Salt Lake City Research Trip

Join Jan Jennings as she leads another research trip to Salt Lake City.  Leave Sept 15 & return the night of Sep 23.  There will be a social get-together and orientation a couple weeks before the trip.  Price covers plane fare, hotel and shuttle to & from the airport in Salt Lake City.  Those who do not want to fly out of Burbank make their own plane reservations.   First night at the hotel there will be a one-hour lecture by a professional genealogist.  SCGS membership required. For more information, contact Jan at jantj@sbcglobal.net.

To: Members and Non-Members
Southern California Genealogical Society

The Southern California Genealogical Society is in the early stages of a strategic planning initiative that will guide the Society for the coming years. We are looking to you for valuable input into the activities, programs, and services that you expect to be provided by a successful, energetic genealogical society.

In the past weeks, the Committee conducted a survey by mail and online.   We were overwhelmed with the show of support by the members and potential members who took the time to provide their input into the important planning process.  The Strategic Planning Survey has been closed after receiving nearly 500 responses!

The Committee members will be analyzing the results of the study and incorporating your suggestions into the development of the Society’s long-range plan.  We have already begun moving on some of these suggestions and look forward to implementing more of your ideas.

Lin LaRochelle and Lynne Parmenter
Long Range Planning Committee
Southern California Genealogical Society
417 Irving Drive
Burbank, CA 91504

Announcing the SCGS RootsMagic User Group

The Southern California Genealogical Society is organizing a user group for the RootsMagic genealogy software program. Meetings will be held at the SCGS Library in Burbank on the third Sunday of each month, usually from 2-4 p.m. The first meeting, however, will be 3-5 p.m. to accommodate another meeting being held the same day.

User group meetings will provide information for all levels of RM users from beginner to advanced and serve as a forum for all to share their knowledge of this great software tool for keeping track of your genealogical efforts.

At the first meeting we will provide an introduction to RootsMagic and also take a look at the new RootsMagic Version 4, which has just been released for public beta testing.

Roots Magic is a full-featured genealogy program with a very easy and intuitive user interface.

The latest version is 4 and you can check it out at www.rootsmagic.com
and also download a free trial version.

For further information on RootsMagic Version 4, go to the RootsMagic Blog at http://blog.rootsmagic.com/

For further information contact Jay Holladay: jholladay@ca.rr.com or jholladay@alum.mit.edu

Meeting Day and Time:  Third Sunday each month at 2 to 4 PM  (except as noted)
All meetings held at SCGS Library, 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA
            (The library is just off Glenoaks, near Buena Vista)
 
2009 Meeting Dates
 
March 15  (3-5 pm this month)
April 19
May 17
June 21
July 19
August 16
September 20
October 18
November 15 (3-5 pm this month)
December 20

Write Your Family Names on Our Virtual Surname Wall

You are invited to add your family surnames to the Southern California Genealogical Society's Virtual Surname Wall.   Use this valuable service to help connect with online cousins everywhere.

There is no charge for this service, and the offer is open to the public. We encourage you to forward this invitation to your cousins, genealogy-related email lists, society members, your genealogy acquaintences, or other family historians.

Although this project is being sponsored by the Southern California Genealogical Society, we welcome family information from any geographic area, not just California. You may submit up to 10 surnames. We plan to allow for more surnames to be added and will let you know when we are able to accept more names.

Participants will be asked for the following information. You may wish to have your family group sheets, pedigree charts, or genealogy database available for reference.

1. Your family surnames (including spelling variations).
2. The geographic area in which they lived, or the migration path.
3. The associated period of time.

Your participation in the Virtual Surname Wall project is completely voluntary. Surname Wall information will be maintained by SCGS and may be included in printed or a searchable free online database that would be accessible on the SCGS website at www.scgsgenealogy.com. Your participation in the project is your authorization to include your surname information in any printed or searchable online databases that may be developed.

Of course, we have instituted steps to protect your privacy. Your contact information will not be displayed, either in print or online. You will have the option of asking SCGS to serve as intermediary, or authorizing SCGS to release your contact information should we receive an inquiry regarding a possible family connection.

Click here to add your names to our Virtual Surname Wall.

Download the flyer here.

SCGS on YouTube.com

Take a virtual tour of the SCGS Family Research Library compliments of www.YouTube.com. Many thanks to Doug Miller, who arranged for a videographer to record the tour and who appears on camera to give the tour. View the tour at http://youtube.com/user/SCGSgenealogyand let us know what you think.

Thanks Doug! Great use of technology to spread the word about SCGS.

Ancestors Gallery Memorials

What is the Ancestors Gallery?

The Ancestors Gallery is a special feature that will be included on the SCGS Website and in the 2007 Genealogy Jamboree syllabus. The program has been developed to give genealogists and family historians a new outlet to honor ancestors and relatives. The traditional genealogy query of details about the individual will be accompanied by a vintage photograph of your family member to create a memorial that will appear online and in the Jamboree Syllabus. Fees for Ancestors Gallery listings are nominal and are based on the size of the listing and the number of photographs. To read more about the program, see here.

Librarian Needed Tuesday Nights

Marva Grove is making a special request for a Tuesday evening librarian. According to Marva, SCGS may need to close on some Tuesday evenings unless a librarian is found. Hours are from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm on two Tuesdays per month. Please contact Marva at scgs@scgsgenealogy.com or leave a message at the SCGS Library.