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The SA P eUBLICATIaON OF THrE SOUTHcERN CALhIFORNIA GENeEALOGICr AL SOCIETY SUMMER 2012. V OLUME 49, N O. 3 Special Memories NEW YEAR 'S DAY 1919 REUNION WITH MY BIOLOGICAL FATHER SPECIAL MEMORIES FROM MY GENEALOGICAL TRAVELS THE FUNERAL A W ALK IN THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS : T HE MAN ABOVE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH LISA KUDROW HALFWAY ROUND THE WORLD Spotlight on Volunteers About SCGS The Southern California Genealogy Society has no paid staff. Everything is done by volunteers. Our list of volunteers has grown Southern California Genealogical Society so big that we can no longer fit all of them in this column. We are 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, California 91504-2408 asking that those who want their efforts known to supply a picture (818) 843-7247 or (818) THE SCGS and a biography to our webmaster Paula Hinkel phinkel@ FAX: (818) 843-7262 pacbell.net for listing at the following website: www.scgsgeneal - E-mail: [email protected] ogy.com/spotlight-volunteers.htm Website: www.scgsgenealogy.com Library Hours The Library regularly hosts many genealogy interest groups Monday: Closed and other events. Individuals interested in joining or leaning more Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. about a particular group or event may contact the persons listed Wednesday-Friday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. below for more information. For specific dates and times each First & Second Sundays group meets, please refer to the three-month calendars published Third & Fourth Saturdays in each issue of The Searcher , check the SCGS website at of Each Month: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. www.scgsgenealogy.com or contact the group facilitators listed Membership Dues below. 1 Year Individual: $35 1 Year Joint*: $50 2 Years Individual: $65 2 Years Joint*: $90 Group Contact Info 1 Year International Membership (w/mailing): $70 U.S. 1890 Project Louise Calaway 1 Year International Membership (w/digital): $35 U.S. [email protected] Student Membership (under 25, w/proof of age) $20 DNA Interest Group Kathryn Johnston *Joint membership = two members in the same household. DNA Administrator’s Roundtable [email protected] Officers Bonny Cook President Alice Fairhurst [email protected] First Vice-President Paula Hinkel French Canadian Heritage Society Lin LaRochelle Second Vice-President Donn Dufford (FCHSC) [email protected] Recording Secretary Joyce Roberson German Interest Group Lois Habel Burlo Corresponding Secretary Fran Bumann [email protected] Treasurer Louise Calaway (805) 418-7220 Financial Secretary Peggy Schulz German Research Group T. Maureen Schoenky [email protected] The Searcher Staff Genealogical Society of Hispanic Donie Nelson EDITOR America–So. California (GSHA-SC) [email protected] Alice Fairhurst Irish Interest Group Marge Rossini LAyOUT EDITOR [email protected] Maryann Stubblefield Jamboree Leo Myers CONTRIBUTING EDITORS [email protected] Louise Calaway • Paula Hinkel Kids’ Family History Camp Charlotte Bocage Jean Chapman Snow • Beverly Truesdale [email protected] PRODUCTION Long-Range Planning Committee Donn Dufford Eric Hans [email protected] Past Presidents, 1964-2011 Legacy Users Group (LUG) Alice Fairhurst [email protected] Clifford Parmenter ’64-’65 Virginia P. Emrey ’91-’92 Lunch & Learn Charlotte Bocage Ruth Enyeart Clark ’66-’67 Patrick Flanagan ’93-’95 [email protected] Foster Gilbody ’68-’69 John M. O’Neill ’96-’97 The Master Genealogist Group (TMG) Evelyn Maynard Margaret C. Fahy ’70-’71 Al Lewis ’98 [email protected] (818) 340-7675 Troy A. Reed ’72-’73 Douglas J. Miller ’99-2001 RootsMagic Users Group Jay Holladay Donald W. Franklin ’74-’75 Pat Parish 2002-’03 [email protected] Berni K. Campbell ’76-’81 Fred Haughton 2004 United Daughters of the Cheryl McMillan Robert C. Emrey ’82-’83 Pam Wiedenbeck 2005-’06 Confederacy (UDC) (818) 843-5288 I. Jean Nepsund ’84-’86 Paula Hinkel 2007 Writers Group Jean Chapman Snow Janet T. Jennings ’87-’88 Pam Wiedenbeck 2008-’10 [email protected] Brian C. Smith ’89-’90 Heidi Ziegler 2011 (818) 386-9747 82 THE SEARCHER SUMMER 2012 In This Issue The Searcher’s Mission Summer 2012: July – September The Searcher is published quarterly by SCGS President’s Message ...............................................Back Cover (the Southern California Genealogical Society) to serve its Jamboree Thank You .................................................115 members and the genealogical community at large. The purpose is fourfold: SCGS News G to communicate news of our organization to our Lunch & Learn ............................................................84 members; Interest Groups G to provide a literary outlet where our members Writers Group .............................................................84 (and others, as space allows) may share accounts of their research and family histories; Legacy, RootsMatgic, TMG ........................................ 85 DNA Interest Group ...................................................86 G to support and promote the research of our members through articles of general genealogical interest; Gen. Soc. of Hispanic America - SC ............................86 Chinese-American .......................................................87 G to serve the research needs of genealogists and historians who have an interest in Southern California’s past. French-Canadian Heritage Soc. of CA .........................88 African-American, Irish ...............................................88 German Interes & German Research ...........................89 How to Contact Us SCGS Library Open House ...............................................85 Comments, questions and corrections regarding Searcher Periodical News & Donors ................................................ 85 content may be e-mailed directly to the editor at: Jamboree Extension Series. .................................................89 [email protected] Members and non-members are welcome to send unso - Queries, Salt Lake City Research ........................................90 licited content to be considered for publication in The Beginner's Genealogy Class ................................................90 Searcher . Only electronic submissions (e-mailed to the above Featuring Our IT Team Volunteers ....................................90 address) will be accepted for consideration. GENEii Judges and Winners ..............................................91 The opinions expressed in The Searcher are those of the Century Club .....................................................................92 contributors. They do not represent SCGS or the member - New & Renewing Members ...............................................93 ship as a whole. Advertising rates per issue are: New Library Catalog ..........................................................95 Full page: $150 My Heritage Is Here T-shirt .............................................106 Half page: $80 Are You Looking for a Speaker? ........................................107 Quarter page: $60 Articles Business Card Size: $25 New Year's Day 1919 ..................................................95 Contents of The Searcher are Copyright (c) 2011 by SCGS. Reunion with My Biological Father. ............................96 Special Memories from My Genealogical Travels ..........97 The Funeral ...............................................................100 A Walk in the Southern Mountains ...........................101 In the Same Room with Lisa Kudrow. .......................102 Halfway Round the World ........................................103 Research Some French Legal Terms. ...........................................88 The 1890 Great Register - Alhambra .........................107 SCGS Research Teams ...............................................112 Acquisitions. .............................................................113 Calendar .........................................................................117 SUMMER 2012 T HE SEARCHER 83 —SCGS News — Monthly Meetings Free and open to the public; 2nd Saturday of the month Library is not open for research 12 – 1 p.m. Lunch with a brown bag or purchase lunch from nearby eateries. Sit, chat and share your questions and genealogy stories while you eat. 1 p.m. Learn from our speakers; ending times may vary. Saturday, July 14, 2012 – OPEN HOUSE at SCGS, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, August 11, 2012 – DOUBLE BILL Theme: Technology and Genealogy (Library is closed for researching) Presenting: “Software Tools for the Genealogist - A 2012 Update” by Jay Holladay 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Jay Holladay will introduce what's really new and of interest to genealogists. He will show examples illustrating how technology can assist your research and facilitate the exchange of information with other family members. One item he will cover will be ways to make your genealogy data available wherever you are. Presenting: “Land Ho!” by Blythe Stokes 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Bring your netbook, laptop, iPad or tablet already loaded with Google Earth to take full advantage of this talk. Even if you don’t have a mobile device you will still learn how to incorporate Google Earth into your family’s genealogy. After a quick overview of Google Earth, we will step into the past. Learn how to incorporate BLM/Government Land Record data into Google Earth to view your ancestor’s property. You will find that Google Earth is a tremendous tool that you can put into your genealogy tool - box. Best of all, it’s FREE!! Saturday, September 8, 2012 Theme: Census Research (Library is closed for researching) Presenting: