Auburn, California
Auburn, California
Placer County Genealogical Society
Post Office Box 7385
Auburn, California 95604
Beecher Room
Auburn-Placer County Library
350 Nevada Street, Auburn
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
(Fourth Thursday)
Doors will open at 6:30 pm.
November Evening Meeting
Monday, November 24, 2008
Annual Member Sharing “New Family Connections“ & Elections
Our November PCGS meeting will be on Monday, November 24 (because the 4th Thursday is Thanksgiving Day) This meeting consists of election of officers and our program will be member sharing. Our theme this year is "New Family Connections."
January Evening Meeting
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Genealogical Research in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Pamela lectures nationally and locally on a wide range of topics. He speaks frequently at local societies and presents full-day workshops and classes. A member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Genealogical Speakers Guild, she also serves on the board of many societies. She is currently the educational chair of the Roseville Genealogical Society, Vice President of the Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley and the Sacramento Area District Director of the California State Genealogical Alliance.
Beecher Room
Auburn-Placer County Library
350 Nevada Street, Auburn
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
(Second Monday)
The Day Study Group is a 2-hour workshop in which we will discuss a specific topic, with hands-on exercises, and discussion. After the discussion, we can provide one-on-one mentoring should you have a "brick wall" situation in which you need help. Visitors are welcome.
January Day Study Group Meeting
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Study Group does not meet in December. The Dewey Decimal System
Please join us in January for:
and
A Treasure Hunt in the Auburn Library
In January, our study group will learn to decipher the meaning of Dewey Decimal library call numbers, followed by a hands-on “treasure hunt” for genealogical information in the Auburn Library. Join us as we get up out of our chairs and go on a library adventure. leads the study group. Visitors are welcome.
Family Tree Maker User's Group
LDS Church
1255 Bell Road, Auburn
10:0
Bring any questions you have concerning the program.
Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader with anyrequests.
December FTM Meeting
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Family Tree Maker 2009
The December meeting will continue our look at Family Tree Maker 2009. This is a free upgrade to FTM 2008.
Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader with any requests.
January FTM Meeting
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Family Tree Maker 2009
The January meeting will continue our look at Family Tree Maker 2009. This is a free upgrade to FTM 2008.
Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader with any requests.
November/December Placer Trails Newsletter
November/December Placer Trails Newsletter (Large)
Member highlight page: This month we feature pictures from John Knox.
Members: Email addresses, Web Sites, and Names and Locations being Researched.
PCGS Has Voice Mail (866) 894-2076
Don Cortez of Three Ring Service have graciouslydonated a voice mail phone number for Placer County Genealogical Society. We will belisting this number in our publicity notices in the newspapers and other publications. Thesociety will then have a permanent number regardless of the annual change of boardmembers. The answering message will announce basic information and the up coming PCGSmeetings. Callers can leave messages for the board members, chair persons and the research committee. Thank You, Don Cortez
2008 Dues
Annualdues are $10.00 electronic rate and $15.00 mail rate. Your 2008 membership is due on January 1 and must be received by April 1 to avoid being dropped from our membership list.
If you are a new member or if you paid your dues twice last year, you may already bepaid-up. Check your newsletter mailing label, the year after yourlast name indicates dues are paid through the end of that year.
Electronic Rate: This rate shall entitle members to receive electroniconly access to and/or delivery of the corporation's newsletter and meetingnotices.
Mail rate: This rate shall entitle members to receive by postal maildelivery printed copies of the corporation's newsletter and meeting notices.
Note: At this time a family membership is defined as two or more persons residing at a single mailing address. You are encouraged to register a family membership. Family memberships are entitled to one vote per family member in attendance at meetings, not to exceed two votes per family.
Membership Form in HTML format
Membership Form in Adobe PDF format
We have a mailing list at RootsWebfor PCGS. Announcements of meetings and other information of interest to PCGSmembers will be made available through this mailing list. It is also a place togloat about your recent finds and general discussion among our members. If you have trouble subscribing please e-mail at the address below.
CA-PCGS. A mailing list for the members of the Placer County (California) Genealogical Society (PCGS) to discuss the activities of the Society. If you are a member of the Society you can subscribe by sending "subscribe" to ca-pcgs-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ca-pcgs-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode).To switch from one mode to the other, you should unsubscribe from one and then subscribe to the other. There is no "no mail" mode -- if you want messages to stop, you should simply unsubscribe. You may also search or browse the archives or subscribe at CA-PCGS. If you have trouble subscribing or un-subscribing please e-mail maillist@pcgs.pcgenes.com
The indexes to births, marriages, and deaths have been recently revised and may take a while to download.
INDEX TO BIRTHS 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,Auburn, California
INDEX TO MARRIAGES 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,Auburn, California
INDEX TO DEATHS 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,Auburn, California
NAMES OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN PLACER COUNTY IN 1890 From the Placer County Great Registers
WORLD WAR I SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF PLACER COUNTY From the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California
Placer County Archives has files of biographies, genealogical information and newspaper articles of people who lived in Placer County at one time in their lives.PCGS members Anne Thompson, Beverly Russell, Jacqui Marcella, Joyce House, and Carmel Barry-Schweyer have finished indexing these files:
INDEX TO PLACER COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES From the Placer County Archives.
Additional Placer County research is available. Please see our Research Policy.
CHAIRPERSONS
General Information about PCGS
PCGS Research Policy
Grass Roots Genealogy Group
Nevada County Genealogical Society
Genealogical Association of Sacramento (G.A.S.)
San Mateo County Genealogical Society
Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogy Society
Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento
Roseville Genealogical Society
Sacramento German Genealogy Society
Sloughhouse Area Genealogical Society (SAGS)
Solano County Genealogical Society
Sacramento California Family History Center
Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
Sun City Roseville Computer Club's Genealogy
Sun City Lincoln Hills Genealogy Group
Mission Oaks Genealogy Club
FOR SALE FROM PCGS
How to Begin Book - revised Fall 2003 edition available
PCGS’s handbook, Tracing Your Family Tree: How to Begin, contains chapterson genealogical forms, setting up a filing system, original record sources, the Internet,research by mail, using the Auburn Family History Center and the Auburn-Placer CountyLibrary, and evaluating your evidence. Also included are lists of local area genealogical organizations and research facilities.