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CHULA VISTA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
NEWSLETTER P.O. Box 3024
Chula Vista CA 91909-3024 Editor: Randy Seaver (619) 422-3397, r [email protected]
CVGS Web Site: http://www.CVGenealogy.org CVGS Blog: http://CVGenCafe.blogspot.com
Volume 26, Issue 12 Providing Genealogy Educaton in South San Diego County December 2016
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Annual Holiday Luncheon
Chula Vista South Branch Library (389 Orange Ave., Chula Vista, CA 91911)
The CVGS Annual Holiday Luncheon will be Wednesday, 14 December, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Chula Vista South Library (389 Orange Avenue) in the Conference Rooms.
Turkey, ham and drinks will be provided by CVGS. The potluck breakdown for the rest of the meal will be coordinated by JoAnn Bonner (phone 619-421-3628, email [email protected]) and Ana Castro (phone 619-781-8441, email [email protected]). Please contact them by 12/11 to coordinate the potluck dishes. The schedule is:
• A to F Surnames: Potatoes (Irish or Sweet), Veggies, Casserole• G to K Surnames: Desserts• L to P Surnames: Salads, Rolls, Butter• Q to Z Surnames: Snack trays, Condiments, Olives, Pickles, Cranberry Sauce, etc.
There will be a free door prize drawing, opportunity drawings for table decorations, and attendees maybring a bring one/get one gift exchange item ($10 limit). Attendees are requested to bring non-perishable food and/or unwrapped toys for donation to the Salvation Army. Attendees are also requested to wear their best ugly Christmas sweaters.
The business meeting will include the installation of the newly elected Officers for the 2017/2018 calendar years, plus other festivities.
Table of Contents
December 14th Annual Holiday Luncheon ....... 1President’s Message …....….….......….............. 2Register for Meetings on CVGS Website ….... 2Family Tree Webinars for 2017 ….................... 2January 7th 2017 Saturday Workshop …......... 3Next Computer Group Meeting ....................... 3Lemon Grove Research Group News .…......... 3New CVGS Nametags Available ….................. 3November 30th Program Review ….................. 4
CVGS Officers for 2017/18 Elected …............... 5December 3rd Workshop Review …..................... 5Using Our Library …........................................... 5RootsMagic News …............................................. 5November Research Group Review ................... 6Fun Facts and Links …........................................ 8CVGS Society Information ..…..…….…............ 9San Diego Genealogy Events .…...……..…........ 9Genealogy Days in Chula Vista ……........….... 10
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President’s Message – by Virginia Taylor
This will be a bitter sweet message. It will be my last one as your President. It does not seem like it has been four years that I have been writing a message every month. Some months they were easy to write and other months it took a long time to figure out what to say. I hope all of you have enjoyed them and maybe learned a little bit from them. I know I have enjoyed writing them.
I want to say a very special Thank You to all my board members. Withouteach of you I could not have done my job. It has been a joy to work with all of you, both the current board, and the past board.
And to all of the members. You are what makes our society what it is. Without you we could not do all the activities we do during the year. I have lost count of all the members of other societies who have come to me to
congratulate us for all that we do. They are amazed that a fairly small society can be as active as we are. Many of the people who have commented belong to societies much larger than ours and they do not do nearly as much as we do. We could not do all we do without the help of all those who step forward when asked. Please continue to do so.
As you know I am not leaving the board, just stepping down to another position. If you know of any speaker in our area you would like to have come give a presentation to us please give me their names and contact information. I am open to all the help I can get to make our future programs topics you are interested in.
Please give Ceasar and the new board as much help and co-operation as you have given me over the past four years.
Please Register for Meetings on the CVGS Website
Please register for the Program Meetings, the Saturday Workshops, the Research Group and the Computer Group on the CVGS website – www.CVGenealogy.org. Log in with your member ID, then click on “Events” and the Register button for each event, and follow directions. This will help with meeting planning and speaker handouts.
Legacy Family Tree Webinars Scheduled for 2017
Family Tree Webinars has announced their 2017 schedule for 75 webinars on many different topics by well-known genealogists – you can see a flyer with topics, presenters and dates at http://familytreewebinars.com/pdf/ftwbrochure-1481040970.pdf. You do have to register for these webinars to watch them live for free or for a week after the presentation.
Stay up-to-date on CVGS Activities
Visit the CVGS Website: http:// www.CVGenealogy.org Visit the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe blog: http://CVGenCafe.blogspot.com
The Board Meeting and Program Meeting minutes are now posted on the CVGSwebsite. Check them out at http://www.CVGenealogy.org on the “Members” tab.
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Next CVGS Saturday Workshop – 7 January 2017
The January 7th Saturday Workshop will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Community Room at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road). The subject will be the “Finding Your Elusive Ancestor: The Genealogical Proof Standard and Performing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search” presented by Randy Seaver. This event is free for all to attend. A description of the presentation is:
“Are you familiar with the five elements of the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)? It deals with information, sources, evidence, analysis and proof, and was developed by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (BCG). It is the 'standard' methodology for professionals proving assertions of genealogical facts. The first element of the GPS is 'to do a reasonably exhaustive search.'
“In this presentation, Randy will explain the GPS, take a whirlwind tour through traditional and online resources that should be included in an exhaustive search, discuss his favorite search strategies andtechniques, and describe a Case Study of one of his elusive ancestors that illustrates the concepts of the GPS.”
Next Computer Group Meeting – 18 January 2017
The next Computer Group meeting will be on Wednesday, 18 January 2017 at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in downtown Chula Vista, Calif.).
Lemon Grove Research Group News
The Lemon Grove Research Group now meets once a month at the Lemon Grove Branch Library ( location is 3001 School Lane in Lemon Grove) from 6 p.m. to 7:50 p.m. Contact Susi Pentico (619-690-1188, [email protected]) for more details. All are invited to attend. Beginners are welcome! Upcoming programs include:
* There will be no meeting in December. * January 18, 2017: Elizabeth Vagani will discuss Ancestry Library Edition
New CVGS Nametags Available for Sale
CVGS has new nametags for the members: they have apine green background with a white tree logo, Societyname and member’s name, and a magnetized back. Pleaseorder by 31 December so the next order can be submitted.The cost is $10 each, with $2 of that going to the CVGSScholarship Fund.
Order forms are available at the regular meetings, andthe first nametags have arrived. Please contact KarenSmith ([email protected]) to order your newnametag and for more information.
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November 30 th “Heirloom Show and Tell” Review There were about 30 attendees at the "Heirloom Show and Tell" program on 30 November in the library Auditorium. In the business meeting before the program, the 2017/2018 CVGS Officers were elected.
Jane Strawn introduced the ten presenters of their heirlooms one at a time, with slides on the screen showing the treasures. The heirloom presenters and their heirloom treasures were:
1) Patricia Diane Godinez brought samples of and described her Desert Rose china collection, with the screen photo showing part of her collection.
2) Hazel Radtke brought her mother's glass spice canisters and told of her Hoosier cabinet from the 1920s.
3) Tameron Hodges talked about her great-uncle, Frank Hodges who was a "dirty" Los Angeles police detective from the 1930's. She has his badge.
4) Karen Yarger had photos of her Hepplewhite Pembroke table, made in 1790 and passed down from her Geoghegan and Dill families, which was too large to bring in, but photos showed the lovely satinwood inlays – and Gary Brock provided some interesting woodworking facts.
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CVGS Officers for 2017-2018 Elected
The CVGS Society Officers for 2017-2018 were elected by acclamation at the November 30th General Meeting. The officers are:
• President: Ceasar Castro• First Vice-President, Programs: Virginia Taylor• Second Vice-President, Membership: Karen Smith• Treasurer: Sam Seat• Secretary: Karen Yarger
The Officers will be installed at the Annual Holiday Luncheon on 14 December 2016 at the Chula VistaSouth Library, and will assume their duties on 1 January 2017.
December 3 rd Saturday Workshop Review, by Susi Pentico
We held a "Shared Names, Times and Places” discussion for the Saturday Workshop at Bonita-Sunnyside Library on December 3, 2016. This event replaced Carole Sobke's talk which she wishes to give at a later time due to her illness.
We had 8 in attendance and it was great to see Jean Taylor back again. We helped each other find many leads. To learn more, read the post on our Educational Blog (http://ancestorseekersbytherootbound.blogspot.com/2016/12/shared-names-times-and-places-bonita.html). Put the URL for the blog (http://ancestorseekersbytherootbound.blogspot.com/) in your Bookmarks or Favorites on your web browser, or in your news reader, and visit the site frequently.
Using Our Library, by Susi Pentico
I'm working on ways to make our members and library resources available to those who can't attend our meetings. Several people at our Family History Day expressed interest in CVGS, but they work 9 to 5 and can't come to our meetings.
If you would like to spend an hour in our library's Genealogy Section using our books and being available to answer questions of others please let me know the days (Saturday or Sunday) or early evenings you would be able to help. We have done this in the past, and it is a good way to reach out to younger and community potential members. Also, you can work on your own research while there. Pleasecontact me with your suggestions at [email protected].
RootsMagic News
There is a new minor update for RootsMagic 7 users, version 7.2.2.0. This update addresses a problemwith changes in FamilySearch which caused RootsMagic to display other relatives as spouses and childrenon the Share Data screen. It also adds a couple of recently dedicated LDS temples. If you want to work in FamilySearch Family Tree, you have to update to this version.
They also announced that the planned synchronization with an Ancestry Member Tree will not be ready by the end of December. Stay tuned for a further update.
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November 9 th Research Group Meeting Review
The 9 November 2016 meeting of the CVGS Research Grouphad 20 attendees.
In the first hour, Randy discussed:
* Three recently published books - Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques; Organize Your Genealogy; Genetic Genealogy in Practice - and passed them around the group.
* Finding his grandsons' 2nd great-grandparents birth and marriage records in Italian Civil Registration records on FamilySearch.
* Solving the mystery of Edward E. Seaver's parents using two newspaper articles and several onlinerecords, including an article that was about a man dying in a factory accident and leaving a pregnant wife.
* MyHeritage announced MyHeritageDNA service with ethnicity estimates and member matches.* The We're Related mobile app by Ancestry.com.
In the second hour, group members discussed their research problems and successes, including:
* Karen S. has found interesting relatives on the We're Related app, including Barack Obama and Marilyn Monroe.
* Ralph enjoyed the CVGS Family History Day. He commented about the new system at 23andMe - he wrote a match who didn't respond, but the match was able to obtain his name and information.
* Karen Y. noted that the day was the 396th anniversary of sighting Cape Cod aboard the Mayflower.
* Ana found 1890 tax records from New Mexico in a book on the Chula Vista library shelf.* Ceasar took the FamilyTreeDNA Big Y test, and needs to work with it more.* Linda bought three autosomal DNA kits at the 10/22 genetic genealogy conference and will test her
family members.* Arlene read the book Seven Daughters of Eve and recommended it to her family.* Susi and Mary went to the FamilySearch Library to investigate how to obtain the 1899
naturalization record for Antony Casper. They were told they need to contact the county probate court for the record.
* Sam took a research trip to Tennessee. He met a cousin at the library, and found a naturalization record and a marriage record immediately. He also went to the State Archives and determined that vital records started in 1908.
* Shirley is putting information from an 800 page surname book for the Greene family in Rhode Island into a separate family tree database.
* Bobbie is regrouping and has decided to work on three brickwall problems.
The next CVGS Research Group meeting will be 11 Janary 2017 at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista) at 12 noon in the Conference Room.
NOTE: There is no Research Group meeting in December on 14 December - that is the date of the Annual Holiday Luncheon at South Chula Vista Library.
Bobbie Lane has a correction to last month's Research Group summary: “It is my daughter’s son who is one-fourth Native American from his father’s side. Dennis and I do not have a one-fourth Native American son.”
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November 30 th “Heirloom Show and Tell” Review (continued)
5) Linda Seaver shared a portrait of her great grandfather’s McKnew family in front of their home just after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Randy provided some family background.
6) Randy Seaver displayed a handsome ‘Union Case’ from the 1860’s, containing ambrotype portraits of his ancestors Isaac and Lucretia Seaver. Isaac was a Civil War soldier.
7) Virginia Taylor brought an elephant toy/doll – it started her on a lifetime elephant collection (she has over 500!).
8) Ceasar Castro brought his cell phone collection in a silver suitcase - it dates to the 1980s.
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November 30 th “Heirloom Show and Tell” Review (concluded)
9) Bobbie Lane reminisced about the old family farm in Lake County, Illinois. One of her souvenirs is a birdhouse made from the wood of the 1902 barn; and she is so fortunate to have a 1995 video recording of her brother walking around the property, filming and recording family memories.
10) Susan Zimmer's treasure was her father’s World War II Army uniform from when he was stationed in Australia and New Guinea. She also showed off an authentic boomerang, which she no longer is able to master.
Fun Facts and Links
* Go to http://familyhistorydaily.com/genealogy-resources/50-free-genealogy-sites/ to see fifty freegenealogy web links.
* Divorce may have been forbidden in certain families and religious tradition, but that does not mean that married couples always got along or continued to live together. Your relatives may have never divorced, but instead may have lived separately based upon some legal arrangement.
* Interviewing relatives should never be a "one time and you are done" thing, even if the person insists they cannot remember anything else. Use documents you have located to get the interviewee's memory going.
* Newspapers from the past can provide critical clues about our ancestors’ lives. As a family historian, you’ve likely spent some time searching old newspapers for birth and marriage announcements, as well as obituaries.
Sources: Michael John Neill's Genealogy Tip of the Day blog: http://www.genealogytipoftheday.com
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CVGS Society OfficersPresident: Virginia TaylorFirst Vice-President, Programs Jane StrawnSecond Vice-President, Membership Karen Smith Treasurer Gary BrockSecretary Karen Yarger
Committee ChairsComputer Group Shirley BeckerEducation Susi PenticoHistorian Susan ZimmerHospitality Jo Ann Bonner/Ana CastroLibrarian Wanda BrockNewsletter Editor Randy SeaverResearch Group/Queries Randy SeaverSeminars Susi PenticoWays and Means Carole SobkeWebmaster Gary Brock
Meeting Host Volunteers
Jan. 25th: TBD
Contact Jo Ann Bonner to sign up!(619) 421-3628
San Diego Genealogy Events
Saturday, January 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.SAN DIEGO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Seminar Speaker: Thomas MacEntee on
1. “Genealogy Do-Over: A Year of Learning from My Mistakes"
2. "Can I Use That in My Genealogy: What You Should Know about Copyright"
3. "Facebook: A Tool for Genealogy Research "4. "After You’re Gone: Future Proofing Your
Genealogy Research"
at Captain's Room at Marina Village, (1936 Quivira Way, San Diego CA 92109)
$50 Fee, register online at www.casdgs.org orcontact Joann Orendorff (450 East Bradley #97,
El Cajon CA 92021)
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CONFERENCES
ROOTSTECH 2017 CONFERENCE
February 8 – 11, 2017Salt Lake City, Utah
https://www.rootstech.org
Welcome New Members
Current Membership (as of 12/1): 92
Telephone Tree Volunteers
Ana Castro – 619-781-8441 Karen Smith – 619-656-0996 Carole Sobke – 619-465-5286
Karyn's Caring Corner
Cards were sent to:
Karen Smith
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• Wednesday, December 7, 12 noon – CVGS Board Meeting, at CVCCB Library Conf. Room• Wednesday, December 14, 11 a.m. – CVGS Holiday Luncheon, at South Chula Vista Library (389
Orange Avenue, Chula Vista)• NOTE: No Research Group or Computer Group meetings in December• Wednesday, January 4, 12 noon – CVGS Board Meeting, at CVCCB Library Conf. Room• Saturday, January 7, 1 p.m. – Saturday Workshop: Randy Seaver: “Finding Your Elusive
Ancestors: The Genealogical Proof Standard and Performing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search” at Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road)
• Wednesday, January 11, 12 noon – Research Group Meeting, at CVCCB Library Conf. Room • Wednesday, January 18, 10:15 a.m. – Beginning Computer Genealogy class, CVCCB Conf. Room• Wednesday, January 18, 12:30 p.m. – Computer Group Meeting, at CVCCB Library Comp. Lab• Wednesday, January 25, 12 noon – Program Meeting: Randy Seaver “Using FamilySearch
Digital Microfilm to Find Genealogical Records” at CVCCB Auditorium.
o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oAll CVGS Program Meetings are held, unless otherwise noted, at the
Chula Vista Civic Center Branch (CVCCB) Library, 365 F Street, Chula Vista Contact Jane Strawn ([email protected]) for program details.
Visit our Web Site – http://www.CVGenealogy.orgVisit the Chula Vista Genealogy Café blog – http://CVGenCafe.blogspot.com
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