2010

MEETINGS

Our evening meetings are on the Third Tuesday of the month at the Santa Clara City Public Library located on Homestead Road.   For directions please see the map. Please help brighten up our meetings by providing your suggestions for Speakers or Topics that you would like to see in the future.  Please provide a brief description of the topic, the Speaker's name,  their e-mail address, mailing address or Telephone number (if known).   Send suggestions to Program Chair

Tuesday, March 16, 7 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

Speaker: Mary Hanel

Topic: What's new for Genealogists at the Santa Clara City Library

Tuesday, April 20, 7 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road, Central Park Library Cedar Room

Speaker: Steve Morse

Topic: From DNA to Genetic Genealogy

Genealogist Dr. Stephen P. Morse, creator of the One-Step Webpages, will discuss how DNA samples are being used to assist people in using genetics to trace their family's ancestral origins. Find out why everything we need to know about genealogy involves three basic concepts: genes, chromosomes, and DNA.

Tuesday, May 18, 7 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

Speaker: Ron Perisho

Topic: A presentation of the history and creation of 3-D slides by photographers during the Civil War

Through a 3-D slide Presentation of photographs taken during the Civil War (1861-1865), the history of the war and the creation of the photographs will be discussed.  This will chronicle the creation process, collection and archiving of 3-d photographs, and revel the reasons behind their recent release, interest, and cataloging.
Ron Perisho is an Engineer, amateur historian and photography enthusiast. He lives in San Ramon, California and enjoys discussing the Civil War, Landscape and Photographic History.

Tuesday, June 15, 7 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

Speaker: Robyn Echols

Topic: R.A.M.B.L.E. America: Conditions that Affected Migration in North America

Come hear Robyn Echols, from the Merced County Genealogical Society, speak on "R.A.M.B.L.E. America." Robyn says there were six factors that influenced migration in America, and they were: Religion; Acquisition and Exploration; Minerals and Money; Bounty Land; Land in General; and Environment. This review of some of the conditions that affected migration in North America is a "must hear" for all genealogists who want to know why their ancestors moved at the time that they did. Robyn will help supply some answers.

Robyn Echols has had a life-long interest in family history. Having retired from the United States Postal Service, she now spends much of her time writing and working on famly history related projects. She is currently Assistant Director of her local LDS Family History Center in Merced and the publicity chair for the Merced County Genealogical Society. She frequently teaches and speaks at local genealogy society meetings in Northern California.

Tuesday, July 20, 7 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

Speaker: John Gleed

Topic: Black Sheep of the Family

Almost everybody has at least one misbehaving ancestor in their family tree. This person is usually referred to as the “Black Sheep of the Family.” The easiest to trace are the worst of the breed – criminals and con men who turn up in court records and newspaper headlines. The hardest to trace are those that abandon their families or ‘disappear’ in hard times. There is also a range of disreputable characters in between these extremes. Noted Genealogy Lecturer, John Gleed, who is affiliated with the San Mateo County Genealogical Society and the Menlo Park Family History Center will address this topic.

Tuesday, August

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

No Meeting

Tuesday, September 21, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.,

Location: 2635 Homestead Road, Cedar Room

Topic: Family History/Genealogy Sharing Meeting

Genealogists and members of the Society are invited to share tips, discoveries, and brick walls encountered in the course of family history research. If you have a family scrapbook or have recently compiled a family history book, consider displaying it at this meeting.

October is History Month

Tuesday, October 19, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road, Cedar Room

Speaker: Larry DeJanvier, Cemetery Operations Superintendent for the City of Santa Clara

Topic: Cemeteries of Santa Clara

Larry DeJanvier will talk about the type of information that can be found in cemetery records. He will discuss Santa Clara’s two city-run cemeteries, Mission City Memorial Park and Agnews Historic Cemetery. Larry also can provide some information about other cemeteries in Santa Clara County and give etiquette tips and advice to genealogists on how to approach staff at cemetery offices when seeking records and the location of gravesites for family research purposes. The book Cemeteries of Santa Clara (recently indexed by the Genealogy Society) and a DVD documentary about the history of Agnews Museum and Cemetery titled Agnews: Our Jewel in Silicon Valley, will be available for purchase.

Tuesday, November 16, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road, Cedar Room

Speaker: Pamela Erickson, a MetroEd Adult Education and independent genealogy instructor

Topic: Canadian Family History Research

Pamela Erickson will speak about one of her areas of expertise: tracing your Canadian ancestors and how to locate Canadian records.

December

NO Meeting

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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