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From: "Paula Hinkel" <>
Subject: January at the Southern California Genealogical Society
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 19:32:27 -0800

Happy 2006 to all our Southern California genealogists!

It's time to get organized and get back to work on all those projects that
we all set aside during the holidays. The SCGS is going to help! With the
educational programs slated for January, you'll find many opportunities to
brush up on your skills and learn new ones.

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - Lunch and Learn
12:00 p.m. LUNCH (brown bag or order something from the pizza/sandwich shop
on the corner)
1:00 p.m. - LEARN
Our first class in the SCGS "Lunch and Learn" series will be conducted by
Charlotte M. Bocage, Board member and chairman of SCGS's education and
outreach activities. Charlotte's presentation -- "I Thought I Was Organized
So Don't Do What I Did" -- is just the perfect motivation to organizing
those mountains of records that we all accumulate. Charlotte has over forty
years of genealogy experience. She is a full-time genealogist, lecturer,
author, Louisiana specialist, and UCLA graduate. This busy lady is also the
Educational Director of the African American Genealogy for Youth Center; the
First Vice President, California African American Genealogical Society;
president of the Atwater Village Historical Society, a member of the
Genealogical Speakers Guild, and many other genealogical and historical
societies. Meeting is free and open to the public.

Sunday, January 15, 2006 - ISOGG DNA Interest Group
10:00 a.m.
Learn to create a DNA project webpage or family website using MS Frontpage!
Katherine Borges of the International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG)
will be conducting a workshop on Sunday, January 15th, 10am-2pm in the
Library. Meeting is free and open to the public. Questions call Doug Miller
661-296-8740. Class will start at 10:30 with a lunch break at noon. Order
pizza with us for $5 or brown bag it.

Saturday, January 21, 2006 - Beginning German Research Workshop
1:00 p.m.
On Saturday, January 21 at 1 p.m. at the SCGS Library, the German Interest
Group will host a Beginning German Research workshop. Topics to be discussed
include:
1. How many ways are there to find the origins of our German family members?
Have you utilized all the sources, such as queries, newspaper, church
records, books and periodicals?
2. How do you research records when you don't know the language?
3. How do you find your family when you're not sure of the name or
community?
The ultimate objective of researchers tracing German family history,
workshop organizers say, should be "to keep turning pages and pushing
buttons until everyone has found the original spelling of the name and the
community of origin of their German ancestors." The library will be open to
the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop starts at 1:00 p.m. and
research assistance will begin at 2:00. The meeting is free and open to the
public. Attendees are encouraged to come with questions and bring their
pedigree charts and family group sheets.

In addition to these classes and workshops, SCGS's committees and groups are
back at work:
Thursday, January 126:00 p.m.
Long Range Planning Committee
Saturday, January 1410:00 a.m.
Jamboree Committee
Thursday, January 196:00 p.m.
SCGS Board of Directors (SCGS Members)
Sunday, January 222:00 p.m.
Family Tree Maker Interest Group
Tuesday, January 2412:00 noon
Writers' Group (SCGS Members)
Saturday, January 281:30 p.m.
1890 Committee

The Library is open to the public for research on:
10:00am - 4:00pm Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
10:00am - 9:00pm Tuesdays
10:00am - 4:00pm on third and fourth Saturdays
10:00am - 4:00pm on first and second Sundays
Closed Mondays

All activities held at the
Southern California Genealogical Society
417 Irving Drive
Burbank, California 91504-2408
phone:818-843-7247
email:
web:www.scgsgenealogy.com

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