[CA--SCGS] The Southern California Genealogy Society Library Will Remain Closed Until Further Notice

Based on the recommendations of the Los Angeles County Public Heath and out of concern for the health and safety of our guests, volunteers, and staff, the Southern California Genealogical Library (SCGS) in Burbank will remain closed until further notice.  

We encourage our members to log-in to take advantage of our recorded webinars, read past issues of The Searcher, and use our online databases.  The new Southern California 1890 Project (R) is available online for researchers.  Our research team is taking orders for research assistance and our store is still shipping orders. 

Many of our interest groups are now holding meetings online, and we are working to have the remaining interest groups online soon. Please check our SCGS calendar for dates and times. 

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Best of health to you all.

The Southern California Genealogy Society Board of Directors

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91504-2407

818-843-7247 

www.scgsgenealogy.com

Email: scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

[CA--SCGS] The SCGS Library Will Remain Closed Through the End of June 2020

Due to the continuing concerns over Covid-19 and our efforts to prevent and slow the spread of the virus by maintaining social distancing, the SCGS library will be remain closed to patron through the end of June 2020 and into the first part of July 2020. 

We do have an excellent research team available to assist you with your research. Go to our SCGS website to order services, at SCGS Research Team Assistance.

We at SCGS are following the guidelines as mandated by the County of Los Angeles. Currently, the county is aiming at a reopen date of July 4, 2020.  We at SCGS are hopeful that the SCGS library will reopen on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. However, that decision will be based on data and science models as offered by the county. 

We will keep you updated when additional information is available. 

We will continue to work with all of our SCGS Interest Groups (Ethnic, Computer Software, Writer's Group, and DNA) to organize online meetings for the month of June and beyond (as needed). We will post those updates once each group has finalized their plans.

Please note that our Jamboree Webinar Extension Series will go on as planned. We look forward to 'seeing' you online!

Our Jamboree committee continues to discuss our plans for the 2021 Jamboree conference. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 

The SCGS Board of Directors

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91504-2408

818-843-7247

www.scgsgenealogy.com

scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

[CA--SCGS] SCGS Library Research Available!

The Southern California Genealogical Society Research Teams are highly qualified volunteers who will conduct specialized research for you.

Our resources include our library’s extensive collection of over 40,000 books, thousands of microforms and CDs, and a host of up-to-date electronic resources. Cost for non-member is $20/hr and cost for members is $18/hour (members receive a 10% discount on the hourly rate).

Click here to place an order:  Click Here to Order      

You will be delivered to the Shopping Cart, where you will choose Hourly             Research, then Check-out.  You will then have an opportunity to "Add                 Comments About Your Order".

Provide the Full Name of Person, Location of Event & Details of the               Information desired. INCLUDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION (email,         telephone, address).

Specialties of Our Society: California & Los Angeles County Research

In our own geographic area, we can offer clients information on the vital areas of birth, death and marriage, plus newspaper obituaries. We also have extensive records of people coming to the California Gold Rush, their names being on ship records, overland wagon train lists, and the newspapers of the day. SCGS also produced an 1852 census for the new State of California.

United States Research

Our collection has materials for almost every county in the United States. This makes our library, and its research team, well positioned to conduct studies on your ancestors as they migrated to and around this country.

• Revolutionary War Ancestors - if your ancestor was born before 1765 there is a strong possibility that he served in the Revolutionary War.


• American Colonial Wars - Thousands of Americans from Maine to South Carolina fought in the many Colonial Wars from the Pequot War in 1637 to the French & Indian Wars ending in 1762.


• Massachusetts Town Records – Vital Records listing births, marriages & deaths have been compiled for most of the towns of Massachusetts up to 1850.  SCGS has over 200 of these town records.


• California Gold Rush - Our records include the names of peoples coming overland and by ship; many names were recorded in the newspapers of the day.  In addition to the 1850 and 1860 U.S. Censuses, we have the California Census for 1852.


• Los Angeles County Records searches – births, marriages, deaths in Los Angeles County and California; newspaper obituaries.  


• Personalized research - we are prepared to help you knock down those block walls.  Tell us about your research puzzles and we will attempt to help you solve them.

Cornish Records Search

SCGS has one of the great collections of Cornish ancestry records, many of which go back to the 1500s. These records include the celebrated Ross Collection of births, marriages, deaths and other official records of Government and Church in Cornwall. A search can also be made of the Cornish miners of California and Michigan and other areas where Cornish people were involved.

French-Canadian Research

We are the home of the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California and one of the largest collections of French-Canadian resources in the USA. Our researchers will search the Blue and Red Drouin, Jette, Tanguay, PRDH, and the marriage records of the 1000 parishes, and the many other FC resources we have to help you document your ancestry.

Southern California Genealogy Society and Library

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91504-2408

818-843-7247

www.scgsgenealogy.com

Email: scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

[CA--SCGS] The SCGS Library Will Remain Closed Through the End of May 2020

Due to the spread of Covid-19 and information gained from health providers instructing people over 60 to avoid even small gatherings and as a preventative measure for slowing the spread of the virus against which there is no known protection, the SCGS library will be remain closed to researchers through the end of May 2020. 

At this time, we are working with all of our SCGS Interest Groups (Ethnic, Computer Software, Writer's Group, and DNA) to organize online meetings for the month of May. We will post those updates once each group has finalized their plans.

Please note that our Jamboree Webinar Extension Series will go on as planned. We look forward to 'seeing' you online!

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 

The SCGS Board of Directors

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91504-2408

818-843-7247

www.scgsgenealogy.com

scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

[CA--SCGS] SCGS Library Will Close for March and April 2020. Library Will Reopen on May 1, 2020.

Due to the spread of Covid-19 and information gained from health providers instructing people over 60 to avoid even small gatherings and as a preventative measure for slowing the spread of the virus against which there is no known protection, we will be closing the SCGS library for the remainder of the month of March and for all of April. We will re-open on May 1, 2020. 

All meetings scheduled at the library have been cancelled during this time. 

Please note that our Jamboree Webinar Extension Series will go on as planned. We look forward to 'seeing' you online!

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 

The SCGS Board of Directors

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91504-2408

818-843-7247

www.scgsgenealogy.com

scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

[CA-SCGS] The SCGS/FamilySearch Indexing Group is looking for Volunteers!

 The SCGS/FamilySearch 

Indexing Group

is looking for Volunteers!

SCGS/FamilySearch Indexing is a volunteer-based effort to index billions of records from around the world. These indexes will then be made available online free of charge for people to find their ancestors. Many of these records have never before been readily accessible.

·         Help create free indexes of genealogical records

                         ·         Volunteer from home or at SCGS anytime – online access 24/7

                              ·         Minutes a week is all it takes – start and stop at your convenience

 ·         Large variety of projects – new additions weekly

For more information contact: Linda Mustion, SCGS Indexing Group Admin at LindaRdwhtbl@aol.com or go to Familysearch.org  and read more about the Familysearch Indexing Project. Our group name is So. CA Genealogical Society (SCGS).

To Join the SCGS Indexing Group

NOTE: You can only join one group!

1 1.      Go to FamilySearch.org and log in to your account. If you do not have an account go to Create           Account. It is FREE!

22.      Once you are logged in put the curser over the Indexing Tab at the top and a pull down menu will       appear and click on Web Indexing.

33.      Once you are on the Web Indexing page, scroll down and look for the Find Groups Tab and click         that tab and then click on find groups.

44.      Once on the Find Group page you will see a list of groups. On the left side it will have a box that         says Search Groups and in the box type in “Southern California” and hit search.

55.      The So. CA Genealogical Society (SCGS) should appear on your right.

66.      Click on the little box that says “Join”

77.      Once you hit Join it will say “pending” as I have to add you the next time I log on to my account.

88.      Once you are approved and in our group, just find a project and start indexing. Be sure you read          project instructions and how to index that batch. I recommend you look for a beginning level batch    to index at first until you feel comfortable indexing.

99.      Check your profile for your indexing progress and any updates and messages and announcements.

110.  HAVE FUN AND HAPPY INDEXING!

Southern California Genealogical Society

417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504-2408 

Phone: 818.843.7247 

scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

[CA--SCGS] REMINDER: the SCGS Annual Meeting & Holiday Party is Saturday, December 14, 2019 from 11:00 am to 3:00 PM

[CA-SCGS] SAVE THE DATE: The SCGS Annual Meeting on Saturday, December 14, 2019, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

[CA-SCGS] The Fall 2019 Edition of the Searcher is Here!!

The Searcher is Here!

See the online 2019 Fall Edition, Vol. 56, #4

To access the electronic version, go to the SCGS website at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/ Then sign into the Members Only Section.  Sign in to your account; then click on the Members Only button.  You will see 4 colorful buttons. Choose the red one titled Members Only. Then click on the third blue button titled Searcher Online Editions. 

Then you can read and enjoy the new issue! 

  Paper copies will be mailed once the printing is finished.

Southern California Genealogy Society & Library

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91504-2408

818-843-7247

Email: scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

www.scgsgenealogy.com

The Future of the Southern California Jamboree

The Southern California Genealogy Jamboree has never shied away from change. 
Jamboree started 50 years ago as a one-day single room exhibitor show. Today, the Jamboree brand has evolved to offer:

• Three conferences over four days – Genetic Genealogy, Genealogy Jamboree and JamboFree – with over 120 classes, nationally and internationally known speakers, and major exhibitors.
  

• Twenty-two annual webinars free at broadcast, and available on-demand for SCGS members.
  

• A website, online services, digital communications and marketing to a worldwide network of genealogical and historical societies.

Jamboree loves to innovate. 
Jamboree was the first genealogy conference to offer a whole day dedicated to genetic genealogy and the first to offer a mobile app. It is still the only single Society-sponsored genealogy conference to be all-volunteer created and run.

It’s time to leap forward. 
Genealogists are constantly evolving with technology. Today many enjoy educational opportunities through online webinars and virtual conferences. As a result, traditional in-person conferences, like Jamboree, are impacted as they compete for resources, speakers and genealogy dollars. The time has come for SCGS and Jamboree to take a leap forward and reinvent. The new Jamboree is under construction and plans to return in June 2021.

What you can do? 
Add your voice. Tell SCGS what you want in a conference. Take the survey coming out later this summer and make your mark on creating the next Jamboree.

Join us in 2021. 
What can you expect? An outstanding educational conference in the form you want and at a reasonable price. SCGS has always structured Jamboree to be what members, attendees and volunteers want. As always, we promise to create a fun and friendly learning environment for serious genealogists.

Thank you for 50 years of support for Genealogy Jamboree, and for your continued support as we leap forward to the future of Jamboree in 2021.

Alice M. Fairhurst
SCGS President
Jamboree 2019 Co-Chair

Diane Adamson

SCGS 1st Vice President

Jamboree 2019 Co-Chair 

Southern California Genealogical Society
417 Irving Drive
Burbank, CA 91504
www.scgsgenealogy.com
www.genealogyjamboree.com
jamboree@scgsgenealogy.com

Special Announcement

SCGS Becomes a Partner of the Famous Newport Beach Film Festival

 

The Southern California Genealogical Society’s Genealogy Jamboree turns 50 and the Newport Beach Film Festival is celebrating its 20th year. SCGS is proud to be one of its non-profit partners.

Celebrated as one of the leading lifestyle film festivals in the United States, and attracting 50,000 film & food fans in 2018, NBFF seeks to bring Orange County the best of contemporary filmmaking from over 50 countries all around the world. In addition to a large collection of feature and short films, NBFF welcomes 90 of the area's best restaurants, chefs, caterers and tasty treats to serve at our 15 parties, making us one of the largest culinary events in all of Southern California.

The Film Festival opens Thursday, April 25, 2019 and runs through Thursday May 2, 2019

Buy Tickets Here: https://newportbeachfilmfest.com

Two films in particular may be of interest to SCGS members. 

Film 1: You Only Die Twice

Monday April 29, 8.30 pm Theater 

The Lot 3 in Fashion Island, Newport Beach

Yair Lev, an Israeli documentarist, turns to a detective and sets on a personal and historical journey to uncover the true identity of the man who stole his grandfather's identity during WWII. With the help of documents found in archives, letters and family photos revealed suddenly in drawers - objects that time had forgotten - the filmmaker leads this hectic search to unique locations and remarkable people from the two sides of the historical fence with which the enigma is finally solved.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/278431271

Film 2: Who Will Write Our History? 

Thursday May 2 Lido Theater, Newport Beach

From the filmmakers website https://whowillwriteourhistory.com: 

In November 1940, days after the Nazis sealed 450,000 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, a secret band of journalists, scholars and community leaders decided to fight back. Led by historian Emanuel Ringelblum and known by the code name Oyneg Shabes, this clandestine group vowed to defeat Nazi lies and propaganda not with guns or fists but with pen and paper. 

Now, for the first time, their story is told as a feature documentary. Written, produced and directed by Roberta Grossman and executive produced by Nancy Spielberg, Who Will Write Our History mixes the writings of the Oyneg Shabes archive with new interviews, rarely seen footage and stunning dramatizations to transport us inside the Ghetto and the lives of these courageous resistance fighters. They defied their murderous enemy with the ultimate weapon–the truth–and risked everything so that their archive would survive the war, even if they did not.

Trailer: https://whowillwriteourhistory.com/#trailer

Buy Tickets Here: https://newportbeachfilmfest.com

[CA-SCGS] Announcing the 2019 Jamboree Webinar Extension Series!

Announcing the 2019 Jamboree 

Webinar Extension Series!

Computer, tablet or, smartphone...You can access webinars!

Join us in our live webinars!  Join SCGS to access ALL webinars!

And the Speakers are....

• Lisa Alzo, MFA: Make Those Skeletons Dance: Exploring Your Family’s Dark Side.      Saturday, January 5, 10:00 AM Pacific 

• Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD.: Pandemics & Epidemics: Issues of Politics, Economy, and   Religion. Wednesday, January 16,  6:00 PM Pacific 

• Paul Woodbury: Looks Like We're Cousins - Tips for Genetic Genealogy Collaboration.   Saturday, February 2,  10:00 AM Pacific 

• Tessa Keough: Is Your One-Place Study at a Distance? No Worries with the Internet.     Wednesday, February 20,  6:00 PM Pacific 

• Donna M. Moughty: Irish Research - What's New. Saturday, March 2,  10:00 AM Pacific 

• Thomas MacEntee: One Touch Genealogy Research: How to Handle a Record Just Once.   Wednesday, March 20,  6:00 PM  Pacific 

• Karen Burney: US Colored Troops and their Civil War Service.  Saturday, April 6, 10:00 AM Pacific 

• Debra M. Dudek, MSc: Tracing Female Ancestors in WWI Military and Non-Combatant Records. Wednesday, April 17,  6:00 PM Pacific

• Rick Crume:  British Genealogy Online: The Top English & Welsh Family History Websites.  Saturday, May 4, 10:00 AM Pacific 

• Annette Burke Lyttle: The Marriage of the  Waters: The Erie Canal and the Opening of the Midwest.  Wednesday, May 15,  6:00 PM Pacific 

• Janet Hovorka: Heirloom, Documentation or Junk: What to Keep and What To Toss.    Wednesday, June 19,  6:00 PM Pacific  

• Shannon S. Christmas, MCP: More Power:  Genetic Genealogy Apps and Extensions. Wednesday, July 17,  6:00 PM Pacific 

• Paula Stuart-Warren, CG®, FMGS, FUGA: Successful Railroad Records Research in Today’s World.   Saturday, August 3, 10:00 AM Pacific 

• Amy Johnson Crow, MLIS, CG®:  How Do I Know That's My Ancestor? Wednesday, August 21,  6:00 PM Pacific 

• Melissa Barker: The Home Archivist: Preserving Family Records Like a Pro!  Saturday, September 7,  10:00 AM Pacific 

• Michael John Neill: More than a Bouquet of Flowers: Increasing your Chance at the Courthouse. Wednesday, September 18. 6:00 PM Pacific

• Daniel Horowitz:  So You Really Want to Research Your Jewish Ancestors? Saturday, October 5, 10:00 AM Pacific 

• Peggy Clemens Lauritzen, AG®, FOGS:  Faith of Our Fathers: United States Church Records.  Wednesday, October 16, 6:00 PM Pacific 

• Kathryn Lake Hogan, UE, PLCGS: Mastering the Library and Archives Canada Website. Saturday, November 2, 10:00 AM Pacific 

• Seema Kenney: Immigration & Naturalization.  Wednesday, November 20, 6:00 PM Pacific 

• Julie  Goucher:  European Surnames and How They Can Help in Genealogical Research.  Saturday, December 7, 10:00 AM Pacific 

• Michelle Tucker Chubenko: Post-WWII Immigration: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Digital Resources.  Wednesday, December 18, 6:00 PM Pacific 

2019 Webinar Calendar Times

         1^st Saturdays                                   3rd Wednesdays

        10:00 AM Pacific                           6:00 PM Pacific

           11:00 AM Mountain                      7:00 PM Mountain

       12:00 PM Central                           8:00 PM Central

         1:00 PM Eastern                          9:00 PM Eastern

Southern California Genealogy Society 

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91054-2408

818-843-7247

www.scgsgenealogy.com

Email: webinar@scgsgenealogy.com

[CA-SCGS] REMINDER: SCGS Annual Meeting, Saturday, December 8, 2018, 11:am to 3:00 pm

                     

   SCGS Annual 

Membership Meeting

This is the time of year when we celebrate the Southern California Genealogical Society, our members, and our dedicated volunteers.

Saturday, December 8, 2018

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

at the SCGS Library

417 Irving Drive

Burbank, CA 91504

Come and share our annual celebration with your family history friends!

The SCGS Board of Directors will provide the main dishes. Please bring your favorite appetizer, side dish, salad, fruit, non-alcoholic beverage or dessert to share. Show off your heritage and share your favorite family recipes. The wonderful variety of dishes, family stories and fellowship with genealogy friends never ceases to amaze and brings good cheer to all.

The Annual Meeting follows the potluck luncheon. At this time the 2019 Board of Directors election results will be announced and new Board members will be introduced. Longtime members and past presidents will be honored and members of the Board and leaders of the SCGS Interest Groups will update us on what has happened in 2018, and what the exciting plans are for 2019.

Finally, the moment you've been waiting for since June will arrive... the Jamboree Committee will reveal the exciting plans for Jamboree 2019!

You don't want to miss the excitement - or the chance to win a 4-day registration to the 50th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree or a 1-day registration to the 2019 Genetic Genealogy Conference!

RSVP to: scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

  
For questions about donations of books or genealogical materials to the SCGS Library, please call the Library during business hours and ask for Sally Emerson or the Book Acquisition team.

Mark your calendars today and plan to join us!

Southern California Genealogical Society
417 Irving Drive
(Cross street Glenoaks)
Burbank, California
818.843.7247
www.scgsgenealogy.co

[CA-SCGS] Reminder to Vote in the SCGS Board Elections--Deadline to Vote is November 30, 2018

Deadline to Vote in the SCGS Board Elections is November 30, 2018

There are 5 Candidates for 4 seats on the Board of Directors.

 The Candidates are:

 Alice Fairhurst, Louise Callaway, Kristi Sexton, 

Mark Cross, and Charlotte Bocage.

This year we are initiating electronic (online) voting for our Board of Directors. All members with email addresses will receive an email with a link to the ballot for voting. Once you click the link, you will need to log into the Members Only section of the SCGS website. If you do not know or need a new password, contact the Membership Committee to reset your password. The email address is membership@scgsgenealogy.com

For those who do not have an email address or cannot vote online, we will send out paper ballots. Please contact the Membership Committee at membership@scgsgenealogy.com and request the paper ballot.

Southern California Genealogy Society and Family History Library

417 Irving Dr.

Burbank, CA 91504

818-843-7247

www.scgsgenealogy.com

This year, the Southern California Genealogical Society is initiat

ing online voting for our

Annual Election of Board Members. For those members who do not ha

ve email

addresses or cannot vote online, we are still mailing out ballots to tho

se limited number

of people.

This year, the Southern California Genealogical Society is initiat

ing online voting for our

Annual Election of Board Members. For those members who do not ha

ve email

addresses or cannot vote online, we are still mailing out ballots to tho

se limited number

of people.