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From: "Sally Pavia" <>
Subject: [GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES] SCGS Jamboree, Burbank, CA .. 27-29 Jun
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:48:07 -0700


[Article from Dick Eastman;s Online Newsletter. This will be my 2nd year and
had a fantastic time last year. It's all it's cracked up to be. Sally]
- Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree 2008
The annual Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree is one of the
larger genealogy conferences of the year. In fact, it is the largest such
conference on the west coast. The 2008 Jamboree will be held soon: June 27,
28, and 29 at the Burbank (California) Airport Marriott.
Many well-known professional genealogists, among them Tom Underhill, Arlene
Eakle, and Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, will speak about online and
traditional resources, tech applications for genealogy, including several
DNA talks, German ancestry, genealogy applications for today, such as family
health histories, dealing with family secrets and black sheep, finding
living relatives, and more. I will also be making several presentations at
this year's Jamboree.
This year's program will include speakers and lectures of particular
interest to those researching German, Eastern European, and Jewish roots.
These sessions will include John T. Humphrey speaking on German records,
Peter Lande on "Holocaust Records as a Source for All Genealogists," which
includes how to obtain records from Bad Arolsen; Steve Morse on "One-Step
Webpages," and several others.
A featured session will be the first-ever Blogger Summit, which will feature
seven of the leading genealogy bloggers: Dick Eastman of Eastman's Online
Genealogy Newsletter; Steve Danko of Steve's Genealogy Blog; George G.
Morgan, Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak of Megan's Roots World and RootsTelevision
Schelly Talalay Dardashti of Tracing the Tribe, and Randy Seaver of
Genea-Musings. Moderating the panel discussion will be Leland Meitzler of
GenealogyBlog.com.
The Jamboree also includes some events that I am not used to seeing at
genealogy conferences:
• Hollywood Forever Cemetery tour, bus transportation and guided tour by the
cemetery historian Karie Bible. 8:30 am - 12 noon on Friday, June 27. Cost:
$30.
• FREE Introduction to Genealogy taught by Beverly Truesdale 9:00 am - 12
noon Friday, June 27.
• FREE Kids Genealogy Camp taught by Starr Campbell, Hailey J. Campbell, and
Michael Melendez from 9:00 am – 12 noon Friday, June 27.
• Lockett Tours' "Slice of the City" tourist bus trip on Thursday afternoon,
June 26. Cost: $30.
One of the secrets of the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree
s success is the selection of dates: unlike most genealogy conferences, this
is a weekend-long event. OK, I'll concede that the Jamboree starts at Friday
noontime (except for one presentation for genealogy newcomers on Friday
morning), but the majority of the events are held Friday evening and all day
Saturday and Sunday, when working folks can attend. The result is a much
higher attendance.
You can find full descriptions of speakers, lectures, and evening events at:
http://www.scgsgenealogy.com and at the Jamboree Blog at: http://www
genealogyjamboree.blogspot.com.
It is now too late for "early bird" reservations, but the standard fees seem
reasonable: $90 for admission to the three-day event. Single-day admissions
are also available for $45 to $50, depending on the date. Members of the
Southern California Genealogical Society also receive discounts from those
prices; you might want to spend $30 for a membership and then receive part
of that money back in the form of a discounted ticket to the Jamboree.
I'll be at this year's Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree.
Will I see you there?
Do you have comments, questions or corrections to the above article? If so, please post your words at: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/06/southern-califo.html.

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