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Dec 5, 2009, 12:30 am
I'm a bit behind since the holiday and I haven't yet acknowledged last week's milestone. On November 28, 2007, the California Genealogical Society Board of Directors voted to approve the C... Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2009, 1:30 am
The Fall 2009 issue of New England Ancestors magazine is out and it's all about the California Gold Rush. The feature article is Gold Rush Records: Clues Amidst Chaos, by CGS Research Director Nan... Comment - Like
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Nov 28, 2009, 1:50 am
... by the extremely loud and obnoxious sound of the building fire alarm. All genealogical activity stopped as we followed procedure and ... Breuner Building. On the way out we passed Engine 15 fro... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2009, 12:15 am
CGS member Kay Speaks sent word from the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society (L-AGS) about a last-minute change for their Thanksgiving weekend seminar. Their Ancestry.com speaker had to cancel and w... Comment - Like
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Nov 19, 2009, 8:00 am
On Monday I reported on the slate of nominees to the board of directors to be announced and voted on at the Annual Meeting in January. The following is the relevant section of the society bylaws - Art... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 8:00 am
The 2009 Nominating Committee – Dick Rees, Lorna Wallace and Chair Chris Pattillo – have announced the nominations for the 2010-2011 Board of Directors for the California Genealogical Society. Nom... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2009, 1:45 am
The Carnival of Genealogy (COG) is a bimonthly blog event invented by Jasia of Creative Gene in June 2006. Individual genealogy bloggers write about an assigned topic and post the articles on their bl... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 1:34 am
I've given up!
I tried – I really, really tried – to bring you a photograph of some amazing and accomplished women who were classmates at Stanford University fifty years ago and now find ... Comment - Like
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Nov 2, 2009, 1:50 am
The November 1, 2009 issue of the CGS e-News, volume 3, number 11 has been published and emailed to members and friends. As always, the e-News features timely information about the California Genealog... Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2009, 11:00 am
In celebration of the tenth annual CGS Research Tour to Salt Lake City, the dates of the 2010 trip have been set to conveniently precede the start of the National Genealogical Society Family History C... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2009, 9:30 am
This week the co-founder of SFgenealogy.com (and CGS member) Ron Filion turned a media double-play just in time for Halloween. Last night KPIX anchor Ken Bastida asked another Good Question of Ron, th... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2009, 5:30 am
Dick Eastman recently ran a press release from the Board for Certification of Genealogists announcing the retirement of two trustees, one of whom is CGS member Jim W. Faulkinbury:
Jim W. Faulkinb... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2009, 5:00 am
A CGS Workshop with Steve Harris
Saturday, December 12, 2009
10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
California Genealogical Society Library
2201 Broadway, Suite LL2
Oakland, California
If you ar... Comment - Like
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Oct 23, 2009, 8:00 am
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
California Genealogical Society Library
2201 Broadway, Lower Level
Oakland, California
The November membership meeting will be an informal one –... Comment - Like
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Oct 21, 2009, 5:00 am
Wordless Wednesday
Reading Wall at the CGS Library
Photograph courtesy of Jane Knowles Lindsey, 10/3/2009, Oakland, California.
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Oct 20, 2009, 3:16 pm
Elizabeth O'Neal of the Little Bytes of Life blog has an entertaining account (with photos) of CGS member Steve Danko's recent appearance at the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society (SBCG... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 11:00 pm
The California Genealogical Society Library was a recent stop for some busy genealogy enthusiasts from Santa Clara County. CGS member Pat Burrow is the designated "chief" of the Santa Clara Gen-Study ... Comment - Like
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Oct 19, 2009, 12:00 am
Welcome to the 82nd Edition of the Carnival of Genealogy - Breaking Into Society.
Poster courtesy of the footnoteMaven.
What's your favorite genealogical society?
Do yo... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 2:00 pm
The California Genealogical Society and Library blog is hosting the next edition of the Carnival of Genealogy: Breaking Into Society.
The deadline is today so you have until midnight tonight to answe... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2009, 5:00 pm
Wordless Wednesday
Fall Beginners Series - Secondary Sources
California Genealogical Society Library
Photograph courtesy of Jane Knowles Lindsey, 10/3/2009, Oakland, California. Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2009, 1:55 am
Have you registered yet? It's been two years since our last joint event with the New England Historic Genealogical Society. You won't want to miss out on all the fun when Michael LeClerc, Chri... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 11:30 pm
The reviews are in and Saturday's Genealogy Blog Workshop was a smashing success. Twenty-five participants gathered at the California Genealogical Society Library for three presentations by two we... Comment - Like
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Oct 10, 2009, 1:35 am
It was all hands on deck this week as volunteers folded, assembled, stuffed and stamped the 2009 Annual Appeal letter to members.
Like many non-profits, the society sends a letter at the end of each... Comment - Like
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Oct 7, 2009, 5:00 am
Wordless Wednesday
California Genealogical Society and Library
Manuscript Collection
Photographs courtesy of Jane Knowles Lindsey, 10/3/09, Oakland, California. Comment - Like
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Oct 5, 2009, 7:00 pm
The California Genealogical Society and Library blog is honored to be included in the Local/ Regional category of Family Tree Magazine's 40 Best Genealogy Blogs nominees.
Voting is open from now... Comment - Like
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Oct 1, 2009, 10:15 pm
The California Genealogical Society is taking reservations for the popular Book Repair Workshop to be held on Saturday morning, November 7, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Taught by Book Repair Commi... Comment - Like
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Sep 26, 2009, 1:05 am
California Genealogical Society President Jane Knowles Lindsey will be speaking twice in October at the Salem Lutheran Home at 2361 East 29th Street in Oakland.
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at 3:00 ... Comment - Like
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Sep 22, 2009, 1:35 am
Tim Cox has an important message that he has agreed to share with our blog readers:
Over the twenty-five years or so of my genealogy experience, I’ve joined a few societies and organizations that i... Comment - Like
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Sep 19, 2009, 1:50 am
Saturday, October 17, 2009
11 a.m.–1 p.m.
San Francisco Main Library
Latino/Hispanic Room B
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, California 94102
Our own Nancy Peterson, Research Director for the Calif... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2009, 1:16 am
For nearly a decade, October has been celebrated as Family History Month among genealogy enthusiasts. The California Genealogical Society and Library will celebrate by hosting beginning to advanced ge... Comment - Like
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Sep 10, 2009, 6:00 pm
Please come to the California Genealogical Society Library this Saturday, September 12, 2009, at 12:30 p.m. and join us at an open house to celebrate the completion of the Manuscript Collection Projec... Comment - Like
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Sep 9, 2009, 3:00 pm
Wordless Wednesday
A Few Good Men
Bill O'Neil, David Lowndes, Tom Gesner, Jerry McGovern
Photograph courtesy of Jane Knowles Lindsey, May 10, 2008, Oakland, California. Comment - Like
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Sep 9, 2009, 1:58 am
Tim Cox let me know about this piece by Ken Bastida on KPIX CBS Channel 5 which features CGS member Ron Filion, co-founder of sfgenealogy.com discussing the more than fifty ships buried beneath the st... Comment - Like
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Sep 8, 2009, 1:52 am
I love sharing stories of cousins found at the CGS library! Mary Mettler informed me earlier this year that she had met some CGS cousins at the Intermediate Genealogy classes. You will recall that Mar... Comment - Like
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Sep 5, 2009, 1:50 am
Microsoft Word Skills for Genealogists – Formatting Styles, Footnotes and Indexing
A Publishing Workshop with Matthew Berry
Saturday, October 17, 2009
10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
California Genealogical... Comment - Like
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Sep 1, 2009, 1:50 am
Are you curious about genealogy blogs? Or have you dismissed them as fluff and not worth your valuable time? Two experts will show why blogs are more than just "the latest fad" and how they are a valu... Comment - Like
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Aug 29, 2009, 1:59 am
Ten members of the California Genealogical Society met at America's crossroads for the biannual CGS Research week at the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This y... Comment - Like
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Aug 26, 2009, 2:00 pm
Wordless Wednesday
Allen County Public Library Tour
August 16 - 23, 2009
Photographs courtesy of Jane Knowles Lindsey and Kathryn Doyle, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Comment - Like
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Aug 25, 2009, 1:52 am
In celebration of October Family History Month, the Oakland Regional Family History Center (ORFHC) and the California Genealogical Society (CGS) are offering an encore Beginning Genealogy Research Ser... Comment - Like
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Aug 21, 2009, 2:00 pm
Some of you may not know that in addition to blogging for the California Genealogical Society and Library, I also edit our electronic newsletter, the CGS e-News. Until now, the only way to view an iss... Comment - Like
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