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Mailing Address ……… President’s Message P.O. Box 176 From Ron Young Cedar Ridge, CA 95924-0176 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * T he Study Group on Passenger Lists again drew a full house CGS Board ……… on the 28 th . We had seven new faces at this meeting. Less than President: half the attendees are NCGS members, so it seems we reach a dif- Ron Young, 530-477-0192 ferent audience with daytime meetings. Admittedly, some of these [email protected] are people who are reluctant to drive in the dark, but it does put some question to our present meeting time. Vice President: Helen Martini, 530-273-0855 The Hooper Weaver Funeral Index for the period between 1898 [email protected] and 1928 has been added to the website, covering books 1-28. Thanks to Susan Fivelstad for placing them on the website and Past President: indexing their pages for searching. We are still missing the period Keith Sauers, 530-274-2362 between 1928 and 1940; the books are in Foley but we need [email protected] someone to extract them into Excel or Open Office so we can complete our files. Your help is needed. Secretary:
Eva Joy Lamm-Ruben, 530-265-1978 How long has it been since you updated your computer genealogy [email protected] program? Don’t get too attached to an older version, as the pro- grams are changed periodically and if you get too many versions Treasurer: behind you may find the old program will not work properly with Joan Bega, 530-346-8909 new computers and will not copy properly. Family Tree Maker [email protected] just released the 2011 version of their popular program. They are still promising a Mac version before the end of the year. My ad- Founder: vice is to wait two or three months before using this to allow them Maria Brower, 530-272-2119 to clean up any small problems present in the release software. [email protected] There is a one-hour webinar giving detailed information on the various changes. Just go to Ancestry.com “Learning Center” and down to “Webinars and Online Seminars.”
We still need some searching in the local area for another facility for next years’ seminar. We need at least four classrooms, two of which could hold 50 students, a white wall in each room to project on, sufficient parking and bathrooms for 150 people (at least 4 women’s stalls) and a large room where we can gather for lunch and have a few vendors there too. We are looking for a rent of no more than $300. Peace Lutheran Church and the LDS Church are presently under study, but we need other candidates. ctzx E Kith & Kin bvàÉuxÜ? ECDC
;evada County Genealogical Society Minutes of the General Meeting, August 10, 2010 By Eva Joy Lamm-Ruben & Ron Young
he monthly meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm by T President Ron Young at the Helling Library Commu- Doris Foley Library: nity Room. The Library is now open Fridays & Saturdays from 10:00 The minutes were approved as submitted and am to 4:00 pm. Keith and Maria are on the Board. printed in the newsletter. Josie Vaughn announced that there would be an Website additions: Italian Fiesta at the end of September. We have located the Hooper Weaver funeral records index for 1898 to 1928 to add to the portion from 1940 on which Board Meeting Report: we presently have on the website. It will be transferred to The Board Meeting was held on September 7 th at 3:00 pm Susan for placement on the website this month. at Perko’s. A. General discussion of the results and possible improve- Historian: ments for the seminar. Request at least two volunteers to The job description of Historian has been changed to one look for a school, church or other venue at reasonable of taking photographs of Society activities for use in Kith price to hold 150 attendees. We need 4 large classrooms, at and Kin and publicity (Sue Gross). We need someone with least one of which will hold 50 people, a general meeting a digital camera to volunteer to do this job going forward. room to hold all attendees and serve for lunch or other general gatherings and sufficient restrooms. ;ext General Meeting: B. Purchase of a two by eight foot canvas banner was ap- th proved at the last meeting and used to good effect at the Will be held on Tuesday, October 12 seminar. C. Discussion started about Officers for next year. This is Future ;ational Seminars : information on the table your society, so, if you want it to succeed, you need to Family History Day (free) : California State Archives, help.. Saturday 9 October California Family History Expo: Pleasanton 8/9 October Treasurer’s Report: $75 Admission Treasurer Joan Bega reported: Checking Account: Whittier Genealogy Society: Saturday 29 January 2011 a. Income of $1,573.64, expenses of $993.19 giving a bal- with Lisa Louise Cook. ance in the checking account of $2,062.80 Eastern Seminar: 6 November b. Savings Account: Interest of $.16 giving a balance of $955.58. ;ewsletters: C. Certificate of Deposit: $5,016.80 Newsletters received from other societies are on the front D. Total funds available to the NCGS on August 31, 2010: table - Placer County. If you see an article that particularly $8,035.18 interests you, feel free to take the publication home with E. Received $32 for Footnote subscription rebates you and bring it back at the next meeting.
Seminar Report: The business meeting ended at 7:00 pm. Joan Bega gave a report on the Seminar. Break for Refreshments Genealogical and Historical Council Meeting Report – Donna Dugle Young Program: Interviews - Maria Bower Study Group: The Study Group is still very successful. The next meeting will be held on September 28 th and the discussion will be “Do As I Say, ot As I Did.” Maria tells of her inter- Passenger Lists to be conducted by Donna Young. Re- minder cards are on the table for the remaining sessions viewing experiences and gives tips. ow we wish our this year. ancestors had lived to a very great age, so we could practice what we have learned.! bvàÉuxÜ? ECDC Kith & Kin ctzx F
Google Docs By Ron Young, [email protected]
C loud Computing refers to an internet-based system files. All files may be printed or changed on your home where software and data for a given program, such as a computer but the actual files are saved on Google. Thus a word processor, is located on the web and can be shared low tech computer can use these programs for free without by a large group of users. The program and data do not loading the large and expensive program files. This may reside on the user’s computer, thus reducing the need for a be the start of a new way of using your home computer. large hard disk for data storage and expensive programs. One final caution on this type of program , if you cannot This goes back to the early days of computing where a get to the internet due to an ISP or a wireless problem, single large central computer contained all the programs you cannot access your files . and data and a number of “dumb terminals” throughout the company had shared access. The access to a cloud Using code already available for Google search, your system is through an internet browser such as Internet documents can be translated into 40 different languages! Explorer. If you are importing other documents in a foreign lan- guage, Google can identify the language and convert the Google has placed on their web site an office suite called document to your default language. This capability also “Google Docs.” This program, available for free, provides applies to spreadsheets. most of the capabilities of Microsoft Office or Open Of- fice. It has a full word processing program, a spread sheet Docs allows you to create forms for such purposes as a roughly equivalent to Excel, a presentation program like web questionnaire sent to a group of e-mail addressees. PowerPoint, a drawing program for such items as flow The answers come back as they are filled out and can be charts, organization charts and design diagrams and the read and sorted. capability to write mathematical formulas. All these op- tions are on the Google servers and facilities are available to allow others to be permitted to see any of the docu- Google Spreadsheets will allow you to edit while you are ments you are working on (if you give permission) and accessing a spreadsheet from select mobile devices such make changes at the same time others are viewing the as Android, iPhone and NokiaS60. This also works well when you are on a slow internet connection or when you have 50 or more people accessing your spreadsheet at one time.
In order to use Google Docs, you must first have a Google account. Go to the upper right corner of the Google home page and click “sign in.” On the next page click on “create account” They only ask for your e-mail address and a password and your account is created. Then go back to the home page, select “more” and “even more.” Then run down the right column until you come to “Docs.” You will be given a download page and instructions for instal- lation.
Welcome to a new member ! Beverly Cramer ctzx G Kith & Kin bvàÉuxÜ? ECDC Seminar Surnames At this year’s Seminar we had bulletin boards available to advertise surnames you were researching, so you might connect with another person researching the same names. If you didn’t get a chance to peruse the names on the boards, the following is a list of all the names posted. [Editor’s note: gaps in the e-mail addresses need underscores, not spaces]
The format is: SURNAME Location (if any); Researcher; contact information
BIGELOW England – ;ew England – Ohio; Pam Klein; [email protected] CARR – EWI;G England – VA, OH, IA++; Vi Parsons; [email protected] CLEMO, CUR;OW Cornwall – California; Michael Smidt; [email protected] COBUR; IA – PA; Alice Meyer; 530-272-2930 CYPHERS ;ancy Fee; [email protected] DAVE;PORT Indiana; Donna; 530-265-8551 DIETZ Germany – PA; Sandi Benward; [email protected] DRAGOO/DRAGAUD France – England – USA; Vi Parsons; [email protected] DU;LAP/DU;LOP ;ew York – Illinois – ;ebraska; Kathy Boorman; [email protected] FRE;CH Kansas & Kentucky; Donna; 530-265-8551 GARD;ER Scotland – Ohio; Sandi Benward; [email protected] GEORGE VA – KY – I; – KS; Joan Bega; [email protected] GREE;(E) Leita Spoto; 530-265-5985 GRI;;ELL/GRE;ELLE Renee Danenberg; [email protected] HA;SO; M; 1850s from Sweden; Janice McFarlane Wood; 530-205-8447 HEBERTZ/HEBERTS/HERBERTS Arlene Rond; [email protected] HOOPER Cornwall – ;evada City; Kathy Boorman; [email protected] IRICK Tennessee; Mary Jones; [email protected] ITALIA; Families of ;ev. Co. Maria Brower; [email protected] LETT Tennessee; Mary Jones; [email protected] LI;DABERRY Canada; Beverly Cramer; [email protected] LITTLE England – Ohio; Sandi Benward; [email protected] McQUEE; Scotland – WY – CA; Joan Bega; [email protected] ;EBERGALL ;E – CO – WY – CA; Louise Griffin; 530-432-9060 PE;CE, Margaret (Slagel) PA or VA; Kelly Lardner; [email protected] PICKLE Leita Spoto; 530-265-5985 PIME;TEL, Marion Pat Coker; [email protected] ROBOWSKI Prussia/Poland – Indiana; Michael Smidt; [email protected] ROWLETTE IA – PA; Alice Meyer; 530-272-2930 SCHICK Baden, Germany – I;; Paula Ewing; [email protected] SHIRK IA – PA; Alice Meyer; 530-272-2930 SODERSTROM Goteburg, Sweden – WA; Lisa Johnson; [email protected] STOLZPART Arlene Rond; [email protected] SVE;SSO;/SVE;SO;/SWA;SO; Sweden – CA; Donna Domnick & Kathryn Balvin; [email protected] SWEET Leita Spoto; 530-265-5985 SWIFT ;ew York or San Francisco; Maurine Faria; [email protected] THOR;HILL Tennessee; Francine Cronos; [email protected] VEST VA – KY – I;; Joan Bega; [email protected] VIEIRA Pico (Azores) – San Francisco; Ashli Woodgrift; 530-575-9456 WALKER, Henry P. PA – IL; Shirley Woodhall; [email protected] WALKER, Elizabeth Renee Danenberg; [email protected] WARRE;, Richard Renee Danenberg; [email protected] WEBB Smoky Mtns. Tennessee; Francine Cronos; [email protected] WEBB Donna; 530-265-8551 WOODGRIFT Ashli Woodgrift; 530-575-9456 ZOHRLAUT Indiana; Mary Jean Carman; [email protected]
Our thanks to Joan Bega for typing up this list for the newsletter. bvàÉuxÜ? ECDC Kith & Kin ctzx H Passenger Lists Cast a Wide et. You might catch a boat or two. By Eileen Phelps onna Dugle Young was right when she told us not to D search too narrowly when looking for passenger lists. She gave us many ideas in September’s workshop.
My youngest brother had looked at microfilms at the Fam- ily History Library in Salt Lake and had made photocopies of the pages for my Stonely grandparents. Grandpa came to the port of Philadelphia 21 Aug 1910 from Nottingham in August to get settled. (A job was waiting for him.) My grandmother and the children, including my father came in November. For a long time we looked no further. We knew the remarkable story of why they came and were satisfied with that. My grandfather came on the S.S. Haverford.. This image came from http://www.norwayheritage.com, I was editing another genealogy newsletter when the Ellis though he was not orwegian. Island website first came on line, so I decided to look at it, even though I was pretty sure I had no Ellis Island ances- tors. (My mother’s antecedents just barely missed the Mayflower.) However, the only way to get to see anything on the Ellis Island database was to put in a name to search, so I put in Grandpa’s name (Frederick Stonely) and the year 1910 to see what would come up. To my wonder and surprise, he was on the list! Two Fred Stonelys sailing at the same time?
My grandmother & the children came on the S.S. Mer- The text showed Fredrick [sic] Stonely, English, Notting- ham, England, Arr. Aug 11, 1910 , Married, Ship Majestic, ion, a sister ship of the Haverford. This postcard image from port of Southampton. Class: Second cabin. It took a came from http://en.wikipedia.org/.
few weeks before I was able to get in to see the original image and discover the answer. That line had been crossed out. He got another ticket, directly to Philsdelphia where his new job was located. I hope he got his money back for the first ticket. (Ancestry has this same record, but he is in Ancestry as Frederick Stenely. The cross-out made the O look like an E. I posted a comment to correct this.)
Follow Donna’s advice and don’t stop looking just be- cause you have the facts. You might find better ship im- ages elsewhere, as I did in the examples above, and you may find interesting tidbits to add to your story. We also found that on arriving, Fred got in the line for citizens and had to go back and wait in the line for aliens. This last item was found on the Family History Library microfilms. So far I haven’t found it on line.
Donna inspired us to look at passenger lists with I’m pleased to report that the Ancestry images are much better than the microfilm photocopies my brother col- her lecture and handout in September’s workshop. lected years ago. That’s another reason to cast a wide net. Keep looking! ctzx I Kith & Kin bvàÉuxÜ? ECDC Have you been to the Foley?
We would urge you to participate in this and the new pro- ject to extract Hooper Weaver Funeral Index information. (See President’s Message, page 1) You will fall in love with this library if you give it a good look. Come on Fri- day or Saturday between 10am and 4 pm, but for training it’s best to make an appointment with Keith Sauers or Maria Brower or someone they recommend.
The Doris Foley Historical Library, evada City
By Eileen Phelps t’s worth a trip up the steep hill to see this gem. It is so I filled with antique shelves and antique books that it’s as much a museum as a working library.
The approach can be intimidating, but if you have a handi- capped license as I do, you can park right across the street The front desk. A microfilm reader is in the lower left. in the small parking lot behind the courthouse annex. On a Google the library or try the link at the bottom of this Friday afternoon I found the lot empty, but the maneuver- page for more pictures . ing was a little tight. There is no wheelchair ramp to the Foley, but if you can climb a few stairs you will be fine.
Our society is working on a database of vital records pub- lished in the Union newspaper before the time of govern- ment birth, marriage, and death certificates. The work that remains is available on microfilms, and to do this you must sit down in front of one of the Foley’s two readers that can display the full page. You need to be able to read text as small as this, but with less contrast and clarity. What’s more, some of the announcements are hidden in with a miscellaneous bunch of other comments and fillers, with no sort of headline to alert you. The going is slow and you need patience. A couple of hours at one time is about as much as you can do and hope for accuracy.
Whatever you think of journalism today, the standards are better than they used to be! You will be entertained by these old newspapers and you will get a special kind of glimpse into the lives of your 19th century ancestors. They didn’t get a lot of national and international news, information on the issues of the day, or information about other cultures. Many adults didn’t know how to read, but those who did were not much better informed unless they were wealthy enough to travel. It’s really small wonder that minorities were treated so badly in those days−they were not understood. (The Doris Foley Library building was originally built with a Carnegie Foundation grant, part of the effort to improve literacy and spread knowledge.) “ ew” shelves in the genealogy room now hold books http://mynevadacounty.com/VisHistory/index.cfm?ccs=141&cs=1125 from the recorder’s office. bvàÉuxÜ? ECDC Kith & Kin ctzx J Genealogy is Getting Spooky By Eileen Phelps yond the scope of this newsletter. If you want to go to th It used to be that if you used the internet mostly to send http://blog.eogn.com and scroll down to September 28 email to your family and for your genealogy hobby you there is a Plus Article called “An Ounce of Virus and Mal- had little to fear. If you didn’t download tunes or games ware Prevention is Worth a Lot.” You have to buy the you were not an interesting target for virus makers. article if you haven’t got a plus subscription, but it’s worth it. (You can see his article about LinkedIn for free if you
scroll down to September 27 th .) This is no longer true. Spyware and Malware are a whole new game. Here’s an infection aimed right at us older folks who love genealogy. (There are fewer of us who Or Google “Live CD” boot . Lots of free articles there. have tech skills beyond the ones we need on a daily basis and some of us have a little money in the bank.) I’m going to have my son make a Live CD for me. If you don’t have a family member or friend to help you and this On Monday, September 27 th , LinkedIn got hit. (LinkedIn all sounds overwhelming, it would be worthwhile to pay a is a sort of FaceBook for genealogists.) Members were professional that you trust to do this for you. I think all the sent email messages that sounded like a request for a con- banks ought to make these and sell them to their custom- tact and when they clicked on a link the ZeuS malware ers, with an instruction booklet. Or we could all buy Mac- was embedded in their web browser to collect user names intosh computers and get the new FamilyTree Maker for and passwords, including those for bank accounts. This the Mac, coming very soon. Setting up your Windows happened largely in a fifteen-minute period. Obviously computer to dual boot is another option, or even keeping Spybot and AdAware and other security programs could- an old computer dedicated to certain on- or off-line pur- n’t be updated in time to prevent this. poses. And backup, backup, backup.
The suggestion is never to click on a link from someone you don’t know, but do you know all your relatives? Even “Scary Things In My Life” people you really do know can have their email hijacked. By You What news is making you uneasy? When I was in Salt Lake for the Taylor reunion I decided Cyber crimes? not to get online for security reasons. The Plaza Hotel Reports of terrorism? does have live internet, however, and when our presi- The economy? dent’s laptop hard drive failed (a very new machine, under The decline in moral standards? warranty) he had no way to register people and access our Your health and medical costs? database. I was the only one who had a laptop handy in the hotel lobby, so I lent him mine. I didn’t tell him not to Halloween access our website, since it was needed. However, that very day my son here in California got a spam email What were your best costumes? “from me” with a message that contained only a link. Did you go trick or treating? Bingo, I was infected, but fortunately not with ZeuS. Did you get into mischief? Did anyone play scary tricks on you? Did you watch horror movies? Tell horror stories? What should you do to protect yourself? What did you do at parties? Bob for apples?
Have you ever visited a cemetery at night? Dick Eastman has some recommendations in his recent Was there a “haunted” house in your neighborhood? postings. One is to create a (non-re-writable) CD that you can boot from that doesn’t access the Windows operating system at all. It uses Linux, which is much more secure. Disasters or near disasters Then you need a Linux browser on the CD that is not Were you ever mugged? Window Internet Explorer. When you access the Internet Have you had a traffic accident or narrow escape? for banking purposes you first boot up with this CD. Then Have you been in a hurricane, flood, or fire? your Windows system is not used at all, and the enemy Did you or someone in your family ever get lost? can’t infect it. What precautions have been added to your life? Of course you need to learn how to use Linux, but this is Weapons? Security systems? Software? not the big deal it used to be because there are versions of Airports, security cameras, other public changes. Linux that are more user friendly. However, this gets be- ctzx K Kith & Kin bvàÉuxÜ? ECDC
Calendar CGS Website: October 9th, Saturday http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cancgs Family History Days Seminar 8:30 am to 4:00pm. California State Archives, 1020 “O” Street, Sacramento. Webmaster See: http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/events/family-history-day.htm Susan Fivelstad, 530-265-2702 [email protected] October 12th, Tuesday CGS General Meeting Meetings: 6:30 pm, Community Room, Madelyn Helling County Library. Pam Dallas will Second Tuesday of each month, speak on newspaper research. You’re invited to join us for dinner before the 6:30pm, in the Community Room of meeting, at 5:00 pm at Perko’s Restaurant in the Brunswick Basin. the Madelyn Helling Library. ;eed a ride? Call us. October 26th, Tuesday CGS Study Group Committees & Chairs: 1:00-2:30 pm, Community Room, Madelyn Helling County Library. The topic Audit: will be “Military Records,” presented by Donna Dugle Young. Carpool and Josie Vaughn, 530-273-4156 plan to arrive early. [email protected]
November 9th, Tuesday Education: CGS General Meeting Donna Dugle Young, 530-477-0192 6:30 pm, Community Room, Madelyn Helling County Library. Gary Plunkett [email protected] of the Nevada County Cemetery District will speak on local cemetery research and ongoing projects. Greeter: Peggy Lassing, 530-272-3521 There will be no workshops held the 3rd Tuesdays of ovember & December, [email protected] because of the holidays. Historian: Julie Bramkamp, 530-265-2005 [email protected]
The Last Word Membership: I was back in California for three weeks in September, so I attended the general Peggy Lassing, 530-272-3521 meeting and the restaurant get-together just before it. I got to attend the work- [email protected] shop and also put in a few hours at the Doris Foley library on two Friday after- noons. I look forward to returning again in January. ;ewsletter: Eileen Phelps 530-205-0183 (cell) I’ve always been a genealogical “joiner.” Other researchers inspire me. Without [email protected] their knowledge and their willingness to share it I wouldn't have even a small part of the research I’ve accumulated. There are regrets, too. How I wish I’d Program: heard Maria Brower’s lecture on interviewing back when my parents and grand- Helen Martini, 530-273-0855 parents were alive. I was into genealogy back then, but I was focusing on names [email protected] and dates. “Too soon old and too late smart,” as the saying goes. Publicity: My niche as a genealogy volunteer has always been newsletters. I can do them Sue Gross, 530-477-0639 from anywhere I have a computer, at any hour of the day when it’s quiet. I love [email protected] to write, more than I love to try setting up projection equipment and I think it takes less time, too. But I’m glad that others are willing to take the time to pre- Refreshments: pare classes and lectures. What would I know without them? Very little. Carole Siver, 530-272-4132 [email protected] Please share your successes with the rest of us when you solve a research prob- lem through one of our meetings. I would love to write about your experience Seminar: and it’s sure to help someone else. Joan Bega, 530-346-8909 – Eileen Phelps [email protected]