The CVGS Annual Holiday Luncheon will be Wednesday, 13 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 jabonner13@gmail.com) and Ana Castro (phone 619-781-8441, email crcastro@cox.net). Please contact them by 12/10 to coordinate the potluck dishes. The schedule is:
A to F Surnames: Snack trays, Condiments, Olives, Pickles, Cranberry Sauce, etc.
G to K Surnames: Potatoes (Irish or Sweet), Veggies, Casserole
L to P Surnames: Desserts
Q to Z Surnames: Salads, Rolls, Butter
A sign-up sheet was passed around at the 29 November program meeting.
There will be a free door prize drawing, and attendees may bring an optional 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.
A business meeting will be held to review the 2017 CVGS year, and to share "What is your favorite holiday gift?"
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Thursday, December 7, 2017
CVGS November 29th Program Review - "Heirloom Show and Tell"
There were about 30 attendees at the "Heirloom Show and Tell" program on 29 November.
There were 11 CVGS members who presented their heirlooms, with the help of Gary who showed photographs of the treasures on the big screen. The heirloom presenters and their heirloom treasures were:
* Diane shared a quilt and photos of her grandson Giovanni since his birth one year ago. She noted that she keeps newspapers for all of the family birth dates.
* Bobbie presented a two-page 15-generation pedigree chart of her French-Canadian ancestry which she received from a relative.
* Karen Y. brought a sterling silver sugar bowl and creamer service that was a gift to her grandparents, and a wedding gift to Karen.
* Ralph shared a wooden Jesus Christ crucifix that his family obtained in Mexico.
* Randy presented five beautiful copper enamel art pieces created by his mother, Betty (Carringer) Seaver during her life as therapy for having four males in the family.
* Susan shared a teddy bear made from a fur coat which she received as a child.
* Susi showed a painting of her grandmother, and portraits of two more relatives.
* Joanna discussed a small Bavarian tea pot.
* Nancy presented a circular family tree.
* Gary showed mystery photos he has received over the years for which he doesn't know who provided them.
* Ceasar presented photos of Internet antique browsers from the first ARPANET web browser, Mosaic, and Netscape Navigator.
This was a fun program, and has become an annual program event.
There were 11 CVGS members who presented their heirlooms, with the help of Gary who showed photographs of the treasures on the big screen. The heirloom presenters and their heirloom treasures were:
* Diane shared a quilt and photos of her grandson Giovanni since his birth one year ago. She noted that she keeps newspapers for all of the family birth dates.
* Bobbie presented a two-page 15-generation pedigree chart of her French-Canadian ancestry which she received from a relative.
* Karen Y. brought a sterling silver sugar bowl and creamer service that was a gift to her grandparents, and a wedding gift to Karen.
* Ralph shared a wooden Jesus Christ crucifix that his family obtained in Mexico.
* Randy presented five beautiful copper enamel art pieces created by his mother, Betty (Carringer) Seaver during her life as therapy for having four males in the family.
* Susan shared a teddy bear made from a fur coat which she received as a child.
* Susi showed a painting of her grandmother, and portraits of two more relatives.
* Joanna discussed a small Bavarian tea pot.
* Nancy presented a circular family tree.
* Gary showed mystery photos he has received over the years for which he doesn't know who provided them.
* Ceasar presented photos of Internet antique browsers from the first ARPANET web browser, Mosaic, and Netscape Navigator.
This was a fun program, and has become an annual program event.
Friday, November 17, 2017
29 November CVGS Program - "Heirloom Show and Tell"
Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 12 noon
Program: CVGS Members on “Heirloom Show and Tell”
at Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F St.) Auditorium
In November, we will again have our "Heirloom Show and Tell" event. Please bring a favorite family heirloom to share with the society. Tell us the story of your heirloom and how you came to be in possession of it.
Please send a picture of your heirloom to Gary Brock (gary@brocksystems.com). Please get it to him no later than November 24. Also send Virginia Taylor (irishdoll@cox.net) a brief description of your item, so she can plan the program. Items must be listed with her - no last minute additions will be accepted.
Let’s have lots of heirlooms and stories, to share.
See the 2016 heirlooms in CVGS November 30th Program Review - "Heirloom Show and Tell."
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
CVGS November Research Group Review
The 8 November CVGS Research Group met in the library auditorium with 18 members in attendance.
There was a delay at the beginning of the meeting because the wireless adapter in Randy's laptop wasn't working, so we tried to use John's laptop, but it wouldn't show the Internet on the projector for an unknown reason. We switched to Gary's laptop and it worked fine. First world problems!
In the rest of the first hour, Randy discussed:
* AJ Jacobs has a new book out about genealogy called It's All Relative. It's funny, and documents his own ancestral search and organizing the Global Family Reunion in 2015.
* A new MyHeritage database for New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 has indexed more fields than the indexes at other record providers, including the father of the immigrant, the person they will visit, etc.
* AnestryDNA has changed their presentation a bit, incorporating a timeline into the ethnicity and community display so the user can see who lived where when.
* RootsMagic TreeShare works well with an Ancestry Member Tree, but a search of Member Trees only finds persons with "Ancestry Sources" (those attached, or added, in Ancestry to a person), not persons with only "Other Sources" (those added through TreeShare or a GEDCOM file. This is a significant drawback.
* Find A Grave has a more modern look and feel on their site, including a decent source citation. Not everybody likes the new site.
* Randy obtained an 1848 birth record (Civil Registry) from the General Record Office in England for Thomas Richman, his great-grandfather, using an online ordering system that costs £6 (about $7.50) each. He received the birth record within five days online.
In the second hour, the attendees discussed the following:
* Bobbie tried to order two 23andMe autosomal DNA test kits for $99 (a recent special) but was confused by the website. She was assured that it would work out. Several others discussed their ordering experiences also.
* Sam watched a recent Finding Your Roots episode with Mary Steenburgen with letters from a Revolutionary War soldier that married Sam's cousin, Elizabeth Janes.
* Ana showed her sister the 1907 marriage church records of their grandparents in Chihuahua. The grandfather had to marry the eldest daughter rather than a younger daughter. It all worked out.
* Helen has been going through 25 years worth of collected papers and entering them in her family tree program.
* Karen Y. took her mother to Maryland 25 years ago to visit family in Eastern Shore, Maryland. They went to the Dorchester County Historical Society (DCHS) and gathered many paper records. Now she is going through boxes of papers, and has found lots of Geoghagen and Travers documents, including membership in 1832 in the Taylor's Iland Temperance Society. On the website for SDHS, she found an obituary for Samuel Travers, who received a watch from Queen Victoria for rescuing her.
* Diane went to the recent CVGS Saturday Workshop, and discussed Canada and England research with others. She noted that it's important to write down what you know, share it with others, and get help from colleagues to figure out how to break down brick wall problems.
* Randy noted that there are many research skills for 21st century research, but one of the most important is to learn how to use the unindexed FamilySearch digital microfilm available online in organized databases or through the FamilySearch Library Catalog. Many of the digital microfilm records can only be accessed at a local FamilySearch Library (like the one in Mission Valley) or at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Microfilm is no longer being distributed outside of Salt Lake City.
There will be no Research Group meeting on December 13th because that is the date of the CVGS Holiday Luncheon at the Chula Vista South Branch Library.
The next Research Group meeting will be Wednesday, 10 January at 12 noon in the Conference Room at the Chula vista civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910).
There was a delay at the beginning of the meeting because the wireless adapter in Randy's laptop wasn't working, so we tried to use John's laptop, but it wouldn't show the Internet on the projector for an unknown reason. We switched to Gary's laptop and it worked fine. First world problems!
In the rest of the first hour, Randy discussed:
* AJ Jacobs has a new book out about genealogy called It's All Relative. It's funny, and documents his own ancestral search and organizing the Global Family Reunion in 2015.
* A new MyHeritage database for New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 has indexed more fields than the indexes at other record providers, including the father of the immigrant, the person they will visit, etc.
* AnestryDNA has changed their presentation a bit, incorporating a timeline into the ethnicity and community display so the user can see who lived where when.
* RootsMagic TreeShare works well with an Ancestry Member Tree, but a search of Member Trees only finds persons with "Ancestry Sources" (those attached, or added, in Ancestry to a person), not persons with only "Other Sources" (those added through TreeShare or a GEDCOM file. This is a significant drawback.
* Find A Grave has a more modern look and feel on their site, including a decent source citation. Not everybody likes the new site.
* Randy obtained an 1848 birth record (Civil Registry) from the General Record Office in England for Thomas Richman, his great-grandfather, using an online ordering system that costs £6 (about $7.50) each. He received the birth record within five days online.
In the second hour, the attendees discussed the following:
* Bobbie tried to order two 23andMe autosomal DNA test kits for $99 (a recent special) but was confused by the website. She was assured that it would work out. Several others discussed their ordering experiences also.
* Sam watched a recent Finding Your Roots episode with Mary Steenburgen with letters from a Revolutionary War soldier that married Sam's cousin, Elizabeth Janes.
* Ana showed her sister the 1907 marriage church records of their grandparents in Chihuahua. The grandfather had to marry the eldest daughter rather than a younger daughter. It all worked out.
* Helen has been going through 25 years worth of collected papers and entering them in her family tree program.
* Karen Y. took her mother to Maryland 25 years ago to visit family in Eastern Shore, Maryland. They went to the Dorchester County Historical Society (DCHS) and gathered many paper records. Now she is going through boxes of papers, and has found lots of Geoghagen and Travers documents, including membership in 1832 in the Taylor's Iland Temperance Society. On the website for SDHS, she found an obituary for Samuel Travers, who received a watch from Queen Victoria for rescuing her.
* Diane went to the recent CVGS Saturday Workshop, and discussed Canada and England research with others. She noted that it's important to write down what you know, share it with others, and get help from colleagues to figure out how to break down brick wall problems.
* Randy noted that there are many research skills for 21st century research, but one of the most important is to learn how to use the unindexed FamilySearch digital microfilm available online in organized databases or through the FamilySearch Library Catalog. Many of the digital microfilm records can only be accessed at a local FamilySearch Library (like the one in Mission Valley) or at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Microfilm is no longer being distributed outside of Salt Lake City.
There will be no Research Group meeting on December 13th because that is the date of the CVGS Holiday Luncheon at the Chula Vista South Branch Library.
The next Research Group meeting will be Wednesday, 10 January at 12 noon in the Conference Room at the Chula vista civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910).
Saturday, November 11, 2017
November 2017 CVGS Newsletter Published
The November 2017 issue (Volume 27, Issue 11) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 6 November.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - November 29th General Meeting
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - Next Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Don't Reshelve Books
* page 3 - CVGS Presents Childrens Books
* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day Review
* page 4 - Annual Holiday Luncheon Information
* page 5 - October 25th Program Review* page 5 - Genealogy Bargains
* page 6 - October 11th Research Group Review
* page 6 - 2017 Genealogy Rockstars
* page 7 - Finding Your Roots TV Schedule
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 8 - October 15th Lemon Grove Program Review
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - November 29th General Meeting
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - Next Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Don't Reshelve Books
* page 3 - CVGS Presents Childrens Books
* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day Review
* page 4 - Annual Holiday Luncheon Information
* page 5 - October 25th Program Review* page 5 - Genealogy Bargains
* page 6 - October 11th Research Group Review
* page 6 - 2017 Genealogy Rockstars
* page 7 - Finding Your Roots TV Schedule
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 8 - October 15th Lemon Grove Program Review
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
"Ghosts of the USS Midway" Presentation on 25 October 2017
Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 12 noon
Program: David Hanson on “Ghosts of the U.S.S. Midway”
at Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F St.) Auditorium
David Hanson is the curator of the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, a position that he has held since December 2004 (not long after the museum opened to the public). In his spare time, he is a military historian and is the leader of the largest paranormal group in the county (the San Diego Ghost & Paranormal Group), which has over 900 members.
On October 25th, he will give a presentation on the "Ghosts of the USS Midway," in which he will discuss incidents of paranormal encounters aboard the USS Midway both during its active Navy career as well as in more recent years as a museum.
These stories came from USS Midway staff members, visiting guests, and in some cases were personally experienced by himself while he led a professional investigative team around the ship during nine months of paranormal investigations. He considers the USS Midway to be one of the most paranormally active sites in San Diego, though it tries not to dwell upon it. Indeed, disclosures to the public of the USS Midway's hauntings are rare, and do not occur in any print or media.
All programs of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society at the Chula Vista Public Library are free to attend. We encourage community members to attend our meetings. There will be a short business meeting after the presentations, with refreshments afterward.
Friday, October 13, 2017
October 11th CVGS Research Group Review
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting on 11 October had 14 attendees.
In the first hour, Randy provided information on:
* "Finding Your Roots" series has started on PBS on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. Pacific time.
* "Genealogy News Bytes" published on Tuesday and Friday on www.GeneaMusings.com.
* Best of the Genea-Blogs is published each Sunday on www.GeneaMusings.com
* He defined his "Genealogy Work Flow Using RootsMagic TreeShare"
In the second hour, the attendees discussed their successes and challenges, including:
* Diane Googled an ancestor, Eliza (Mansbridge) Burton, and found a Find A Grave memorial with her photograph and family information.
* Virginia's great-grandfather was in a Civil War database on Ancestry.com that provided his regiment history and information about the siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
* Helen's brother received a request for a DNA sample from a researcher working on World War II Normandy Beach soldiers. Her uncle died in the assault in an explosion on the beach, and a report on him was sent by the researcher.
* Jean T. found a photograph of her ancestor Richard Dramsfield in an Ancestry Member Tree.
* Nancy is trying to find a death record for her relative, Sanford A. Painter (1894-1918). She thought he had died in Texas. A search on Ancestry found him with a New York death record, and entries in two Ancestry Member Trees which provided the mother's maiden name.
* Linda went to Salt Lake city for three days researching her Hispanic ancestry at the Family History Library. She learned how to use the FamilySearch Family Tree, FHL catalog, microfilms and digital microfilm. She also has an AncestryDNA test result and wants to get her Legacy Family Tree into an Ancestry Member Tree in order to get DNA matches with other testers. The group suggested creating a GEDCOM file of her Legacy database and uploading it to an Ancestry Mermber Tree, then identifying herself associated with the AncestryDNA test.
The next CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 8 November at 12 noon in the Conference Room of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910).
In the first hour, Randy provided information on:
* "Finding Your Roots" series has started on PBS on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. Pacific time.
* "Genealogy News Bytes" published on Tuesday and Friday on www.GeneaMusings.com.
* Best of the Genea-Blogs is published each Sunday on www.GeneaMusings.com
* He defined his "Genealogy Work Flow Using RootsMagic TreeShare"
In the second hour, the attendees discussed their successes and challenges, including:
* Diane Googled an ancestor, Eliza (Mansbridge) Burton, and found a Find A Grave memorial with her photograph and family information.
* Virginia's great-grandfather was in a Civil War database on Ancestry.com that provided his regiment history and information about the siege at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
* Helen's brother received a request for a DNA sample from a researcher working on World War II Normandy Beach soldiers. Her uncle died in the assault in an explosion on the beach, and a report on him was sent by the researcher.
* Jean T. found a photograph of her ancestor Richard Dramsfield in an Ancestry Member Tree.
* Nancy is trying to find a death record for her relative, Sanford A. Painter (1894-1918). She thought he had died in Texas. A search on Ancestry found him with a New York death record, and entries in two Ancestry Member Trees which provided the mother's maiden name.
* Linda went to Salt Lake city for three days researching her Hispanic ancestry at the Family History Library. She learned how to use the FamilySearch Family Tree, FHL catalog, microfilms and digital microfilm. She also has an AncestryDNA test result and wants to get her Legacy Family Tree into an Ancestry Member Tree in order to get DNA matches with other testers. The group suggested creating a GEDCOM file of her Legacy database and uploading it to an Ancestry Mermber Tree, then identifying herself associated with the AncestryDNA test.
The next CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 8 November at 12 noon in the Conference Room of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910).
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
October 2017 CVGS Newsletter Published
The October 2017 issue (Volume 27, Issue 10) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 9 October.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - October 25th General Meetingt
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - November 4th Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Old City Cemetery in Sacramento
* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day
* page 4 - November 29th Heirloom Discovery Day* page 5 - Family History Day Review
* page 6 - Sweptember 13th Research Group Review
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - October 25th General Meetingt
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - November 4th Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Old City Cemetery in Sacramento
* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day
* page 4 - November 29th Heirloom Discovery Day* page 5 - Family History Day Review
* page 6 - Sweptember 13th Research Group Review
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
CVGS/CVPL Family History Day Highlights
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society and the Chula Vista Public Library held the second annual FREE Family History Day on Saturday, 30 September, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the community. The effort by over 30 CVGS volunteers (we are a 93 person society) was fantastic.
Randy Seaver opened the day with a Keynote address on "Become a Family History Detective!"
The formal highlight was Ceasar Castro's presentation on "Who Is Chief David Bejarano?" Ceasar managed to find all 16 2nd great-grandparents and 20 3rd great-grandparents of the former San Diego and Chula Vista police chief. David's ancestry was from Mexico from the grandparents back in time. Plus, we got to meet his beautiful family, including a 3-day old grandchild. It is their ancestry also!
The CVGS volunteers worked with members of the community in nine separate areas:
* In the entry way to the library was the Welcome sign-in desk and drawing table, plus the South Bay Historical Society table had volunteers to answer local history questions, with newsletter handouts.
* The entrance to the library had a Welcome table with handouts from Ancestry.com, Findmypast, and MyHeritage.
* The Family Tree chart area, where volunteers helped persons fill out their five generation chart.
* The Computer Lab, where volunteers helped persons find records online for their ancestors.
* The Children's Room, where volunteers helped children and their parents fill out a family tree, color maps, a family interview, a "Who I Am" chart, and more.
* A "Getting Started" area, where volunteers answered questions about research, resources and DNA.
* The San Diego FamilySearch Library brought six laptops and helped persons find records in online databases and the FamilySearch Family Tree.
* The Family History book area had a display of the 20 new genealogy books recently ordered by the library, and volunteers helped persons find specific books.
* There was an "Honoring Our Veterans" display, with a one page writeup and a photograph of the honored veteran. Twelve CVGS members submitted information for the display. CVGS will use this display at the San Diego History Center in November.
This was an excellent team effort between the society and the library. It was a wonderful success. A good time was had by all who attended. So far, we have welcomed two new members to CVGS and hope for more.
Ana and Ceasar Castro hosted an after-party for the volunteers on Sunday at their beautiful home in Chula Vista.
Randy Seaver opened the day with a Keynote address on "Become a Family History Detective!"
The formal highlight was Ceasar Castro's presentation on "Who Is Chief David Bejarano?" Ceasar managed to find all 16 2nd great-grandparents and 20 3rd great-grandparents of the former San Diego and Chula Vista police chief. David's ancestry was from Mexico from the grandparents back in time. Plus, we got to meet his beautiful family, including a 3-day old grandchild. It is their ancestry also!
The CVGS volunteers worked with members of the community in nine separate areas:
* In the entry way to the library was the Welcome sign-in desk and drawing table, plus the South Bay Historical Society table had volunteers to answer local history questions, with newsletter handouts.
* The entrance to the library had a Welcome table with handouts from Ancestry.com, Findmypast, and MyHeritage.
* The Family Tree chart area, where volunteers helped persons fill out their five generation chart.
* The Computer Lab, where volunteers helped persons find records online for their ancestors.
* The Children's Room, where volunteers helped children and their parents fill out a family tree, color maps, a family interview, a "Who I Am" chart, and more.
* A "Getting Started" area, where volunteers answered questions about research, resources and DNA.
* The San Diego FamilySearch Library brought six laptops and helped persons find records in online databases and the FamilySearch Family Tree.
* The Family History book area had a display of the 20 new genealogy books recently ordered by the library, and volunteers helped persons find specific books.
* There was an "Honoring Our Veterans" display, with a one page writeup and a photograph of the honored veteran. Twelve CVGS members submitted information for the display. CVGS will use this display at the San Diego History Center in November.
This was an excellent team effort between the society and the library. It was a wonderful success. A good time was had by all who attended. So far, we have welcomed two new members to CVGS and hope for more.
Ana and Ceasar Castro hosted an after-party for the volunteers on Sunday at their beautiful home in Chula Vista.
Monday, October 2, 2017
CVGS Saturday Workshop - 7 October 2017
The October 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 program will be “Tennessee Research and Some History” presented by Susi Pentico.
We will be discussing the development of Tennessee and why we have to look at more than one state. Various URLs and books will be recommended. So other states will be mentioned. Tennessee was broken off from another state early.
The program will be “Tennessee Research and Some History” presented by Susi Pentico.
We will be discussing the development of Tennessee and why we have to look at more than one state. Various URLs and books will be recommended. So other states will be mentioned. Tennessee was broken off from another state early.
Friday, September 15, 2017
CVGS/CVPL Family History Day - Saturday, 30 September 2017
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society and Chula Vista Public Library are sponsoring a FREE community-wide event on Saturday, 30 September with a Family History Day at the Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910). The flyer is below:
The event will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be two presentations in the Library Auditorium:
* 10:30 a.m.: Keynote Address: Randy Seaver on "Genealogy: Be An Ancestry Detective."
* 12 noon: Special Presentation: Ceasar Castro on "Who is Chief David Bejarano?" David Bejarano is the retired Police Chief of the Chula Vista Police Department.
There will be activity areas with CVGS members to help you:
* How to Build your Family Tree
* How to Search the Internet for Free for your ancestors
* How to interest your family in their history
* See your Library's Genealogy Resources
* Genealogy related art and story projects for children
No registration is required, and this event is FREE for all persons to attend. For more information, see https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-2618697 or call 1-844-268-2847 (toll-free).
Thursday, September 14, 2017
CVGS Research Group Review - 13 September 2017
There were 11 attendees at the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting on Wednesday, 13 September.
In the first hour, Randy discussed:
* RootsTech 2018 schedule has been released - Wednesday, 28 February to Saturday, 3 March 2018. There is no separate Innovator Summit, but the Innovation Showdown will continue. Registration for RootsTech will open on 20 September 2017. See www.rootstech.org for more details.
* FamilySearch discontinued distribution of Family History Library microfilms to local FamilySearch Centers and affiliate libraries. However, all of the microfilms ordered in the last five years have been digitized and are available through the FamilySearch Catalog and/or Historical Collections. Some collections in the Catalog can only be viewed at a FamilySearch Center or affiliate library. Digitizing continues with the goal of being complete in 2020.
* FamilySearch has a webinar series in September with several presented every day - see the list at Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for September 2017.
In the first hour, Randy discussed:
* RootsTech 2018 schedule has been released - Wednesday, 28 February to Saturday, 3 March 2018. There is no separate Innovator Summit, but the Innovation Showdown will continue. Registration for RootsTech will open on 20 September 2017. See www.rootstech.org for more details.
* FamilySearch discontinued distribution of Family History Library microfilms to local FamilySearch Centers and affiliate libraries. However, all of the microfilms ordered in the last five years have been digitized and are available through the FamilySearch Catalog and/or Historical Collections. Some collections in the Catalog can only be viewed at a FamilySearch Center or affiliate library. Digitizing continues with the goal of being complete in 2020.
* FamilySearch has a webinar series in September with several presented every day - see the list at Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for September 2017.
* Randy wrote a blog post about How and Why Do You Use the FamilySearch Family Tree?
* An email was received from Pennsylvania with a photograph of the gravestone of Cornelius Feather (1777-1853), Randy's 4th great-grandfather. See Tombstone Tuesday - Cornelius Feather (1777-1853) Gravestone.
* One of Randy's mysteries is the parents of Ann Marshman (1784-1856) in Hilperton, Wiltshire. Email from another Marshman researcher provided more information about the Marshman family and is ongoing.
In the second hour, the attendees described some of their successes and challenges:
* John's great-grandmother is Mary Jane Allen, who had a sister Susan. Their mother was Matilda (Yount) Allen in Pennsylvania. John has 15 DNA matches with a Paden family line, but a descendant of Susan Allen does not. Another sister of Matilda, Sophia Yount, married William Paden, and had no children. The descendant of Susan has mementos from the William Paden family. In the 1870 U.S. census, Matilda, Mary Jane and Susan Yost (Matilda';s mother's maiden surname) resided in the same dwelling with William Paden and his wife. After much discussion, the group thought that that Mary Jane Allen was fathered by William Paden or one of his uncles, but Susan was fathered by someone else (named Allen?).
* Bobbie has fulfilled one of her short-term goals - she found the names of her 2nd great-grandparents in England - John Morris and Elizabeth Cornish.
* Diane has DNA matches with Naomi in England, and she knew about some of Naomi's relatives. Diane has been emailing with Rita about their Houghton ancestors in England from the late 1700s.
* Ralph noted that the FamilySearch Family Tree is constantly adding information. He has been able to add two more generations to his wife's family tree.
* Arlene went on vacation to the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone for the solar eclipse with a friend, but was able to spend three days at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. She found a book by her school friend that provided information about her 2nd great-grandfather's family in Mesa, Arizona. She was able to get a digital copy of the book.
* Gary has a DNA match with about 800 cM in 23 segments, and wondered what the relationship might be. The DNA relationship chart indicates a first cousin, a great uncle or aunt, or a grand nephew or niece might be candidates. This match is probably from Gary's birth father's family.
The next meeting of the CVGS Research Group will be at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 in the Conference Room at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910).
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
September 2017 Issue of CVGS Newsletter Published
The September 2017 issue (Volume 27, Issue 9) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 11 September.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - September 30th Family History Day
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - October 7th Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - September 2nd Workshop Review
* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day
* page 5 - August 30th Program Review
* page 6 - August 9th Research Group Review
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 8 - Lemon Grove Program Review
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - September 30th Family History Day
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - October 7th Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - September 2nd Workshop Review
* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day
* page 5 - August 30th Program Review
* page 6 - August 9th Research Group Review
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 8 - Lemon Grove Program Review
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
CVGS Program Review -- Most Exciting Research Finds
The 30 August CVGS general meeting had 25 members and several guests in attendance, and they heard and saw six members describe their most exciting genealogy research discovery in recent years.
* Bobbie Lane: "Finding Great-Great Grandparents in Lake County, Illinois"
Bobbie's most exciting, surprising, and puzzling find unfolded in 2004, at the beginning of my family research. She always thought that her great grandfather, Lorens Titus, was the first German immigrant to Fremont, Lake, Illinois, where she grew up. She began her search for Lorens’ parents by going through the census for Fremont, and she was shocked that the 1870 census showed Lorens living with his siblings and parents, Johann and Kundegunde Titus. Bobbie's great-great grandparents lived about two miles away from her home growing up, and she never knew it. After she found their probate records in Lake County Genealogy Society’s microfilm, Bobbie found their graves in the parish cemetery, which also contained four other generations of her family.
* Ann Stevens: "Finding Anna . . . And Figuring Out the Rest of the Story"
Ann’s brick wall discovery centered around her great-aunt, Anna Weber Clair, who committed suicide in 1921 in Denver, Colorado. Trying to get more information on Anna’s life prior to her death proved to be elusive . . . until her probate records were found. With this document, Ann discovered that earlier documents about her great-aunt (i.e., she was despondent due to leaving her husband in an asylum in Portland, Oregon) were not true. Ann’s great-aunt was mentally ill and even with the 24-7 care and supervision provided by her brother and other members of the family as well as some time spent in an Ohio asylum, she was unfortunately still able to take her own life.
* Randy Seaver: "Finding Elizabeth Auble's Will"
Randy's most exciting find in 2016/7 was the will of Elizabeth Auble (1814-1899) of Philadelphia. She was the "old maid" sister of his 2nd great-grandfather, David Auble. Before he found this will, Randy knew about four siblings of Elizabeth. The will bequeathed money and property to 22 persons, including her three living brothers, and descendants of four heretofore unknown siblings, Sophia, William, Sarah and Nathan Auble. They were all children of John and Anna (Row) Auble who married in 1804 in New Jersey. This find spurred descendancy research for this Auble line, and Randy added over 200 cousins to his genealogy database. Several have already appeared on his AncestryDNA cousin match list.
* Susi Pentico: "Five Henry Huffmans"
Susi's most exciting find was very different than most. As members worked to put together the Genealogical Society back in the 1980s, something unusual happened. There were seven of them working to make this happen. When they got around to doing Five Generation Charts and swapping them around at their meeting, there were five of them that were direct descendants of Henry Huffman/Hoffman. There were various birth dates until a deed was found in Virginia that clarified who this Henry Huffman was. He was born about 1740 in Virginia. In Virginia you had to be 18 to own land. That helped us to determine his birth and help sort the siblings and family. He sold this land, in 1805, in Greene County, Pennsylvania and died in December 1811 or January 1812 when the will was probated. With five Henry Huffmans living in this area, it took a bit (3+ years) to find which one was the direct descendant. Two were cousins, one was an uncle and one was Henry born 1803 and the other one was Henry the father of Henry born 1803, which was Susi's line. A tax receipt required by Greene County gave them more solid evidence. It was also filed in Hampshire County, Virginia
* Ceasar Castro: "Catarina Castro's Irish Husband in Baja"
As he was researching his ancestors, Ceasar Castro discovered that two of his great-great aunts, Angela and Catarina Castro, married Irishman in Baja California. Intrigued, he started investigating why and how the Irishman ended up in Baja. Catarina married Joseph P. Hale on 28 August 1857. Joseph P. Hale came to New York in 1849 from Ireland when he was 13 years old. In 1852 he earned enough money to sail to California during the Gold Rush period. He was not very good at gold mining and turned to buying and selling cattle. He first bought cattle in Arizona but then switched to Baja for cattle. At that point he must have met Catarina and they married in 1857 in Miraflores, Baja California. They had two daughters, Josephina and Anita. Settling in Baja he discovered the orchilla lichen along the west coast of Baja. The plant is used to produce a bluish dye. He negotiated a contract with the Mexican government to harvest and sell the plant. He shipped the dried plant to England and made a fortune. At the time of his death on 21 April 1893, the San Francisco Morning Call newspaper estimated his estate was worth two million dollars. His daughter, Josephina married Robert John Lascelles Boyle in London, England in 1890. He became the 11th Earl of Cork. They had no children. So Ceasar has no Earl of Cork cousins.
* Patricia Diane Godinez: "A Dream Come True"
Diane told about the search for her father, Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst, a sailor in the Canadian navy. She retraced her research footsteps as she made two trips to Victoria, British Columbia. During the first trip to the island of Vancouver, she obtained 10 addresses from the telephone book. She wrote letters to five of her mother’s Podgorenko people and the other five letters went to, she was hoping, to her father’s Longhurst people. A second cousin named Sam Podgorenko called on the eve of the bombings of 9/11/2001. Eventually, Diane received, in the mail, her long birth certificate with her grandparents’ names of Archibald Longhurst and Lulu Squires. Using internet sources, Diane continued to search for her father until April 2002, when she read the email message, “He is alive!” In time, more email messages followed. Ramon surprised Diane with tickets and transportation to travel to Brampton, Simcoe, Ontario, and she met her father Fred, his second wife, Terry, and six half siblings, just in time to spend her 55th birthday with them in July of 2002.
* Bobbie Lane: "Finding Great-Great Grandparents in Lake County, Illinois"
Bobbie's most exciting, surprising, and puzzling find unfolded in 2004, at the beginning of my family research. She always thought that her great grandfather, Lorens Titus, was the first German immigrant to Fremont, Lake, Illinois, where she grew up. She began her search for Lorens’ parents by going through the census for Fremont, and she was shocked that the 1870 census showed Lorens living with his siblings and parents, Johann and Kundegunde Titus. Bobbie's great-great grandparents lived about two miles away from her home growing up, and she never knew it. After she found their probate records in Lake County Genealogy Society’s microfilm, Bobbie found their graves in the parish cemetery, which also contained four other generations of her family.
* Ann Stevens: "Finding Anna . . . And Figuring Out the Rest of the Story"
Ann’s brick wall discovery centered around her great-aunt, Anna Weber Clair, who committed suicide in 1921 in Denver, Colorado. Trying to get more information on Anna’s life prior to her death proved to be elusive . . . until her probate records were found. With this document, Ann discovered that earlier documents about her great-aunt (i.e., she was despondent due to leaving her husband in an asylum in Portland, Oregon) were not true. Ann’s great-aunt was mentally ill and even with the 24-7 care and supervision provided by her brother and other members of the family as well as some time spent in an Ohio asylum, she was unfortunately still able to take her own life.
* Randy Seaver: "Finding Elizabeth Auble's Will"
Randy's most exciting find in 2016/7 was the will of Elizabeth Auble (1814-1899) of Philadelphia. She was the "old maid" sister of his 2nd great-grandfather, David Auble. Before he found this will, Randy knew about four siblings of Elizabeth. The will bequeathed money and property to 22 persons, including her three living brothers, and descendants of four heretofore unknown siblings, Sophia, William, Sarah and Nathan Auble. They were all children of John and Anna (Row) Auble who married in 1804 in New Jersey. This find spurred descendancy research for this Auble line, and Randy added over 200 cousins to his genealogy database. Several have already appeared on his AncestryDNA cousin match list.
* Susi Pentico: "Five Henry Huffmans"
Susi's most exciting find was very different than most. As members worked to put together the Genealogical Society back in the 1980s, something unusual happened. There were seven of them working to make this happen. When they got around to doing Five Generation Charts and swapping them around at their meeting, there were five of them that were direct descendants of Henry Huffman/Hoffman. There were various birth dates until a deed was found in Virginia that clarified who this Henry Huffman was. He was born about 1740 in Virginia. In Virginia you had to be 18 to own land. That helped us to determine his birth and help sort the siblings and family. He sold this land, in 1805, in Greene County, Pennsylvania and died in December 1811 or January 1812 when the will was probated. With five Henry Huffmans living in this area, it took a bit (3+ years) to find which one was the direct descendant. Two were cousins, one was an uncle and one was Henry born 1803 and the other one was Henry the father of Henry born 1803, which was Susi's line. A tax receipt required by Greene County gave them more solid evidence. It was also filed in Hampshire County, Virginia
* Ceasar Castro: "Catarina Castro's Irish Husband in Baja"
As he was researching his ancestors, Ceasar Castro discovered that two of his great-great aunts, Angela and Catarina Castro, married Irishman in Baja California. Intrigued, he started investigating why and how the Irishman ended up in Baja. Catarina married Joseph P. Hale on 28 August 1857. Joseph P. Hale came to New York in 1849 from Ireland when he was 13 years old. In 1852 he earned enough money to sail to California during the Gold Rush period. He was not very good at gold mining and turned to buying and selling cattle. He first bought cattle in Arizona but then switched to Baja for cattle. At that point he must have met Catarina and they married in 1857 in Miraflores, Baja California. They had two daughters, Josephina and Anita. Settling in Baja he discovered the orchilla lichen along the west coast of Baja. The plant is used to produce a bluish dye. He negotiated a contract with the Mexican government to harvest and sell the plant. He shipped the dried plant to England and made a fortune. At the time of his death on 21 April 1893, the San Francisco Morning Call newspaper estimated his estate was worth two million dollars. His daughter, Josephina married Robert John Lascelles Boyle in London, England in 1890. He became the 11th Earl of Cork. They had no children. So Ceasar has no Earl of Cork cousins.
* Patricia Diane Godinez: "A Dream Come True"
Diane told about the search for her father, Alfred Thomas Burton Longhurst, a sailor in the Canadian navy. She retraced her research footsteps as she made two trips to Victoria, British Columbia. During the first trip to the island of Vancouver, she obtained 10 addresses from the telephone book. She wrote letters to five of her mother’s Podgorenko people and the other five letters went to, she was hoping, to her father’s Longhurst people. A second cousin named Sam Podgorenko called on the eve of the bombings of 9/11/2001. Eventually, Diane received, in the mail, her long birth certificate with her grandparents’ names of Archibald Longhurst and Lulu Squires. Using internet sources, Diane continued to search for her father until April 2002, when she read the email message, “He is alive!” In time, more email messages followed. Ramon surprised Diane with tickets and transportation to travel to Brampton, Simcoe, Ontario, and she met her father Fred, his second wife, Terry, and six half siblings, just in time to spend her 55th birthday with them in July of 2002.
Sunday, August 20, 2017
CVGS Program on 30 August is “My Most Exciting Genealogy Research Find” by CVGS Members
Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 12 noon
General Meeting
“My Most Exciting Genealogy Research Find” by CVGS Members
at Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F St.) Auditorium
Instead of our usual annual “Stump The Chumps” program, we are going to do something different. This year we want you to come and share your “Most Exciting Genealogy Research Find.”
Maybe it is finding a long lost great grandparent. Maybe you found a sibling you didn’t know you had. Or a probate record that solved a relationship problem.
Keep your story to no more than 5 to 10 minutes. Briefly summarize the research question, the exciting result of your research, and how you found the answer to your research question.
If you need to display something on the screen please send it to Gary Brock (gary@brocksystems.com) as soon as possible (deadline is 23 August) so he can get the PowerPoint put together. We have time for 10 people to tell their stories so get your information to Virginia Taylor as soon as possible. Send it to irishdoll@cox.net. Just give her a title for the presentation of your find.
Sunday, August 13, 2017
CVGS August 9th Research Group Review
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting on Wednesday, 9 August had 11 attendees.
In the first hour, Randy reviewed:
* The MyHeritage purchase of Legacy Family Tree software and Legacy Family Tree Webinars on 3 August. This appears to be a win for both parties - MyHeritage gains millions of potential subscribers and DNA testers, while Legacy gains potential software users and webinar attendees plus financial support.
* The Family Tree Magazine list of the Top 101 FREE genealogy websites was published, and Randy's blog, Genea-Musings, was on the list.
* Find A Grave is changing their website presentation and has a beta test site up at https://new.findagrave.com/.
* Randy's blog post about what to do with collected family papers, with comments, is at http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/07/dear-randy-what-can-i-do-with-my.html .
* A project in July has been finding where the land for his 18th century Gates ancestors was located in Stow, Massachusetts. A Facebook friend helped locate it, and probably lives on it.
In the second hour, the attendees discussed their research challenges and successes:
* Diane wrote an "Honoring Our Veterans" sketch of her grandfather's World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force service. She found a 94 page report about his life story at the www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org site.
* John found Canada census and marriage data for ancestors who migrated from New Brunswick to Massachusetts and Manitoba to Minnesota. He found other marriage records on www.USGenWeb.org.
* Virginia successfully downloaded the updated RootsMagic version 7.5.2 to her desktop and laptop computers and is working on it.
* Ralph mentioned the $69 AncestryDNA special. He recently misplaced his paper tree and needs to find it. He distributed copies of it to family members some time ago.
* Helen is trying to trace both lines of a match to her brother's Y-DNA test from Illinois. One source for the match's line is "some people said..."
* Gary has a first cousin DNA match on 23andMe that may identify his biological father. He was adopted and knows his mother's family, but doesn't think it's on his mother's side of the family. The cousin's grandfather had three children including a son with whom there was a bad relationship. The cousin match lives in the area of Michigan where Gary was from.
* Sam asked "how do you transcribe a document?" Randy uses a window for the word processor, and a window for the document image on the screen and scroll and/or magnify as required. Gary uses the free Transcript program which has two panels open - one for the transcription and the other for the document image.
The next meeting of the CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 13 September at 12 noon in the Conference Room of the Chula Vista Civic center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista).
In the first hour, Randy reviewed:
* The MyHeritage purchase of Legacy Family Tree software and Legacy Family Tree Webinars on 3 August. This appears to be a win for both parties - MyHeritage gains millions of potential subscribers and DNA testers, while Legacy gains potential software users and webinar attendees plus financial support.
* The Family Tree Magazine list of the Top 101 FREE genealogy websites was published, and Randy's blog, Genea-Musings, was on the list.
* Find A Grave is changing their website presentation and has a beta test site up at https://new.findagrave.com/.
* Randy's blog post about what to do with collected family papers, with comments, is at http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/07/dear-randy-what-can-i-do-with-my.html .
* A project in July has been finding where the land for his 18th century Gates ancestors was located in Stow, Massachusetts. A Facebook friend helped locate it, and probably lives on it.
In the second hour, the attendees discussed their research challenges and successes:
* Diane wrote an "Honoring Our Veterans" sketch of her grandfather's World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force service. She found a 94 page report about his life story at the www.livesofthefirstworldwar.org site.
* John found Canada census and marriage data for ancestors who migrated from New Brunswick to Massachusetts and Manitoba to Minnesota. He found other marriage records on www.USGenWeb.org.
* Virginia successfully downloaded the updated RootsMagic version 7.5.2 to her desktop and laptop computers and is working on it.
* Ralph mentioned the $69 AncestryDNA special. He recently misplaced his paper tree and needs to find it. He distributed copies of it to family members some time ago.
* Helen is trying to trace both lines of a match to her brother's Y-DNA test from Illinois. One source for the match's line is "some people said..."
* Gary has a first cousin DNA match on 23andMe that may identify his biological father. He was adopted and knows his mother's family, but doesn't think it's on his mother's side of the family. The cousin's grandfather had three children including a son with whom there was a bad relationship. The cousin match lives in the area of Michigan where Gary was from.
* Sam asked "how do you transcribe a document?" Randy uses a window for the word processor, and a window for the document image on the screen and scroll and/or magnify as required. Gary uses the free Transcript program which has two panels open - one for the transcription and the other for the document image.
The next meeting of the CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 13 September at 12 noon in the Conference Room of the Chula Vista Civic center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista).
Thursday, August 10, 2017
August 2017 CVGS Newsletter Published
The August 2017 issue (Volume 27, Issue 8) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 7 August.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - August 30th General Meeting
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - September 2nd Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Genealogy News for July 2017
* page 4 - New Genealogy Books Ordered for Library
* page 5 - July 30th Program Review
* page 6 - July 12th Research Group Review
* page 7 - Family Tree Maker 2017 News
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 8 - Family History Day
* page 8 - Honoring Our Veterans Display
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
The Table of Contents for this issue is:
* page 1 - August 30th General Meeting
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 2 - Member Services
* page 3 - September 2nd Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Genealogy News for July 2017
* page 4 - New Genealogy Books Ordered for Library
* page 5 - July 30th Program Review
* page 6 - July 12th Research Group Review
* page 7 - Family Tree Maker 2017 News
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 8 - Family History Day
* page 8 - Honoring Our Veterans Display
* page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Genealogy Days in Chula Vista - August 2017
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society events for August 2017 include:
** Saturday, 5 August, 1 p.m to 4 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road) --
CVGS Workshop in Community Room. Randy Seaver will present "RootsMagic Review." Saturday Workshops are to discuss and demonstrate genealogy and family history topics, especially related to computers, software and websites, etc.
** Wednesday, 9 August, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group in the Conference Room. 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, 16 August, 10:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Computer Group in Conference Room (10:15 a.m.) and Computer Lab (12:30 p.m.) -- Bring your laptops to sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 30 August from 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS General Meeting. The program will be CVGS members sharing their "Research Success Stories."
** Wednesday, 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 August, 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, 5 August, 1 p.m to 4 p.m., Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road) --
CVGS Workshop in Community Room. Randy Seaver will present "RootsMagic Review." Saturday Workshops are to discuss and demonstrate genealogy and family history topics, especially related to computers, software and websites, etc.
** Wednesday, 9 August, 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Research Group in the Conference Room. 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, 16 August, 10:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS Computer Group in Conference Room (10:15 a.m.) and Computer Lab (12:30 p.m.) -- Bring your laptops to sharpen your computer skills and investigate online genealogy resources.
** Wednesday, 30 August from 12 noon to 2 p.m., Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street) -- CVGS General Meeting. The program will be CVGS members sharing their "Research Success Stories."
** Wednesday, 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 August, 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.
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
"RootsMagic Review" is Saturday Workshop program on 5 August
The Chula Vista Genealogical Society August 5th Saturday Workshop will be at 1 p.m. in the Community Room at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road, Bonita, CA 91902).
The program will be Randy Seaver presenting the yearly "RootsMagic Review."
This year the review will include the new RootsMagic features of TreeShare with an Ancestry Member Tree, and Ancestry.com WebHints. Randy will also highlight other RootsMagic features, and will answer questions from the attendees.
RootsMagic has been updated to Version 7.5.2 - the update is free to owners of Version 7. TreeShare and Ancestry WebHints work only with Version 7.5.2. Users can upload their RootsMagic database to a new Ancestry Member Tree, or download an existing Ancestry Member Tree to a new RootsMagic database. If a user has an Ancestry subscription, then they can use the Ancestry.com WebHints feature in RootsMagic.
This event is FREE to attend. Please register to attend this workshop on the CVGS web page -- www.CVGenealogy.org -- on the Events tab so that we can plan for seating, handouts and refreshments.
If you plan to attend, please bring your laptop with RootsMagic 7.5.2 installed, and be there before 1 p.m. so that you can get connected to the Library wi-fi before the workshop begins.
The program will be Randy Seaver presenting the yearly "RootsMagic Review."
This year the review will include the new RootsMagic features of TreeShare with an Ancestry Member Tree, and Ancestry.com WebHints. Randy will also highlight other RootsMagic features, and will answer questions from the attendees.
RootsMagic has been updated to Version 7.5.2 - the update is free to owners of Version 7. TreeShare and Ancestry WebHints work only with Version 7.5.2. Users can upload their RootsMagic database to a new Ancestry Member Tree, or download an existing Ancestry Member Tree to a new RootsMagic database. If a user has an Ancestry subscription, then they can use the Ancestry.com WebHints feature in RootsMagic.
This event is FREE to attend. Please register to attend this workshop on the CVGS web page -- www.CVGenealogy.org -- on the Events tab so that we can plan for seating, handouts and refreshments.
If you plan to attend, please bring your laptop with RootsMagic 7.5.2 installed, and be there before 1 p.m. so that you can get connected to the Library wi-fi before the workshop begins.
Monday, July 31, 2017
CVGS Program Review - "Try to Remember -- Never Forget"
We had 42 attendees at our Saturday program meeting on 29 July, including 12 guests.
They came to hear the testimony of Ruth Goldschiedova Sax, now age 89, a Holocaust survivor who was a longtime Chula Vista resident, and now lives at Paradise Village in National City. Ruth's daughter, Sandra (Sax) Scheller, has written a book about Ruth's life titled "Try to Remember -- Never Forget."
Ruth's life story includes a happy childhood in Brno, Czechoslovakia with her parents Oskar and Erna Goldschmied; the Nazi occupation starting in 1939; transportation to three different Nazi work and concentration camps; suffering and surviving unspeakable indignities at the camps; liberation and walking over 100 km back to her home town with her mother; finding that her father also survived the camps; rebuilding their lives in Brno; corresponding with a distant cousin, Kurt Sax, who went to America before the war,; marrying Kurt and coming to America in about 1950; settling in San Diego and starting a family, and living happily for over 60 years.
Ruth's testimony mainly concerned her experiences from age 11 when her world of education and culture fell apart in March 1939 when the Germans invaded Czechoslovakia. In 1941, the family was transported to Theresienstadt, a work camp where Ruth was forced to grow up quickly. She was shaved to prevent lice infestation, wrapped her feet in paper to keep them warm in the winter time, and witnessed the death of many other people. Her father Oskar was separated from them, and Ruth and her mother to the Terezin camp, and then to Auschwitz. She faced Dr. Mengele's "live or die" judgment six times. Near the end of the war, she was in the Oederan camp and made bullets for the Germans. Finally she and her mother were liberated by the Russian Army, and reunited with her father, a miracle in itself.
Sandra showed and described the dress that Erna wore throughout the camps, a shift with a chalk X and a vertical stripe on the back. Every week, she would have to bend over and the X and stripe were painted on it again by the Nazis.
Sandra presented a slide show of Ruth's life - from childhood through reuniting with her father to her life in the San Diego area. Sandy showed several records from the concentration camps, and found her parents' love letters over several years before their marriage (more than 1,000 of them!), and showed many photographs from the family's life in San Diego. Today, Ruth and Sandra give presentations about Ruth's life, and are working on a second book about her life.
Sharing this story is a reminder to the world that the Holocaust actually happened and that all of us must act diligently to ensure that this type of atrocity never happens again. Ruth's is an incredible and inspirational story of horror, survival, recovery, love, family, and success.
A personal note: Ruth and Kurt Sax were Randy and Linda Seaver's neighbors from 1975 to 2012, when they went into an assisted living facility. Kurt died in May 2012. We enjoyed sharing our lives, and many meals, with them. They are the most positive, loving, kind, polite, generous and happy people we've ever known.
They came to hear the testimony of Ruth Goldschiedova Sax, now age 89, a Holocaust survivor who was a longtime Chula Vista resident, and now lives at Paradise Village in National City. Ruth's daughter, Sandra (Sax) Scheller, has written a book about Ruth's life titled "Try to Remember -- Never Forget."
Ruth's life story includes a happy childhood in Brno, Czechoslovakia with her parents Oskar and Erna Goldschmied; the Nazi occupation starting in 1939; transportation to three different Nazi work and concentration camps; suffering and surviving unspeakable indignities at the camps; liberation and walking over 100 km back to her home town with her mother; finding that her father also survived the camps; rebuilding their lives in Brno; corresponding with a distant cousin, Kurt Sax, who went to America before the war,; marrying Kurt and coming to America in about 1950; settling in San Diego and starting a family, and living happily for over 60 years.
Ruth's testimony mainly concerned her experiences from age 11 when her world of education and culture fell apart in March 1939 when the Germans invaded Czechoslovakia. In 1941, the family was transported to Theresienstadt, a work camp where Ruth was forced to grow up quickly. She was shaved to prevent lice infestation, wrapped her feet in paper to keep them warm in the winter time, and witnessed the death of many other people. Her father Oskar was separated from them, and Ruth and her mother to the Terezin camp, and then to Auschwitz. She faced Dr. Mengele's "live or die" judgment six times. Near the end of the war, she was in the Oederan camp and made bullets for the Germans. Finally she and her mother were liberated by the Russian Army, and reunited with her father, a miracle in itself.
Sandra showed and described the dress that Erna wore throughout the camps, a shift with a chalk X and a vertical stripe on the back. Every week, she would have to bend over and the X and stripe were painted on it again by the Nazis.
Sandra presented a slide show of Ruth's life - from childhood through reuniting with her father to her life in the San Diego area. Sandy showed several records from the concentration camps, and found her parents' love letters over several years before their marriage (more than 1,000 of them!), and showed many photographs from the family's life in San Diego. Today, Ruth and Sandra give presentations about Ruth's life, and are working on a second book about her life.
Sharing this story is a reminder to the world that the Holocaust actually happened and that all of us must act diligently to ensure that this type of atrocity never happens again. Ruth's is an incredible and inspirational story of horror, survival, recovery, love, family, and success.
A personal note: Ruth and Kurt Sax were Randy and Linda Seaver's neighbors from 1975 to 2012, when they went into an assisted living facility. Kurt died in May 2012. We enjoyed sharing our lives, and many meals, with them. They are the most positive, loving, kind, polite, generous and happy people we've ever known.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
July 2017 CVGS Newsletter Published
The July 2017 issue of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 10 July.
The Table of Contents fot this issue is:
* page 1 - July 29th Special Program
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register of Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 3 - August 5th Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Lemon Grove Research Group Review
* page 4 - Plan Ahead for the August 30th Program
* page 4 - Member Services
* page 4 - Genealogy Blog Posts of Interest
* page 5 - June 28th Annual Pivnic Review
* page 6 - June 143th Research Group Review
* page 7 - RootsMagic Releases TreeShare
* page 7 - Family Tree Maker 2017 News
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 7 - Genealogy News for June 2017
* page 8 - Family History Day
* page 8 - Honoring Our Veterans Display
& page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
The Table of Contents fot this issue is:
* page 1 - July 29th Special Program
* page 2 - President's Message
* page 2 - Membership Address Changes
* page 2 - Register of Meetings on CVGS Website
* page 3 - August 5th Saturday Workshop
* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting
* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting
* page 3 - Lemon Grove Research Group Review
* page 4 - Plan Ahead for the August 30th Program
* page 4 - Member Services
* page 4 - Genealogy Blog Posts of Interest
* page 5 - June 28th Annual Pivnic Review
* page 6 - June 143th Research Group Review
* page 7 - RootsMagic Releases TreeShare
* page 7 - Family Tree Maker 2017 News
* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
* page 7 - Genealogy News for June 2017
* page 8 - Family History Day
* page 8 - Honoring Our Veterans Display
& page 9 - CVGS Society Information
* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events
* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.
Saturday, July 15, 2017
CVGS Research Group Summary - 12 July 2017
There were 14 attendees at the CVGS Research Group meeting on Wednesday, 12 July, including two guests.
In the first hour, Randy discussed:
* Family History Library microfilm distribution to local centers and libraries will be discontinued on 1 September 2017. Over 50% of the microfilms have been digitized to date, and the remainder should be digitized by 2020. The digitzed microfilm records are on the FamilySearch.org websaite.
* RootsMagic unveiled their TreeShare (sync with an Ancestry Member Trees) and Ancestry WebHints (the user can add content directly from Ancestry Hints) on 28 June. Users must have an Ancestry subscription to use the WebHints. The current RootsMagic version is 7.5.1.0 which includes these new features.
* Family Tree Maker 2017 rollout to all customers is imminent - the target date is 15 July 2017. FTM 2017 will have TreeSync (a full sync with an Ancestry Member Tree) and several more new features. Sync to an Ancestry Member Tree will work only with FTM 2017.
* Randy has transcribed five Suffolk County, Mass. deeds that describe the property inherited by the children of Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) in Roxbury. Using the land descriptions, he thinks he has found the site of the homestead on present-day maps.
In the second hour, the attendees discussed these questinos, problems and successes:
* Linda R (a guest) has her husband's step-father's family files because no one else in the family wanted them. The step-father did a lot of genealogy work decades ago and there are file cabinets full of paper. How can she deal with this problem (note that it's not her family, or her husband's family)? The group suggested sorting it into three sectinos - keep family records and artifacts, donate research materials to a local genealogical society, and throw out correspondence and photocopies of book and periodical articles. Another suggestion was to put the genealogy in a family tree program and interface it with an Ancestry Member Tree and the FamilySearch Family Tree.
* Helen found some Cleveland, Ohio genealogical society books. Also, her brother tested on 23andMe and had a cousin contact who thought it was a 75% match, but it was only a 0.75% match.
* Gary wondered if the Knowlton information about the 1600s sea captain has been expanded or updated. Randy has this family, and didn't think so.
* Virginia received her MyHeritage DNA ethnicity results and is 100% European, 56% northern Europe and 28% Southern Europe.
* Bobbie received her FamilyTreeDNA autosomal matches, and has an 82 cM match who lives in England. She has found another known cousin from the matches.
* Karen S. was researching a couple who were born in the 1950s and divorced in 1978. They hsave unusal surnames. Where can she find records? The group suggested online and repository searches for birth records, marriage records, divorce records, newspaper articles, city directories, etc. She could research the unusual surnames in the 1940 census and in city directories and try to find obituaries for those persons that might name the children.
* Susi had a cousin contact who helped fill in her great-grandfather's line with family information.
* Shirley is still working on a Brown line from a published book, adding information to a database that mgiht help connect to her Brown line. She's finding name spelling werrors andm istakes in marriage dates.
The next CVGS Research Group meeting will be Wednesday, 9 August 2017 at 12 noon, in the Conference Room at the Chula vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista, Calif.).
In the first hour, Randy discussed:
* Family History Library microfilm distribution to local centers and libraries will be discontinued on 1 September 2017. Over 50% of the microfilms have been digitized to date, and the remainder should be digitized by 2020. The digitzed microfilm records are on the FamilySearch.org websaite.
* RootsMagic unveiled their TreeShare (sync with an Ancestry Member Trees) and Ancestry WebHints (the user can add content directly from Ancestry Hints) on 28 June. Users must have an Ancestry subscription to use the WebHints. The current RootsMagic version is 7.5.1.0 which includes these new features.
* Family Tree Maker 2017 rollout to all customers is imminent - the target date is 15 July 2017. FTM 2017 will have TreeSync (a full sync with an Ancestry Member Tree) and several more new features. Sync to an Ancestry Member Tree will work only with FTM 2017.
* Randy has transcribed five Suffolk County, Mass. deeds that describe the property inherited by the children of Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) in Roxbury. Using the land descriptions, he thinks he has found the site of the homestead on present-day maps.
In the second hour, the attendees discussed these questinos, problems and successes:
* Linda R (a guest) has her husband's step-father's family files because no one else in the family wanted them. The step-father did a lot of genealogy work decades ago and there are file cabinets full of paper. How can she deal with this problem (note that it's not her family, or her husband's family)? The group suggested sorting it into three sectinos - keep family records and artifacts, donate research materials to a local genealogical society, and throw out correspondence and photocopies of book and periodical articles. Another suggestion was to put the genealogy in a family tree program and interface it with an Ancestry Member Tree and the FamilySearch Family Tree.
* Helen found some Cleveland, Ohio genealogical society books. Also, her brother tested on 23andMe and had a cousin contact who thought it was a 75% match, but it was only a 0.75% match.
* Gary wondered if the Knowlton information about the 1600s sea captain has been expanded or updated. Randy has this family, and didn't think so.
* Virginia received her MyHeritage DNA ethnicity results and is 100% European, 56% northern Europe and 28% Southern Europe.
* Bobbie received her FamilyTreeDNA autosomal matches, and has an 82 cM match who lives in England. She has found another known cousin from the matches.
* Karen S. was researching a couple who were born in the 1950s and divorced in 1978. They hsave unusal surnames. Where can she find records? The group suggested online and repository searches for birth records, marriage records, divorce records, newspaper articles, city directories, etc. She could research the unusual surnames in the 1940 census and in city directories and try to find obituaries for those persons that might name the children.
* Susi had a cousin contact who helped fill in her great-grandfather's line with family information.
* Shirley is still working on a Brown line from a published book, adding information to a database that mgiht help connect to her Brown line. She's finding name spelling werrors andm istakes in marriage dates.
The next CVGS Research Group meeting will be Wednesday, 9 August 2017 at 12 noon, in the Conference Room at the Chula vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista, Calif.).
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
CVGS Saturday Workshop on 1 July 2017
The July 1st 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 “Paper or Plastic? Preserving Keepsakes Workshop" presented by Denise Levenick via DVD.
Come early to connect your laptops to the Library wi-fi. This event is free for all to attend.
The subject will be “Paper or Plastic? Preserving Keepsakes Workshop" presented by Denise Levenick via DVD.
Come early to connect your laptops to the Library wi-fi. This event is free for all to attend.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Register for the June 28th CVGS Annual Picnic
Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 11 a.m. To 2 p.m.
Annual Picnic
Theme: “A Picture of Your Oldest Ancestor”
at Home of Gary and Wanda Brock
(4397 Allen School Lane, Bonita CA 91902
The theme this year is “Share a picture of your oldest ancestor and tell their story.” You can bring a picture, a painting, a sculpture or an image from the internet. It will be fun hearing all the different stories. I wonder who will have the oldest ancestor?
The hamburgers, hot dogs and bratwurst sausages will be provided by the Society. Also the buns, plates, napkins, utensils and water. Please bring a favorite dish to share with everyone. Call Ana Castro (619-781-8441) if you have any questions. Please register on the CVGS website (www.cvgenealogy.org on the Events tab to attend).
If you haven’t already paid your $5.00 per person on the website, please be sure to bring it the day of the picnic.
Monday, June 19, 2017
CVGS Research Group Summary - 14 June 2017
There were 16 attendees at the Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library on 14 June 2017.
In the first hour, Randy discussed:
* The SCGS Genealogy Jamboree classes, exhibit hall, syllabus, online videos and his own photographs. The blog compendium with articles and photos is at http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/06/scgs-genealogy-jamboree-2017-blog.html
* A Find A Grave request for a gravestone photo of 2nd great-grandmother Sarah Auble (1818-1904) was fulfilled in Bushnell, Illinois.
* Family Tree Maker 2017 (including FamilySync with Ancestry) and RootsMagic 7.0.4 (with Ancestry sync and search features) still are not released.
* He compared ethnicity results from six DNA testing services in Comparison of My Autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimates.
* He had a contact from a 4th cousin on his Auble line who found his descendant's report on Scribd.com.
In the second hour, the group discussed:
* Karen Y. is going through a box of her father's family papers and letters, and found a note by her great-aunt about a relative buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego. She went to the cemetery, reviewed the grave register, and figured out the relationship with the relative.
* Diane noted that the theme for the upcoming CVGS Family History Day on 30 September is "Coming to America."
* Ralph had a 23andMe contact with his wife's 6th cousin, which added several generations to her family tree.
* Helen found that her cousin's wife had done a book on their Irish Dell surname. Some lines are correct with lots of records, others not so good.
* Karen S. has DNA matches on 23andMe, and tried to share data on 23andMe. They went to email and shared Ancestry Member Tree information.
* Jane had a DNA contact on her Leonard line. She watched some of the SCGS Jamboree livestream presentations. She asked where to obtain Coroner's records. The group said there are a few online, but contacting the county coroner or medical examiner offices should determine record availability.
* Gary wondered why some Ancestry Member Trees have deceased persons listed as "private," even back 5 generations or more. The group suggested that the submitters don't want information to be available to others.
The next CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 12 July 2017 at 12 noon in the Auditorium of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910).
In the first hour, Randy discussed:
* The SCGS Genealogy Jamboree classes, exhibit hall, syllabus, online videos and his own photographs. The blog compendium with articles and photos is at http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/06/scgs-genealogy-jamboree-2017-blog.html
* A Find A Grave request for a gravestone photo of 2nd great-grandmother Sarah Auble (1818-1904) was fulfilled in Bushnell, Illinois.
* Family Tree Maker 2017 (including FamilySync with Ancestry) and RootsMagic 7.0.4 (with Ancestry sync and search features) still are not released.
* He compared ethnicity results from six DNA testing services in Comparison of My Autosomal DNA Ethnicity Estimates.
* He had a contact from a 4th cousin on his Auble line who found his descendant's report on Scribd.com.
In the second hour, the group discussed:
* Karen Y. is going through a box of her father's family papers and letters, and found a note by her great-aunt about a relative buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in San Diego. She went to the cemetery, reviewed the grave register, and figured out the relationship with the relative.
* Diane noted that the theme for the upcoming CVGS Family History Day on 30 September is "Coming to America."
* Ralph had a 23andMe contact with his wife's 6th cousin, which added several generations to her family tree.
* Helen found that her cousin's wife had done a book on their Irish Dell surname. Some lines are correct with lots of records, others not so good.
* Karen S. has DNA matches on 23andMe, and tried to share data on 23andMe. They went to email and shared Ancestry Member Tree information.
* Jane had a DNA contact on her Leonard line. She watched some of the SCGS Jamboree livestream presentations. She asked where to obtain Coroner's records. The group said there are a few online, but contacting the county coroner or medical examiner offices should determine record availability.
* Gary wondered why some Ancestry Member Trees have deceased persons listed as "private," even back 5 generations or more. The group suggested that the submitters don't want information to be available to others.
The next CVGS Research Group will be on Wednesday, 12 July 2017 at 12 noon in the Auditorium of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910).
Thursday, June 15, 2017
June 2017 CVGS Newsletter Available
The June 2017 CVGS Newsletter was emailed to the membership and mailed to those members without email.
The Newslrtter Table of Contents is:
page 1 -- June 28th Annual Picnic
page 2 -- President’s Message
page 2 -- Membership Address Changes
page 2 -- Member Services
page 2 -- Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
page 3 -- July 1st Saturday Workshop
page 3 -- Next Computer Group Meeting
page 3 -- Next Lemon Grove Meeting
page 4 -- CVGS Member Ramon Godinez Passed Away
page 5 -- May 31st Program Review
page 6 -- May 18th Research Group Review
page 7 -- Family Tree Maker 2017 Newspage 7 -- Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
page 7 -- Genealogy News for May 2017
page 8 -- CVGS Family History Day
page 9 -- CVGS Society Information
page 9 -- San Diego Area Genealogy Events
page 10 -- Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
Society Members can read the newsletter online, in a PDF format - use the "Members" link (roll over "Members," and click on "Newsletters") at www.CVGenealogy.org. Non-members can read CVGS Newsletters two months after publication, per Board of Directors direction (on
www.CVgenealogy.org, roll your mouse over "News" and click on "Newsletters").
The Newslrtter Table of Contents is:
page 1 -- June 28th Annual Picnic
page 2 -- President’s Message
page 2 -- Membership Address Changes
page 2 -- Member Services
page 2 -- Register for Meetings on CVGS Website
page 3 -- July 1st Saturday Workshop
page 3 -- Next Computer Group Meeting
page 3 -- Next Lemon Grove Meeting
page 4 -- CVGS Member Ramon Godinez Passed Away
page 5 -- May 31st Program Review
page 6 -- May 18th Research Group Review
page 7 -- Family Tree Maker 2017 Newspage 7 -- Upcoming Family Tree Webinars
page 7 -- Genealogy News for May 2017
page 8 -- CVGS Family History Day
page 9 -- CVGS Society Information
page 9 -- San Diego Area Genealogy Events
page 10 -- Genealogy Days in Chula Vista
Society Members can read the newsletter online, in a PDF format - use the "Members" link (roll over "Members," and click on "Newsletters") at www.CVGenealogy.org. Non-members can read CVGS Newsletters two months after publication, per Board of Directors direction (on
www.CVgenealogy.org, roll your mouse over "News" and click on "Newsletters").
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