The Chula Vista Genealogical Society events for February 2014 include:
** Saturday, 1 February, 12 noon to 3 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road) -- Saturday Workshop: Susi Pentico on "Region IV (the South) Research."
** Wednesday 12 February, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group meets in the Conference Room, 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, 19 February, 10:30 a.m. 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 Gary Brock and Shirley Becker. Bring your laptops to sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 26 February, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Program Meeting in the Auditorium. Ceasar Castro will present "California and the Mexican War From a Genealogical point of View." Refreshments before and after the meeting.
** Wednesdays, 5, 12, 19 and 26 February, 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.
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. All CVGS events are FREE to attend, except for some seminars and picnics.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Saturday Workshop on 1 February - Region IV (South) Research
The next CVGS Saturday Workshop is this Saturday, 1 February 2014, at Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road in Bonita, CA 91902) from 12 noon to 3 p.m. in the Community Room.
Susi Pentico will lead a discussion of Region IV Research (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee). There will be information for each state.
We may break down into smaller groups if necessary if there are enough attendees for each state. In this session, Tennessee will be the primary focus, and then Kentucky and the Carolinas.
All members and guests with Region IV ancestry are encouraged to attend. Bring your ancestral information, describe your brick walls, and contribute your knowledge to other attendees.
Susi Pentico will lead a discussion of Region IV Research (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, and Tennessee). There will be information for each state.
We may break down into smaller groups if necessary if there are enough attendees for each state. In this session, Tennessee will be the primary focus, and then Kentucky and the Carolinas.
All members and guests with Region IV ancestry are encouraged to attend. Bring your ancestral information, describe your brick walls, and contribute your knowledge to other attendees.
Friday, January 24, 2014
January 29th CVGS Program is "Follow the Path" with Susi Pentico
WEDNESDAY, January 29th PROGRAM MEETING from 12 noon to 2 p.m. At Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library Auditorium (365 F Street)
Susi
Pentico will present “Follow The Path”
Life is a path that we follow,
whether by choice or design. Doing genealogy or historical research
on one’s family is also following a path, set by our ancestors for
us to find. To follow the path, you need to have a working
understanding of what you’re about to do. You’re out to turn the
world upside down and inside out to ferret out the answers to the
unfinished questions, left by your parents, grandparents and great
grandparents back as far as you plan to go.
It is about setting goals, using timelines of communities and
their histories. You are going to virtually dissect your ancestor's
community and information to gather what you need to learn. Things we
just do not think about when we are doing research that really affect
the outcome of our research.
Susi Pentico is the
Educational/Seminar Chairperson for CVGS, is a former CVGS President,
and is a founding member of the society. Susi has taught genealogy
at the Lemon Grove library for more than ten years, and makes
presentations at Bonita-Sunnyside library also. She was born in
Wyoming, started working on genealogy with her mother as a child, and
is knowledgeable about research in the Mid-Atlantic region of the
United States, especially in southwestern Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Her favorite saying is: "It's the Indian in Me."
Susi hosted on the Golden
Gates Forum for 9 years and put out a newsletter called "The
Mid Atlantic Messenger." She has worked online with
genealogists since early 1990's helping develop programs or present
them. Susi has written one book, and has two more in the works, and
she enjoys what she does when she can help others and find new links
for others or herself.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Research Group Review - 15 January 2014
The 15 January meeting of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group had 15 family history enthusiasts, and it was a full tow hours of sharing and helping each other.
In the first hour, Randy shared upcoming CVGS events (especially the Escondido Family History Fair and the FamilySearch library research trip), reviewed the top news stories of 2013, provided a peek at Legacy Family Tree 8 software, and a look at Flipboard. He also asked "why would you want to do a transcription of a record" and showed his probate and deed transcriptions on his blog. Lastly, he showed the Dutch Reformed Church records on Ancestry.com, and the Norway parish registers online at Arkivverket. Randy also noted that he got an iPhone 5s for Christmas, and wondered what genealogy items were received by attendees for Christmas.
In the second hour, we shared around the table. Highlights included:
* Delores has been putting up a website using The Next Generation of Genealogy Software (TNG).
* Hazel visited the FamilySearch Library in Mission Valley recently for research.
* Virginia's 2nd great-grandmother lived to be 100 years old. There was a green leaf Hint for her on the Ancestry Member Tree, and she found that it provided information about the grandmother's second marriage. She also had a 3rd cousin match on her 23andMe DNA test who was adopted, and is asking for help.
* Helen's second great-grandmother's obituary was found in family papers with the last name spelled differently, and it provided the maiden name of the grandmother as Garmon. Then she found online a picture of this grandmother, and a number of relatives' family graves in Kentucky.
* Gerry did all of her research before computers, so she is entering her information into RootsMagic and needs some help. She went to Michigan to see family for Christmas.
* Connie's computer crashed before Christmas, and she has it back after repair. She wants to write a book about her ancestry, similar to the book her husband's daughter wrote over the past ten years and gave to descendants.
* Jane and her sister went to Yosemite on a bus trip before Christmas. She bough a laptop with Windows 8, and needs help dealing with it.
* Sylvia had a big family visit at Thanksgiving at her house. She bought a new laptop with Windows 8, and also needs help with it. The group suggested going to the CVGS Computer Group and have Gary help her.
* Shirley gave herself a 6-month US subscription to herself for $49 for Christmas. She has been checking her green leaf Hints. She also found some of her Sebert/Siver records in the Dutch Reformed Church records.
* Sam has been reviewing persons in his tree. He adds information to his Ancestry Member Tree on his Mac, and the tree syncs to Family Tree Maker on his desktop computer.
* Diane is a genealogy docent at the San Diego Central Library, and loves using the free access to Ancestry.com there. She has connected to a close cousin on a DNA test, and passed around her fan charts from the FamilySearch Family Tree site.
* Mary Lou noted the DAR record search, the DAR Bible Project, and the DNA offer by the DAR. She loves the FamilySearch digitized records.
* John traveled to the Bay area over Christmas to visit family and sightsee. He's preparing for his next presentation.
* Karen Y received her daughter's old smart phone, and a DAR American Spirit magazine subscription, for Christmas, and looked at 426 different apps. She went to the SDCL with her Colorado cousin to do research. Her father's nephew recently moved to San Diego, and brought 25 to 30 photo albums and is trying to write family stories. He's sharing the albums with Karen.
The next CVGS Research Group is at 12 noon on Wednesday, 12 February 2014, in the Auditorium of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista).
In the first hour, Randy shared upcoming CVGS events (especially the Escondido Family History Fair and the FamilySearch library research trip), reviewed the top news stories of 2013, provided a peek at Legacy Family Tree 8 software, and a look at Flipboard. He also asked "why would you want to do a transcription of a record" and showed his probate and deed transcriptions on his blog. Lastly, he showed the Dutch Reformed Church records on Ancestry.com, and the Norway parish registers online at Arkivverket. Randy also noted that he got an iPhone 5s for Christmas, and wondered what genealogy items were received by attendees for Christmas.
In the second hour, we shared around the table. Highlights included:
* Delores has been putting up a website using The Next Generation of Genealogy Software (TNG).
* Hazel visited the FamilySearch Library in Mission Valley recently for research.
* Virginia's 2nd great-grandmother lived to be 100 years old. There was a green leaf Hint for her on the Ancestry Member Tree, and she found that it provided information about the grandmother's second marriage. She also had a 3rd cousin match on her 23andMe DNA test who was adopted, and is asking for help.
* Helen's second great-grandmother's obituary was found in family papers with the last name spelled differently, and it provided the maiden name of the grandmother as Garmon. Then she found online a picture of this grandmother, and a number of relatives' family graves in Kentucky.
* Gerry did all of her research before computers, so she is entering her information into RootsMagic and needs some help. She went to Michigan to see family for Christmas.
* Connie's computer crashed before Christmas, and she has it back after repair. She wants to write a book about her ancestry, similar to the book her husband's daughter wrote over the past ten years and gave to descendants.
* Jane and her sister went to Yosemite on a bus trip before Christmas. She bough a laptop with Windows 8, and needs help dealing with it.
* Sylvia had a big family visit at Thanksgiving at her house. She bought a new laptop with Windows 8, and also needs help with it. The group suggested going to the CVGS Computer Group and have Gary help her.
* Shirley gave herself a 6-month US subscription to herself for $49 for Christmas. She has been checking her green leaf Hints. She also found some of her Sebert/Siver records in the Dutch Reformed Church records.
* Sam has been reviewing persons in his tree. He adds information to his Ancestry Member Tree on his Mac, and the tree syncs to Family Tree Maker on his desktop computer.
* Diane is a genealogy docent at the San Diego Central Library, and loves using the free access to Ancestry.com there. She has connected to a close cousin on a DNA test, and passed around her fan charts from the FamilySearch Family Tree site.
* Mary Lou noted the DAR record search, the DAR Bible Project, and the DNA offer by the DAR. She loves the FamilySearch digitized records.
* John traveled to the Bay area over Christmas to visit family and sightsee. He's preparing for his next presentation.
* Karen Y received her daughter's old smart phone, and a DAR American Spirit magazine subscription, for Christmas, and looked at 426 different apps. She went to the SDCL with her Colorado cousin to do research. Her father's nephew recently moved to San Diego, and brought 25 to 30 photo albums and is trying to write family stories. He's sharing the albums with Karen.
The next CVGS Research Group is at 12 noon on Wednesday, 12 February 2014, in the Auditorium of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista).
Monday, January 13, 2014
CVGS Newsletter for January 2014
The January 2014 issue of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Newsletter was published last week. You can read it online, in a PDF format - use the Newsletter link at www.CVGenealogy.org.
The Table of Contents lists:
page 1 - January 29th Program Meeting
page 2 - President’s Message
page 2 - 2014 Membership Renewal
page 3 - Spring Seminar News
page 3 - Scholarship Fund Basket
page 3 - Education Committee Report
page 4 - Holiday Luncheon Review, with Pictures
page 5 - Next Research Group Meeting
page 5 - Next Computer Group Meeting
page 5 - Library Assistance Every Wednesday
page 5 - Genealogy Field Trip
page 6 - 350th Anniversary of “Daughters of the King”
page 6 - Nametags
page 7 - February 1st Workshop
page 7 - Lemon Grove Research Group News
page 8 - Top Ten Genealogy News Items for 2013
page 8 - Research Tips for Beginning Genealogists
page 9 - CVGS Society Information
page 9 - San Diego Genealogy Events
page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The Table of Contents lists:
page 1 - January 29th Program Meeting
page 2 - President’s Message
page 2 - 2014 Membership Renewal
page 3 - Spring Seminar News
page 3 - Scholarship Fund Basket
page 3 - Education Committee Report
page 4 - Holiday Luncheon Review, with Pictures
page 5 - Next Research Group Meeting
page 5 - Next Computer Group Meeting
page 5 - Library Assistance Every Wednesday
page 5 - Genealogy Field Trip
page 6 - 350th Anniversary of “Daughters of the King”
page 6 - Nametags
page 7 - February 1st Workshop
page 7 - Lemon Grove Research Group News
page 8 - Top Ten Genealogy News Items for 2013
page 8 - Research Tips for Beginning Genealogists
page 9 - CVGS Society Information
page 9 - San Diego Genealogy Events
page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - January 2014
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society events for January 2014 include:
** Saturday, 4 January, 12 noon to 3 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road) -- Saturday Workshop: Susi Pentico on "Our Past, Our Present, The Future."
** Wednesday 15 January, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group meets in the Conference Room, 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, 22 January, 10:30 a.m. 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 Gary Brock and Shirley Becker. Bring your laptops to sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 22 January, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., San Diego FamilySearch Library (4175 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego) -- Research Trip arranged by John Finch. Carpool will leave Chula Vista parking garage at 9:30 a.m. for research at the SDFSL.
** Wednesday, 29 January, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Program Meeting in the Auditorium. Susi Pentico will present "Follow the Path." Refreshments before and after the meeting.
** Wednesdays, 8, 15, and 29 January, 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.
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. All CVGS events are FREE to attend, except for some seminars and picnics.
** Saturday, 4 January, 12 noon to 3 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road) -- Saturday Workshop: Susi Pentico on "Our Past, Our Present, The Future."
** Wednesday 15 January, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group meets in the Conference Room, 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, 22 January, 10:30 a.m. 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 Gary Brock and Shirley Becker. Bring your laptops to sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 22 January, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., San Diego FamilySearch Library (4175 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego) -- Research Trip arranged by John Finch. Carpool will leave Chula Vista parking garage at 9:30 a.m. for research at the SDFSL.
** Wednesday, 29 January, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Program Meeting in the Auditorium. Susi Pentico will present "Follow the Path." Refreshments before and after the meeting.
** Wednesdays, 8, 15, and 29 January, 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.
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. All CVGS events are FREE to attend, except for some seminars and picnics.
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