tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60543113597571641722024-03-13T06:48:41.602-07:00Chula Vista Genealogy CafeThis blog is sponsored by the Chula Vista Genealogical Society, located in southern San Diego County in California. The purpose of the Genealogy Cafe is to serve our members and other San Diego genealogy researchers - to answer questions, provide research information, provide notices of programs, etc.Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1091125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-73740466855723604252023-11-26T13:39:00.000-08:002023-11-28T13:43:41.096-08:00Chula Vista Genealogical Society Meeting on Wednesday, 29 November Features Mags Gaulden<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"> <u style="color: #000099; text-align: center; widows: 1;"><b>Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 12 noon PST</b></u></span></p><p style="border: none; line-height: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 0in; padding: 0in; text-align: center; widows: 1;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">CVGS General Meeting (in a Zoom Video Conference)</span></b></p><p style="line-height: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c9211e;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">“<b><strong><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">B</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">etty Jean’s Story: Forensic Genealogy </span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">nd Adoption</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;"><span style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255);">”</span></span></strong><i></i></b></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c9211e;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black;">by</span> <span style="color: #0000b0;">Mags Gaulden</span></span></b></span></p><p align="center" style="line-height: 15.84px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0000b0;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #c9211e;"><b><span style="color: #0000b0;"></span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #c9211e;"><b><span style="color: #0000b0;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9YcHk2P37THYr-P9W9gVnRqmGm4I2fHAWCe7XGRHi_ZXla0yh0sSoL5WWijh5rCMp3rw1VGYH3Dacs6gH-IcuLS5msEr8eKvp-fApiF5jHHd0bWGxnUKSLyVhCs69lkqkLdJD__cw5ol4mT-AVfPm_Osd9TQzCK8y1PFw5KWxGlRtEzGBrTN/s599/Mags%20Gaulden.JPG" style="color: #221199; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="599" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9YcHk2P37THYr-P9W9gVnRqmGm4I2fHAWCe7XGRHi_ZXla0yh0sSoL5WWijh5rCMp3rw1VGYH3Dacs6gH-IcuLS5msEr8eKvp-fApiF5jHHd0bWGxnUKSLyVhCs69lkqkLdJD__cw5ol4mT-AVfPm_Osd9TQzCK8y1PFw5KWxGlRtEzGBrTN/s320/Mags%20Gaulden.JPG" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></span></a></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;">Betty Jean was abandoned in Asheville, North Carolina in 1927. </span>All her life Betty Jean wanted to know who her parents were, but her search ended abruptly in the 1950s when she was shown her very empty files by a clerk at the courthouse. Until her cousin contacted her asking about some family papers. "You know I am adopted?" and the cousin answered, "you know, helping adoptees find their families is one thing my business does?" Follow along as we work the history, we find connections and ultimately find Betty Jean’s Family.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Mags Gaulden is a genetic genealogist based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.</span> She has dedicated decades to researching family histories and exploring the role of genetics in genealogy. Born and raised in the United States, Mags developed an early interest in family history and genealogy. She started researching her own family tree, which led her to discover the power of genetic testing in genealogy.<br /><br />In addition to being a sought-after international speaker and workshop coordinator, Mags is the founder of Grandma’s Genes, a genealogy consultation firm in Ottawa, and mitoYDNA.org, a free and accessible Y and mitochondrial DNA database for the genealogy community that is a 501(c) 3 non-profit based in Maryland.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">Mags is a leader at WikiTree, a collaborative, community-based genealogy website. </span>She works with the DNA Integrators Project to further the DNA features of WikiTree and has been recognized for her contributions to the site with the prestigious Leader badge.<br /><span style="color: red;"><br />She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the International Society of Genetic Genealogy, among other organizations. </span>Her passion for family history, combined with her expertise in genetics and genealogy, has helped many people uncover their family histories and connect with their roots.<br /><br /><span style="color: red;">PLEASE REGISTER </span>for this event through the event email that will be sent to all CVGS members or on the CVGS website (<a href="https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-5471621" style="color: #221199; text-decoration-line: none;">https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-5471621</a>).</span></b><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">=================================</span></div><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">This program will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing platform for Meetings.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please note that the meeting starts at 12 noon Pacific Time (3 p.m. Eastern time, 2 p.m. Central time, 1 p.m. Mountain time). The Zoom Meeting room will be open by 11:45 a.m. PDT for visiting and helping attendees connect.</span></b></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Members and non-members can register on the CVGS website for this meeting at </b><b><a href="https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-5471621" style="color: #221199; text-decoration-line: none;">https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-5471621</a></b><b style="background-color: transparent;">. </b><b>and look for the email with the Zoom meeting reminder after registration, or on </b><b>Tuesday, 28 November, with the link to JOIN the Zoom meeting. Contact </b><a href="mailto:randy.seaver@gmail.com" style="color: #221199; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">randy.seaver@gmail.com</a><b> if you have problems or register too late for the email. </b></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><p><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Attendance is free but only 100 Zoom seats are available, so please register soon.</span></span></b></p><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">NOTE: The <a href="https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/" style="color: #221199; text-decoration-line: none;">Chula Vista Genealogical Society</a> offers an annual membership of $30. Besides the monthly General Meeting with a program speaker on the last Wednesday of each month, there is a monthly Research Group meeting on second Wednesdays and a DNA Interest Group meeting on third Wednesdays, all at 12 noon Pacific time, plus a monthly 10 page email newsletter chock full of program announcements, research tips and program reviews.</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div></div></div>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-55701370885348402582019-10-28T10:59:00.000-07:002019-10-28T10:59:35.064-07:00Chula Vista Genealogical Society Meeting on Wednesday, 30 October Is About Newspapers!<div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 12 noon</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Speaker: CVGS Member <span style="color: red;">Randy Seaver</span> on </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Newspapers are a vital historical resource for genealogy researchers. However, they are an underutilized resource, even with more newspapers coming online as searchable digital images. Newspapers offer all sorts of gems for genealogy and family history researchers. We can use them to unlock the stories of our ancestors, as well as learn more about the time and place in which they lived.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">In this presentation, Randy will describe the information types that can be found in historical newspapers; where you can find information about which newspapers have been published in a specific locality; and where you can find historical newspapers in print, on microfilm, or in digital image collections. He will describe how he has solved some of his genealogy mysteries using historical newspapers.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"> Randy Seaver is a San Diego native, a graduate of San Diego State, and a former aerospace engineer at Rohr in Chula Vista. He started chasing dead ancestors in 1988 and has built a family tree with about 55,000 persons. He has been a member of CVGS since 1992, and is currently a member of NEHGS and SDGS. He has written several books about his own family history, and blogs about his genealogy world daily on Genea-Musings (</span><a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #221199; text-decoration-line: none;">www.geneamusings.com</a><span style="background-color: white;">). </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">NOTE: This meeting is free for all to attend. There will be a short business meeting and refreshments after the presentation.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-87751441299900210792018-12-05T10:09:00.000-08:002018-12-05T10:09:00.692-08:00CVGS DNA Interest Group 21 November Meeting Notes<b>The second CVGS DNA Interest Group meeting was on 21 November at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library in the Conference Room. 17 members were in attendance.</b><br />
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<b>Randy demonstrated and discussed AncestryDNA for most of the meeting, including:</b><br />
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<b>* Settings, and downloading your raw DNA in a ZIP file for upload to another DNA provider.</b><br />
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<b>* Ethnicity Estimate </b>-- Regions (reference groups), Migrations, and Timeline. AncestryDNA recently changed and added to their Regions definitions, and now has 15,000 reference group profiles in 350 regions.<br />
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<b>* DNA Circles </b>-- these include descendants from your common ancestors who have an Ancestry Member Tree with your ancestors. They may not be a DNA Match with you, but are with other DNA Circle members. A user can see the relationship paths from the common ancestors to themself and to the DNA Circle member.<br />
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<b>* New Ancestor Discoveries</b> -- these are historical persons that may have common ancestors in the trees of DNA Matches with you. I've never found a tree match.<br />
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<b>* DNA Matches</b> -- these are persons who have a DNA match of at least 6 centiMorgans with you. The user can search Matches by surname and location; can see how much DNA is shared with a match; can view "Shared Ancestor" matches (a green leaf Hint, with relationship path for you and the match); can view "All Matches" (ordered by amount of shared centiMorgans for each match); can view "Shared Matches" in a list (other matches who share a DNA segment with you and your specific match); indication if a match has a public Ancestry Member Tree, a private tree, an unlinked tree, or no tree at all (you can review public trees and unlinked trees); view a Matches Map on the "All Matches" page.<br />
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For each match, the user can Compare ethnicities, send a message, add or edit a Note, and explore available trees to try to find common ancestors. I use the MedBetter DNA Chrome extension to display my Notes on the All Matches page.<br />
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<b>* Creating a Quick and Dirty Ancestry tree</b> to find common ancestors from public trees or unlinked trees - see Blaine Bettinger's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmOZXCxsqNU">YouTube video here.</a> I do this in one private unsearchable trees using Ancestry's search capabilities, starting from someone in a Match's tree.<br />
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<b>* To keep track of your AncestryDNA matches,</b> I use a spreadsheet to list Match user name, amount of shared DNA in cM, number of segments, if they have a tree, if they are in another set of DNA matches (like MyHeritage or GEDMatch), and if I have added their line to my RootsMagic tree.<br />
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<b>The next DNA Interest Group meeting will be Wednesday, 19 December at 12 noon in the Conference Room at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista, CA).</b><br />
<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-85319884485613130522018-12-03T09:35:00.000-08:002018-12-03T09:35:00.159-08:00CVGS Program Review - November 28th Show and Tell and Officer Election<b>The November 28th <a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/">Chula Vista Genealogical Society</a> (CVGS) meeting at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library had two components - election of officers, and a members show-and-tell of oldest heirlooms or antiques.</b><br />
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<b>1) The slate of Officers elected for the 2019-2020 calendar years were:</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">* President -- Karen Smith</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">* 1st Vice-President, Programs -- Virginia Taylor</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">* 2nd Vice-President, Membership -- Carrie Holleron</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">* Treasurer -- Karen Polk</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">* Secretary -- Karen Yarger</span></b><br />
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<b>The Officers will be installed at the 12 December Annual Holiday Luncheon.</b><br />
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<b>2) The Show-and-Tell antique presentations included:</b><br />
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* Karen Y. displayed photographs of her 1790 Pembroke drop-leaf table.<br />
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* Karen S. displayed her 1860s "Shines" doll and a photograph of her grandmother as a child holding the doll.<br />
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* Karen P. showed a photograph of her 80-year old bear doll, which was her grandmother's doll.<br />
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* Rosa G. discussed her 1890s scissors which were her grandmother's<br />
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* Tameron H. displayed her book of her grandfather's bedtime stories titled <i>Indian Wars,</i> and read one of the short stories.<br />
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* Arlene W. discussed five baskets that her grandmother obtained from Pima Indians in Arizona.<br />
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* Sam S. brought his 1936 Crosley battery-operated tube radio that was his grandfather's in Tennessee, and also a cast-iron kettle from the 1800s.<br />
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* Virginia T. showed her small Santa doll, bought in 1936 by a sibling, and on the Christmas tree<br />
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* Fran C. discussed her hand-made candle holder brought by covered wagon in the late 1800s from the Midwest to San Jose, California.<br />
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<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-1356386368199791252018-11-29T09:21:00.002-08:002018-11-29T09:21:17.886-08:00CVGS Annual Holiday Luncheon on Wednesday, 12 December 2018<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>The Annual Holiday Luncheon will be on Wednesday, 12 December at the Chula Vista South Library </b></span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;">(389 Orange Avenue in Chula Vista in the Conference Rooms at the west end of the building).</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>Enter the parking lot from Orange Avenue east of Fourth Avenue and park at the west end of the parking lot. There is a side door near the Conference rooms.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;"><b>The potluck breakdown for the rest of the meal </b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;">will be coordinated by JoAnn Bonner (phone 619-892-2478 and email <a href="mailto:jabonner13@gmail.com">jabonner13@gmail.com</a>) and </b><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;">Karen Polk (phone 619-972-7251 and email <a href="mailto:karenpolk66@yahoo.com">karenpolk66@yahoo.com</a>). Please contact them by 5 </b><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;">December to coordinate the potluck dishes. The potluck schedule is:</b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>• A to F Surnames: Salads, Rolls, Butter</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>• G to K Surnames: Appetizers, Condiments, Snack Trays</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>• L to P Surnames: Potatoes, Vegetables, Casseroles</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>• Q to Z Surnames: Desserts</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;"><b>There will be a free door prize drawing, opportunity drawings for table decorations, and there will be </b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;">an optional bring one/get one gift exchange ($10 limit).</b><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;"><b>Attendees are requested to bring non-perishable food and/or unwrapped toys for donation to the </b></span><b style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit;">Salvation Army. Attendees are also requested to wear their best ugly Christmas sweaters.</b><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>The program will be the installation of the newly elected 2019-2020 CVGS Board Officers.</b></span><br />
<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-69731428225706391762018-09-05T20:13:00.000-07:002018-09-05T20:13:24.346-07:00Chula Vista Family History Day - Saturday, 29 September 2018<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">The </span><a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/" style="color: red; text-decoration-line: none;">Chula Vista Genealogical Society</a><span style="color: red;"> and the </span><a href="https://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/library" style="color: #221199; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: blue;">Chula Vista Public Library</span></a><span style="color: red;"> proudly present the </span><span style="color: #274e13;">3rd Annual Family History Day</span><span style="color: red;"> on </span><span style="color: blue;">Saturday, 29 September 2018</span><span style="color: red;"> at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street in Chula Vista, California 91910) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. </span></b><br style="background-color: white;" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">The Theme for this event is "DNA Research."</span></b><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">The family history activities will include:</span></b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">* 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium - Opening session and Keynote address: <span style="color: blue;">"Overview of DNA Testing and Analysis for Genealogy," by Randy Seaver</span></b><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b style="background-color: white;">* 12 noon in the auditorium - Presentation: <span style="color: blue;">"Who Is ... County Supervisor Greg Cox," by Randy Seaver</span> (a definition of Mr. Cox's family history)</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">* Throughout the day (hosted by CVGS volunteers, FamilySearch staff, and library staff:</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** Register in the library lobby before entering the library</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** Create your family tree - in the Conference Room</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** Search online for family records - in the Computer Lab</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** Children family history activities - in the Children's library</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** Help with DNA - in the Local History Room</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** FamilySearch Library computers and help - in the main library near the windows</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** CVGS book collection - in the "family research" stacks</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** Research advice and information - in the main library</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">** "Ancestors Matter!" family story and photo display - in the main library</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">There will be door prizes for lucky ticket holders at both presentations and at 3 p.m. in the library lobby.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">This is a free activity for all persons interested in their family history. Please come for an hour or for the entire day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">For more information, go to <a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/">www.CVGenealogy.org</a> or call toll free 1-844-268-2847.</span></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-10711302696159347312018-02-28T15:37:00.000-08:002018-02-28T15:37:06.831-08:00Saturday Workshop on 3 March 2018<b>Susi Pentico will lead the discussion of "Where to Look for Help? at the March 3rd Saturday Workshop. </b><br />
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<b>It will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Community Room at the Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road, in Bonita, California). </b>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-76230937767146632442018-02-22T15:36:00.000-08:002018-02-22T15:37:14.514-08:00CVGS February Program Meeting: Susi Pentico on "Lost Ancestors"<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Susi Pentico will be presenting "LOST ANCESTORS.” We want to break the ice with society members and to learn more about our fellow researchers. Who are they researching? Who else has my surname? What area are they researching? Could we team up at times and gain more knowledge? The last two Saturday workshops have been leading up to this major event. It is fun to see the faces go from "You do?" to "Wow!" </b></span><br />
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<b>Come prepared to share information with fellow members and see if we can shake a few more leaves out of the trees. We will be rotating research areas for this event so plan on bringing at least three surnames, places, and times. You need to bring a Five Generation Chart, an iPad, computer, or pencil and paper, in order to record your potential successes or followups to be further searched and analyzed.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">Susi Jones Pentico was born in Wyoming, raised on a cattle and dairy ranch in Wyoming and California. She started family research at age 12 with her Mom as a guide (she was Mom's helper writing letters). Susi has been married almost 59 years, is the mother of five, grandmother of ten, and great-grandmother of two. Susi was a founding member of CVGS, and loves to share her knowledge and help others. </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A short business meeting will precede the "Lost Ancestors" presentation. The membership will be presented with the Society's Annual Report and Proposed 2018 Budget for approval. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-16357108378694972282018-02-17T15:21:00.000-08:002018-02-22T15:22:50.250-08:00CVGS Research Group Review - 14 February 2018<b>There were 13 attendees at the February 14th Research Group meeting of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society. Nancy treated us with Valentine hearts.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">In the first hour, Randy discussed the genealogy news for the last month, including:</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* the <span style="background-color: white;">RootsTech 2018 video streaming from 28 February to 3 March at <a href="http://www.rootstech.org/">www.rootstech.org</a>.</span></b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">* how to access the RootsTech 2018 syllabus articles at </span></span><a href="http://app.core-apps.com/rootstech2018/events/view_by_day?tracks&type">http://app.core-apps.com/rootstech2018/events/view_by_day?tracks&type </a>(one article at a time)</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>* the CVGS FamilySearch Library visit and his finds</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>* his Lanfear DNA match connection on MyHeritage - the relationship is correct and the location is correct.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">* the George W. Seaver research saga - outlined at </span><a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/2018/02/the-rest-of-george-w-seaver-story-part_15.html">http://www.geneamusings.com/2018/02/the-rest-of-george-w-seaver-story-part_15.html</a></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">In the second hour, the attendees discussed:</span></b><br />
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<b>* Bobbie described a love story about her ancestor Albert LeMagdaliene, who moved from Quebec to Lake County, Illinois. He married twice, for 25 years and 30 years respectively, and they are buried together.</b><br />
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<b>* Arlene found a book, Gathering of Zion, on the shelf at the Chula Vista library with a reference to her 2nd-great-grandmother.</b><br />
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<b>* Karen S. has been working with a DNA match who is adopted. They think they have found family, and asked about how to contact them. The group suggested several online resources, including the DNA Detectives Facebook group.</b><br />
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<b>* John has been successful finding his wife's families in Mexico church and civil registration records. The group noted that some states now have indexes for Civil registration records.</b><br />
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<b>* Sam has been working on descriptions of his eight great-grandparents. </b><br />
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<b>* Karen Y has been collecting Maryland Eastern Shore information for the 2/28 CVGS program meeting. She has been trolling for names, dates, and places in online resources for six of her ancestral surnames.</b><br />
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<b>* Virginia's 5th cousin sent some family material. She sent messages to 7 AncestryDNA matches, but only 2 have responded. One sent a photo of Virginia's great-grandfather, and the other has family in Virginia's Indiana home town.</b><br />
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<b>* Susi discussed her Jones family line, and the contacts she has made. It seems they have finally decided that Susi is a serious researcher who has lots of information to share on her tree families.</b><br />
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<b>* Diane has an ancestor named Valentine in Germany born in 1859, connected to her Longhurst family. She has been corresponding with a cousin who often gets things wrong.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The next CVGS Research Group meeting will be Wednesday, 14 March 2018 at 12 noon in the Auditorium of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F Street, Chula Vista CA 91910). </span></b><br />
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<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-13299035842369956372018-02-14T15:29:00.000-08:002018-02-22T15:30:07.175-08:00February 2018 Issue of CVGS Newsletter Published<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The February 2018 issue (Volume 28, Issue 2) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 12 February.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>The Table of Contents for this issue is:</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>* page 1 - February 28th General Meeting</b><br /><b>* page 2 - President's Message</b><br /><b>* page 2 - Membership Address Changes</b><br /><b>* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>* page 2 - Member Services</b><br /><b>* page 3 - Next Saturday Workshop</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 3 - Next Research Group Meeting</b><b>* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b><b>* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting</b><br /><b>* </b><b>page 3 - Help Wanted</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 3 - Scholarship Donations Welcome</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 4 - Hispanic Research Classes in San Diego</b></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">* page 4 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars</b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 5 - January 31st Program Review</b></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 6: February 3rd Saturday Workshop Review</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 7 - January 10th Research Group Review</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* page 8 - Field Trip to FamilySearch Library</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 8- Recent Blog Articles of Interest</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* page 9: CVGS Member Wanda Brock Passed Away</b><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b><b>* page 11 - CVGS Society Information</b><br /><b>* page 11 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (<a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">www.cvgenealogy.org</a>) - CVGS members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-55941885219981148862018-02-05T13:13:00.001-08:002018-02-05T13:13:10.382-08:00Program Review - Marti Lewis on "Exploring Your DNA Results"<b>There were 34 in attendance for the CVGS program meeting on 31 January at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library. </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The speaker was Marti Lewis who discussed "Exploring Your DNA Test Results."</span></b><br />
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<b>Marti said there were many ways to use DNA to trace your Family History. The main question most people have is "what do we do with it?" </b><br />
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<b>Each person receives 23 pair of chromosomes from their biological parents - 22 pair are autosomal chromosomes, and 1 pair of sex chromosomes: Males receive a Y-chromosome from their father and an X chromosome from their mother; Females receive an X-chromosome from each parent.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">There are three types of DNA testing that deal with your 23 pairs of chromosomes:</span></b><br />
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<b>* Y chromosome: A sex chromosome transmitted from fathers to sons. This follows the paternal line (e.g., 1 of your 32 3rd great-grandparents).</b><br />
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<b>* Mitochondrial DNA: Matter outside the cell nucleus, transmitted from females to children. This follows a maternal line (but males don't pass it on) </b><b>(e.g., 1 of your 32 3rd great-grandparents).</b><br />
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<b>* Autosomal DNA: The DNA on 22 chromosomes that are passed from all of your ancestors through your parents </b><b>(e.g., all 32 of your 32 3rd great-grandparents).</b><br />
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<b>With Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA tests, you can determine the haplogroup of the paternal and maternal </b><b>lines - where did they originate, where did they migrate to in ancient times. The Y-DNA haplogroups differ from the mtDNA haplogroups. For instance, Marti's mtDNA haplogroup is L3e, which came from Mozambique.</b><br />
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<b>AncestryDNA, 23andMe, FamilyTreeDNA and MyHeritageDNA offer autosomal testing, but only FamilyTreeDNA provides Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA tests. 23andMe does provide haplogroup definition as part of their service.</b><br />
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<b>* Ancestry Composition - your ethnicity, according to how your DNA matches the test company's reference groups. </b><b>Marti's ethnicity estimate shows that she is 65% Sub-Saharan African, 32.2% European and 1.8% East Asian/Native American.</b><br />
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<b>* Compare your DNA to your matches - the percentage of DNA you share helps determine the possible relationships to your matches. Each DNA match on your list will tell you how much you share with that person. Typically, you share 50% with a parent, 25% with a grandparent, 12.5% with a great-grandparent, etc. A first cousin will share about 12.5% with you, a 2nd cousin about 3%, a 3rd cousin about 0.8%.</b><br />
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<b>* Find common ancestors with your DNA matches. She explained the concept of cousins and removed cousins - a 3rd cousin shares 2nd great-grandparents, and a 3rd cousin once removed would share common ancestors 4 generations back for one person, and 5 generations back on the other line, in other words one generation different from a common ancestor.</b><br />
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<b>Marti described one of her autosomal DNA matches - William Paxson Gordon (a white man), with whom she shares 26 cM in 2 segments, meaning he is probably a 3rd cousin 1x removed, with common second great-grandparents. One of Marti's second great-grandmothers is Cynthia Jane Paxson (1825-1886) whose father had one of William Gordon's Paxson ancestors. </b><br />
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<b>She said that it helps to have an online Family Tree that your family and cousins can find and use - <a href="https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=ibemarti">Marti's is on the Tribal Pages website.</a> The site is free, although there is an annual fee for image storage.</b><br />
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<b>Marti has found that DNA testing and analysis has helped unravel some of her family history mysteries. In some cases, DNA test analysis can strengthen your research paper trail, and help you avoid false connections.</b><br />
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<b>This was a good introduction to DNA testing and analysis for CVGS members.</b><br />
<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-50758545567440655582018-01-25T14:51:00.000-08:002018-01-25T14:51:35.973-08:00CVGS Program on 31 January: Marti Lewis on "Exploring Your DNA Results"<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 12 Noon</span></b></div>
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<b>Margaret “Marti” Lewis, is a compelling and influential voice in the genealogy community. She has been featured, quoted, profiled and published in several major media publications. Marti volunteers as a Contributor to Find a Grave, is a Consultant on African American Research at the San Diego Family History Center, is a former Administrator for the African American Genealogy Research and the California pages on Facebook. She is also the President of the San Diego African American Genealogy Research Group. </b><br />
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<b>She is available on Thursday evenings from 6 p.m. To 8 p.m. at the Family History Center (4195 Camino Del Rio South) for personal consultations and a free class. Although Marti’s focus is African American Research all her </b><b>presentations offer research strategies for other nationalities as well. E</b><b>veryone is welcome!</b><br />
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<b>Marti's presentation will be <span style="color: red;">“Exploring Your DNA Results Today - You Can Discover Who You Are, Where You Came From, and Analyze your Ethnicity with DNA Testing!” </span> </b><br />
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<b>The presentation will take you on the journey Marti took to unravel the mysteries of her ancestors, and substantiate her Family Tree back to 1522. Marti admits she is no DNA expert … she would just like to stress the importance of the strategies she uses with pedigree charts and on-line family trees to explore her DNA results to create her Family Tree. </b><br />
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<b>All meetings of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society are free to attend. Visitors are welcome. There will be a short business meeting, and refreshments, after the program presentation.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-17148666102089392018-01-21T14:55:00.000-08:002018-01-22T14:58:24.266-08:00 January 24th CVGS Research Trip to the Family History Library<b>On Wednesday, January 24th, John Finch will lead a research trip to the <span style="color: red;">FamilySearch Center and Library in Mission Valley (4195 Camino del Rio South, ground floor on east side of building). </span></b><br />
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<b>The group will meet to carpool on the second level of the Chula Vista parking garage on Third Avenue (between Fuddruckers and Marie Callenders) by 10 a.m., at which time the carpools will depart. We'll leave the Library at about 2 p.m. </b><br />
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<b>FamilySearch has ended microfilm rentals, but has added many microfilm collections in digital format, and some of them are available to view on the computers at the FamilySearch Library. Be sure to bring a USB drive so you can download record mages to the drive for use at home.</b><br />
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<b>If you plan to join us - and especially if you can drive, please contact John at <a href="mailto:jan27@cox.net">jan27@cox.net</a> or Karen Yarger at <a href="mailto:khy13@hotmail.com">khy13@hotmail.com</a>. </b><br />
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<b>If you don't want to carpool, meet us at the FamilySearch Library, which opens at 10 a.m. </b>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-25712854839185168472018-01-17T14:39:00.000-08:002018-01-22T14:59:10.027-08:00Research Group Summary - 10 January 2018<b><span style="color: red;">There were 14 in attendance at the CVGS Research Group meeting on Wednesday, 10 January 2018, at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library Conference Room.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">In the first hour, Randy reviewed genealogy news from the past two months, including:</span></b><br />
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<b>* FamilySearch now requires a free registration to use any of their services - record search, research wiki, library catalog, Family Tree, etc. They have added digital microfilm of many of their records for access through the Library Catalog, and some of them require access to be at a FamilySearch Library.</b><br />
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<b>* The Rootsweb website has been down for awhile due to a data breach on the servers. They will gradually bring most of the services back gradually. </b><br />
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<b>* Ancestry Member Trees have not been indexed since October, and the indexing does not cover trees without an attached Ancestry source. </b><br />
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<b>* A new edition of Val Greenwood's <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Researchers-Guide-American-Genealogy-4th/dp/0806320664">Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy</a></i> was published. </b><br />
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<b>* Randy got a new HP Envy laptop computer for Christmas, has loaded his genealogy files, but the HDMI to VGA adapter doesn't work well. </b><br />
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<b>* Randy found his own, his brothers and his mother's graduation photos in the new Yearbook Collection on MyHeritage. </b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">In the second hour, the attendees discussed their Christmas genea-gifts and New Year's resolutions:</span></b><br />
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<b>*John and his wife got a Christmas card from a Fresno cousin.</b><br />
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<b>* Arlene went to Salt Lake City and the Family History Library and found ancestry books. She also bought Dana McCullough's book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Unofficial-Guide-FamilySearch-org-History-Genealogy-ebook/dp/B015P79XLY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516659764&sr=1-1&keywords=unofficial+guide+to+familysearch">Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch</a>.</i></b><br />
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<b>* Virginia found information for her great-grandfather in a newspaper article on <a href="http://newspaperarchive.com/">NewspaperArchive.com</a>.</b><br />
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<b>* Karen S. received a message from a DNA 2nd cousin match on Ancestry who is searching for her birth parents..</b><br />
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<b>* Susi is working through her 20 boxes of genealogy records in storage. She received a gift from a cousin of a family photo album.</b><br />
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<b>* Bobbie reviewed her goals and added a new one for a brickwall ancestor. She is using a book to find a list of relatives in Bamberg, Germany, and is working with a DNA cousin in London.</b><br />
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<b>* Connie bought an AncestryDNA test. She is investigating joining the DAR and Daughters of Union Veterans from the Civil war.</b><br />
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<b>* Joanna is moving so she can hook up her computer to the Internet.</b><br />
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<b>* Gary is conversing with a DNA first cousin. He has a wayward uncle on his mother's side who may have married after World War II.</b><br />
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<b>* Helen is working on three boxes of photographs, putting them on her computer and plans to send them to relatives.</b><br />
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<b>* Debbie is just starting, and is looking for information on her mother's grandfather from Poland.</b><br />
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<b>* Linda has scanned several boxes of photographs at the FamilySearch Library and saved them to a USB drive. Some of them need to be repaired because of damage. </b><br />
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<b>* Sam has a new computer. He found that a relative was a World War I Army Air Corps pilot in France. He asked "When you find a photograph on Ancestry.com, can you use it?" The group discussed copyright and provenance.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">The next CVGS Research Group meeting will be Wednesday, 14 February 2018 in the Conference Room of the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library.</span></b><br />
<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-48623090607485657462018-01-12T14:46:00.000-08:002018-01-22T14:47:01.153-08:00January 2018 Issue of CVGS Newsletter<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>The December 2018 issue (Volume 28, Issue 1) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 8 January.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>The Table of Contents for this issue is:</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>* page 1 - January 31st General Meeting</b><br /><b>* page 2 - President's Message</b><br /><b>* page 2 - Membership Address Changes</b><br /><b>* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>* page 2 - Member Services</b><br /><b>* page 3 - Next Saturday Workshop</b><br /><b>* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting</b><br /><b>* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>* </b></span><b style="background-color: white;">page 3 - Help Wanted</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;">* page 3 - January 24th Field Trip </b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 4 - La Vista Cemetery Project</b><br /><b>* page 4 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars</b></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 5 - Annual Holiday Luncheon Review</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 6 - SDGS Annual Meeting and Seminar</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 6 - Notable Blog Posts</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 7 - Next Research Group Meeting</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 8 - Dear Randy Question</b></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 9 - CVGS Society Information</b></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events</b><br /><b>* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (<a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/">www.cvgenealogy.org</a>) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-21936511546979994342017-12-14T14:47:00.000-08:002017-12-07T15:18:57.073-08:00Annual Holiday Luncheon Meeting on Wednesday, 13 December at Chula Vista South Library<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: red;">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.</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b style="background-color: white;">Turkey, ham and drinks will be provided by CVGS. </b><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b style="background-color: white;">The potluck breakdown for the rest of the meal will be coordinated by JoAnn Bonner (phone 619-421-3628, email <a href="mailto:jabonner13@gmail.com">jabonner13@gmail.com</a>) and Ana Castro (phone 619-781-8441, email <a href="mailto:crcastro@cox.net">crcastro@cox.net</a>). Please contact them by 12/10 to coordinate the potluck dishes. The schedule is:</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: red;">A to F Surnames: Snack trays, Condiments, Olives, Pickles, Cranberry Sauce, etc.</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: red;">G to K Surnames: Potatoes (Irish or Sweet), Veggies, Casserole</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: red;">L to P Surnames: Desserts</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="color: red;">Q to Z Surnames: Salads, Rolls, Butter</span></b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b style="background-color: white;"> A sign-up sheet was passed around at the 29 November program meeting.</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b style="background-color: white;">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.</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"></span><b style="background-color: white;">A business meeting will be held to review the 2017 CVGS year, and to share "What is your favorite holiday gift?"</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-33089081755150823562017-12-07T15:16:00.003-08:002017-12-07T15:16:47.581-08:00CVGS November 29th Program Review - "Heirloom Show and Tell"<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">There were about 30 attendees at the "Heirloom Show and Tell" program on 29 November.</b><br style="background-color: white;" /><b style="background-color: white;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white;"><b>There were 11 CVGS members who presented their heirlooms, with the help of Gary who showed photographs of the treasures on the big screen. </b></span><b style="background-color: white;">The heirloom presenters and their heirloom treasures were:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* 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.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Bobbie presented a two-page 15-generation pedigree chart of her French-Canadian ancestry which she received from a relative.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Karen Y. brought a sterling silver sugar bowl and creamer service that was a gift to her grandparents, and a wedding gift to Karen.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Ralph shared a wooden Jesus Christ crucifix that his family obtained in Mexico.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* 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. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Susan shared a teddy bear made from a fur coat which she received as a child.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Susi showed a painting of her grandmother, and portraits of two more relatives. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Joanna discussed a small Bavarian tea pot.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Nancy presented a circular family tree.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Gary showed mystery photos he has received over the years for which he doesn't know who provided them. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">* Ceasar presented photos of Internet antique browsers from the first ARPANET web browser, Mosaic, and Netscape Navigator.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white;">This was a fun program, and has become an annual program event.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Wednesday, 29 November 2017, 12 noon</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Program: <span style="color: blue;">CVGS Members on “Heirloom Show and Tell”</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">at Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F St.) Auditorium</span></b></div>
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<b> 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. </b><br />
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<b> Please send a picture of your heirloom to Gary Brock (<a href="mailto:gary@brocksystems.com">gary@brocksystems.com</a>). Please get it to him no later than November 24. Also send Virginia Taylor (<a href="mailto:irishdoll@cox.net">irishdoll@cox.net</a>) 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.</b><br />
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<b> Let’s have lots of heirlooms and stories, to share.</b><br />
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<b> See the 2016 heirlooms in <a href="http://cvgencafe.blogspot.com/2016/12/november-30th-program-review-heirloom.html">CVGS November 30th Program Review - "Heirloom Show and Tell."</a></b>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-41572196999750112592017-11-15T13:58:00.000-08:002017-11-15T13:58:10.833-08:00CVGS November Research Group Review<b><span style="color: red;">The 8 November CVGS Research Group met in the library auditorium with 18 members in attendance.</span></b><br />
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<b>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!</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">In the rest of the first hour, Randy discussed:</span></b><br />
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<b>* AJ Jacobs has a new book out about genealogy called <i>It's All Relative.</i> It's funny, and documents his own ancestral search and organizing the Global Family Reunion in 2015.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* Find A Grave has a more modern look and feel on their site, including a decent source citation. Not everybody likes the new site.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">In the second hour, the attendees discussed the following:</span></b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* Helen has been going through 25 years worth of collected papers and entering them in her family tree program. </b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b>* 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.</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">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. </span></b><br />
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<b>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).</b><br />
<br />Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-67320345970612322052017-11-11T14:04:00.000-08:002017-11-15T14:06:15.181-08:00November 2017 CVGS Newsletter Published<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>The November 2017 issue (Volume 27, Issue 11) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 6 November.</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>The Table of Contents for this issue is:</b><br /><b><br /></b><b>* page 1 - November 29th General Meeting</b><br /><b>* page 2 - President's Message</b><br /><b>* page 2 - Membership Address Changes</b><br /><b>* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><br /></b><b>* page 2 - Member Services</b><br /><b>* page 3 - Next Saturday Workshop</b><br /><b>* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting</b><br /><b>* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><br /></b><b>* </b></span></span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">page 3 - Don't Reshelve Books</b><br />
<b style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">* page 3 - CVGS Presents Childrens Books </b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day Review</b></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 4 - Annual Holiday Luncheon Information</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 5 - October 25th Program Review</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 5 - Genealogy Bargains</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 6 - October 11th Research Group Review</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 6 - 2017 Genealogy Rockstars</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b><br /></b><b>* page 7 - Finding Your Roots TV Schedule</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 7 - Upcoming Family Tree Webinars</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 8 - October 15th Lemon Grove Program Review</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><b>* page 9 - CVGS Society Information</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b style="color: #333333;"><br /></b><b style="color: #333333;">* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events</b><br /><b style="color: #333333;">* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista</b><br /><b style="color: #333333;"><br /></b><b><span style="color: #333333;">The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (</span><a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/"><span style="color: blue;">www.cvgenealogy.org</span></a><span style="color: #333333;">) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> <span style="color: red;">Wednesday, 25 October 2017, 12 noon</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Program: <span style="color: blue;">David Hanson on “Ghosts of the U.S.S. Midway”</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>at Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library (365 F St.) Auditorium</b></span></div>
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<b> 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.</b><br />
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<b> 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. </b><br />
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<b> 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.</b><br />
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<b>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.</b><br />
<b><br /></b>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-85904585126744026452017-10-13T10:29:00.000-07:002017-10-13T10:29:12.225-07:00October 11th CVGS Research Group Review<span style="color: red;"><b>The Chula Vista Genealogical Society Research Group meeting on 11 October had 14 attendees.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>In the first hour, Randy provided information on:</b></span><br />
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<b>* "Finding Your Roots" series has started on PBS on Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. Pacific time.</b><br />
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<b>* "Genealogy News Bytes" published on <span style="font-family: inherit;">Tuesday and Friday on <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/">www.GeneaMusings.com</a>. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* Best of the Genea-Blogs is published each Sunday on <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/">www.GeneaMusings.com</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* He defined his<span style="background-color: white;"> <a href="http://www.geneamusings.com/2017/09/dear-randy-what-is-your-genealogy-work.html">"Genealogy Work Flow Using RootsMagic TreeShare"</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>In the second hour, the attendees discussed their successes and challenges, including:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* Diane Googled an ancestor, Eliza (Mansbridge) Burton, and found a Find A Grave memorial with her photograph and family information.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* 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.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* 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.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* Jean T. found a photograph of her ancestor Richard Dramsfield in an Ancestry Member Tree.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* 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.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* 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.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"><b>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). </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-13303229111127012662017-10-10T10:02:00.000-07:002017-10-12T10:02:34.082-07:00October 2017 CVGS Newsletter Published<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The October 2017 issue (Volume 27, Issue 10) of the CVGS Newsletter was published on Monday, 9 October.</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The Table of Contents for this issue is:</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 1 - October 25th General Meetingt</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 2 - President's Message</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 2 - Membership Address Changes</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 2 - Register for Meetings on CVGS Website</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 2 - Member Services</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 3 - November 4th Saturday Workshop</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 3 - Next Computer Group Meeting</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 3 - Next Lemon Grove Meeting</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /></b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 3 - Old City Cemetery in Sacramento</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 4 - SDHC/SDGS Genealogy Day</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>* page 4 - November 29th Heirloom Discovery Day</b><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 5 - Family History Day Review</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 6 - Sweptember 13th Research Group Review</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 9 - CVGS Society Information</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 9 - San Diego Area Genealogy Events</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">* page 10 - Genealogy Days in Chula Vista</b><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333;" /><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The CVGS Newsletter is available on the CVGS website (<a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/">www.cvgenealogy.org</a>) - members can see the current issue, but non-members cannot see the last two issues of the newsletter.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><br /></b></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-81618880794003389362017-10-05T09:56:00.000-07:002017-10-12T10:33:53.558-07:00CVGS/CVPL Family History Day Highlights<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="background-color: white;">The </span><a href="http://www.cvgenealogy.org/" style="background-color: white;">Chula Vista Genealogical Society</a></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;"> 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. </span> </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">The effort by over 30 CVGS volunteers (we are a 93 person society) was fantastic.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: red;">Randy Seaver opened the day with a Keynote address on "Become a Family History Detective!"</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: red;">The formal highlight was Ceasar Castro's presentation on "Who Is Chief David Bejarano?"</span> 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!</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">The CVGS volunteers worked with members of the community in nine separate areas:</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">* 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.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><b>* The entrance to the library had a Welcome table with handouts from Ancestry.com, Findmypast, and MyHeritage.</b></span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">* The Family Tree chart area, where volunteers helped persons fill out their five generation chart.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">* The Computer Lab, where volunteers helped persons find records online for their ancestors.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold;">* 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.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">* A "Getting Started" area, where volunteers answered questions about research, resources and DNA.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">* The San Diego FamilySearch Library brought six laptops and helped persons find records in online databases and the FamilySearch Family Tree.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">* 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.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">* 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.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">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.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Ana and Ceasar Castro hosted an after-party for the volunteers on Sunday at their beautiful home in Chula Vista.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6054311359757164172.post-49086094620773147712017-10-02T14:53:00.000-07:002017-10-02T14:53:10.164-07:00CVGS Saturday Workshop - 7 October 2017<b> 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). </b><br />
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<b>The program will be “Tennessee Research and Some History” presented by Susi Pentico. </b><br />
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<b>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. </b>Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00767597565176134044noreply@blogger.com0