Society Saturday - Activity News

• Writing Contest
• Family History Day
• Thomas MacEntee 
• The Preserves

The Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogical Society activity calendar is quite full.  Below is a reminder about the events Society members are working on for you:

• Writing Contest:  The deadline for submitting your story for the 2nd Annual Family History Writing Contest is October 1, 2012.  Submission instructions, cool prizes and contact information are on the Root Cellar website.  Time for you to finalize and submit!  Good luck!
• Family History Day at the California State Archives: Helpful FAQs for this 14th annual genealogy extravaganza are now on the blog with more to come.  Family History Day is Saturday, October 13, 2012 at the California State Archives, 1020 "O" Street, Sacramento.  Admission is free but the Class Syllabus is $5.00, exact cash please, payment at the door.  Reserve your copy by sending an email to fhdmailbox@gmail.com.  Limited quantities will be printed.  See you there!
• Spring Seminar:  Root Cellar is very excited to host Thomas MacEntee at the seminar on Saturday, March 16, 2013.  Thomas is an expert in using social media and technology for genealogical research.  Read more about his connection to Root Cellar.  Follow this blog and the Root Cellar website for an announcement of the topics he will be presenting.  Save the date!
• The Preserves:  The next issue of Root Cellar's periodical, The Preserves, will be released in February 2013.  This issue will be the inaugural edition released electronically. Be part of this historic change!  The Editor needs your stories, heritage recipes, queries (form on website), and book or website reviews.  Contact Ron Setzer at PreservesEditor@macnexus.org for more details.   

 We look forward to your participation in each of these fun events!  Questions?  Drop us a line at rootcellarsgs@gmail.com.  

Posted by Denise H. Richmond

Follow Friday – Mocavo Blog

Here is a blog you might wish to follow. "The Mocavo Genealogy Blog is a collection of articles to inform and educate you about the genealogy industry, company announcements, and research tips." The blog is written by Michael J. Leclerc, the database's Chief Genealogist. You will find a wide variety of articles on the blog that are of interest to the genealogist. Recently some of the subjects are: RootTech 2013, "An Amazing British Resource: GENUKI" (a website dedicated to research in the British Isles), the "Myth of Ellis Island," the use of acid-free containers for your documents, photographs, and other materials. Michael also periodically reviews genealogical blogs that might be of interest to all of us. Go to http://blog.mocavo.com to read more from Mocavo.
Posted by Ron Setzer

Registration for RootsTech 2013 is open

MARCH 21-23, 2013 SALT LAKE CITY

FAMILY HISTORY & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

Full 3-Day Pass (March 21-23) Limited Time Early Bird
Access to everything RootsTech has to offer (250+ classes). $ 149
Thursday-Only Pass (March 21)
Full admission for just one day. $ 89
Friday-Only Pass (March 22) $ 89
Saturday-Only Pass (March 23) $ 89
Student Pass (March 21-23) Student ID required. $ 39

NEW! Getting Started 3-Day Pass Early Bird (March 21-23)
Beginner track with access to over 30 classes. $ 39
Getting Started Thursday-Only Pass (March 21)
A selection of fundamental classes to help you get started. $ 19
Getting Started Friday-Only Pass (March 22) $ 19
Getting Started Saturday-Only Pass (March 23) $ 19
Developer Day Pass (March 22)
A full-day technology program just for developers. $ 89

To register for RootsTech.

Posted by Ron Setzer

Tombstone Tuesday – Maria Louisa Archer Rosser

Maria Louisa Archer Rosser
b. 5 December 1820
Virginia
d. 5 November 1904
Old Town, Dallas, Alabama

Maria Louisa was my GG Grandmother. She married Thomas Henry Rosser on 3 October 1839 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia. They had seven children: Elizabeth, Henry Nollner, Allen Thomas, Joseph F., William C., Walter Erwin, and George D.

Photo posted on FindAGrave.com by jdc
Posted by Ron Setzer

Chasing the Mystery Woman – Elizabeth Cecilia Knecht

Lately I have become interested in my Great Grandaunt Elizabeth Cecilia Knecht. Louisiana birth records indicate that she was born on 14 January 1855 to Vincent Knecht and Therese Seiler Knecht in New Orleans, LA. She is listed as a 5 year old child in the 1860 census of her parents in New Orleans and then again in the 1870 census. Her father died in 1861 and her mother, along with children Vincent (age 17), Cecelia (age 15) and George (age 13), was living with her daughter Louisa and her husband Vendeline Figenschue in New Orleans in 1870. There exists a Louisiana marriage record of a Henry Jacobs marrying Celia Knecht in 1897 in Jefferson Parrish. The trail ran cold until I found a 1900 census of the House of the Good Shepherd in Chicago, Illinois. There is a Cecelia Knecht listed with the correct birthdate and correct birthplaces of her and her parents. And then the last piece of possible information is the Illinois death index entry in 1937 for Sister Magdalen of Therresa Knecht. The birth year is five years off, but the date, place, and father's name are correct. This is enough to keep me searching for her story. If anyone has any information about Cecilia, it would be greatly appreciated.
Posted by Ron Setzer

SGGS Meeting: Dear Helpdesk: I have German Ancestors – what next?

Here we have an SGGS member Michael Mayer-Kielmann, a native German, and a regular helper at the Elk Grove Family History Center, who, week in and week out, guides family historians along the way toward answers to their research problems. He will share with us his expertise in German research.
Meeting time & location: Tuesday, Sept. 25, beginning at 1 p.m. at St. Marks Methodist Church on Lusk Drive at St. Marks Way, east of the Country Club Plaza Shopping Center (2391 Saint Marks Way, Sacramento). Meetings are held in MacMurdo Hall, on the basement level. An elevator is available. Guests are welcome.
We advise attendees to arrive early, perhaps at 12:30 or even a little earlier, in order to have opportunities 1) to look over the books for sale, 2) to discuss a problem with a “Quick Questions” expert, or 3) to become acquainted with other services that SGGS offers. Admission is free.
You are also welcome to attend the “Study Group,” a small group that meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the church's Education Building (second floor, usually in room E-22). People who attend the Study Group discuss ideas and make suggestions for researching specific German ancestors. Admission is free.

We look forward to seeing you!

NOTE: The SGGS website is temporarily down because the server it resided on has permanently given up the ghost. We are in the process of posting the website on a new server. It should be back up very soon.

Submitted by Sacramento German Genealogy Society
Posted by Ron Setzer

National Archives- Southeast Region FREE Webinar

Isn't it wonderful that someone can now offer a service on the east coast and we on the west coast can take advantage of the service just like we were there. The webinar is catching on and most are FREE. All you need is to register and listen and watch online from your own home. Can't get much better than that?

 

Free Webinar - Monday, October 8th, 2012

The Friends of the National Archives-Southeast Region, Inc., are please to present Doing the Dawes with Kathy Huber.

Kathy Huber, MLS , is the head of the genealogy collection for the Tulsa City-County Library and has a great deal of experience working with records of the Five Civilized Tribes. During this presentation, Kathy, will discuss locating ancestors on the Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribe.

Monday, October 8th, 2012

Time: 7:00 pm Eastern

Register now at:  

https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/525806998

Note: There is no limit to the number registering for this webinar, but attendance is limited to 100 attendees (the first 100 to sign in to the event will be able to view the live webinar). The webinar will be recorded (if all goes well) and will be placed on the "Members Only" pages of the Friends website