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.
July Evening Meeting
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Searching for Soldier Ancestors
Barbara Leak
Barbara has more than 20 years experience as a genealogy researcher and educator having presented genealogy and local history programs to audiences ranging from third-graders to senior citizens. A member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, she has lectured at conferences and workshops sponsored by the National Genealogical Society, Federation of Genealogical Societies, California State Archives, and numerous libraries and societies through out northern California. She is president of the Genealogical and Historical Council of Sacramento Valley and a California State Genealogical Alliance Distinguished Service Award recipient. With a professional background in Business Administration, Barbara demonstrates a practical approach to research, blended with humor, in a presentation style that enlightens her audience.
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.
Barbara Leak leads the study group.
September Day Study Group Meeting
Monday, September 13, 2010
Footnote.com
Join our study group as we begin to explore the growing number of records available on Footnote.com. Footnote.com is a subscription based website providing genealogical and historical documents via unique partnerships with the National Archives, Library of Congress and other institutions. More than 65 million digitized images are online.
Family Tree Maker User's Group
August FTM Meeting
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Family Tree Maker 2010 Questions and Answers
Time for Questions and Answers (any version).
Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader with any requests.
June 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 graciously donated a voicemail phone number for Placer County Genealogical Society. We will be listing this number in our publicity notices in the newspapers and other publications. The society will then have a permanent number regardless of the annual change of board members. The answering message will announce basic information and the upcoming PCGS meetings. Callers can leave messages for the board members, chair persons and the research committee. Thank You, Don Cortez
2010 Dues
Annual dues are $10.00 electronic rate and $15.00 mail rate. Your 2010 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 mayalready 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 receiveelectroniconly access to and/or delivery of the corporation's newsletter and meetingnotices.
Mail rate: This rate shall entitle members to receive by postalmaildelivery printed copies of the corporation's newsletter and meeting notices.
Note: At this time a family membership is definedas two or more persons residing at a single mailing address. You are encouragedto register a family membership. Family memberships are entitled to one voteper 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 RootsWebforPCGS. Announcements of meetings and other information of interest to PCGS members will be made available through this mailing list. It is also a place to gloat 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
COUNTYFrom the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California
NEW AUBURN CEMETERY RECORDS - Placer County
Genealogical Society Cemetery Project
Placer County Archives has files of biographies, genealogical informationand
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
Genealogical and Historical Council
of the Sacramento Valley
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
Roots & Gold Dust
Genealogical Society
Placer County GenWeb
Site
Placer
County Pre-1905 Death Index
AHSGR - American Historical Society of Germans
from Russia
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the
Internet
RootsWeb
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
The Genealogy Home Page
RAND Genealogy Club Home Page
National Genealogical Society - Home
Page
Everton's Guide to Genealogy on the World
Wide Web
Online Searchable Death Indexes &
Records
FOR SALE FROM PCGS
How to Begin Book - revised Fall 2003 edition available
PCGSs handbook, Tracing Your Family Tree: How to Begin, contains chapters on genealogical forms, setting up a filing system, original record sources, the Internet,research by mail, using the Auburn Family History Centerand the Auburn-Placer CountyLibrary, and evaluating your evidence. Alsoincluded are lists of local area genealogical organizations and research facilities.