[CA-SCGS] SCGS Annual Meeting Saturday, December 9, 2017

This is the time of year when we celebrate the Southern California Genealogical Society,

 our members, and our dedicated volunteers.

Saturday, December 9, 2017

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 2018 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 2017, and what the exciting plans are for 2018.*

Finally, the moment you've been waiting for since June will arrive... the Jamboree Committee will reveal the exciting plans for Jamboree 2018!

You don't want to miss the excitement - or the chance to win a 3-day registration to the 49th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree or a 1-day registration to the 2018 Genetic Genealogy Conference and Writer's Conference!

RSVP to: scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

  *Note: SCGS will not be holding the annual Holiday Auction this year. Please do not donate or drop items off at the Library for this purpose. SCGS would like to thank Jim and Pat Fryman, chairs of the silent auction for many years, for their dedication and support of the Society.

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.com

[CA-SCGS] Annual Meeting & Luncheon - You Are Cordially Invited!

This is the time of year when we celebrate the Southern California Genealogical Society,

 our members, and our dedicated volunteers. 

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 2017 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 2016, and what the exciting plans are for 2017.*

Finally, the moment you've been waiting for since June will arrive... the Jamboree Committee will reveal the exciting plans for Jamboree 2017!

You don't want to miss the excitement - or the chance to win a 3-day registration to the 48th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree or a 1-day registration to the 2017 Genetic Genealogy Conference!



  *Note: SCGS will not be holding the annual Holiday Auction this year. Please do not donate or drop items off at the Library for this purpose. SCGS would like to thank Jim and Pat Fryman, chairs of the silent auction for many years, for their dedication and support of the Society.

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.

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

[CA-SCGS] German Interest Group Oktoberfest Celebration! - Saturday, October 15, 2016

The SCGS German Interest Group will hold their annual Oktoberfest celebration on October 15, 2016 from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm at the SCGS Library in Burbank. The popular potluck will feature special German dishes prepared by the attendees as well as typical American favorites. Bring your favorite to share with the group.

The luncheon will be followed by the regular group meeting.

Popular group member, Winnie Long, shown here checking out her natal town of Klinga on a 1933 map of Prussia, will follow up on her April presentation "Growing up in Germany."

"Growing up in Germany - Part 2"

Winnie was born Winifred Eva Charlotte Broedel in 1933. As a young child she moved with her parents to Naunhof and as a young adult she studied nursing in Leipzig. Her career took her to Berlin where she found work in a hospital. But, before long, the Berlin Wall was erected and Winnie found herself on the Eastern side. Luckily, she was able to get out of East Berlin with the help of her aunt who lived in Hannover. In April 1966 Winnie met the man who was to become the love of her life on a blind date. She married Billy Jack Long, an American, in July that same year and relocated to Long Beach, California where the happy couple lived before moving to Westminster. Winnie has an older sister and a younger sister, both of whom still live in Germany.

The goal of the German Interest Group is to provide a wide range of resources both inside and outside the SCGS Library to help trace German families. For more information, please contact Allene Aubertin. 

SCGS German Interest Group
Third Saturday of the month
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Southern California Genealogical Society Family Research Library
417 Irving Drive
Burbank, California

Cross street Glenoaks
(818) 843-7247

www.scgsgenealogy.com 

[CA-SCGS] SCGS Annual Meeting--Saturday, December 10, 2016, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

 Join us for the SCGS Annual Meeting and Pot Luck on

Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the SCGS Library.

Time: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.

 

Bring your favorite holiday dish to share.

 

The newly-elected Board members will be announced. Long-time members and past presidents will be honored. Learn about what's been happening this year and the plans for next year. A full  registration to the 2017 Jamboree will be raffled off.

 

For more information, email us at scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

 

 

Southern California Genealogy Society & Library

417 Irving Drive

Burbank, CA 91504-2408

818-843-7247

scgs@scgsgenealogy.com

 

 

Cross street: Glenoaks

[CA-SCGS] SCGS Annual Meeting Saturday, December 12, 2015

You are Cordially Invited

This is the time of year when we celebrate SCGS, our members, and our volunteers. Come and share our annual celebration with your genealogy friends!

Here's what we have in store for you this year:

Back by popular demand, the Silent Auction will open at 11:00 a.m. Bring your regifts, new or gently used items to the SCGS Library by Friday, December 11. Be sure to bring your holiday gift list and have your checkbook/credit card handy!  

Around 11:30 a.m. the festivities begin with a delectable feast. The SCGS Board members will provide the main meat dish. Please bring your favorite side dish, salad, fruit, or dessert to share.

Following the potluck, the meeting will commence: 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 2015, and what their plans are for 2016.

Finally, the moment you've been waiting for since June will arrive and the Jamboree Committee will reveal the exciting plans for Jamboree 2016 - the speakers, the activities, the workshops, and most of all, the fun!

You don't want to miss the excitement - or the chance to win a 3-day registration to Jamboree!

Mark your calendars today and plan to join us!

Southern California Genealogical Society

417 Irving Drive

(Cross street Glenoaks)

Burbank, California

818.843.7247

[CA-SCGS] SCGS German Interest Group Meeting and Potluck - Saturday, October, 17, 2015

The Southern California Genealogical Society German Interest Group will hold their annual potluck on Saturday, October 17, 2015 beginning at 12:00 noon.  The regular meeting will follow from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

All are welcome to join the group for their annual potluck and to enjoy the many delicious German foods that will be available.  Please feel free to bring your favorite dish, whether it is strictly German or not.

Following the potluck, Alene Neff will present Her Gentzch & Strubin Family: a brick wall.  Then Mary Daly will present Her Mystery Family followed by Allene Aubertin presenting The Benasco & Meyer Families from the Alsace Region and Trier, Germany.

The featured group member this month is Melanie Gnad.

With a livelong interest in history and murder mysteries, Melanie Gnad's undertaking of genealogical research wasn't a big surprise.  About 10 years ago, her brother, Phil Seiflein, gave her a box of papers and photographs representing a decade of interviewing almost every living relative he could track down.  Next, her husband, Tom had inherited a box of old photographs that needed identification.  Melanie was intrigued and started looking at ways to compile the information so these family memories weren't lost.  Among her biggest resources were joining SCGS, participating in their annual Jamboree since 2006, joining the SCGS German Interest Group and more recently becoming a member of the Immigrant Genealogical Society.  On a recent project for the German Interest Group, the focus on one relative's journey brought more clues about other family mysteries.  She is looking forward to solving more mysteries and sharing the results not only on paper but by also looking into the many media choices now available so "the kids" may also enjoy their history.


The goal of the SCGS German Interest Group is to provide a wide range of resources both inside and outside the SCGS Library to help trace German families.  They often have a speaker on German research and the group is happy to offer assistance with your German research problems.  New members and guests are always welcome.

For more information contact Allene Aubertin.



SCGS German Interest Group
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Third Saturday of each month
415 Irving Drive
Burbank
Cross street Glenoaks

[CA-SCGS] Reminder of Annual Meeting Saturday December 13

SCGS Annual Meeting

Saturday, December 13, 2014

11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

417 Irving Drive

Burbank, CA 91504

You may have seen the information regarding the Jamboree portion of the Annual Meeting. It's an exciting announcement and we're all waiting to see what the new committee has planned for us.

But there are lots of other aspects to the Annual Meeting, and we wanted to remind you of those too:

Before the meeting, beginning at 11:00 a.m., the silent auction opens.
- Bring your regifts, new or gently used items beforehand or on Saturday
- Bring your gift list and checkbook or credit card. It's for a good cause!
- Bring your lucky rabbit's foot so you get the items you want to win.

Beginning at about 11:30 a.m., we dive into the scrumptious potluck luncheon.
- The Board members will provide the meat.
- Bring a side dish, fruit or veggie tray, dessert, rolls, garnishments, soda, chips, your choice

The Annual Meeting will convene about 1:00 p.m.
- You'll hear election results and meet the new Board members
- Volunteers will be cheered and thanked profusely for their efforts
- Society leaders will provide updates on the Society's programs and committees

The day wraps up around 2:00 p.m. with the silent auction lucky bidders claiming their treasures.

See you there!

417 Irving Drive
Burbank, California
Cross street Glenoaks
818.843.7247