Saddleback Valley Trails

SOCCGS Events

Monthly meetings are scheduled for the third Saturday of each month and are held from 10:00 AM to Noon at 27978 Marguerite Parkway (situated between Medical Center Drive and Hillcrest Drive).

17 May 1997 The speaker this month is Beth McCarty, the Director of the Orange Family History Center. Her topic will be "Effective Use of the Family History Center".

21 June 1997 To be announced

19 July 1997 To be announced

Other Local Events

10 May 1997 Bakersfield 2nd Annual Scottish Gathering and Games, at Kern County Fairgrounds in Bakersfield.

31 May 1997 The North San Diego County Genealogical Society holds its seminar "Doing Genealogy on the Internet" with speakers Barbara Renick and Richard Wilson. 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Carlsbad Senior Center, 779 Pine Ave., Carlsbad CA. Registration fee is $15, but seating is limited, so it is suggested that you call first.

19-21 July 1997 Genealogical Society of Hispanic America Southern CA chapter hosts the 9th annual conference at Seaport Marina Hotel in Long Beach CA. Friday's reception at the Latin American Museum in Long Beach. Saturday's program of speakers, networking events and workshops, followed by a banquet in the evening. Sunday is another day of speakers and network groups. Speakers include Paul Apodaca, Marty Grejada, Rick Hendricks speaking on "The Vargas Project" and Rev Patrick J. McPolin who will speak on "The Romance of the Ranchos: A History of Dominguez Rancho from 1769-1922", Joseph Sanchez on "Explorers, Traders & Slavers" and Angelina Veyna will give a presentation on "Women in Colonial New Mexico".

4-5 October 1997 Irvine Regional Park Centennial Celebration, with events beginning in June. See flier in this newsletter.

We welcome the following new members:

Georgia Meissenburg
Robert L. Moore
Saralee Marshall
Archie J. Bakay
Linda Dibble
Linda Mason Merle

Guests at our past meeting included Val Grishkoff, Barbara Raylman, Chris Carlson and Beverly Huffman. Please visit us again, better still, we would love to have you as members.

Iris Graham reports that we now have 170 active members in our organization. And, we're growing every day!!!

Need help sorting out parents and children of the DANIS family of Kaskaskia Illinois Country, around 1800-1810. Genevieve and Charles Danis (prob bro and sister) appear 1820s in Washington Co MO. How do they fit into the French DANIS family of Fort Charters, Randolph Co, IL? Pat Weeks, 33412 Sea Bright Dr, Dana Pt Ca 92629 <[email protected]>

PROVING INDIAN ANCESTRY

If you have been unable to prove or disprove an "old family tale" concerning Indian ancestry, there may be a solution to your problem. An extremely rare mutation of the "Y" chromosome may be a genetic marker unique to the people who migrated to the Americas some 30,000 years ago. Stanford University researchers, using a new method of scanning genetic changes, have found a mutation that in the sample exists only in Indian populations in North and South American and in Eskimo groups.

The lead author of the Stanford Research Study noted, "In only one chromosome in all the worlds was there this change."

So, that old family tale may be true to a degree, but you will still have to prove to what tribe of American Indian you belong. Seeking the answer will involve a trip to your physician or optometrist and dentist.

The eyes of American Indians and Blacks carry a pigmentation peculiar to them. This is in the back of the eye on the retina. Using his light, your physician/optometrist/ophthalmologist can determine if you do or do not have the malanin. Your dentist can detect if you have a Carrabelli cusp on the maxillary first molars. Counting from the center front of your upper teeth, the sixth tooth on the back on each side is your maxillary. The cusp is present on those of strictly western European origin, but missing on those of Asian or American Indian heritage.(T. L. & M. Genealogy, The Talbot Library & Museum, PO Box 349 Colcord OK 74338, via Somos Primos, Spring 1997)

To remove a mildewy smell from books, wipe any loose mold or moldy pages with a cloth. If the pages are damp, sprinkle them with cornstarch or talcum powder. After a few hours, brush off.

Very musty books can be sealed in a bag with cat litter or baking soda. After a couple of weeks, the books should be fragrance-free.

Or, do as some libraries do: Seal the books in a plastic bag and put them in the freezer for a week or so.

I finally made a trip up there, and what a treat it was. As Judy said, the setting is lovely. On the next page is the complete muster roll.

On the reverse side of the monument is this:

Our Cousin, Judy Pearson, owns The Traditions Restaurant on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point. This charming place is filled with antiques, giving it charm and allure: it also as serves up delicious food.

In one window are hung two antique leaded glass windows. One is inscribed:

The other says:

These windows supposedly came from a church in Texas.

Now cousin Judy - not a smoker, nor drinker, nor cult addict, relays this story. She first took on these windows as consignment. When she picked them up and was loading them into her van, the previous owner, as an afterthought, said, "you know, these are haunted". Well, you have to know Judy to know this affected her in no way. No one, no thing, daunts Judy!

The windows were hung upstairs in the restaurant, and Judy enjoyed them so much that she eventually bought them herself. In this way she did not ever have to think of relinquishing them to a future prospective buyer. Then one Friday night, while the restaurant was catering aparty, Judy noticed that there was smoke coming up from a ficus plant, just next to the lead glass window of Mary Craig. Judy's first reaction was that something was burning in the kitchen below. But there was no smell of burnt food.. The smoke continued to form a faint picture of a lady with long curly hair which then faded away.

No nonsense Cousin Judy dismissed this as fatigue, for no one else had seen this abberation. The incident was forgotten until months later when the original owner of the windows came into the restaurant. Judy jokingly said, "I think I saw Mary Craig" and the former owner asked, "was it in the form of smoke?"

Well, that is my new research object. Who were Mary and Eliza Craig? How did they die? What was their life like? If you have any clues, contact <[email protected]>

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