Just a reminder of some looming deadlines for Jamboree:
May 1, 2008
Cutoff for early-bird registration discounts.
Purchase your registrations online, by phone, or by mail.
Download the Registration Form
Postmark your registration by May 1 to be eligible for the discount.
Register by phone at 818-843-7247 during SCGS business hours with your credit card.
Use the shopping cart to register online at the SCGS Website.
May 26, 2008
Cutoff for Marriott Hotel room discounts
Make your room reservation today online or by phone.
Online: http://cwp.marriott.com/burap/genealogicaljamboree/
Phone: 1-800-228-9290 or 1-818-843-6000
Tell them you're attending the Genealogy Jamboree
Special Event - Hollywood Above the Stars
We are very excited to announce a special event for Jamboree. Join us on a private guided tour of one of the famed cemeteries in Los Angeles, Hollywood Forever. Run down and in heartbreaking disrepair just 10 years ago, the owners have restored the cemetery to its former glory.
Hollywood Forever Tour
Friday, June 27, 2008
8:30 am--pick up at Marriott
12:00 pm--return to Marriott
$30 per person
Includes all transportation,
tour guide, tax and gratuity
Limited to 55 persons
Please note that the tour is dependent upon reaching at least 30 reservations. We reserve the right to cancel the tour and refund the tour fee if we do not have sufficient interest.
A private air conditioned Starline Tours 55-passenger coach will pick us up from the front of the Marriott. As we wend our way from Burbank to the heart of Los Angeles, our tour guide, Karie Bible, will point out many famous sights along the route. We will return to the Marriott in plenty of time to freshen up before the first lecture.
The tour involves walking around the grounds, requiring a gentle amount of exercise. There are no hills to climb. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring sun block and bottled water. Bring a wide-brimmed hat if you have one, and don't forget the sunglasses and camera.
Hollywood Forever is a vast, immaculately landscaped cemetery boasting magnificent architecture, funeral statuary, mausoleums, exhibitions, monuments, and gardens. Karie's tour evokes the storied past and navigates the labyrinth of the present on this walking tour of the highlights, history, scandals and mysteries of Hollywood Forever.
The cemetery holds a fascinating mix of early 1900's headstones up to the present time. In addition to the celebrity interments, you'll find a number of Civil War Confederate grave sites as well as a view of the Hollywood sign.
Come learn about Hollywood's past and present and see the graves of stars such as Rudolph Valentino, John Huston, Peter Lorre, Jayne Mansfield, Cecil B. DeMille, "Alfalfa" and "Darla" from the Little Rascals and many more, including:
Don Adams (1923-2005), actor/comedian
Elmer Berger (1891-1952), inventor of the rear-view mirror
Mel Blanc (1908-1989), actor/comedian and voice over talent. His tombstone has one of the most famous epitaphs, "That's all folks"
Iron Eyes Cody (1907-1999), actor
Harry Cohn (1891-1958), founder of Columbia Pictures
Dee Dee Ramone (1952-2002), Bassist in The Ramones
Marion Davies (1897-1961), actress and mistress of William Randolph Hearst
Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959), director/producer
Douglas Fairbanks (1883-1939), actor
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1909-2000), actor
Peter Finch (1912-1976), actor
Victor Fleming (1889-1949), director
Janet Gaynor (1906-1984), actress
Griffith J. Griffith (1850-1919), park and observatory donor
Joan Hackett (1934-1983), actress
Woody Herman (1913-1987), musician
Darla Hood (1931-1979), actress, played "Darla" in Our Gang
John Huston (1906-1987), director/screenwriter
Peter Lorre (1904-1964), actor
Jayne Mansfield (1933-1967), actress, (She has a cenotaph; she is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania)
Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), actress, (She has a cenotaph; she is buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery)
Darren McGavin (1922-2006), actor
Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917), Los Angeles Times publisher
Eleanor Powell (1912-1982), actress/dancer
Tyrone Power (1914-1958), actor
Johnny Ramone (1948-2004), musician and member of The Ramones, (He has a cenotaph, which is a bronze statue of him playing guitar)
Virginia Rappe (1891-1921), actress, the woman Fatty Arbuckle was accused of killing during a wild party in San Francisco, creating one of Hollywood's first major scandals.
Nelson Riddle (1921-1985), musician/composer and band leader
Ann Sheridan (1915-1967), actor
Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947), gangster
Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (1927-1959), actor, played "Alfalfa" in Our Gang
Norma Talmadge (1893-1957), actress
Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926), actor
Fay Wray (1907-2004), actress
You'll find several videos if you search on YouTube. Here's one which appeared on cable channel TCM (Turner Classic Movies). It features our guide, Karie Bible.
In the News - Google Me the Movie
Those of you who attended last year's Jamboree may remember seeing a filmmaker and film crew walking through the exhibit floor.
The premise of the documentary "Google Me" is that Jim Killeen, an entrepreneur from Burbank, googled his name and found many others who shared that name. He traveled to meet seven other Jim Killeens, including a priest in Ireland and several other colorful characters. The Jim Killeens met in Killeen, Texas (where else?) for a chili cook-off and rodeo.
Several Jamboree speakers, including Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, Diahan Southard, and Colleen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., were invited to share their point of view and bring a family history perspective to his documentary. In classic Hollywood tradition, the best scenes sometimes end up on the cutting room floor, which is the case this time. Megan, Diahan and Colleen, just remember that even the biggest stars had their scenes cut. We hope that we are still named in the credits!
I learned today that the documentary, Google Me, will debut on YouTube on Friday, April 25, and will be shown simultaneously at the Newport Beach Film Festival in Orange County, California. I'm not positive of the time that it will be accessible on YouTube.com. The Newport Beach time is set for Friday, April 25, at 3:45 p.m. PDT. I will update this post when I have firm information.
The session will be offered FREE to the public on Friday, June 27, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The session is limited to 30 youth, ages 5 and up. Parents or other family members are welcome to participate. Youth activities will be age appropriate.
Participants do not need to be registered for Jamboree to attend this session. Walk-ins will be accepted as long as class size permits, but we suggest you save your place by registering in advance. When you arrive at the Marriott, enter from the door on the far east side of the Convention Center. As you face the Convention Center, the door will be on the left side of the building.
To register in advance, "Purchase" this event from the SCGS Shopping Cart. In the comments section, please list the names of your child or children who will attend. We will forward a permission slip that must be completed and signed by a parent or guardian before the registration is confirmed.
The Art of the Oral Interview - Hailey J. Campbell. The best place to start learning about your family history is from your living relatives. This lecture will give youth ideas for questions to ask and methods for recording the information.
Hailey is a 16-year-old Junior at Cyprus High School in Magna, UT. Hailey has been involved in family history since her gramps interested her with family stories when she was not quite 7 years old. She has volunteered at the Family History Center in Magna since then. She has done look-ups and assisted professional genealogists at the Family History Library since she was 10 years old. She was responsible for Society Hall at the 2005 and 2006 Conference for the Federation of Genealogical Societies. She taught her first class at the Youth Fair at the 2007 FGS Conference in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Hailey has written articles for the "Next Generation" column in Everton's Genealogical Helper. In 2005 Hailey was one of the first recipients of the FGS Youth award for her service to The Utah Genealogical Association. She serves on the FGS youth committee and is President of the FGS Youth Society.
Creating and Preserving Your Family History - Michael Melendez. Learn how to create your own personal family history by practicing several different fun and interesting activities. Also, learn how to build and store your family’s history by preserving past, current, and future memories and information that could prove vital in future genealogical research.
Michael Melendez is an 18-year-old graduate of Troy High School in Fullerton, CA. He has been involved in genealogy for most of his teenage years. He is an Eagle Scout who planned and carried out a Family History Jamboree for beginners at the ORFHC for his Eagle Project. Michael is a member of the FGS Youth Society and the FGS Youth Committee. Michael also serves as a Family History Consultant in his local LDS ward as well as a volunteer at the ORFHC.
Exploring the Secrets in Family Photos - Starr Hailey Campbell. Family photos can hold a variety of clues to family history information. This lecture will teach youth what to look for in old photos, and we will have a lot of fun looking at old photos! Starr Campbell, is an FGS director, past UGA Administrative Assistant, chair of the FGS youth committee, founder of the FGS Youth award, director of the Magna Utah East Stake Family History Center, and author of Youth in Family History and the children’s genealogy series “The Adventures of James.” Starr has served as an instructor at the Magna East Family History Center in Magna, Utah for seven years.
See an interview with Starr Hailey Campbell on RootsTelevision.com. Chris Haley, nephew of author Alex Haley of Roots fame, conducted interviews with members of "Genealogy: The Next Generation" including Hailey Campbell. You can find that interview here.
Copies of the pedigree chart and family group sheet forms are available on the SCGS website.
Introduction to Genealogy - Friday Special Event FREE
There's no time like the present to explore your family's past.
If you have ever promised to dig into your family roots "someday" but haven't gotten around to it yet, now is the perfect time to start. Join Beverly Truesdale, long-time SCGS member and instructor for the Society's beginning genealogy class, for a crash course in getting started with your exploration. Learn how to use family group sheets and pedigree charts, census records, and document your findings.
The class will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, June 27 at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel and Convention Center. Best of all, there is NO CHARGE for the course. The class will be limited to 80 participants. Walk-ins will be accepted as long as class size permits, but we suggest you save your place. To register in advance, "Purchase" this event from the SCGS Shopping Cart.
When you arrive at the Marriott, enter from the door on the far eastern side of the Convention Center. As you face the Convention Center, the door will be on the left side of the building.
Welkommen
from the 16th Century
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In keeping with our German ethnic focus, get ready to be greeted by a very special welcoming committee on Saturday.
German mercenaries from the Guild of St. Michaels will travel from the 16th century and set up camp on Saturday outside the Marriott. The mercenaries and their wives (and camp followers) will be dressed in historically accurate garb and will be on duty from 8:30 a.m. through the lunch break.
You'll see weapons (though due to the proximity to the Burbank Airport and TSA, they are leaving their cannon at home). Everyone is encouraged to ask questions, interact and "play" with the members of the Guild of St. Michaels. Best of all, your family members can take in the sights without registering for Jamboree.
Southern Californians may recognize the Guild of St. Michaels from the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at Santa Fe Dam.
Free Printed Syllabus for Early-Bird Registrants
The professionally produced syllabus is one of the most popular features of Jamboree. It includes contact information on our speakers and exhibitors, lecture notes and outlines for all of the lecture sessions, speaker bios and advertising with special offers for Jamboree attendees.
The printed copy of the syllabus will be provided free to everyone who registers by May 1. Those who register after that date will receive a CD version of the syllabus.
CD versions will be available for purchase for the pre-Jamboree price of $5 through June 29. After that date, CDs will be available for $10 each. Printed versions of the syllabus will be available for $10 while quantities last. We will limit the number of extra copies to control our costs. If you want to be assured of having a printed copy for reference during the sessions, and so you can take notes, we recommend that you register by May 1.
