Coming
Saturday - February 6, 2010 – mark your calendars today
All-Day
Seminar
It doesn’t happen often, and you won’t want to miss it!
Genealogy
NOW: Photos, DNA, Documents, and the Internet
Featuring
Megan Smolenyak and Patti Hacker
@ Veterans Memorial
Building, Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, California
March 6, 2010 General
Meeting
Think Like An Archivist - Nancy Loe
* 11:00 AM - Board Meeting
* 12:30 - 1:00 PM - Research Class: Grow
Your Tree with Cluster Genealogy – Cafi Cohen
* 1:00 PM - Business Meeting
* 1:15 - 1:45 PM - Social time;
book & drawing sales, snacks, coffee & tea
* 1:45 PM – Main Room - Think
Like An Archivist - Nancy Loe
Learn
about locating genealogical records held in manuscript collections in libraries
and archives worldwide, using online archival portals and digital finding aids.
Nancy Loe has master's degrees in American history and library science
and has been an archivist and genealogist for nearly 34 years. She has
written five books, including the centennial history of Cal Poly and books on Hearst Castle.
April 3, 2010 General
Meeting
“Solving” the Problem Onsite in 25 Hours or Less! – Christine Rose
* 11:00 AM - Board Meeting
* 12:30 - 1:00 PM - Research Class: Leaping
to Erroneous Conclusions: What did the
record REALLY say? – Christine Rose
* 1:00 PM - Business Meeting
* 1:15 - 1:45 PM - Social time;
book & drawing sales, snacks, coffee & tea
* 1:45 PM – Main Room – “Solving" the
Problem Onsite in 25 Hours or Less! – Christine Rose
Strategies are presented to maximize onsite research, with a case study to illustrate it. The same strategies can be used even when not on-site.
Christine Rose is a Certified Genealogist, Certified Genealogical Lecturer, and Fellow, American Society of Genealogists, an honor accorded to only fifty genealogists at any one time. She is a popular speaker and has published many genealogy books, all of which will be offered for sale at our April 3rd meeting. The titles may be viewed at her website: http://www.christine4rose.com
May 1, 2010 General
Meeting
“What we Learned in D.C.” – SLOCGS members
* 11:00 AM - Board Meeting
* 12:30 - 1:00 PM - Research Class: “Gleanings
from Probate Documents” – Barbara McCallum
* 1:00 PM - Business Meeting
* 1:15 - 1:45 PM - Social time;
book & drawing sales, snacks, coffee & tea
* 1:45 PM - Main Room - What We Learned in
D.C.
– Members of the Society
Society members share what they learned doing research at the National Archives, Library of Congress and DAR Library during the SLOCGS-sponsored trip in April.
June 5, 2010 General
Meeting
Continuing and Expanding German Research – Robert Albert
and
Top Ten Research Mistakes – Roma Miller
* 11:00 AM - Board Meeting
* 12:30 - 1:00 PM - Research Class: Beginning Your German Research – Robert Albert
* 1:00 PM - Business Meeting
* 1:15 - 1:45 PM - Social time; book & drawing sales, snacks, coffee & tea
* 1:45 PM – Main Room - Continuing and Expanding German Research – Robert Albert
Robert Albert was born in Bakersfield, California and has been researching family history for over 20 years. He spoke at our seminar in 2008 and to our membership in 2009. He’s agreed to return in 2010 and spend more time on German research. He speaks 4 languages, including German, and has made several trips to Germany to visit family and do research.
* 1:45 PM – Lunch Room – Top Ten Research Mistakes - Roma Miller
Roma Miller is Assistant Education Chair of the San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society. An SLO native, she has been researching her family tree for ten years.