Society Saturday - Happenings in December @ Root Cellar SGS

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner-Benward

Look what's happening in December @ Root Cellar SGS Members.........   ..........and guests. YES! Guests are very welcome. 

Mark your calendars NOW and never miss out.

Thursday 3 December

Board Meeting - 10am- noon

Sylvan Community Center

7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights

Rick Hanson

Thursday 3 December  

LEGACY Family Tree Software SIG

Family History Center

2745 Eastern Ave, Sacramento  

with Marian Kile

Friday 4 December

Extractions

Center for Sacramento History

551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd

Sacramento

Marilyn Ulbricht

Have you been thinking of helping with the various projects we have going on at the Center? It is always a good time. We can always use an extra pair of hands. We do have a lot of fun each week

Thursday 10 December

GENERAL MEETING........  7pm
Holiday Party

Christ Community Church

5025 Manzanita Ave, Carmichael

Social time from 6:15pm to 7pm
Bring a dish (finger food) to share, Bring a wrapped gift to donate, Bring your checkbook/cash to buy raffle tickets........... Be prepared to laugh, to eat , to win, & to have lots of fun. Come out and check us out.    questions?   Website

Wednesday 9 December

RootsMagic SIG  1-3pm

Family History Center

2745 Eastern Ave, Sacramento

with Lynne Brown

If you are using Roots Magic Family Software, this is the place for you to be. Ask your questions, share

Friday 11 December

Extractions

Center for Sacramento History

551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd

Sacramento

Marilyn Ulbricht

Have you been thinking of helping with the various projects we have going on at the Center? It is always a good time. We can always use an extra pair of hands. We do have a lot of fun each week

Wednesday 16 December

Day Time Workshop 1-3pm

Sylvan Community Center

7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights

Diane Maltase

This is an unstructured meeting .....  allowing for members and guests to discuss their finds, their brickwalls, and ask questions, share ideas.

Thursday 17 December

NO FamilyTreeMaker SIG- Special Interest Group

Friday 18 December

Extractions

Center for Sacramento History

551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd

Sacramento

Marilyn Ulbricht

Have you been thinking of helping with the various projects we have going on at the Center? It is always a good time. We can always use an extra pair of hands. We do have a lot of fun each week

Wednesday 23 December

NO Reunion for MAC SIG  

Friday 25 December

NO Extractions

 Merry Christmas 

Happy New Year!! 
   See you in 2016

Thursday 7 January

Board Meeting - 10am- noon

Sylvan Community Center

7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights

Rick Hanson

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Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner-Benward


DID YOU KNOW?  OR maybe I should say DON'T FORGET!

Remember Root Cellar SGS when you go to make your daily purchases and your special holiday purchases. I am talking about our affiliation with Amazon. There is an Amazon ICON on the top of our home page. Just click on it, and shop. By clicking on the icon first it tells Amazon that this customer comes through Root Cellar SGS. We do receive a small percentage from each purchase, but it does not cost you any more and we benefit from all your purchases BUT only if you start off by clicking on our Amazon ICON first. 

We need your support. 










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Thankful Thursday: Preserves the Pension: War of 1812

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Sandra Gardner-Benward

If you have not heard yet, Root Cellar SGS is creating another opportunity to help in the 

   'Preserve the Pension War of 1812" Digitization Project......       ...................this is an ongoing project.. 


The War of 1812 Pension Digitization Project is continuing as FGS ongoing mission of preserving the War of 1812 Pension records and make them available to the genealogical public. New images are posted at regular intervals of Ancestry.

Yes you are remembering right, we did run this same project in 2013. We matched contributions up to $500. We received well over $500 in donations that time. We are hoping that you will be just as generous this time. These will be a valuable records for all researchers and will be free to everyone and will be available immediately after digitization. The are just over 50% complete at this point. But of course the cost of this project is making it go so slow. BUT little by little, with every dollar received they are able to digitize these records thanks to your contributions..........  societies and organizations around the country are running the same event. You are all in good company. Give what you can. We are starting to receive some donations, so keep them coming. We thank you in advance. 

We are only running this till December 31, 2015 so time is short. Write your checks now or go online and send a donation through PayPal. We will then forward donations plus matching funds to the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS). They will forward the funds to Ancestry.com who will again match the funds they receive.

      ex: $500 raised donations will be matched by Root Cellar SGS = $1000. Root Cellar SGS will forward the $1000 to FGS who will forward it to Ancestry.com who will match our $1000 to make it $2000.  Our $500 donation has grown to $2000. It costs about 45cents to digitize a page, each dollar will digitize two pages.... so $00 will digitize 1000 pages BUT the $2000 will digitize 4000 pages. ... what a major difference. Thanks to FGS and Ancestry.com and to YOU.

Go to Root Cellar SGS, click on the Preserve the Pension ICON at the top of the home page, fill out the form, print it out and mail it in (or bring it to the December Meeting - checks made out to Root Cellar SGS) OR use the convenient PayPal options. BUT whatever you do, please do it now........   
Thank You for your generosity! 


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