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Members and friends,

This week's presentation will be ~ Identifying & Researching Your Ancestors’ Who Served in the Military - Thursday, January 5, 2017, 4195 Camino Del Rio South, 7:00 - 8:00 pm., The objective of this presentation is to research the vital dates on your pedigree chart,census and death records to identify your ancestors who may have served in the military.

Thanks!

Marti

Margaret Lewis ~ President 

San Diego African American Genealogy Research Group 

P.O. Box 741956 

San Diego, California 92174-1956 

Home (619) 262-5810 - Cell (619) 507-7676

E-mail~ ibemarti@aol.com 

Tell me and I forget . . . Teach me and I remember . . . Involve me and I learn. ~ Benjamin Franklin 

Those who care nothing about their ancestors will rarely achieve anything worthy of being remembered by their descendents . . . I want to be remembered so I'm researching the following surnames - 

Bell, Bolling, Brown, Burnett, Clerk, Cuthbert, Gordy, Grant, Greville, Grice, Griffin, Gurden, Hamilton, Hearn/Hearne, Hewitt, Horn/Horne, Hurt, Mathews, Montique, Moore, Newbell/Newbill, Patterson, Peterson, Parker, Paxson/Paxton/Paxon, Pownall, Purcell, Rasberry, Ray, Roberts, Rogers, Rudd, Salbury, Sanders, Ship/Shipp, Simcock, Sims/Simms, Simmons, Small, Smith,Taylor, Thomas, Tue, Vance, Vaughn, Wain, Waln, Waterman, Wills/Wilks/ Wilkes, Williams, Wingate.

Archival Outlook | Society of American Archivist

The NGS wrote an interesting article about this group at UpFront with NGS.

Permission granted to repost given.

UpFront with NGS

>>> Archival Outlook -- FREE, Fun & Informative Publication from Society of American Archivists

>>> Posted: 05 Dec 2016 08:41 AM PST

 >>> Archival Outlook -- FREE, Fun & Informative Publication from Society of American Archivists 

>>> Archives are so important to genealogists.  There are so many, many more than most of us can fathom.

>>> I really enjoy the bi-monthly publication of the Society of American Archives (SAA), Archival Outlook, as it both informs me about what is going on at various archives (that I am not familiar with, D.C. Africana Archives Project) as well as entertains me by talking about archival collections (The Second City improv group out of Chicago, IL).

>>> Most of the articles are visual and typically about 1-3 pages in length; making it an easy publication for quick discoveries. 

>>> I also learn about the world of managing archives in terms of staffing, the creating of finding aids, ticketing systems, brochures, professional development, and more.  Though you may not view such information as critical for you to know, it does help users better understand how archives operate and when we are armed with that knowledge, we can better use the archives we visit.  I don’t read every article and just skimming the titles provides me insight into what are important issues for archives. 

>>> Beware – you will find this publication an easy source of distraction.  I don’t suggest looking at it when you “should” be working!

>>> What new repository or archival collection did you learn about via this publication?

Darcie Moody There is Francis Williams, born abt 1812, who died between 1870 and 1880, and his wife, Catharine Rousch, both born France, lived in Susquehanna, Susquehanna County, PA. Their daughter, Mary, married Henry John Sexton, son of Joseph Sexton and Sophronia ___. I have very little on the Sextons, no land or probate records, a smattering in the court records. I have no death date or burial place for any of these people. So frustrating.

Posting here in case any one has clues in our society.  

Over on Facebook, Family Search has added a video: Robert Kehrer - How to use un-indexed records.  

Unable to figure how to put data here.  I did put it on our Facebook page. 

It states what we see online is only about 30% of what F S has.

Hope Your NEW YEAR STARTED GREAT.    

Wishing all Blessings of joy, and good health and prosperity for all.

The title for the 1/7/17 talk is:  "Finding Your Elusive Ancestors:  The Genealogical Proof Standard and Performing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search."  There is a description of it on my "Randy's Presentation" page on Genea-Musings - http://www.geneamusings.com/p/randys-presentations.html

The event listed for Jan will be in March.    Sorry for the delay in the change. Come to this event it will be awesome. As always with Randy S.

We gathered lots of donated food and toys for the Salvation Army.  We had a good attendance but missed many of our steadies.  The slide show was nice.

It was lots of work to put together,  Thanks Gary Brock for doing that.

The Angel and the Santa Claus was the door prizes again this year. Been a custom we have done for many years. Poinsetta's were raffled off and 2 custom arrangements by Jo Bonner.  Thanks JoAnn Bonner for all the extra that you do and Anna to.

Sarah at Starbucks said, she didn't realize that it was to be hot water. I did not check it so sorry I hope you all found the microwave to heat the water for tea. 

May you all have a super Holiday, (Yes I say Holiday because other religions celebrate at this time also.) Blessed Merry Christmas also. 

FYI

Subject: bestselling author Anne Rice at SD Public Library

A Special Evening with Anne and Christopher Rice

New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice appears at San Diego Public Library with son and fellow author Christopher Rice. Her new novel "Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis" conjures up an ambitious and exhilarating new novel of utopian vision and power, uniting the ancient worlds and legends of the Vampire Chronicles. Ms. Rice will sign copies of the book, on sale at the Library Shop independent bookstore in the Central Library’s Garden Courtyard. Cosponsored with Romance Writers of America, San Diego chapter.

When: Thursday, December 15, 2016 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Where: Central Library / Mary Hollis Clark Conference Center 330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101

Thanks Marti Lewis for the heads up.

I have copied with Chantel's permission the poster with the information.

If you have kin in area you may post data for people to see it where your readers read.  Fowlerville of course was on news yesterday also. So should know where the area is lower Mi.  

Susi's Chatty Performances on Genealogy- Young Family Friend is 

Lucie LeBlanc Consentino picture did not  transfer.

She is also on Facebook.com

Acadian Genealogist and Historian at Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home and Founder/Owner at Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home

Lives in Methuen, Massachusetts

Hi Susi.. I am going to be interviewed about the more than 60,000 headstones that are accessible on my web site for Acadian cemeteries in parts of New Brunswick, Canada.

In October I was inducted into the AFGS Hall of Fame for my work over the years as an Acadian historian.

Blog Link:   http://www.acadian-home.org/frames.html  &    http://acadian-ancestral-home.blogspot.com/

Lucie that is absolutely marvelous news. Thanks for sharing the blog data so we can share with our society.  Blessings  Thank you Susi