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From: "Paula Hinkel" <>
Subject: [CAORANGE] October at the Southern California Genealogical Society
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:39:22 -0700


October is Family History Month, and SCGS has scheduled several activities
to celebrate.

Saturday, October 14, 2006 - Lunch and Learn
Let's Get (A Family Reunion) Together
Lunch 12:00 noon
Sit, chat and share your genealogy stories and questions while you eat
Presentation at 1:00PM

A family reunion gives the genealogist or family historian a perfect
opportunity to step into the spotlight. Whether it's showing off the most
recently discovered tintype or family photo, or displaying a 36-foot-long
descendant tree chart on the wall, a family reunion affords a wonderful
opportunity to nurture a young cousin's budding interest in genealogy.
Reunion attendees are a captive audience for gathering interviews, reviewing
and correcting family group sheets, and filling in the blank branches of the
family tree.

Charlotte Bocage has been officially researching her family since 1977. She
has organized several successful family reunions on her father's side and is
in the beginning stages of the first family reunion on her mother's side for
2007. She has served on the SCGS Board of Directors for the last three
years and volunteers every Wednesday at the library. Charlotte is on the
SGS Jamboree committee and the Education committee.

If your family has held a reunion, please bring along any materials
--newsletters, photo albums, activities, etc. -- that were used. We'd love
to see them, and they will be great examples for others who are thinking of
organizing a reunion.

A special drawing will follow Charlotte's presentation. The winner will
receive a free "Family Tree Shirt" from the SCGS store on CafePress (a $20
value). To see an example of the Family Tree Shirt,
http://www.cafepress.com/scgsgenealogy/569435 Must be present to win.

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The Regional Geographic Group program for October 17 features the Great
Basin/Pacific Slope states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho,
Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington). Come to this information research
problem-solving session, use the thousands of resources at the SCGS Library,
and hurdle that nagging brick wall! Join us for dinner at 5pm and research
until we close at 9pm.

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The German Interest Group meets on Saturday, October 21, at 1pm to review
the German Lineage books available at the Los Angeles Public Library. Open
to the public at no charge. Come explore your German roots!

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Start now to grow the next generation of family researchers by bringing your
grade schooler to the Kids Genealogy Camp on Saturday, October 28, from 9:30
a.m. to 2:00 p.m. http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/KidsCamp1.htm We are very
grateful to La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, the sponsor of this special event.

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The Writers Group will meet on
Sunday, October 15 from 1pm to 3pm
Sunday, November 5 from 1pm to 3pm
Tuesday, November 21 from 12 noon to 2 pm

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Check the calendar http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/calendar.php for our
regularly scheduled interest groups and meetings.

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The Library is open to the public for research on:
10:00am - 4:00pmWednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays
10:00am - 9:00pmTuesdays
10:00am - 4:00pmon third and fourth Saturdays
10:00am - 4:00pmon first and second Sundays
ClosedMondays

All activities held at the
Southern California Genealogical Society
417 Irving Drive
Burbank, California 91504-2408
phone:818-843-7247
email:
web:www.scgsgenealogy.com



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