Join us Sunday morning at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree for the SCGS Jamboree Scholarship Breakfast with Gena Philibert-Ortega presenting "Of Elephants, Gold, and Dashed Dreams: Researching the California Gold Rush" and meet Utah college student Paul Woodbury, recipient of … [Read more...]
Memorial Day, California Style
Like regional food, holidays have local traditions that often overshadow any national or formal standards. Where I live in Southern California, Civil War battlefields are few and far between. Memorial Day is celebrated as the beginning of summer more than a federal holiday to commemorate men … [Read more...]
A New Tale of Murder and Woe from The Real Penny Dreadful
"Shocking." "Horrific." "Quite unsettling." Mere words fail to express the sensational drama played out on the pages of Shades of the Departed, Cops and Robbers Issue. Murder. Mayhem. Vice. Avarice. It's all there. Your favorite characters, ummm columnists, at their electrifying finest … [Read more...]
Well Done APG: New Youth Membership Level
The Association of Professional Genealogists is to be commended for adding a new Youth Member level to encourage participation by young genealogists. Well done! The change was announced this spring by Kimberly Powell, APG President and is only one part of the overall restructuring of dues designed … [Read more...]
Utah Student to Receive Genealogy Grant
The Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Grant Committee is pleased to announce that Paul Woodbury, a Brigham Young University senior from Provo, Utah will receive $500 from the Freeman Memorial Grant program and 3-day registration to the 2014 Southern California Genealogical Society … [Read more...]
Live-Streaming from #NGS2014 Richmond, Virginia Begins Today
It's an unusually grey and cool day in Los Angeles, a perfect day for the National Genealogy Society 2014 Family History Conference now taking place in Richmond, Virginia. I've cleared the calendar this afternoon and I'm getting ready for the first live-streamed session, Elizabeth Shown Mills … [Read more...]
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