The 9 November 2016 meeting of the CVGS Research Group had 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 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 online records, 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.
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