The Davis Genealogy Club is proud to host well-known genealogist, author, blogger, and speaker from Southern California, Gena Philibert- Ortega to discuss, "Remember the Ladies: Researching Female Ancestors", on Monday, Sept. 24th. The meeting starts at 1 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A Street in Davis. All are welcome. For more, visit: www.davisgenealogy.org.
About the Program
Tracing the women in a family tree can be a challenge, since historically, most women didn't leave the same type of paper trail that men typically did. This presentation covers several little-known methods for seeking these elusive ancestors. Understanding a woman’s community and her historical era become important tools in the search for documents. Sources to be explored in this lecture go beyond sparse government papers, and into the realm of libraries, archives, manuscript collections and some female-specific resources.
About the Speaker
Gena Philibert-Ortega holds a Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Master's degree in Religion. She has spoken to groups throughout the U.S. and to virtual audiences worldwide. The author of hundreds of articles in genealogy magazines, newsletters, and her own blogs, Philibert-Ortega has also written several books including the recently published, "From the Family Kitchen: Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Family Recipes". Philibert-Ortega has written and taught several courses for the National Institute for Genealogical Studies; she currently serves as vice-president of the Southern California Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and as a director of the California State Genealogical Alliance. Gena's current research interests include social history, community cookbooks, signature quilts, and researching women's lives, and she specializes in the nineteenth century and the Civil War.
Submitted by Lisa Henderson
Posted by Denise H. Richmond
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Davis Genealogy Club Meeting
The Davis Genealogy Club is proud to present this special program with well-known genealogy search expert, Steven P. Morse, called "Getting Ready for the 1940 Census: Searching Without a Name Index" on Monday, March 26th at 1:00 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A Street in Davis. All are welcome. (This census asks where folks were in 1935 also--a nifty bonus.) Happy Searching!
The 1940 Census ... are YOU in it?? Genealogists are filled with anticipation! The 1940 U.S. Census will be released to the world digitally on April 2, 2012 (instead of copies of the microfilms). However, it will not have a name index for up to six months after opening day. So, early exploration of the census will involve searching by location instead. Seems simple enough. But, the census is organized by Enumeration Districts (EDs), which means that a person’s address needs to be converted to an ED before that person can be looked up in the census. Genealogy expert Steve Morse is ready to help with this task! The highly useful One-Step Website created by Morse contains numerous tools for obtaining EDs. These tools and the circumstances in which each can be used will be explained in this presentation. Use these tools and you can be among the first to find yourself or family members in the 1940 census—BEFORE it is indexed! Happy Searching!
About Our Speaker: Steven P. Morse is a genealogy expert and the creator of the award-winning One-Step Website at http://stevemorse.org/ which is widely used by genealogists throughout the world. Many of Morse’s One-Step tools work by providing more powerful interfaces for searching existing databases like the Ellis Island records. Morse has received numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Award of Merit from the National Genealogical Society, first-ever Excellence
Award from the Association of Professional Genealogists, and two awards that he cannot pronounce from Polish genealogical societies. In his other life Morse is a computer professional with a doctorate
degree in electrical engineering. He has held various research, development, and teaching positions, authored numerous technical papers, written four textbooks, and holds four patents. He is best
known as the architect of the Intel 8086 (the granddaddy of today's Pentium processor), which sparked the PC revolution 30 years ago.
The 1940 Census ... are YOU in it?? Genealogists are filled with anticipation! The 1940 U.S. Census will be released to the world digitally on April 2, 2012 (instead of copies of the microfilms). However, it will not have a name index for up to six months after opening day. So, early exploration of the census will involve searching by location instead. Seems simple enough. But, the census is organized by Enumeration Districts (EDs), which means that a person’s address needs to be converted to an ED before that person can be looked up in the census. Genealogy expert Steve Morse is ready to help with this task! The highly useful One-Step Website created by Morse contains numerous tools for obtaining EDs. These tools and the circumstances in which each can be used will be explained in this presentation. Use these tools and you can be among the first to find yourself or family members in the 1940 census—BEFORE it is indexed! Happy Searching!
About Our Speaker: Steven P. Morse is a genealogy expert and the creator of the award-winning One-Step Website at http://stevemorse.org/ which is widely used by genealogists throughout the world. Many of Morse’s One-Step tools work by providing more powerful interfaces for searching existing databases like the Ellis Island records. Morse has received numerous awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Outstanding Contribution Award from the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies, Award of Merit from the National Genealogical Society, first-ever Excellence
Award from the Association of Professional Genealogists, and two awards that he cannot pronounce from Polish genealogical societies. In his other life Morse is a computer professional with a doctorate
degree in electrical engineering. He has held various research, development, and teaching positions, authored numerous technical papers, written four textbooks, and holds four patents. He is best
known as the architect of the Intel 8086 (the granddaddy of today's Pentium processor), which sparked the PC revolution 30 years ago.
Submitted by Lisa Henderson
Posted by Ron Setzer
Sunday, February 26, 2012
DAVIS GENEALOGY CLUB
Next Monday, February 27th, the Davis Genealogy Club presents "Writing Personal Stories--How to Begin" with instructor Marian Kile. The meeting will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center, 646 A Street, Davis.
Do you find it daunting to try to write a long family history? Do you already have a written family history but want to add stories about special memories? This talk will help both the non-writer and the experienced writer in developing short stories that capture the essence of special family members or events. The focus will be on stories that are about 500 words long but the process can be applied
to longer stories.
Marian got "hooked" on genealogy at the end of 2005 and has been sharing what she has learned by giving classes at the Sacramento Family History Center on Eastern Avenue and throughout the community. Marian is an experienced presenter who creates a supportive learning environment for her classes.
For more about the Davis Genealogy Club programs or Library, visit the club's website at www.davisgenealogy.org or call Lisa Henderson at (530) 753-8943.
Do you find it daunting to try to write a long family history? Do you already have a written family history but want to add stories about special memories? This talk will help both the non-writer and the experienced writer in developing short stories that capture the essence of special family members or events. The focus will be on stories that are about 500 words long but the process can be applied
to longer stories.
Marian got "hooked" on genealogy at the end of 2005 and has been sharing what she has learned by giving classes at the Sacramento Family History Center on Eastern Avenue and throughout the community. Marian is an experienced presenter who creates a supportive learning environment for her classes.
For more about the Davis Genealogy Club programs or Library, visit the club's website at www.davisgenealogy.org or call Lisa Henderson at (530) 753-8943.
Posted by Ron Setzer
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