[CA--SCGS] Lunch and Learn, Saturday, May 12, 2018

Looking for a place to learn more about genealogy and how to do family research? Lunch & Learn is simply the best place to do just that. Free and open to the public, it is one of the SCGS's most popular educational programs.

Join us Saturday, May 12, 2018, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.  Doors open at 12:00 noon. Bring a brown bag lunch and sit, chat, and share your genealogy stories with fellow family historians while you eat. The program of lectures will begin at 1:00 p.m.

Topics for the May 12th meeting: 

Speaker  -  Hal Horrocks  

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.        “British Census Records”

    

The British Census is an excellent way to trace your British ancestors through time.  Like the US Census, it is taken every 10 years, starting in 1841. The British Census has sometimes more information and sometimes less information.  This presentation will give you a better idea how to use the British Census and will show you how to trace you British ancestors using the British census.

     2:`15 - 3:15 p.m.      “British Parish Records”    

Parish Registers are the backbone for English research from the 1550’s to 1837.  Though still used after 1837 they are supplemented with civil registrations for birth, marriage, and death certificates.  Prior to 1837 all the genealogy information was generated by the Church of England.  This presentation will dig deep into the three main registers, Baptism, Marriage, and Burial.  There are many other areas that we will explore.

Hal Horrocks is a native of Long Beach and currently living in Costa Mesa. Mr.Horrocks is a professional genealogist, teacher, author, and lecturer and has been doing family research for 20 years.  He is a member of several professional genealogical associations and is the current immediate past-president of the Orange County California Genealogical Society. Hal owns his own small manufacturing company located in La Habra and is a graduate of CSULB.  He has been lecturing to genealogical and other societies for the last 15 years on a range of subjects that include why people get involved in genealogy to conducting research in early England.

For more information and the flyer please visit the Lunch and Learn webpage.


For more information please contact Charlotte Bocage


Lunch and Learn
12:00 noon to 3:30 pm
Second Saturday of most months

Southern California Genealogical Society
&Family Research Library
417 Irving Drive
Burbank, California
www.scgsgenealogy.com