The Chula Vista Genealogical Society events for April 2013 include:
** Saturday, 6 April, 12 noon to 3 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside (County) Library (4375 Bonita Road) -- Outreach Workshop meets in Community Room. Thomas MacEntee will present "Building a Research Toolbox" on CDROM.
** Wednesday 10 April, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group meets in the Auditorium this month, led by Randy Seaver. We will review the latest genealogy news, share success stories and information, and discuss members research problems, and potential solutions, based on the collective knowledge and wisdom of the group.
** Wednesday, 17 April, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Computer Group meets in the Library Computer Lab, led by Shirley Becker. Sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 24 April, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS General Membership Meeting in the Auditorium. Randy Seaver will present "Searching Ancestry.com Effectively."
** Wednesdays, 3, 10, 17, 24 April, 10 a.m. to 12 noon., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- Research Assistance in the Family Research area. John Finch will help you with your research problems. Bring your laptop if you want to do online research.
** Saturday, 4 May, 12 noon to 3 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside (County) Library (4375 Bonita Road) -- Outreach Workshop meets in Community Room. Program is TBD.
The Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library is located at 365 "F" Street in Chula Vista - between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue, midway between I-5 and I-805 (take the "E" Street exit from the freeways).
The Bonita-Sunnyside (County) Library is located at 4375 Bonita Road in Bonita - turn north on Billy Casper Way, just west of the Otay Lakes Road intersection with Bonita Road, on the north side of Bonita Road.
We welcome guests and visitors to our CVGS programs and events - if you are in the greater San Diego area and want to attend our events - please come and introduce yourselves.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
March 27th Program Review - "Randy's Spring Break Vacation"
Unfortunately, the scheduled speaker for the Chula Vista Genealogical Society's March 27th Program, Claire Santos-Daigle, came down with pneumonia and was unable to make her "Photo Dating by Fashions" presentation.
Randy Seaver stepped in on two day's notice and presented "What I Did on My Spring Break Vacation" to about 30 attendees. Do you have visions of "Genealogists Gone Wild" or similar? No, it wasn't quite that bad (or good, depending on your outlook) - Randy took us on a whirlwind photo tour of the Family History Library, including his own research successes, and the RootsTech 2013 Conference in Salt Lake City (March 21-23).
In the first part, he showed photos of the inside of the Family History Library, including the rows of microfilm cabinets, the dark microfilm reader row, the microfilm scanner to computer screen to USB drive system, and images from English parish registers and Kansas cemetery cards.
RootsTech 2013 was a busy three days, with the theme of "Where Families Connect," with an emphasis on how to find, organize, preserve and share family history. There were Keynote talks every morning by well-known people, followed by over 250 hour-long presentations and workshops in about 20 tracks on the themes of genealogy, stories and technology. Randy shared what he learned about some of the genealogy companies during his talk - especially FamilySearch, Ancestry and MyHeritage. His photos took the audience around the exhibit hall, showing the booths of small and large companies alike. He spent some of his time in the Media Hub as an Official Blogger, writing blog posts or talking to presenters and other bloggers. You can read Randy's blog posts, and posts of all of the geneabloggers at RootsTech 2013, in http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-2013-geneabloggers-review.html.
It wasn't all fun and games in the exhibit hall and the presentations - there were evening activities also. Randy attended the Official Bloggers Dinner hosted by FamilySearch on Wednesday night, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir "Salute to Irving Berlin" on Thursday night by special invitation, and "King of the Geneabloggers" Thomas MacEntee's 50th birthday party with 100 others on Friday night. That came the closest to the "Genealogists Gone Wild" image...with a photo booth, loud music, some eating and drinking, lots of picture taking, colorful beads, and great conversation.
Randy picked up a free six-month subscription to MyHeritage at RootsTech 2013 and decided to give it away to a lucky attendee - Sunny Van Cleave won it in a drawing after his presentation.
There are 13 RootsTech 2013 presentations available for online viewing at www.rootstech.org. Scroll down and click on a link to one of the talks. The Keynote talks are excellent, as are all of the other presentations. If you want to download the syllabus material for each presentation, go to http://www.rootstech.org/schedule/sessions, click on the day you want, then click on the link for each session to read or download the syllabus for that presentation. Some are in PDF format and some are in DOC format.
The URL for this post is: http://cvgencafe.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-27th-program-review-randys-spring.html
Randy Seaver stepped in on two day's notice and presented "What I Did on My Spring Break Vacation" to about 30 attendees. Do you have visions of "Genealogists Gone Wild" or similar? No, it wasn't quite that bad (or good, depending on your outlook) - Randy took us on a whirlwind photo tour of the Family History Library, including his own research successes, and the RootsTech 2013 Conference in Salt Lake City (March 21-23).
In the first part, he showed photos of the inside of the Family History Library, including the rows of microfilm cabinets, the dark microfilm reader row, the microfilm scanner to computer screen to USB drive system, and images from English parish registers and Kansas cemetery cards.
RootsTech 2013 was a busy three days, with the theme of "Where Families Connect," with an emphasis on how to find, organize, preserve and share family history. There were Keynote talks every morning by well-known people, followed by over 250 hour-long presentations and workshops in about 20 tracks on the themes of genealogy, stories and technology. Randy shared what he learned about some of the genealogy companies during his talk - especially FamilySearch, Ancestry and MyHeritage. His photos took the audience around the exhibit hall, showing the booths of small and large companies alike. He spent some of his time in the Media Hub as an Official Blogger, writing blog posts or talking to presenters and other bloggers. You can read Randy's blog posts, and posts of all of the geneabloggers at RootsTech 2013, in http://www.geneamusings.com/2013/03/rootstech-2013-geneabloggers-review.html.
It wasn't all fun and games in the exhibit hall and the presentations - there were evening activities also. Randy attended the Official Bloggers Dinner hosted by FamilySearch on Wednesday night, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir "Salute to Irving Berlin" on Thursday night by special invitation, and "King of the Geneabloggers" Thomas MacEntee's 50th birthday party with 100 others on Friday night. That came the closest to the "Genealogists Gone Wild" image...with a photo booth, loud music, some eating and drinking, lots of picture taking, colorful beads, and great conversation.
Randy picked up a free six-month subscription to MyHeritage at RootsTech 2013 and decided to give it away to a lucky attendee - Sunny Van Cleave won it in a drawing after his presentation.
There are 13 RootsTech 2013 presentations available for online viewing at www.rootstech.org. Scroll down and click on a link to one of the talks. The Keynote talks are excellent, as are all of the other presentations. If you want to download the syllabus material for each presentation, go to http://www.rootstech.org/schedule/sessions, click on the day you want, then click on the link for each session to read or download the syllabus for that presentation. Some are in PDF format and some are in DOC format.
The URL for this post is: http://cvgencafe.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-27th-program-review-randys-spring.html
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
CVGS Spring Seminar is Saturday, 30 March: CeCe Moore on DNA
The annual Spring Seminar of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society will be on Saturday, 30 March 2013 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Chula Vista Golf Course clubhouse in Bonita (4475 Bonita Road, turn north onto Billy Casper Way from Bonita Road, the clubhouse is on the right). The event includes a catered lunch.
The featured speaker for this event is CeCe Moore on the theme of "Do Your Genes Fit? Discover Your DNA."
Do you want to know all about DNA genetic testing and how it can help you learn about your ancestors? Mark your calendars for March 30th, 2013. CVGS will present renowned genetic genealogist CeCe Moore for a lively and informative day-long seminar. We'll learn about the various DNA tests available, how to read and understand the results and how they'll apply to researching our family trees.
You are encouraged to take advantage of 23andMe's spectacular $99 deal for the genetic test and to bring your test results to the seminar so CeCe can help you interpret them. But do it soon - the results will take at least 3 weeks to return to you.
The fee for CVGS members is $35, $40 to non-members, and $40 for late registrants after March 22. The Registration form is available on the our CVGS website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacvgs2/page26.htm and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ChulaVistaGenealogicalSociety). You can register by filling out the form, printing it out, and sending it, with the registration fee to:
Chula Vista Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 3024
Chula Vista CA 91909-3024
Contact Gary Brock at gary@cyber.net or (619) 475-4054, or Karen Yarger at khy13@hotmail.com or (619) 426-0834 for more information.
The featured speaker for this event is CeCe Moore on the theme of "Do Your Genes Fit? Discover Your DNA."
Do you want to know all about DNA genetic testing and how it can help you learn about your ancestors? Mark your calendars for March 30th, 2013. CVGS will present renowned genetic genealogist CeCe Moore for a lively and informative day-long seminar. We'll learn about the various DNA tests available, how to read and understand the results and how they'll apply to researching our family trees.
You are encouraged to take advantage of 23andMe's spectacular $99 deal for the genetic test and to bring your test results to the seminar so CeCe can help you interpret them. But do it soon - the results will take at least 3 weeks to return to you.
The fee for CVGS members is $35, $40 to non-members, and $40 for late registrants after March 22. The Registration form is available on the our CVGS website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacvgs2/page26.htm and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/ChulaVistaGenealogicalSociety). You can register by filling out the form, printing it out, and sending it, with the registration fee to:
Chula Vista Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 3024
Chula Vista CA 91909-3024
Contact Gary Brock at gary@cyber.net or (619) 475-4054, or Karen Yarger at khy13@hotmail.com or (619) 426-0834 for more information.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
March 27th CVGS Program Features Claire Santos-Daigle
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th GENERAL MEETING
from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
At Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) Auditorium
Claire Santos-Daigle – “Photo Dating by Fashions”
Claire Santos-Daigle has presented the topic of Photo Dating by photographic processes in the past in her presentation, "Photo Dating 101". Back by popular demand, she will be speaking on the topic of Photo Dating with emphasis on fashions. This topic will briefly cover the physical properties, then how to research fashions by covering fashion eras, fashion terms and resources.
Claire has been digitally restoring photographs for 12 years. She realized through those years that she had developed a talent for determining the date of a photograph by repeated exposure, and began to seriously research how to date a photo, and uses her collection of photos to illustrate and provide this information, free of charge and accessible to genealogists on her website.
Claire Santos-Daigle is the sole proprietor of "Photos Made Perfect," licensed in the state of California, in Chula Vista. With her husband Michael, she became involved with digital photo restoration when Michael started his genealogy in 1992 through 1996, when they began restoring family photos with free unknown software Michael found on the internet. Family and friends kept saying "you should start a business" and in 1999 she did, with her husbands' technical skills and support, and her art skills, life experiences and marketing background.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Research Group Summary - 13 March 2013
We had 18 attendees at the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting on Wednesday, 13 March in the library Auditorium.
In the first hour today, Randy used the Internet connection to display and discuss his 23andMe DNA results for the group to see and try to understand. Several other attendees had received their results also, and were able to contribute their knowledge. We touted the $99 sale price for the 23andMe test (autosomal, mitochondrial, Y-chromosome, plus health genetics) and the 30 March 2013 CVGS seminar featuring CeCe Moore.
Randy then discussed genealogy video education - highlighting the coming RootsTech 2013 live streaming sessions, the RootsTech 2012 sessions, the Legacy Family Tree webinars, the Ancestry.com webinars and DearMYRTLE's webinars on YouTube, and the FamilySearch Research Courses. There is a wealth of online genealogy education available for free if the genealogist will just search for them and learn from them.
In the second hour, the group asked questions, asked for research suggestions for their problems, or shared their research successes. The highlights:
* Bobbie asked where she could find a birth record for an Elizabeth Titus, probably born in Buffalo, New York in 1855, who moved to Illinois with her family? The only useful evidence found was an Illinois death record, which stated she was born in New York City rather than Buffalo. Bobbie had already found the death record and an obituary, and could not find church records for her in Buffalo.
* Sharon asked where she could find divorce records. The group suggested civil court records in the county where the divorce was filed.
* Ken asked How much information do you put into your family trees online? Do you share sources? Several persons said that they put everything in, and some hold back. Some provide sources, some don't.
* Shirley woke up today thinking about the son of a great-aunt (who died in about 1889) and wondered what happened to Leo Clark Bruns, born in Otsego County, New York in 1889. We could find him only in the 1900 U.S. Census, despite searching many name variations with other known factors to narrow the search. He wasn't in the World War I or II draft registrations or the Social Security Death Index.
* Dawn asked for help finding information about Harold F. Thomas, born in Illinois in 1920, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 -- what happened to him, and who were his parents? We found in online searches that he received a Bronze Star in World War II in Burma, and died in Georgia and was buried at Andersonville National Cemetery. All of this was new information for Dawn. We suggested she obtain an Illinois birth certificate, a Georgia death certificate and/or a Social Security Application for him to determine his parents, since census research was not conclusive.
* Virginia asked how she could correct a memorial entry on Find A Grave. The group noted that she would have to register on Find A Grave, and then contact the creator or owner of the memorial page to submit the correction.
* Bobbie thinks she has found the 0.2% Native American source of her DNA in her 23andMe test - the Mi'Kmaq Indian, Anne Marie, of the Algonquin Nation in Acadia (Nova Scotia) from the mid-1600s. This is Bobbie's mitochondrial line. She also described her relationship to Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard who fought against the English in Acadia in the mid-1700s was through his mother, surname of Richard, and her sister is in Bobbie's line. She is related to him as a first cousin, nine times removed. Lastly, Bobbie reported that she received help from Tom Wagner from Illinois and Gerhard Batz from Hausen, Bavaria who found three more generation of Moerleins for her, along with Bakers and Batz. I also found out that Gerhard Batz and I have the same g-g-g grandfather, Jacob Batz, with different g-g-g grandmothers!
* Gary noted that Wanda was able to add 7 generations back to 1266 with information from a tree on WikiTree that goes from her Noel ancestor through the Earl of Kent.
The next meeting of the CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 10 April 2013, in the Conference Room of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista).
In the first hour today, Randy used the Internet connection to display and discuss his 23andMe DNA results for the group to see and try to understand. Several other attendees had received their results also, and were able to contribute their knowledge. We touted the $99 sale price for the 23andMe test (autosomal, mitochondrial, Y-chromosome, plus health genetics) and the 30 March 2013 CVGS seminar featuring CeCe Moore.
Randy then discussed genealogy video education - highlighting the coming RootsTech 2013 live streaming sessions, the RootsTech 2012 sessions, the Legacy Family Tree webinars, the Ancestry.com webinars and DearMYRTLE's webinars on YouTube, and the FamilySearch Research Courses. There is a wealth of online genealogy education available for free if the genealogist will just search for them and learn from them.
In the second hour, the group asked questions, asked for research suggestions for their problems, or shared their research successes. The highlights:
* Bobbie asked where she could find a birth record for an Elizabeth Titus, probably born in Buffalo, New York in 1855, who moved to Illinois with her family? The only useful evidence found was an Illinois death record, which stated she was born in New York City rather than Buffalo. Bobbie had already found the death record and an obituary, and could not find church records for her in Buffalo.
* Sharon asked where she could find divorce records. The group suggested civil court records in the county where the divorce was filed.
* Ken asked How much information do you put into your family trees online? Do you share sources? Several persons said that they put everything in, and some hold back. Some provide sources, some don't.
* Shirley woke up today thinking about the son of a great-aunt (who died in about 1889) and wondered what happened to Leo Clark Bruns, born in Otsego County, New York in 1889. We could find him only in the 1900 U.S. Census, despite searching many name variations with other known factors to narrow the search. He wasn't in the World War I or II draft registrations or the Social Security Death Index.
* Dawn asked for help finding information about Harold F. Thomas, born in Illinois in 1920, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 -- what happened to him, and who were his parents? We found in online searches that he received a Bronze Star in World War II in Burma, and died in Georgia and was buried at Andersonville National Cemetery. All of this was new information for Dawn. We suggested she obtain an Illinois birth certificate, a Georgia death certificate and/or a Social Security Application for him to determine his parents, since census research was not conclusive.
* Virginia asked how she could correct a memorial entry on Find A Grave. The group noted that she would have to register on Find A Grave, and then contact the creator or owner of the memorial page to submit the correction.
* Bobbie thinks she has found the 0.2% Native American source of her DNA in her 23andMe test - the Mi'Kmaq Indian, Anne Marie, of the Algonquin Nation in Acadia (Nova Scotia) from the mid-1600s. This is Bobbie's mitochondrial line. She also described her relationship to Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard who fought against the English in Acadia in the mid-1700s was through his mother, surname of Richard, and her sister is in Bobbie's line. She is related to him as a first cousin, nine times removed. Lastly, Bobbie reported that she received help from Tom Wagner from Illinois and Gerhard Batz from Hausen, Bavaria who found three more generation of Moerleins for her, along with Bakers and Batz. I also found out that Gerhard Batz and I have the same g-g-g grandfather, Jacob Batz, with different g-g-g grandmothers!
* Gary noted that Wanda was able to add 7 generations back to 1266 with information from a tree on WikiTree that goes from her Noel ancestor through the Earl of Kent.
The next meeting of the CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 10 April 2013, in the Conference Room of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista).
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Mach 2013 CVGS Newsletter is published
The March 2013 issue of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Newsletter was published this week. You can read it online, in a PDF format - use the Newsletter link at www.CVGenealogy.org
The Table of Contents lists:
The Table of Contents lists:
page 1 - March
27th General Meeting
page 2 - President’s
Message
page 2 - Member
5 Generation Pedigree Charts
page 3 - CVGS
Spring Seminar Information
page 3 - Lemon
Grove Research Group News
page 3 - April
6th Workshop Announcement
page 4 - March 2nd Workshop Review
page 4 - Research
Group News
page 4 - Computer
Group News
page 5 - February
27th Program Review
page 5 - Library
Assistance Available
page 5 - “Stories
of Our Veterans” Project
page 6 - “Top
Ten Characteristics of a Good Genealogist”
page 6 - RootsTech
Conference Live Streaming
page 7 - “Dearl
Glenn (1934-2013) Rest in Peace”
page 7 - CVGS
Computer Basics Class
page 7 - How
the World Sees Genealogists
page 8 - Genealogy
News for February
page 8 - New
or Updated FamilySearch Collections
page 9 - CVGS
Society Information
page 9 - San
Diego Genealogy Events
page 10 - Genealogy
Days in Chula Vista
Monday, March 4, 2013
Program Review - Hank Z. Jones on "Palatines"
Hank Z. Jones, Jr. always has a fun and informative presentation, and he did not disappoint on 27 February with his talk on "Tracing the Origins of Early 18th Century Palatine and Other Emigrants."
Hank, of course, "wrote the books" on Palatine Emigration to Ireland and the United States (and we have them in the Family Research section of the Chula Vista library). He started out noting that "Palatine" was a generic term in the early 18th century for a person of German origin. Many of them came from the Pfalz region on the Rhine called the "Palatinate."
After discovering his own connections to Irish Palatines, he began work on his book for the Palatine Families of New York, making a comprehensive study of the 846 families that arrived in 1710, then tracing as many as possible to their ancestral homes in Germany, and document the results. Other books treated later arrivals to New York, and also Palatines to Pennsylvania. He found that "to find one tree, you have to search the forest," because many of the families came from one location and knew, worked and socialized together when they arrived in America.
Hank noted that he had made many mistakes, and from those mistakes learned a number of lessons, including:
* "An immigrant is an immigrant..." - and the research process is the same no matter when they migrated.
* Don't look overseas too early - investigate the American resources first.
* American colonial churchbooks have significant data and are ripe with clues as to European origins
* They came in groups - the saving grace of his 40-year Palatine project. Study the names of neighbors, baptismal sponsors, and witnesses to marriages, wills and deeds for clues
* Study the juxtaposition of names on all available unalphabetized lists on which your ancestor appears.
* German churchbooks are a prime source in establishing your Palatine roots
* Other German sources to be utilized in your research include emigrant permission lists, court records, oaths of allegiance, deeds, probate records, historical and genealogical libraries, and German periodicals.
* Be open to all spelling variations of German names.
* Follow your instincts as well as your intellect.
Hank's handout provided a great bibliography of books to help trace the origins of 18th century German emigrants.
Hank, of course, "wrote the books" on Palatine Emigration to Ireland and the United States (and we have them in the Family Research section of the Chula Vista library). He started out noting that "Palatine" was a generic term in the early 18th century for a person of German origin. Many of them came from the Pfalz region on the Rhine called the "Palatinate."
After discovering his own connections to Irish Palatines, he began work on his book for the Palatine Families of New York, making a comprehensive study of the 846 families that arrived in 1710, then tracing as many as possible to their ancestral homes in Germany, and document the results. Other books treated later arrivals to New York, and also Palatines to Pennsylvania. He found that "to find one tree, you have to search the forest," because many of the families came from one location and knew, worked and socialized together when they arrived in America.
Hank noted that he had made many mistakes, and from those mistakes learned a number of lessons, including:
* "An immigrant is an immigrant..." - and the research process is the same no matter when they migrated.
* Don't look overseas too early - investigate the American resources first.
* American colonial churchbooks have significant data and are ripe with clues as to European origins
* They came in groups - the saving grace of his 40-year Palatine project. Study the names of neighbors, baptismal sponsors, and witnesses to marriages, wills and deeds for clues
* Study the juxtaposition of names on all available unalphabetized lists on which your ancestor appears.
* German churchbooks are a prime source in establishing your Palatine roots
* Other German sources to be utilized in your research include emigrant permission lists, court records, oaths of allegiance, deeds, probate records, historical and genealogical libraries, and German periodicals.
* Be open to all spelling variations of German names.
* Follow your instincts as well as your intellect.
Hank's handout provided a great bibliography of books to help trace the origins of 18th century German emigrants.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - March 2013
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society events for March 2013 include:
** Wednesday 13 March, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group meets in the Auditorium this month, led by Randy Seaver. We will review the latest genealogy news, share success stories and information, and discuss members research problems, and potential solutions, based on the collective knowledge and wisdom of the group.
** Wednesday, 20 March, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Computer Group meets in the Library Computer Lab, led by Shirley Becker. Sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 27 March, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS General Membership Meeting in the Auditorium. Claire Santos-Daigle will present "Photo Dating by Costumes."
** Saturday, March 30, 9 a.m. To 3 p.m., at Chula Vista Municipal Golf Course (4475 Bonita Road) – Spring Seminar: CeCe Moore: “Do Your Genes Fit? Discover Your DNA”
** Wednesdays, 6, 13, 20, 27 March, 10 a.m. to 12 noon., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- Research Assistance in the Family Research area. John Finch will help you with your research problems. Bring your laptop if you want to do online research.
** Saturday, 6 April, 12 noon to 3 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside (County) Library (4375 Bonita Road) -- Outreach Workshop meets in Community Room. Thomas MacEntee will present "Building a Research Toolbox" on CDROM.
The Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library is located at 365 "F" Street in Chula Vista - between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue, midway between I-5 and I-805 (take the "E" Street exit from the freeways).
The Bonita-Sunnyside (County) Library is located at 4375 Bonita Road in Bonita - turn north on Billy Casper Way, just west of the Otay Lakes Road intersection with Bonita Road, on the north side of Bonita Road.
We welcome guests and visitors to our CVGS programs and events - if you are in the greater San Diego area and want to attend our events - please come and introduce yourselves.
** Wednesday 13 March, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group meets in the Auditorium this month, led by Randy Seaver. We will review the latest genealogy news, share success stories and information, and discuss members research problems, and potential solutions, based on the collective knowledge and wisdom of the group.
** Wednesday, 20 March, 12 noon to 1:30 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Computer Group meets in the Library Computer Lab, led by Shirley Becker. Sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 27 March, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS General Membership Meeting in the Auditorium. Claire Santos-Daigle will present "Photo Dating by Costumes."
** Saturday, March 30, 9 a.m. To 3 p.m., at Chula Vista Municipal Golf Course (4475 Bonita Road) – Spring Seminar: CeCe Moore: “Do Your Genes Fit? Discover Your DNA”
** Wednesdays, 6, 13, 20, 27 March, 10 a.m. to 12 noon., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- Research Assistance in the Family Research area. John Finch will help you with your research problems. Bring your laptop if you want to do online research.
** Saturday, 6 April, 12 noon to 3 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside (County) Library (4375 Bonita Road) -- Outreach Workshop meets in Community Room. Thomas MacEntee will present "Building a Research Toolbox" on CDROM.
The Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library is located at 365 "F" Street in Chula Vista - between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue, midway between I-5 and I-805 (take the "E" Street exit from the freeways).
The Bonita-Sunnyside (County) Library is located at 4375 Bonita Road in Bonita - turn north on Billy Casper Way, just west of the Otay Lakes Road intersection with Bonita Road, on the north side of Bonita Road.
We welcome guests and visitors to our CVGS programs and events - if you are in the greater San Diego area and want to attend our events - please come and introduce yourselves.
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