THE LIVERMORE-AMADOR GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN FOR April 2010 Web Site: http://www.l-ags.org ========================================================================== SUMMARY OF L-AGS MEETINGS FOR April 2010 Note: The Master Genealogist Group is meeting a week later than normal this month, on April 24th. o General Meeting - Tuesday - April 13, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Anne Homan and Dick Finn Topic: Their new book, "Vasco's Livermore, 1910" o Study Group - Thursday, April 22, 7:30 p.m. Topic: Newspaper Research Online o Master Genealogist Group - Saturday April 24, 9 a.m. (Rescheduled Date) Topic: Death Certificates Ordered from the State Vital Records Department o L-AGS April Board meeting - April 27, 7:30pm - Members are welcome to attend board meetings. Please contact corresponding@l-ags.org. ========================================================================== DETAILED L-AGS MEETINGS FOR April, 2010 Visitors are welcome free of charge at all of our meetings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monthly General Meeting GUEST SPEAKER: Anne Homan and Dick Finn TOPIC: Their New Book "Vasco's Livermore, 1910" DATE: Tuesday April 9, 2010 - 7:30 p.m. LOCATION: Congregation Beth Emek, 3400 Nevada Court, Pleasanton Map to Meeting Site: http://www.L-AGS.org/maps/Pls-BethEmek.html Writer/historian Anne Homan and genealogist/historian Richard Finn will talk about their new book, "Vasco's Livermore, 1910" one hundred years after the Autralian artist Vasco Loureiro visited Livermore. Vasco created caricatures of many of the town leaders in the old Hub saloon, which was where Lizzie's Fountain is now. The authors will show images from the book and talk about the historic role many of these men had in shaping Livermore and the surrounding area. Please join us for the unveiling of this interesting new book. For additional information contact: Dick Finn, Program Chairperson Email: program@l-ags.org Our Roots Tracer offers all members the opportunity to preserve the stories of their families in print. Please contact the Roots Tracer staff via their email address: tracer@l-ags.org or the editor at XXXX@comcast.net. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Study Group Meeting Date: Thursday, April 22, 2010 Time: 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Location: LDS Church, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore, CA Map to the meeting site: http://www.l-ags.org/maps/Liv-FHC.html Topic: Newspaper Research Online We will look at numerous online newspaper websites. This is a much requested topic and one that I get many e-mail requests for help finding information. If you get frustrated trying to find results for newspaper genealogy research you will find this topic of great interest. Have a favorite website you would like included during our evening's presentation? Please forward it to study.chair@L-AGS.org. This discussion will not focus on Google search directly. This will be a future topic for a weekend workshop or another L-AGS meeting. Although not a requirement to attend meetings, if you can R.S.V.P. to study.group@L-AGS.org it will help to determine the number of handouts required. Have a genealogy brick wall? Let the Study Group help you brainstorm your research options. Use our L-AGS Study Group forum for any genealogy topic discussion or computer interest questions. L-AGS is blessed with people willing to share their knowledge and expertise! E-mail the forum at: study.group@L-AGS.org. Please send your suggestions for future Study Group meetings to study.chair@L-AGS.org. We would appreciate your input and feedback. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tri-Valley TMG Users Group The Master Genealogist Software Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010 (Note rescheduled date) Time: 9 a.m. - Noon Location: 7077 Koll Center Parkway, Suite 110, Pleasanton, CA 94566 Map to the meeting site: http://www.l-ags.org/maps/Pls-KollCenter.html Chair: Kay Speaks, tvtmg.chair@L-AGS.org Instructors: Kay Speaks and Sue Johnston Source Citation Assignment: Death Certificates Ordered from the State Vital Records Department We continue our trek through Elizabeth Shown Mills’ book Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace with death certificates ordered from a state vital records department. In the 2007 edition of Evidence Explained, our assignment is part of Chapter 9, Local and State Records: Licenses, Registrations; Rolls and Vital Records, State-level Records, Vital-records certificate: QuickCheck Model is page 430; Guidelines and Examples, Basic Issues, Vital Registrations (Births, Deaths, Etc.) 9.30, pages 454-471. Be sure to check the TV-TMG blog (see below) for pre-meeting information. Post any questions and sharing on-line. If you do not have a state issued death certificate, please us your on-line death certificate as a replacement but look up the original source information to use as if you DID order the death certificate from the pertinent state’s vital records department. The first half of the meeting will be spent studying and discussing our topic’s “case study” while we enter it into our TV-TMG sample project. The second half of the meeting is a data entry party. Bring your own census information and enter it in your own database. Kindly R.S.V.P. if you plan to attend the meeting and indicate if you will bring a laptop. This session of lessons will be a cooperative experience where TV-TMG Users will have the opportunity to lead one of the classes on a volunteer basis. Let us know if you have a favorite source citation you would like to present. Don’t forget to check our blog, the “Tri-Valley TMG User Group” at http://tvtmgug.blogspot.com/. This should be a great place to record our citation decisions, post notes and ideas from the meeting, and ask and answer questions. If you haven’t received an invitation to join the blog readership, please notify Kay or Sue at tvtmg.chair@L-AGS.org. Guests are always welcome at our meetings. If you have a laptop, bring it with you to the meeting. The class is currently using TMG version 7. A copy of the group's practice database will be provided to you. A laptop is not a requirement as the lesson will be digitally projected. TMG questions not specific to all attendees will be addressed in the later part of our meeting or on our blog. Please bring samples of your problem if possible. We hope to see you at the next meeting! Resources: A free demo version of the software can be downloaded at http://www.whollygenes.com. Mills’ book can be purchased online from the following websites plus many others: Amazon, WhollyGenes, and Ancestry. For additional information contact: tvtmg.chair@l-ags.org. ========================================================================== PRESERVE YOUR STORIES IN THE ROOTS TRACER Our Roots Tracer offers all members the opportunity to preserve the stories of their families in print. Please contact the Roots Tracer staff whenever you seek assistance via their email address: tracer@l-ags.org or the editor at XXXX@comcast.net. Approximately 300 to 1,500 words. Photographs and, or, lineage charts always make any article more readable. Quarterly deadlines are the 15th of January, April, July and October. ========================================================================== U P C O M I N G C O N F E R E N C E S A N D S E M I N A R S ========================================================================== Livermore Heritage Guild Monthly Meeting April 17th, doors open at 7:00, talk starts at 7:30 sharp, at the Livermore Library Topic: One of Livermore's Most Interesting Families - The Gardemeyers. Some families were large landowners, successful businessmen, had run ins with the law, or someone in the family murdered, but it was rare that all of the above could happen to one Livermore family. Learn about this important family in Livermore history. Speaker: Richard Finn Past president and vice president of the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society. Member: Amador-Livermore Historical Society, San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society, and the Livermore Heritage Guild. Genealogy docent at the Pleasanton Library, volunteer at the Museum on Main in Pleasanton, Livermore Family History Center, and the Livermore Heritage Guild. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 Years later - a new book: Vasco's Livermore, 1910, portraits from the Hub Saloon "with spotlights on community members ranging from an oil man to the ice man." Meet authors Anne Homan and Richard Finn on Sunday, April 11th, 2 till 5p.m., in the Social Hall of Livermore's Presbyterian Church (entrance on K Street between 4th and 5th). Reception, autographs and music of the era by Dave Walter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethnic Genealogy Series: Chinese Ancestry – A workshop in two sessions: Saturday, April 17, 2010, and Saturday, May 8. Full schedule is at http://www.calgensoc.org. Sponsored by CGS and NARA. Preregistration is required. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- NGS National Genealogical Society Family Conference April 28 - May 1, 2010 Salt Lake City, Utah - Salt Palace CGS also organizes the Tenth Annual CGS Salt Lake City Tour, April 21-28, 2010, that precedes it. See details at http://www.calgensoc.org/. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Descendants Group, an Auxiliary of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor, will be holding their first annual convention in Reno April 7-11, 2010. To register for the convention and view the agenda, go to the website: http://www.west-point.org/family/adbc. The Descendants Group is continuing the legacy of the ADBC (American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor). One can also sign up to become a member of the group. The website has various links for more information on the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor. ========================================================================== L O C A L G E N E A L O G Y G R O U P M E E T I N G S ========================================================================== EBGS - East Bay Genealogical Society Wednesday April 14, 10 a..m. Speaker: Lisa Louise Cooke EBGS is pleased to have Lisa Cooke at our podium once again. She will fill us in on the many resources available to the genealogist using the Google search engine, and how to get the utmost results while "Googling". Lisa's enthusiasm is contagious - we are looking forward to this meeting. 4766 Lincoln Ave. Oakland, CA http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~caebaygs/ GSVB - Genealogy Society of Vallejo-Benecia Thursday April 1st, 1-4 p.m. Speaker: Barbara Leak Topic: Find our Women Ancestors and Their Maiden Names Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum 734 Marin St., Vallejo, CA 94590 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagsv/ MCGS - Marin County Genealogical Society Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Pamela Dallas Topic: The Who, What, When, Where, Why and How of Newspaper Research Marin Family History Center 220 North San Pedro Rd, San Rafael, CA 94903 415-479-2200 http://www.maringensoc.org NVGBS - Napa Valley Genealogical and Biographical Society Thursday, April 15, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Member Mary Herzog Topic: On-Line Research in the U.S. Census Napa Senior Center 1500 Jefferson Street, Napa http://www.napavalleygenealogy.org/ SMCGS - San Mateo County Genealogical Society Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 7:30 p.m. Speaker: Mary Hanel (Santa Clara Librarian) Topic: Santa Clara's Library's Collection and Resources for Genealogists Transfiguration Episcopal Church 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, CA 94403 Mary Hanel, Santa Clara City Local History Librarian and Library Staff Liaison to the Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society will discuss the Santa Clara library collection and resources provided to genealogists and historians by the Library. The discussion will include some database updates and excellent new genealogy books. Learn more about this valuable local collection and how it can help you with your genealogy. http://www.smcgs.org/ SRVGS - San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 10 a.m. Speaker: 3 person panel + moderator. Topic: The Past, Present and Future in Genealogy Research. Danville Family History Center 2949 Stone Valley Rd Alamo, CA 94507 http://srvgensoc.org/ SCCHGS- Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society Tuesday, April 20, 7 p.m. Speaker: Steve Morse Topic: From DNA to Genetic Genealogy Genealogist Dr. Stephen P. Morse, creator of the One-Step Webpages, will discuss how DNA samples are being used to assist people in using genetics to trace their family's ancestral origins. Find out why everything we need to know about genealogy involves three basic concepts: genes, chromosomes, and DNA. Santa Clara City Public Library 2635 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, CA 95051 http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cascchgs/ SVCGG - Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group Saturday, April 10, 9-11 a.m. Pat Burrow: Advanced Macintosh Genealogy Topic Pat Solomon: Beginning Macintosh Genealogy Topic Lesly Klippel: Beginning PC Genealogy Santa Clara Family History Center 875 Quince Ave., Santa Clara, CA 9551 http://www.svcgg.org The above genealogy groups are obtained by going to our L-AGS website (http://www.l-ags.org) and clicking on "Internet Genealogy Links", and then clicking on "Genealogical Societies". Meetings are chosen from groups with a genealogy-related topic of interest. ==========================================================================