The October 8th meeting of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group had 14 attendees.
In the first hour, Randy reviewed the upcoming CVGS events, and then reviewed how to obtain a Social Security Application. He showed some of the photographs of CVGS member dorothy on her trip to Denmark from Facebook. Lastly, he described the new website, www.FamilyTreeNow.com, which has U.S. census and vital records, including a People Finder database that looks free and useful.
In the second hour, the research challenges, questions and successes were shared by the attendees, including:
1) Kathleen had several questions, including how to obtain a Marriage record and a Divorce decree in Oregon. The group suggested searching online databases on Ancestry and FamilySearch, for the marriage record, and checking Oregon county court records for information about divorce record access.
She also asked how she can find more information about her great-grandmother, born in 1817 and died in 1908 in Oregon. A search on Ancestry.com revealed a Find A Grave entry that helped, but few census records, perhaps due to the variable spelling of the surname.
2) Arlene noted that a gravestone for Joseph Hartman (1753-1831) has several generations on the stone (found on Find A Grave), but it's not her Joseph Hartman. Too bad!
3) Linda met with Ceasar at San Diego Central Library to work on Mexico records for some of her ancestors.
4) Jane's friend insisted that she open the box in her craft room. When she did, she found family pictures, her father's report card with her grandfather's signature.
5) Kathleen found a photograph of her grandmother in another person's Ancestry Member Tree.
6) Sylvia was told that her Hoover ancestor was a Rough Rider with Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish-American War. A check on Wikipedia and other sites did not list the name.
7) Diane noted that, based on the Anderson Cooper episode on Finding Your Roots, that you never know what you're going to find, and that you should contact relatives to see what they know.
8) Gary laid out several pictures from his step-father to determine if they were the same person, and some had writing on the back with identifications. He found some matches.
9) Virginia's neighbor's daughter wanted to tear up a family photograph because the picture showed an ancestor in a Nazi Youth uniform.
10) Susi noted that a change to the number of AncestryDNA matches is coming soon.
The next CVGS Research Group meeting will be Wednesday, 12 November at the Chula Vista Civic Center Branch Library in the Conference Room.
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