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Upcoming Monthly Meeting - Thursday, June 4, 2009: "Born Irish: Help for Finding your Ancestors in Ireland", Cath Madden Trindle
Born Irish, but where? This lecture discusses the importance of finding the county and even the townland for your Irish born ancestors, and suggests post immigration sources that might provide the information. We will examine Civil Registration and Church records as sources of vital information. Census records and the two main census substitutes, Griffith's Valuations and the Tithe Applotment Records, will be discussed in detail. Discover other online and printed resources that are helpful in locating nineteenth century Irish ancestors.
Cath Madden Trindle, Certified Genealogist,
has a Certificate of European Research from BYU and is the Treasurer for the Federation of Genealogical Society (FGS). She has lectured at several national and local genealogical events.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Fireside Room at the Family History Center, corner of Noche Buena and Plumas in Seaside, California. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Linger after the meeting to use the Library, check online databases, or socialize. The Library will be open until 9:00. Join us!
All MoCoGenSo meetings are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Come expand your skills and explore your roots!
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Fall Conference: "Heritage Harvest", October 17, 2009, MPC Library
Click on link for full information, map and registration form.
- Future General Monthly Meetings for 2009:
No meeting in July -- Have a good summer!
August 6, 2009: "Women in History", Jim Conway
September 3, 2009: "Googling Around, Genealogically Speaking", Jim Robeson
Many people already know and love Google for assistance with their genealogical searches. This session will present the basics of Google search methods and display ways to optimize the methods for genealogy. We will use the book Google Your Family Tree, by Daniel Lynch, as a source textbook in our quest for those elusive ancestors. We will sign on to the Internet and do live searches, demonstrating the methods being discussed. We will delve into Google Earth and Google Books. There will be some discussions of other search engines, and how they can be used to improve your finds.
A drawing will be held and a free copy of the book Google Your Family Tree will be given away. You do have to be present to win. This give-away is not supported by MoCoGenSo or the FHC. The book used in the class will be the prize.
Jim Robeson is a member of the Monterey County Genealogy Society, and is currently the Hospitality Director. Jim has been an amateur genealogist for as long as he can remember. He still has notes of who-was-who written as a boy on the back of paper sacks. His first genealogical database was paper and pencil. He advanced to Personal Ancestral File 3.0, and currently uses The Master Genealogist 6.1.
Jim has used computers in his entire professional career. His first job was programming on a computer with 8 KB of memory – today’s computers have 4 GB of memory! He is employed at McGraw-Hill in the Global Operations division. Jim was an early pioneer in the use of computers for telecommunications - he ran a public bulletin board before the WWW was invented. Jim is looking forward to the time when he can do genealogy “full time”!
- Monthly Board Meetings
The Board meets on the 3rd Monday of each month (except in June) at the Family History Center in Seaside, California at 7 p.m.
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