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SBCGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS |
SBCGS Calendar
(NOTE: Details are subject to change.)
General Meetings are held at 7:00 P. M., in the Meeting Room of the Torrance Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA
2014
January 15, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Barbara Randall, Finding Your Elusive New England Ancestors
February 19, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Connie Moretti, Finding Your Female Ancestors
Show 'N Share: your most elusive ancestor, or how you found out more about her
March 19, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Alice Colbe Volkert, Record Keeping Methods
Show 'N Share: tip on a favorite-record keeping method you use or plan to use
April 16, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Colleen Fitzpatrick, The 6 Degrees of Separation
Show 'N Share: how you used your favorite record-keeping method to find someone (or hope to use it to find someone)
May 3, 2014 — Family History Conference: May is for Memories
Luncheon Keynote Speaker Mary Lou Royle, Memories of a Civil War Family
May 21, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Thomas MacEntee, Mind Mapping Your Research Plans (live webinar)
Show 'N Share: how your favorite record-keeping method has helped you research better and update your results
June 18, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Elyse Doerflinger, Brick Wall Boot-camp
Show 'N Share: how you broke the wall and found info on your #1 brick-wall ancestor
July 16, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Linda Serna, Genealogy as Detective Work
August 20, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Judy Janes, TBD
Show 'N Share: a cool story you hadn't known before, and that you found in online newspapers about your family
September 17, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Laurie Pelayo, Saving Records After You Scan: How to file and find on your flash disk
Show 'N Share: your favorite tip on the speaker's topic
October 22, 2014 — General Meeting
TBD
Annual election and installation of officers
November 19, 2014 — General Meeting
Speaker: Lorna Rice, TBD
December 2014 — General Meeting
NO GENERAL MEETING!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
2013
January 16, 2013 — General Meeting (flyer)
Speaker: Paul Lipinski, World War II Draft Registration Records
February 20, 2013 — General Meeting (flyer)
Speaker: Elyse Doerflinger, Google: So Much More Than A Search Engine
March 20, 2013 — General Meeting (flyer)
Speaker: Joel Weintraub, PhD, Location! Location! Location! Searching the U.S. Census
April 17, 2013 — General Meeting
Speaker: Alice Volkert, Through Their Eyes
May 15, 2013 — General Meeting
June 19, 2013 — General Meeting
July 17, 2013 — General Meeting (flyer)
Speaker: Gena Philibert-Ortega, From the Family Kitchen: Food and Family History
Speaker: Jean Wilcox Hibben, The Importance of Music to Our Ancestors
August 21, 2013 — General Meeting
Speaker: Nancy Carlberg, What's New In British and Irish Records
September 18, 2013 — General Meeting
October 23, 2013 — General Meeting (flyer)
Please note this is the fourth week, not the third, this month.
Launch of "First Families of the South Bay" with introduction of founding families
Annual election and installation of officers
November 20, 2013 — General Meeting
Speaker: Denise Spurlock, Using Dropbox in Genealogy
December 2013 — General Meeting
NO GENERAL MEETING!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
2012
January 18, 2012
General Meeting
Program: Eric Siess, "Introduction to the Questions and Format of the 1940 Census"
February 15, 2012
General Meeting
Program: Jean Wilcox Hibben, "Who is that? Why did your ancestors assciate with apparent strangers?"
March 21, 2012
General Meeting
Program: Paul Lipinski, "WWI Draft Registration Records"
April 18, 2012
General Meeting
Program: Tom Philo, "Preserve Your Photos"
May 16, 2012
General Meeting
Program: Butch Hibben, "Living Legacy Project" -
June 20, 2012
General Meeting
Program: Gena Philibert Ortega, “Researching Your Ancestors in Periodicals”
:July 18, 2012
General Meeting
Program: Eric W. Siess, “Germans to America: Where, When, Why...THEN What?”
August 15, 2012
Program: Cheri Mello, “Genealogy Software”
September 19, 2012
Torrance Centennial Event: Who Do You Think You Are?
James R. Armstrong Theatre
Tickets $10 (includes surcharge)
Box Office 310-781-7171 beginning August 1, 2012
For more information see flyer
October 17, 2012
General Meeting - Annual Installation & 35 Year Anniversary
Program: Lisa Schumacher and Connie Moretti, Behind the scenes of Who Do You Think You Are?
Learn how the featured families and guest experts were selected, how sponsors were recruited, and the various contacts and resources used to gather information.
November 21, 2012
General Meeting
Program:
December 2012
NO GENERAL MEETING!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
2011
January 19, 2011
General Meeting
Program: Cheri Mello "Find A Grave: A Virtual Cemetery on the Internet"
January 26, 2011
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
January 27, 2011
Super Thursday
February 16, 2011
General Meeting
Program: Lorna Rice, "The New Family Research & Updated LARFHC"
February 24, 2011
Super Thursday
Location: Torrance Family History Center, 22605 Kent Street, Torrance.
March 16, 2011
General Meeting
Program: Bruce Butler (author), "Planters of Early New England"
March 23, 2011
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
March 24, 2011
Super Thursday
April 20, 2011
General Meeting
Program: 4th Annual Research Roadshow - Do you have "problem" ancestors? Once again a panel of experienced society members will review YOUR family history problems and offer suggestions and strategies to further your research. Details will be given at the March general meeting on how to submit your problem for presentation and analysis at the meeting. Submit your question - Follow link to form. You can also send an email to [email protected]
April 28, 2011
Super Thursday
June 15, 2011
General Meeting
Program: Eric Siess, "Emmigration: Where Did They Come From?"; Show and Share your own ship records and immigation documents.
:July 20, 2011
General Meeting
July 27, 2011
Computer Genealogy Interest Group - No Meeting the month of July
August 17, 2011
Program: Program: Connie Moretti, "Researching Civil War Ancestors"
September 21, 2011
General Meeting
Program: John Schmal, "Mexican Genealogical Research" finding your ancestor's documents, sending for documents of important life events and how to inerpret documents.
October 19, 2011
General Meeting - NOTE: Meeting location change, location is George Nakano Theater
Program: Annual Election & Installation
November 16, 2011
General Meeting
Program: Cheri Mello, "Overcoming Brickwalls with DNA" an overiew of Y-DNA, M+DNA, and Autosomal DNA in layman's terms with a casse study showing the applications of how to use DNA to overcome brickwalls.
December 2011
NO GENERAL MEETING!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
2010
January 20, 2010
General Meeting
Program: Lorna Rice, "Tweaking the 2010 Census"
January 27, 2010
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
January 28, 2010
Super Thursday
February 17, 2010
General Meeting
Program: Connie Moretti, "Be Mine: Early American Marriage Customs"
February 25, 2010
Super Thursday
March 17, 2010
General Meeting
Program: Jean Wilcox Hibben, "Appalachian Ancestors: Their Lives, Legends, & Lyrics." Join us for some St. Patrick's Day fun and a program that includes some of the Irish population's experiences when they immigrated to the U.S.
March 24, 2010
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
March 25, 2010
Super Thursday
April 21, 2010
General Meeting
Program: 3rd Annual Research Roadshow - Do you have "problem" ancestors? Once again a panel of experienced society members will review YOUR family history problems and offer suggestions and strategies to further your research. Details will be given at the March general meeting on how to submit your problem for presentation and analysis at the meeting. Submit your question - Follow link to form. You can also send an email to [email protected]
April 29, 2010
Super Thursday
Time:
Location: Torrance Family History Center, 22605 Kent Street, Torrance.
May 19, 2010
General Meeting
Program: Caroline Braxton Rober; "Analyzation and Research Strategy for the Family Historian."
May 26, 2010
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
May 27, 2010
Super Thursday
05 June 2010
Torrance California Stake/North Torrance Stake/South Bay Cities Genealogical Society/Palos Verdes Stake
A Family History Seminar: Goldilocks and the Forebears, Is your Genealogy Fact or Fairy Tale? 8:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.
June 16, 2010 - Location Katy Geissert Library Meeting Room
General Meeting
Program: Judy Cook, "What Was Grandpa Thinking?" Speaker will tell about how her research brought her pioneer ancestors to life in her book "If this Land Could Talk".
June 24, 2010
Super Thursday
July 21, 2010
General Meeting
July 22, 2010
Super Thursday
July 28, 2010
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
August 18, 2010 - Location Katy Geissert Library Meeting Room
General Meeting
Program: Betty Fenton, "Documenting the Death" Speaker will talk about conflicting death information and clues using other sources some are quite unique. You may be surprised to find out what R.I.P. means.
August 26, 2010
Super Thursday
September 15, 2010
General Meeting
Program: George Prothro Coulter, "Patronymic Practices - A Portal to the Past." Patronymic naming systems will be explained.
September 22, 2010
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
September 23, 2010
Super Thursday
October 20, 2010
General Meeting
Program: Annual Show & Share and Election of Officers. Join us in celebrating Family History Month. We will highlight our accomplishments
and community involvement over the past year. Also, society members will share how SBCGS programs have helped in their genealogical research
and successes. Contact [email protected] if you have something to share.
October 28, 2010
Super Thursday
November 17, 2010
General Meeting
Program: Gena Philibert Ortega, "Journals, Store Ledgers and Letters to Aunt Mary: Using Manuscript Collections"
November 2010
Computer Genealogy Interest Group
NO GENERAL MEETING!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
2009
January 21, 2009 - NOTE: Meeting location change
General Meeting
Program: Remember the Ladies: Finding your Female Ancestors presented by Gena Philibert Ortega
Meeting 7:00 p.m., Place: Toyota Meeting Room (near the Armstrong theatre) in the Torrance Civic Center
February 18, 2009 - NOTE: Meeting location
Toyota Meeting Hall, Torrance Civic Center
General Meeting
Program: Digital Photography for Genealogists presented by Alice Volkert
Meeting 7:00 p.m., Place: Toyota Meeting Hall, Torrance Civic Center
ARRIVE EARLY - Parking may be limited
March 18, 2009 - Toyota Meeting Room (near the Armstrong theatre) in the Torrance Civic Center
General Meeting
Program: Bad Handwriting Night: why we have trouble reading old handwriting
Meeting 7:00 p.m., Place: Toyota Meeting Hall, Torrance Civic Center
April 15, 2009 - NOTE: This meeting will be held at the Torrance Family History Center, 22605 Kent Ave., Torrance
General Meeting
Program: 2nd Annual Research Roadshow. Have you hit a brick wall in your family history? A panel of experienced society members will review YOUR problems and offer suggestions and strategies to further your research. Submit your question before March 31 - Follow link to form.
May 20, 2009 - Location Katy Geissert Library Meeting Room
General Meeting
Program: Location, Location, Location: How to use existing tools and resources to find a location for a person presented by Paul Lipinski
June 17, 2009 - Location Katy Geissert Library Meeting Room
General Meeting
Program: Ancestral Dollars & Cents presented by Kathleen Roe Trevena.
July 15, 2009
General Meeting
Program: The Database Detective presented by Colleen Fitzpatrick
August 19, 2009 - Location Katy Geissert Library Meeting Room
General Meeting
Program: History of Quilts presented by Luella Fournell
September 16, 2009
General Meeting
Program: TBD
Meeting 7:00 p.m., Place: Katy Geissert Library Meeting Room, Torrance Civic Center Library.
October 21, 2009
General Meeting
Program: TBD
November 18, 2009
General Meeting
Program: Using Google for your Genealogy presented by Gena Philibert Ortega
Everyone knows that Google is a search engine but did you know that Google can help you with so much more? We will explore Google Books, Picasa, Google Docs, Google Maps and other Google resources that will help you with your genealogy.
NO GENERAL MEETING!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
2008
August 20, 2008
General Meeting
Program: Library Series, Part 2. Marjeanne Blinn, "If it's there, we can find it: The Power of Interlibrary Loan"
September 17, 2008
General Meeting
Program: Library Series, Part 3: What's on the Shelves at SBCGS and other Genealogical Libraries. Speakers will include Connie Moretti, Lisa Schumacher and SBCGS library staff.
October 15, 2008
General Meeting
Program: Annual Meeting, Election and Installation of Officers
Members Annual Show & Tell.
November 19, 2008 - NOTE: Meeting location change
General Meeting
Program: Overcoming Brick Walls with DNA presented by Cheri Mello
NO GENERAL MEETING!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
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