Showing posts with label Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society. Show all posts

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Society Saturday – The July 24 Reunion SIG Meeting

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.

The Reunion SIG, a special interest group sponsored by the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society, addressed several topics at its most recent meeting on July 24. The first few minutes were spent on comparing the sourcing mechanisms of Reunion and RootsMagic. The overview diagram follows.

Diagram created by Richard Hanson.
RootsMagic's sourcing facility was profiled in detail at the prior (July 17) Root Cellar workshop meeting. Future workshop meetings will address Legacy (August 21), Family Tree Maker (September 18) and Reunion (October 16).
For more information on the workshop meetings:
http://www.rootcellarramblings.blogspot.com/2013/06/society-saturday-documentation-demo.html

During the remainder of the Reunion SiG meeting, topics and questions from attendees were addressed. One such question was how to sync Reunion data between an iMac (desktop computer) and an iPad (tablet computer). I ran my presentation on that topic. Basically, you connect both devices to the same wi-fi network and use built-in menu options to initiate data transfer.

The next Reunion SIG meeting is scheduled for August 28.
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Background: In 2011, a special interest group (SIG) was established by the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society for users of the genealogy database software package called Reunion. It meets 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every fourth Wednesday at the Sacramento FamilySearch Library. Group leader is Ron Setzer. Email Ron if you'd like to be added to the group's email distribution list. Reunion runs on the Macintosh, iPad and iPhone.
Left: exterior entrance to the meeting room. Right: Reunion software displayed.

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Monday, August 5, 2013

What's new at Ancestry.com, and what is its connection to Root Cellar?

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.

In case you haven't visited Ancestry.com for the past couple of months, look below for what is new. Then scroll to the bottom to see Ancestry.com's new connection to Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society.

JULY 2013

  • Irish Immigrant Advertisements Placed in “The Boston Pilot 1831–1920" (96,583 new records)
  • Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880 (5,884,130 updated records)
  • Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2011 (7,361,111 updated records)
  • Texas, Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011 (16,016,725 updated records)
  • New York, Naturalization Records, 1882-1944 (687,711 updated records)
  • Kansas, Cemetery Records, 1812-1981 (33,123 new records)
  • Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (2,3159,802 updated records)
  • U.S., American Red Cross Nurse Files, 1916-1959 (1,491 new records)
  • Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 (1,733,973 updated records)
  • New York, Naturalization Petitions, 1794-1906 (1,198,635 new records)
  • Tarrant County,Texas, Probate Index, 1800-2012 (408,124 new records)
  • Washington D.C., Habeas Corpus Case Records, 1820-1863 (1,004 new records)
  • New York City, Marriages, 1600s-1800s (411,377 updated records)
  • Oregon, Adoptions and Name Changes, 1876-1918 (2,425 new records)
  • Tennessee, Naturalization Records, 1907-1991 (50,349 updated records)
  • Pennsylvania Pensioners, 1835 (4,552 updated records)
  • Klooga, Estonia, Forced Labor Camp Prisoners, July 1944 (2,185 new records)
  • Poland, Jews Who Resided In Krosno before 22 June 1941 (2,075 new records)
  • Bessarabia, Răuţel Camp Listings of Deported Jews, 1941 (2,070 new records)
  • Germany, Baden-Württemberg Lists (Mannheim Jewish Community Records), 1941-1942 (1,993 new records)
  • Lithuania, Jews Saved by Passports From the Japanese Diplomat Chiune Sugihara, 1940 (2,140 new records)
  • Germany, Women in Flossenbürg Branch Camps (Hans Brenner Book Lists), 1944-1945 (15,842 new records)
  • Kisvárda, Hungary, Records Before Deportation, 1944 (3,516 new records)
  • Germany, Dachau Inmates, Possessions Upon Entry, 1933-1945 (2,839 new records)
  • Germany, Deaths in Mühldorf, Nov 1944 - April 1945 (1,857 new records)
  • USHMM: Łódź, Poland, Vital Records of Jews in the Łódź Ghetto, 1939-1944 (in German) (61,502 new records)
  • New York, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Remittances for Russian Jews, 1916-1917 (98 new records)
  • New York, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Remittances for Polish Jews, 1915-1918 (2,396 new records)
  • New York, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Remittances for Romanian Jews, 1917-1918 (149 new records)

JUNE 2013

  • Poland, Martyred Jewish Physicians, 1939-1945 (2,465 new records)
  • Germany, Bergen-Belsen Prisoners Liberated at Farsleben, Death Train From Bergen-Belsen, 13 April 1945 (2,018 new records)
  • Germany, Jewish Arrivals to Buchenwald on Jan 22, 1945 (2,746 new records)
  • Germany, Breslau Deportations of Jews, 1941-1942 (1,845 new records)
  • U.S., General James Wilkinson's Order Book, 1796-1808 (7,535 new records)
  • Lublin, Poland, Initial Registrations of Jews, 1939-1940 (6,535 new records)
  • 1860 United States Federal Census (27,483,658 updated records)
  • Poland, Jewish Prisoners of War Registration Cards, 1939-1945 (2,938 new records)
  • Poland, Auschwitz-Buchenwald Transport, January 22 & 26, 1945 (4,359 new records)
  • France, Hidden Jewish Children, 1939-1945 (4,080 new records)
  • Krosno, Galicia, Poland, Jewish Inhabitants (3,298 new records)
  • Hungary, Hungarian Jewish KMSZ (Military Forced Laborer) List, 1938 (4,497 new records)
  • Poland, Riese and Gross-Rosen Prisoners and Transports, July 1944 (4,806 new records)
  • Romania, Tîrgu Mureş Deportation List, 1944 (4,596 new records)
  • Rovno, Ukraine, Victims Killed in the Kostopol Forest, 1942 (5,166 new records)
  • Poland, Forced Laborers in Borysław and Drohobycz, 1939-1944 (4,971 new records)
  • U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 (33,039,901 updated records)
  • Poland, Częstochowa Forced Laborers, 1943-1944 (4,610 new records)
  • Arad, Romania, Jewish Census, 1942 (9,698 new records)
  • Belarus, Jewish Partisans, 1941-1944 (8,451 new records)
  • Poland, Lódz Ghetto Work Identification Cards, 1940-1944 (13,280 new records)
  • Liepaja, Latvia, Holocaust Memorial Wall (6,428 new records)
  • France, Jewish Deaths During Deportation, 1941-1948 (7,346 new records)
  • Florida, State Census, 1867-1945 (4,131,298 updated records)
  • U.S., Seamen's Protection Certificates, 1792-1869 (72,117 updated records)
  • Switzerland, Jewish Arrivals, 1938-1945 (21,730 new records)
  • U.S. Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1896 (13,848 updated records)
  • Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000 (615,248 updated records)
  • Bessarabia, Revision Lists, 1837-1952 (22,075 new records)
  • 1810 United States Federal Census (830,631 updated records)
  • JewishGen Yizkor Book Master Name Index (17,306 new records)
  • Spain, Miranda de Ebro Prisoners, 1940-1947 (15,469 new records)
  • Radom, Poland, Prison Records, 1939-1944 (14,159 new records)
  • Rhode Island, State Censuses, 1865-1935 (2,643,678 new records)
  • The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 (300,569 new records)
  • Massachusetts, Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990 (336,033 new records)
  • Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947 (659,426 new records)
  • New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947 (1,082,485 new records)
  • Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 (3,829,539 new records)
  • Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 (1,426,900 new records)
  • New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900 (478,413 new records)
  • Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 (1,288,415 new records)
  • Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915 (3,059,458 new records)
  • Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 (2,713,911 new records)
  • Willamette, Oregon, Death Records, 1850-2006 (91,346 updated records)
  • Savannah, Georgia, Records of Titles, 1791-1971 (3,784 new records)
  • History of Redding Connecticut (3,169 updated records)
  • War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 (90,807 updated records)
  • U.S., Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1863-1878 (549,014 updated records)
  • Michigan, Deaths, 1971-1996 (2,052,472 updated records)
  • U.S., American Volunteer Soldiers, Mexican War, 1845-1848 (24,423 new records)
  • Kansas, Fort Riley Hospital Muster Rolls, 1855-1902 (7,421 new records)
  • Kansas, Enrollment of WWI Veterans, 1930 (34,377 new records)
  • Kansas, Enrollment of Civil War Veterans, 1889 (50,977 new records)
  • Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages (4,450 updated records)
  • U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989 (1,326,371,497 updated records)
  • New York, Holland Society Yearbook, 1915 (11,547 updated records)
  • History of Windham County, Connecticut: Vol. 1-2 (1,653 updated records)
  • Sons of Utah Pioneers - Card Index, 1847-1850 (1,778 updated records)

In the event you need to start an Ancestry.com subscription or renew your existing one, Root Cellar is participating in the Ancestry.com affiliate program. By using the specially-coded link on the Root Cellar website or this blog page, Root Cellar will receive a small reimbursement which helps support the society's many benefits and services. To participate click on following icon located in the right column of this page.
Click here to go to the Root Cellar affiliate programs page.


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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Society Saturday – The May 22nd Reunion SIG Meeting

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.

Left: exterior entrance to the meeting room. Right: Reunion software displayed.

Last month's May 22nd meeting of the Reunion SIG addressed the following topics:

  • Reunion 10.0.6 release
  • Julian to Gregorian calendar conversion – options for Reunion
  • Storing family files on Cloud services (e.g., Dropbox)
  • Deleting unused family files (Any side effects?)
  • Handling multiple surnames and aliases
  • Reunion "Match & Merge Sources" command.

We had a bit of trouble with the last one. It seems to work in a rather inconsistent way. Discussion and experimentation with it will continue as part of the June 26 meeting.

Background: In 2011, a special interest group (SIG) was established by the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society for users of the genealogy database software package called Reunion. It meets 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every fourth Wednesday at the Sacramento FamilySearch Library. Group leader is Ron Setzer. Email Ron if you'd like to be added to the group's email distribution list. Reunion runs on the Macintosh, iPad and iPhone.

The next meeting is scheduled for June 26.


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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Root Cellar's May 15 Workshop Meeting

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.
Fifteen people attended yesterday's workshop meeting. Photo provided by Richard Hanson.
Chaired by Root Cellar President John Jay, the meeting started with John scheduling mini-presentations on source documentation support by genealogy database programs. One per meeting will be presented by volunteers over the next several months. A presentation on Flip-Pay will also be done. The remainder of the meeting was an open forum for questions, announcements and discussions. Topics included Lulu.com, poster-sized pedigree charts, DNA matching, Heritage Quest, "Family Tree" on HBO, some brick walls and the hazards of walking in a rural Pennsylvania cemetery. The person planning that trek received warnings about ticks and chiggers along with solutions involving wearing dog flea collars and putting cone collars around the ankles.

This Workshop is a small-group meeting of the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society. It meets 1 to 3 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Sylvan Community Center, 7521 Community Drive, Citrus Heights, California. It is a self-help group that addresses a wide variety of topics and frequently includes mini-presentations. Attendees are invited to describe their recent discoveries, successes and to seek help with their brick walls. The group leader is Root Cellar President John Jay. For meeting dates, see the events calendar on the Root Cellar website.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tech Tuesday – Calendar Juggling

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.

When it comes to accurately documenting the comings and goings of our ancestors, nothing is simple – not even dates. That was aptly illustrated by John Jay's May 9 presentation described in yesterday's Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society blog. Not only have there been different calendars, but the Gregorian calendar in use today was adopted at different times in different locations. Historic calendars include Julian, French Republican, Hebrew, Islamic, Persian and Chinese.

General information about multiple calendars:

Calendar conversion calculators:

One issue that came up during the discussion was the extent to which our genealogy database software supports calendar conversions. I use the Reunion software (Macintosh). After researching this issue using their online help and support forums, I found that Reunion does not do calendar conversions. But it does support custom dates.
Reunion custom date entry box. Screen captured by Richard Hanson.
Reunion stores both the entered custom date and the corresponding Gregorian value. But many users say that there is a better approach. Enter the Gregorian value into the database date field. Then enter into the associated notes field the original unconverted date plus the name of the calendar.

Readers of this blog, do you know how your genealogy database software handles the multiple calendar problem? Please check your software's online help and post your results here as a comment.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

Root Cellar's May 9 Meeting

Editor's note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.

Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society's May pre-meeting started at 6:30 p.m. with a half-hour presentation by John Jay on the topic Calendar Confusion - How the 1752 Calendar Change Can Impact Your Family History Research. His talk described calendar changes starting in the Middle Ages and extending through the 20th Century, all such changes being location-specific. This brought up the issue of to what extent are these calendar changes supported by our genealogy software. Watch for future blogs that follow up on this software issue.
Annual business meeting. Photo provided by Richard Hanson.

At 7 p.m. John Jay hosted the annual business meeting. He introduced the slate of candidates, described the new digital ballot submission process (PDF form ballots created by Ron Setzer and being tabulated by Glenda Lloyd) and gave a status report on the Pension Records War of 1812 project fundraising by Root Cellar.
Presentation by Jim Rader. Photo provided by Richard Hanson.
The general meeting program, Old Online Genealogy Books Online, was presented by Jim Rader. He described the the tools and techniques necessary get the most out of the current and upcoming digital book resources posted the Internet. He also illustrated the importance of old books as a source of family history information.

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Friday, April 26, 2013

Follow Friday – Conference Keeper Website


[Editor's Note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.]

Local genealogist Virginia Kysh recently found a useful calendar of upcoming genealogical conventions called Conference Keeper (www.conferencekeeper.net). It lists local, state, national and international genealogical conferences. It also includes calls for papers, writers events, a #genchat schedule and conference alerts.

If you look on the list for California, you will see an announcement for Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society's 2014 annual seminar.

Spring Seminar: Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society
Apr 5, 2014; Fair Oaks, CA. Website.

Friday, April 5, 2013

Follow Friday – Root Cellar's Message Boards


[Editor's Note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson.]

One of the under-used features of Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society's new website is its Forums page (message boards). A message board allows logged-in members to post new textual messages and reply to existing posted messages. Each message board has an assigned topic.

One of Root Cellar's message boards (dated 25 Mar 2013).
Root Cellar's message boards can be browsed by the visiting public. But the visitor must be logged-in to post messages or replies. Root Cellar currently has messages boards for the following topics.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
General Genealogy & How-TO
Reunion for Mac Software & SIG
Legacy Family Tree Software
Roots Magic Software
Family Tree Maker Software

The problem here is that these message boards are deader than cemeteries on a Monday night.

So what message board topics would motivate YOU to view and post messages? Topics could pertain to an area of knowledge, a genealogical activity, a product, a location, some part of history, some aspect of problem solving, Root Cellar meetings plus many other possibilities. Please post your ideas as replies to this blog.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Tombstone Tuesday– Finding Sacramento Area Cemeteries


[Editor's Note: Today's post was written by Richard Hanson. Photo courtesy of the Find A Grave website.]

At workshop meetings of the Root Cellar Sacramento German Genealogical Society, the opening question/answer/discussion session can lead in any direction. At the March 20 meeting, it led to the now gone New Helvetia Cemetery with the question being where did all the residents go. Several attendees provided helpful tips and information. But if you cannot attend the workshop meeting, is there somewhere else to obtain information on local cemeteries and find out what became of the missing ones?
Historical marker for the New Helvetia Cemetery. Photo is from Find A Grave.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1982256)
One source is the website of the California GenWeb Project. Specifically, its Sacramento County website. To see a list of local cemetery resources posted there, go to:
Almost all the listed entities have websites and some include online searchable databases. It also includes a summary listing of over 150 cemeteries. And there is a page dedicated to the New Helvetica cemetery. As of the date the blog was authored (March 21), the URL on that website for the Sacramento County Cemetery Advisory Commission is wrong. Correct one is:
I emailed the correction to the webmaster for the Sacramento CAGenWeb website and she replied back the same day saying Sacramento County has changed the URL for that page a number of times over the past year or two. So if you bookmark this county coroner page, be prepared to find it again.

She also wants to make this page the go-to place for finding local cemetery information. So if you have any corrections, updates, missing information or lists of graves, please send them to her. The website contains a contact form.

Oh yes. The answer to the question as to where the residents of New Helvetica where relocated follows.
   4,691 sent to East Lawn Memorial Park and buried in a common grave
   410 to City Cemetery
   84 to East Lawn and buried in private plots by relatives
   32 to Odd Fellows Cemetery
   6 to Sacramento Memorial Lawn
   3 to St. Joseph’s
   3 to Sylvan Cemetery
   3 to Elk Grove Cemetery
   2 to St. Mary’s
   1 to Masonic Cemetery
Source: http://www.cagenweb.com/sacramento/pdf/NewHelvetiaBrochure.pdf

Cemetery information provided courtesy of
Sacramento County part of the CA GenWeb Project

The Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society also provides information local cemeteries:
• Root Cellar's online store sells volunteer-created publications, some of
  which contain cemetery records.
• Root Cellar maintains a library at the State Archives Library in downtown
  Sacramento.
• Root Cellar provides volunteer research service to search accessible local
  records including cemetery listings.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

More Pictures from Root Cellar's Spring Seminar

One of the exciting parts of the Seminar is the drawing of tickets for the sixteen baskets. These large baskets are created with a theme and each holds a tremendous variety of items, mostly genealogical. The baskets are so large and heavy that they have to be wheeled out to the winner's vehicle on a cart. Here are a few of the winners:












You can find more of the winners on Root Cellar's Facebook page and in the next edition of our Preserves.

Posted by Ron Setzer

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Tuesday Travel - Taking a Bus Ride

On Wednesday several dozen excited family researchers will board a bus in the Sacramento Area and travel down to the NEW Sutro Library now on the University of San Francisco campua.

How to get ready for the trip? How do I ensure that I will be using my time wisely and getting the most out of the materials available?

I guess first you would check your genealogy software program to see who and what you will be researching. What do I have already? What am I missing?

Now after that is done, I would imagine that my next step would be to check the Sutro library catalogue. Search everything. Write or print out what you find. Organize your findings so that you are ready to go when you arrive at the library. Organize what you say? If you found several references in books, put those all together and organize them to their importance to you. Same with references to microfisch/ microfilm, histories, bios, etc. Work smart.

Like alot of other people, I don't have much research in California - just a small twig of my ancestral tree is in Pasadena, CA. So I will be doing some research for my granduncle John E. BRANFIELD and his wife Emma Belle KLINE and their two children Burdine and Paul and of course their grandchildren ..... all in the Pasadena area.

But you do know that the Sutro Library has more than just Northern California materials. It has materials from all over the world, so there is something for everone. You just need to search the catalogue and make a plan and then work your plan.


...from a very excited researcher Sandra Gardner Benward  

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Happy Birthday Root Cellar

October is our birthday month and Root Cellar – Sacramento Genealogical Society celebrated its 34th birthday. Founded in 1978 to meet the needs of genealogists in the area, Root Cellar is still going strong and growing into the 21st century.

As you can see – a good time was had by all!












Posted by Ron Setzer

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Root Cellar Publications List

Since its beginnings in 1978, Root Cellar –  Sacramento Genealogical Society has endeavored to make local records available to the public. Our extraction committee continually labors to create indices and abstractions. This is a list of currently available publications. You may find a further description of each work on Root Cellar's website parentheses forget that (www.rootcellar.org) under the "Store" menu.

CA Homestead Act Records for Sacramento Co., CA 1860-1929
$18.00 plus $1.40 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

CA State Militia, Index to the Muster Rolls of 1851 – 1866, Vol. 1-4
$95.00 plus $7.36 CA Sales Tax and $8.50 Postage and Handling**

California State Prison, Folsom, CA, 1879 – 1903, Numerical Register
$12.50 plus $.97 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Civil Court Records, Sacramento Co., CA, 1850 to 1879 Index

$25.00 plus $1.94 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Delayed Birth Records, Sacramento Co., CA (Earliest 1865 and latest 1980)
$15.00 plus $1.16 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Divorces, Sacramento Co., CA, District Court, 1850-1879, Index and Abstractions
$25.00 plus $1.94 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Extraction & Index for the PIONEER, the Yearbook for Sacramento Junior College for the Years 1930, 1931 and 1932
$ 5.00 plus $.39 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Folsom Prison, CA – List of Convicts, July 26, 1880 through 1942
$35.00 plus $2.71 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Index to City of Sacramento Police Mug Books (1860-1915)
$15.00 plus $1.16 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Index to the List of Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths and Confirmations in the Districts of Folsom, Live Oak, Elk Grove, Galt, Courtland and Walnut Grove, Jan. 1, 1883 to April 6, 1913 (Y)
$ 5.00 plus $.39 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Index to the Registry of Baptisms, St. John’s Church, Folsom, CA, July 1869 to Dec. 1882, and St. Joseph’s Church (formerly St. Teresa’s) Auburn, (Placer Co.) CA, 1883 to May 1925 (P)$10.00 plus $.78 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Index to the Registry of Marriages – St. John’s Church, Folsom, CA and St. Theresa Church, Auburn, Placer Co., CA, from 1883 to Feb. 1925 (B)
$ 5.00 plus $.39 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Marriage Affidavits, Sacramento Co., CA, 1850-1906
$30.00 plus $2.33 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Masonic Lawn Cemetery, Masonic Plot in Old City Cemetery, 1859 and Masonic Lawn to 1939, Sacramento, CA
$10.00 plus $.78 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Miners Listed in the Sacramento County 1850 Census
$ 5.00 plus $.39 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Pleasant Grove & Fairview Cemeteries (Sutter Co., CA) Index and Gravestone Detail
$12.50 plus $.97 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Pleasant Grove Cemetery (Sutter Co., CA) Index and Plot Detail
$15.00 plus $1.16 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Records of Folsom, CA, Indexes and Extractions 1856-1909 (Vol. 1)
$10.00 plus $.78 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Records of Folsom, CA, Indexes and Extractions 1863-1880 & 1911-1919 (Vol. 2)
$ 5.00 plus $.39 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Rocklin Cemetery Records, Rocklin, CA (Placer Co., CA)
$18.00 plus $1.40 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. 1 – Bks. 1-3, Aug. 1887 – Dec. 1902
$20.00 plus $1.55 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. II – Bks. 4-6, Jan. 1903 – Dec. 1914
$25.00 plus $1.94 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. III – Bk. 7, Nov. 1911 – Aug. 1929
$20.00 plus $1.55 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. IV – Bk. 8, Apr. 1919 – Dec. 1934
$25.00 plus $1.94 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. V – Bks. 9-12, Dec. 1925 – Apr. 1964
$30.00 plus $2.33 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. VI – Bk. 13, Jan. 1935 – Dec. 1940
$20.00 plus $1.55 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. VII – Bk. 14, Jan. 1941 – Dec. 1947
$25.00 plus $1.94 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. VIII – Bk. 15, Jan. 1948 – Dec. 1952
$20.00 plus $1.55 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. IV – Bk. 16, Jan. 1953 – Dec. 1956
$20.00 plus $1.55 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento Co. Coroner’s Records Collection, 1887-1969, Vol. X – Bk. 17, Jan. 1947 – Dec. 1960
$20.00 plus $1.55 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Sacramento County Justice Court Cases 1850-1877, Defendants & Plaintiffs
$30.00 plus $2.33 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

San Francisco Cadets Application to Enlist 1882-1883 & Veterans of the Mexican War, 2nd Brigade, San Francisco Muster Rolls, 1869-1872$ 5.00 plus $.39 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

San Quentin Prison, CA – List of Convicts, 1851 through 1939 (Vol. 1, A-L)
$35.00 plus $2.71 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

San Quentin Prison, CA – List of Convicts, 1851 through 1939 (Vol. 2, M-Z) $35.00 plus $2.71 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

San Quentin Prison, CA – List of Convicts, Jan. 1, 1940 to Dec. 31, 1944
$35.00 plus $2.71 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

San Quentin Prison, CA – List of Convicts, Jan. 1, 1945 – Mar. 22, 1947
$15.00 plus $1.16 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

Women Proprietors or Sole Traders, Sacramento, CA, 1850-1930
$15.00 plus $1.16 CA Sales Tax and Postage and Handling**

**Postage and Handling – $4.00 for the first book/volume and $1.50 per book/volume thereafter.
Send order to: Root Cellar – SGS, PO Box 265, Citrus Heights, CA 95611-0265

Posted by Ron Setzer

Friday, March 2, 2012

2012 Root Cellar Family History Writing Contest

Root Cellar is announcing a new writing contest. The 2012 Root Cellar Family History Writing Contest is open to the public, and you need not be a member of Root Cellar to enter. Root Cellar will accept factual articles about family or local history, character sketches, or memoirs. Submissions should relate the experiences of a family or individuals, revealing their character and personality. The best entries will display the human drama and historical or social situation of the subjects.

The subject matter of the entries is to be family history or local-history stories, memoirs, or character sketches. Entries should be between 500 and 2,000 words in length. How-to articles or articles about the research process would not be acceptable for this contest.

Your articles do not have to relate to Northern California and/or the Sacramento area. We welcome stories that concern any aspect of family or local history from anywhere and from any era. We believe that, as family historians, we’re all in this together!

All research or other genealogical sources, including letters and diaries, must be supported by appropriate endnote citations. For a guide to citation style, see Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, Second Edition, by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

All entries must be received by August 1, 2012. Finalists and other prize-winners will be notified by email about October 1, 2012. The entire list of winners will be posted shortly after October 1, 2012, on the Root Cellar website (http://www.rootcellar.org/) and published in the Root Cellar’s publication, Preserves.

By entering this contest, submitters grant Root Cellar – Sacramento Genealogical Society permission to print their entry 1) in its publication, and/or 2) in an anthology of the winners of this contest, and/or 3) on its website. If your entry appears in print, we will mail you a free copy of the publication when it’s available. There is no guarantee that all of the finalists’ entries will be published. Publication will depend on the space available, the format being used, and editorial decisions about the balance of subject matter and treatment.

Prizes for winning entries 
First place:
Six month’s membership in Ancestry.com’s World Edition
Copy of Family Tree Maker 2012
One year’s membership in Root Cellar – Sacramento Genealogical Society
One year’s membership in Root Cellar for a non–member friend
One admission to Root Cellar’s seminar

Second place:
One year’s membership in Fold 3
One year’s membership in Root Cellar – Sacramento Genealogical Society
One year’s membership in Root Cellar for a non–member friend
One admission to Root Cellar’s seminar

Third place:
One year’s membership in Root Cellar – Sacramento Genealogical Society
One year’s membership in Root Cellar for a non–member friend
One admission to Root Cellar’s seminar

Root Cellar thanks Ancestry.com and Fold3 
for their generous donation of prizes.
Posted by Ron Setzer

Monday, February 27, 2012

Root Cellar's New Website is up and running!!

One of the new features of our website is the ability for visitors to post question on our Forums page, and hopefully, someone will respond with the correct answer. We have several categories for posting: Frequently Asked Questions (mainly dealing with Root Cellar and its website), and General Genealogy & How–To (for those questions about what to do next or to refine what you have already done). There are several forum categories that deal with questions about major genealogical software including Reunion of the Mac, Legacy Family Tree, Roots Magic, and Family Tree Maker. We will expand these last categories as the need arises.
Posted by Ron Setzer

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Root Cellar Monthly Workshop

Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Visitors always welcome
Program: Help with brickwalls; helpful research and tech tool tips. We will watch and discuss a webinar about a genealogical organizational system.
Host: John Jay
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
Location: Clubhouse at Country Squire Estates, 5720 Oak Hill Drive, Sacramento, Ca
Posted by Ron Setzer

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Root Cellar's General Meeting

Some of the items displayed during the "Show and Tell" portion of Root Cellar's general meeting on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.


An assortment of items given to a member by a distant cousin. A connection made with Great Grandparents.


Baptism dresses that crossed several generations.



A rescued photograph of an ancestor in the mid-19th century. Computer enhancement of the tin negative seen in the lower left portion of the frame.



And, a "What is it?" found on a family farm in Minnesota. Dates from the 1920s or so, but unsure what exactly it is.




Posted by Ron Setzer

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Root Cellar's Preserves is nearing completion

With the last few pages being finalized, Root Cellar's Preserves edition is nearly ready to be sent to the printers. Some of the articles will be an interview with our Spring Seminar speaker, George G. Morgan, transcriptions of letters from an 1866 California settler to his sister in Missouri, an accounting of an author's discovering family secrets, and a story of a grandmother's "Farina Cake." In addition, the issue will include Glenda's Corner, written by our resident genealogist, queries, an example of one of Root Cellar's previous publications, An Index of Sacramento City Mug Books from the early 20th century, and a listing of some of the many Virginia books donated by Dora MacKay to our library in the California State Archives. Root Cellar members should watch their mail for this edition to be sent out next week. If you are not a member and would like to become one, go to our website for a downloadable application form.

Posted by Ron Setzer

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Society Saturday: Coming Soon - George G. Morgan

The following announcement was posted on 1 Nov 2011.  But...it bears repeating and sharing with your family and friends.  I recently overheard the members of the Seminar Committee talking about registration information that was days away from being released. Stayed tuned for further updates!

On Saturday, March 31, 2012, Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society will be presenting its 2012 Spring Seminar. It will be held at the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, 11427 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks, California, from 9:00 am to 3:45 pm. Space is limited, so watch for the registration information to be released in early 2012 on our website and blog.

Our guest speaker will be George G. Morgan, a popular speaker at international genealogical conferences and an author of nine books including How to Do Everything: Genealogy, which will have a new edition being released shortly. George is also the president of Aha! Seminars, Inc., a training company for libraries and genealogical societies since 1996; the author of numerous on-line articles for websites including Ancestry.com, Digital Genealogist and Ancestry Daily News and articles published in many magazines including Everton’s Genealogical Helper, Family Chronicle Magazine, the Federation of Genealogical Societies FORUM and Heritage Quest Magazine; a co-host with Drew Smith on the podcast The Genealogy Guys; and has held many positions in Florida and National Genealogical Societies.

The four topics for the seminar will be:
  • Bring Them Back to Life: Developing an Ancestor Profile
  • Push and Pull: The Reasons for Migration
  • Sidestep Genealogy
  • The Genealogist as CSI
Don’t forget to mark your calendar for this exciting and informative day of genealogical education.  And be sure to tell a friend! 


Submitted by Diane Maltase, 2012 Seminar Chairperson
Originally posted by Ron Setzer
Re-posted by Denise Hibsch Richmond

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

You're Invited! Sacramento Cemeteries - People and History Presentation

All are invited to hear William (Bill) Pettite speak at the Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society meeting.
  • When: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
  • Where: Citrus Heights Community Clubhouse, 6921 Sylvan Road, Citrus Heights, CA
  • Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Program: "Those Were The Days", people buried in our region
  • Contact:  Sandi Benward (916) 412-351
About the Speaker:
William (Bill) Pettite was a probate judge and coroner in Idaho. He has earned many rewards for his lifelong community involvement, including the 1999 Promotion of History Award from the Sacramento County Historical Society and the National Preservation Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution. One of his great accomplishments was to prepare historical information on some of the cemeteries in Sacramento County as a community service. One such endeavor was the history of East Lawn Memorial Park, located on Folsom Blvd in East Sacramento.

Come listen as Bill tells us about the cemeteries and people who are buried there, including Ancil Hoffman, Effie Yeaw, Newton Earp, military heroes, gypsies, and more.

Posted by Denise Hibsch Richmond