer basis. "A personal family history video consists of a person reminiscing about the past on videotape. I teach people that it is not a speech or a presentation - it is a conversation on tape about memories of growing up, impressions of people and events from the past and what I call "points of wisdom" - things a person has learned over their lifetime. There are many techniques that I share with the audience that are designed to enhance the quality of the tape. With each passing year the tape becomes a more precious heirloom particularly after the person has passed on. "I do not charge anything for the class. I don't make family history videos for money and I'm not selling anything. I teach this class primarily because it is rewarding and fun. Recently I taught the class at the Concord Senior Center. One of the people who attended suggested that I contact Genealogical/Historical Societies. I thought this was a great idea which led me to contact your organization. The class is new - I've taught it at 2 locations (Orinda Seniors and Concord Seniors) and the reaction has been very positive." - - - - - 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 . If you ever have trouble accessing the L-AGS Web site, or find any faulty links on it, please let me know immediately. - - - - - 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. ======================================================================== ROOTS HOOTS from Jim Wright There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk. "Only the Ten Commandments." answered the lady. ========================================================================