A Publication of the Southern California Genealogical Society The SearcherSpring 2016, Volume 53, No. 2 Life’s Meaning

Adding Meaning to Life with Food At the Crossroads The Wooden Bowl Under the Sun A Sprig of Life, Summerville, North Carolina Spotlight on Volunteers The Southern California Genealogy Society has no paid staff. Everything is done by volunteers. The Library hosts many genealogy About SCGS interest groups and other events with groups and contact informa- tion listed below. For specific dates and time each group meets, Southern California Genealogical Society please refer to the three-month calendars published in each issue of 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, California 91504-2408 The Searcher or check the online calendar at the SCGS website at (818) 843-7247 or (818) THE SCGS www.scgsgenealogy.com. FAX: (818) 843-7262 Group Contact Info E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.scgsgenealogy.com 1890 Project Louise Calaway [email protected] Library Hours African American Interest Group Charlotte Bocage Monday: Closed [email protected] Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. • 3rd Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Chinese Family History Group Steve Kwok Wednesday-Thursday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. of SoCal [email protected] Friday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ben Lee First & Second Sundays [email protected] Third & Fourth Saturdays DNA Interest Group Bonny Cook, Alice Fairhurst of each month: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. DNA Administrator’s Roundtable Kathryn Johnston [email protected] Membership Dues Family Tree Maker Users Group Dick Humphrey 1 Year Individual: $35 1 Year Joint*: $50 (FTM) [email protected] 2 Years Individual: $65 2 Years Joint*: $90 French-Canadian Heritage Society Suzy Goulet 1 Year International Membership (w/mailing): $70 U.S. (FCHSC) [email protected] 1 Year International Membership (w/digital): $35 U.S. German Interest Group Allene Aubertin Youth Membership (under 25, w/proof of age) $20 [email protected] Genealogical Society of Hispanic Isabel Perez *Joint membership = two members at the same address. America–So. California (GSHA-SC) [email protected] Officers Hispanic Tuesday Leonard Trujillo (818) 636-8700 [email protected] President Dave Burde Irish Interest Group Marge Rossini First Vice-President Jean Taeuffer [email protected] Recording Secretary Kathy Holland Italian Interest Group Lesa DeGagne Corresponding Secretary Fran Bumann [email protected] Treasurer Louise Calaway Jamboree Alice Fairhurst Financial Secretary Peggy Schulz [email protected] The Searcher Staff Kids’ Family History Camp Charlotte Bocage [email protected] editor Alice Fairhurst Legacy Users Group (LUG) Barbara Randall [email protected] layout editor Maryann Stubblefield Long-Range Planning Committee Dave Burde [email protected] contributing editors Louise Calaway, Terri Carlson, Lise Harding Lunch & Learn Charlotte Bocage [email protected] Lynne Parmenter, Beverly Truesdale Nikkei Genealogical Soceity Melinda Yamane Crawford [email protected] The Master Genealogist Patt Ricketts Past Presidents, 1964-2013 Group (TMG) [email protected] Clifford Parmenter ’64-’65 Patrick Flanagan ’93-’95 RootsMagic Users Group Jay Holladay Ruth Enyeart Clark ’66-’67 John M. O’Neill ’96-’97 [email protected] Foster Gilbody ’68-’69 Al Lewis ’98 Social Media Team Diane Adamson, Lise Harding Margaret C. Fahy ’70-’71 Douglas J. Miller ’99-2001 and Jean Taeuffer Troy A. Reed ’72-’73 Pat Parish 2002-’03 [email protected] Donald W. Franklin ’74-’75 Fred Haughton 2004 Capt. Sally Tompkins Chapter Vickie Guagliardo Berni K. Campbell ’76-’81 Pam Wiedenbeck 2005-’06 United Daughters of the [email protected] Robert C. Emrey ’82-’83 Paula Hinkel 2007 Confederacy (UDC) I. Jean Nepsund ’84-’86 Pam Wiedenbeck 2008-’10 Writers Group Jennifer Michelle Taylor Janet T. Jennings ’87-’88 Heidi Ziegler 2011 [email protected] Brian C. Smith ’89-’90 Alice Fairhurst 2012-’13 Virginia P. Emrey ’91-’92 38 The Searcher Spring 2016 In This Issue Spring 2016: April - June The Searcher’s Mission President’s Message...... Back Cover The Searcher is published quarterly by SCGS Jamboree Extension Series...... 47 (the Southern California Genealogical Society) to serve its members and the genealogical community at large. Jamboree News...... 40, 51, 52, 68 The purpose is fourfold: Jamboree 2016 Registration...... 53-56 • to communicate news of our organization to our members; SCGS News • to provide a literary outlet where our members Lunch & Learn...... 40 (and others, as space allows) may share accounts Interest Groups of their research and family histories; SCGS Writers Group...... 40 • to support and promote the research of our members Family Tree Maker, Legacy...... 41 through articles of general genealogical interest; • to serve the research needs of genealogists and historians RootsMagic, TMG...... 41 who have an interest in Southern California’s past. African American Interest Group...... 41 Irish Interest Workshop...... 41 How to Contact Us Gen. Soc. of Hispanic America - SC...... 41 Comments, questions and corrections regarding Searcher Italian Interest, Nikkei Gen. Soc...... 42 content may be e-mailed directly to the editor at: Chinese Family History Group of So Cal...... 42 [email protected] Members and non-members are welcome to send unsolic- French-Canadian Heritage Soc. of CA...... 43 ited content to be considered for publication in The Searcher. German Interest...... 43 Only electronic submissions (e-mailed to the above address) DNA Interest Group...... 44 will be accepted for consideration. Beginning Genealogy...... 40 The opinions expressed in The Searcher are those of the Call for Articles...... 43 contributors. They do not represent SCGS or the membership GENEii Participation...... 43 as a whole. Advertising rates per issue are: Used Genealogy Books for Sale...... 45 Full page: $150 Periodical News & Donors...... 45 Half page: $80 DNA Awards...... 45 Quarter page: $60 Century Club...... 46 Business Card Size: $25 New and Renewing Members...... 48 Contents of The Searcher are Copyright (c) 2016 by SCGS. Go Digital! for The Searcher...... 52 Are You Getting E-mails from SCGS?...... 59 Blogger Badge Contest...... 68 Articles Adding Meaning to Life with Food...... 57 At the Crossroads...... 60 The Wooden Bowl...... 62 Under the Sun...... 63 A Sprig of Life, Summerville, South Carolina...... 64 Research SCGS Research Teams...... 50 Acquisitions...... 65 Calendar...... 69

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Monthly Meetings

Free and open to the public on the 2nd Saturday of most months; The 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 – 3:30 p.m. Learn from our speakers; ending times may vary. Contact Charlotte Bocage at [email protected] for more information. Saturday, April 9, 2016 – Family Search 101 by Betty M. Isbell Learn the latest “How-To” about one of the greatest online genealogical resources, and it’s FREE to all. We will explore the various features of FamilySearch.org, including Records, Genealogies, Books, Wiki, Family Trees and the Catalog, including ordering microfilm. We will also learn how to get “Help” at any time from FamilySearch consultants and other experts for U.S. and international research. Future meetings: Saturday, May 14, 2016; Saturday, June 11, 2016 For more details, contact Charlotte at [email protected] and check the website at www.scgsgenealogy.com/programs/lunch-learn.html

SCGS Writers Group You don’t need to be a professional writer to join the SCGS Writers Group. The only requirement is membership in SCGS. We meet one Sunday per month, and share ideas for capturing family stories on paper. The group provides loads of inspiration and fun! If you’d like to join us, please contact Jennifer Michelle Taylor at [email protected]. Upcoming Meetings (Sundays 1 – 3 p.m.) Sunday, April 10 Sunday, May 8 (No meeting, it’s Mother’s Day!) Sunday, June 12

Beginning Genealogy at JamboFREE Friday, June 3, 2016, 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel Are you stumped on how to organize and record your genealogy? Are you aware of the many resources to help make your task easier? A no-cost beginning genealogy class will be offered as a Friday morning JamboFREE program. Enroll by using the form in the middle of this journal or register online at genealogyjamboree.com. Beginning Genealogy - First Steps, 8:30 – 12 p.m. Presenter: Dick Humphrey Explore the basics of getting started on your family’s genealogy. Learn the six steps every beginner should take first and how to avoid common mistakes. Learn six research tools essential for moving beyond what you already know. The session ends with a review of the best online resources for beginners.

Be a Jamboree Volunteer Jamboree has many opportunities for volunteering. If you can give some time during the conference, contact [email protected]. The job of room monitors alone requires nearly 300 volunteer hours. We’ll have a check-in area between the SCGS Information Table and the Raffle Table. Hope to see you at Jamboree!

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Genealogy Software Irish Interest Workshop Users Groups 5th Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Did you ever need to transfer your genealogical records Meeting: May 29, 2016 at the SCGS Library from one software program to another? Learn what is hap- Bring your “Brick Walls” with you. Bring your written notes, pening with your favorite software and hear of the changes in laptop, tablet or other device with your most puzzling ances- the market. tors’ information and we will try to help you break down that wall. Tell us everything that you know about him or her. We have recently covered 17th and 18th Century Resources Family Tree Maker Users Group and we will use those in addition to earlier and later sources to help you find that elusive ancestor. That will be our morn- 2nd Sunday, 4 – 6 p.m. ing session. Contact Dick Humphrey at [email protected] for more information. In the afternoon session Barb Randall will introduce you to Irish Transported Convicts. The British were famous for Meetings: April 10 transporting people from their home soil. The colonies and, No meeting on May 8, Mother’s Day or in June later, Australia were popular destinations for prisoners. The Resume Meetings on July 10, 2016 records can be rich with information, although few may be Legacy Users Group found in Ireland. The experience was difficult for prisoners 2nd Monday, 7 – 9 p.m. but many did lead a successful life in their new environment. Come and see if you can find one of yours there. Contact Barbara Randall at [email protected] for more information. We are hoping to see all of you there -- Marge Rossini & Barb Randall Meetings: April 11, May 9, June–no meeting Check out the Legacy-sponsored free Webinar tips on For further information contact Marge Rossini – genealogical research at www.familytreewebinars.com/ [email protected]. Roots Magic Users Group 3rd Sunday, 2 – 4 p.m. Genealogical Society of Hispanic Contact Jay Holladay at [email protected] for more information. America – SC (GSHA-SC) Meetings: April 17, May 15, June 19 Join us for the quarterly meeting at the Southern Cali- Check out the free webinars at fornia Genealogy Library on Saturday, May 7, 2016, www.rootsmagic.com/Webinars/ 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Master Genealogist For those coming only to hear speakers, please arrive no (TMG) Users Group later than 10:45 a.m. to find a seat. After the morning pro- gram there is a no-host pizza and salad lunch. Please bring a 1st Saturday, 2 – 4 p.m. guest and carpool! It’s a great way to reconnect and help an- Contact Patt Ricketts at [email protected] other member who wouldn’t be able to come otherwise. for more information. The Southern California chapter has a large collection of Meetings: April 2, May 7 Hispanic genealogical records, maps, Hispanic family histo- No meeting in June. Join us at Jamboree June 3-5 ries, and history books. At the GSHA-SC chapter meetings, members can check out selected books for a nominal fee, allowing you to research at home until the book has to be African-American Interest Group returned. Genealogy resources focus on the areas of Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas. 2nd Saturday 3:30 – 6 p.m. at SCGS Library For details e-mail Rita Vega-Acevedo at rvacevedo@att. Contact Charlotte Bocage at net or Cathy Romero at [email protected] and visit [email protected] for more information our Facebook page at http://tinyurl.com/GSHASoCal Meeting dates are: April 9, May 14, June 11 Share one-on-one research time and experience each His- panic Tuesday at SCGS. Appointments are welcome. Contact Lenny Trujillo at [email protected] or (818) 636-8700.

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Italian Interest Group Nikkei Genealogical Society Bi-Monthly 3rd Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. SCGS Library 4th Saturday 1 – 3 p.m.

On May 21st, 2016 our Guest Speaker will be Julie Huff- The Nikkei Genealogical Society is is a group that provides man, Genealogy Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library. opportunities to collaborate, research, and network with oth- Julie will inform our group about the various Italian geneal- ers interested in discovering their Japanese roots. Its mission ogy resources offered at the library as well as share what she is to promote, encourage, and share Nikkei genealogy through knows about doing Italian genealogy. Julie is a wealth of education, research, and networking. Meetings are at one of knowledge. I hope you will join us! Contact Lesa DeGagne at [email protected] for more information. two locations: Japanese American National Museum (JANM), Araki Community Education Center 100 North Central Ave., Plan ahead for more Italian fun. Please notify Lesa if you plan Los Angeles, CA 90012 or Southern California Genealogical to attend any of these events. Society (SCGS), 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504-2408. • August 27th San Diego Italian Genealogy Society at Borrel- If coming to a meeting at JAMN, a guest list must be provided li’s Pizza and Italian Food, Encinitas, 12:00 p.m. Estimated in advance so reserve your attendance by e-mailing Melinda luncheon cost is $15.00. Toni Perrone will be speaking on Yamane Crawford at [email protected] Italian Genealogy. For more information on the restaurant please visit www.borrellispizza.net Meetings: Saturday, May 21, 2016, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at JANM • September 25-27th 15th Annual Galbani Cheese Italian Saturday, June 25, 2016, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at SCGS Feast of San Gennaro, Los Angeles. For further details please visit feastofla.org/ For more information, answers to queries, or to be placed on the NikkeiGen email list, contact: info@nikkeigenealogical- • October 1st 8th Annual Taste of Italy, Los Angeles. SCGS members will have a reduced cost when purchasing tick- society.org. Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook. ets online. Enter the following savings codes when making com/nikkeigen purchase: General Admission= SCGS -$5 Premier Ticket= SCGS20 - $20 Chinese Family History Group For more information please visit italianhall.org/ of SoCal At this same website watch for the opening of the Italian Museum. We’ll plan a trip to that site when it finally opens. 4th Saturday 10 a.m. – 12 p.,m. (unless otherwise noted) • October 9th San Diego’s Annual Little Italy Fiesta! For We meet at various locations including Southern Califor- more information please visit www.littleitalysd.com/events/ nia Genealogical Society, 417 Irving Dr., Burbank, and the little-italy-festa/ Chinese American Citizen’s Alliance (CACA) 415 Bamboo Lane, in Chinatown, Los Angeles. • April 23, 2016 – Topic and Presenter to be Confirmed (CACA) Shop Amazon.com • May 21, 2016 – Writing Workshop Follow-up, Jeanette Sherbourne (CACA) Help raise funds for SCGS and awareness about • June 18 – 19, 2016 – 2 Day Workshop on Finding your genealogy by shopping through our Affiliate Chinese Roots sponsored by the CFHGSC and the Programs. Great discounts & more! Chinese American Museum (location to be determined) Why not use the link on our home page www.scgsge- The meetings will cover tools and background helpful for the nealogy.com? Just click on the Amazon icon at the top search of Chinese and Chinese American ancestors, with time right hand side of the SCGS home page every time you allocated during most meetings to cover individual questions. shop. SCGS earns a commission on items purchased If you are attending for the first time, you may wish to notify through that link. the group of any special research issues you may have. For further information please contact us at cfhgsc@gmail. com - use subject heading “New Inquiry.”

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The French-Canadian German Interest Group Heritage Society of 3rd Saturday 1 – 4 p.m. at SCGS Library California (FCHSC) The goal of the German Interest Group is to provide a wide range of resources both inside and outside the SCGS Library to help trace German families. We often have a speaker on German research and we offer assistance with your German Spring Meeting at SCGS Library – Public Welcome! research problems. New members and guests are always wel- Sunday, April 3, 2016, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. come. If you bring your family information (pedigree charts and family group sheets with as much information as pos- 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Announcements sible), the group members will be better able to assist you in 10:15 a.m. – noon Why Detroit? by Pam Wiedenbeck locating information you need to find your German ancestors. Noon – 1:00 p.m. Social Hour/Potluck Lunch At each meeting basic knowledge of German will be enhanced 1 – 2:00 p.m. Silent Auction by two of our members. • Edward McKelvey on German Vocabulary for Genealogy 2 – 4:00 p.m. “Hands-on” research assistance provided by our team as needed. • Walt Sturrock on: Old German Script - Reading and Writing Save the Date – FCHSC Fall Meeting October 23, 2016 April 16, 2016 – Guest Speaker Winnie Long on ABOUT FCHSC Our primary purpose is to foster an interest “Growing Up In Germany” in our common French-Canadian, Acadian and French heri- May 21, 2016 – Jana Bicker on “Germans in Missouri” tage by researching our ancestors and helping others to research theirs. FCHSC sponsors the French Heritage DNA Project as June 18, 2016 – “Banished into Paradise” tells the results of a way to honor our French ancestry at www.frenchdna.org Germany’s potato famine See www.scgsgenealogy.com/interest-groups/german- The French-Canadian Collection at the SCGS Research Li- group.html on the German Interest Group. Contact brary is the largest of its kind in the Western United States Allene Aubertin at [email protected] for more (apart from the holdings at the Family History Library in Salt information. Lake City). Our collection consists of more than a 1000 vol- umes of French-Canadian, Acadian and French resources as well as microfiche, CDs, maps, and access to websites. Check us out at www.fchsc.org to learn more about our collection. For more information email us at [email protected] 2015 GENEii Has Exceptional Participation by Pam Wiedenbeck, GENEii contest coordinator

The entries for the 2015 GENEii Contest are in the Call for Articles process of being sent to the judges. Let me give you some of the statistics: 107 entries were submitted by 94 authors. While this is smaller than last year’s participa- Issue Theme Deadline tion, the response was again global. There were 33 sto- Summer 2016 Family Stories April 25, 2016 ries of fewer than 1,000 words and 107 stories contain- Fall 2016 Blessings August 2, 2016 ing between 1,000 and 2,000 words. 26 of the 50 states were represented. In addition, we In addition to our regular mix of contents, The Searcher have entries from Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, is looking for theme-specific submissions of how-to- The Philippines, Russia, Great Britain, Israel and one research articles, genealogical research articles with end- from a US Military APO address notes, family or local history stories, and book reviews. The winners will be announced in the Summer Searcher We prefer articles of 500 to 2,000 words. A maximum of -- just in time for Jamboree. four graphics will be considered. Send inquiries and/or electronic copies to [email protected].

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DNA Interest Group Meetings in 2016: To be held quarterly on the 5th Saturday of a month from 10:00 – 2:00 at the SCGS Library. Sat. July 30, 2016; Oct. 29, 2016. For information on the International Society of Genetic DNA Interest group Meeting – 10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Genealogy (ISOGG) contact ISOGG Southern California Southern California Genealogical Society Regional Coordinator, CeCe Moore, cecemoore@hotmail. 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504 com. To join ISOGG (no dues) go to the website www. ISOGG.org. Check out the links to multiple resources at this (818) 843-7247 www.scgsgenealogy.com site. Saturday, April 30, 2016 SCGS sponsors two projects through Family Tree DNA: My Journey across the Vast Base Pair Desert: Unraveling • SCGS project for ANY SURNAME, the Strands of Time. Mark Hammond’s personal journey http://goo.gl/WGxC1X and the into the world of DNA has resulted in successful efforts to • French Heritage project, http://goo.gl/UUcDXX learn about his unknown ancestors--and those knocking at the door. Learn about strategies, methods and DNA search Save the date: Thursday, June 2, 2016, The Future of the tools to help uncover genealogical traces in DNA. Tests to be Past: Genetic Genealogy 2016, Los Angeles Marriott covered are from Family Tree DNA, 23andMe, Ancestry Burbank Airport Hotel. DNA, and DNA Tribes. Presenter: Mark Hammond heads the DNA Special Interest Group for the Orange County California Genealogical Soci- Family Tree DNA: ety. A graduate of Environmental Science at Unity College, Males Males Maine, Mark has had a 34-year career in Electronics Manufac- (father’s line only) (father’s and mother’s line) turing and has applied his analytic skills to the field of DNA. __ Y-DNA12 $59 __ Y-DNA37+ mtFull Sequence $348 10:00 – 10:10 Announcements & Introduction __ Y-DNA37 $149 __ Y-DNA67+ mtFull Sequence $447 10:10 – 11:45 “My Journey across the Vast Base Pair __ Y-DNA67 $248 Desert: Unraveling the Strands of Females/Males (mother’s line) Time” ____ mtDNAPlus $69.00 11:45 – 12:45 Lunch ____ mtFull Sequence $199 12:45 – 1:30 Individualized help. Please bring your Females/Males (traces through all 16 great-grandparents; DNA results and password if needed. gives continental %) $5.00 donation is suggested for attendance. Individualized ___ Family Finder $99.00 help will be available after the formal presentation for those Shipping & Handling: $4.00 (inside the USA), who want to order DNA tests or who have received DNA $6.00 (outside the USA) results and need help managing their personal page or inter- To order you can call Family Tree DNA at (713) 868-1438 and ask to preting their results. Brown bag or join us for pizza for an join either the SCGS project or the French Heritage project. additional $5.00. Or if you prefer, order online at: www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=SCGS OR For additional information contact Bonny Cook, Alice www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group= FrenchHeritage Fairhurst, Kathy Johnston at [email protected] Following the regular meeting from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., those who are Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) Project Administrators or Project Co-administrators are invited to remain to discuss how they are managing group projects. The Roundtable Genetic genealogy conferences sold format allows people to share expertise and create solutions out in 2014 and 2015. Don’t miss out! to issues. Register early for Genetic Genealogy 2016.

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Used Genealogy Books for Sale Searcher Editor and Past President By Beverly Truesdale Alice Fairhurst Receives DNA Awards We receive books from various sources, including estates and Alice Fairhurst was surprised with two plaques at the 11th individuals. When books are duplicates of ones already in our International Conference on Genetic Genealogy in Houston, collection, we offer them for sale. Texas. The first was presented by Katherine Borges, director A recent addition to our used books is the Passenger and of The International Society of Genetic Genealogy (ISOGG). Immigration Lists Cumulation of 1982-1985, plus a full set of It reads, “Honoring Alice M. Fairhurst for her founding, dedi- Volume 1986 through 2002, including Passenger and Immi- cation, and exemplary work on the ISOGG YSNP tree. With gration Lists Bibliography 1538-1900. Price for this complete deep appreciation, the International Society of Genetic Gene- set is $275 plus tax. Please contact Beverly Easley if you are alogy recognizes your vision, leadership, and dedication as a interested at [email protected] pioneer in the field of Genetic Genealogy.” We also have individual volumes of Passenger & Immigration The second plaque was presented by Bennett Greenspan and Lists Index 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 at $30 each. Other books Max Blankfield of Family Tree DNA. It reads, “In Appre- for sale include census, family histories, foreign documenta- ciation for your contributions to the field of genetic geneal- tion, guides, state publications and miscellaneous. Prices are ogy and unwavering support of Family Tree DNA to Alice inside the front cover. When you next visit the SCGS Library, Fairhurst.” why not browse through these books to see what is of interest to you? As usual, we will have a Used Genealogy Books area in the Convention Center at Jamboree.

Periodical News & Donors By Beverly Truesdale Here are some interesting articles from the Periodicals that we receive here at our library. “Using the Illinois Digital Archives as a Genealogical Research Tool” - Browse thru the nearly 100,000 items for free. Illi- nois State Genealogical Society Quarterly (IL) Volume 47 # 1 Spring 2015 “Threads of Truth in an Obituary” - see what you can uncover The picture shows Alice celebrating with her McRae cousin, in an Obituary. Minnesota Genealogical Society (MN) Volume Margaret Bardin. 46 # 4 Winter 2015 “The Revolution in Tennessee, Pension Applications.” Tennessee Ancestors (TN) Volume 30 # 1 June 2014 Mark Your Calendars for the 2016 Southern California PERIODICAL DONORS 4 Genealogy Society Jamboree! Louise Calaway Betty Shelhamer Sally Emerson Beverly Truesdale The 47th Annual Jamboree will be held Friday through Kay Irwin Millie VanderHoeven Sunday, June 3–5, 2016, and a special day of workshops Pauline Morrish Connie Wills on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Thank you to all our donors. This years theme is “Giving to the Future by Preserving the Past” You can expect high-quality speakers, exhibit floor, networking activities, and special events that have Note: It has come to my attention that several of our peri- become Jamboree’s trademark. odicals are missing. We are not a lending library, so if you borrowed a periodical recently, please return it to our library. Watch for more news in upcoming issues of The and in the Jamboree blog (GenealogyJamboree. Thank you. Searcher blogspot.com)

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CENTURY CLUB— Future-Proofing Your Society As genealogists and family historians, we spend countless hours researching and documenting our ancestors. What will happen to all our hard work once we join them? Part of our plans should include ensuring that our hard work carries on and does not end up discarded by those who do not immediately see the value of our efforts. But you CAN future-proof your research, and SCGS is here to help. The SCGS works hard to create educational opportunities that help you not only research, but also preserve your work in forms that will endure. SCGS sponsors Jamboree and Webinar Extension Series presentations – archived behind the Member wall for you to access whenever you desire – that often highlight future-proofing techniques. Our Lunch and Learn program hosts lectures on organization, scanning, and research techniques. The Software Interest Groups help you format and preserve your research, and the Writer’s Group helps you transform your endeavors into interesting stories. Our goal is to help you ensure that your research becomes the legacy your family deserves. One of the most important legacies you can help leave is a healthy SCGS. Your contributions – both today and in your estate planning – ensure that the SCGS will pass onto future generations the ability to future proof all of our family histories. Please join with the SCGS Board of Directors in ensuring the future of the society with your generous gift. Thank You for your support.

There are four easy ways to make a donation to the SCGS: 1. Go to the SCGS website (scgsgenealogy.com) and click on the “Donate Online” button (your dona- tion will be considered a General Fund donation unless you specify a program in the comment section of the order form) 2. Donate through PayPal by going to the SCGS blog (SCGS.blogspot.com) or the Jamboree blog (GenealogyJamboree.blogspot.com) and click on the “Donate via PayPal” button. (Unless otherwise noted in the “Add special instructions to the seller” comment box, donations are directed to the General Fund.) 3. Send your check or credit card donation to: Century Club, SCGS, 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504-2408 4. Stop by the Library and donate in person. Won’t you consider a donation to the SCGS today? After all, it’s all about YOU!

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You can send a donation from Ralphs to SCGS every time you n Type in SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL shop. It’s so easy. n Click the button to highlight SOUTHERN n Log into the Ralphs home page (www.ralphs.com) CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL n Click SIGN IN and log into your account (or open one!) n Click the ENROLL button again n The last item on your Account Summary page is the You are done! COMMUNITY REWARDS section Every time you use your Ralphs Reward card, SCGS gets a n Click the ENROLL button donation. Thank you for your support!

2016 Jamboree Extension—Learning from Home

The Webinars offer Jamboree-style seminars for up to 500 attendees per session, at no charge. While the original webcasts are available to all genealogists, SCGS members will be able to review archived sessions at any time by accessing the SCGS members- only section of this website. Archived sessions will be available approximately three days following the webinar. To view the webinar, you will need a computer with audio speakers or a headset. Those persons with a fast Internet connection (either broad- band or DSL) will have the most satisfactory experience. Go to www.scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/jes-index.html for more details and other times for the following programs. Use the links to register online. Here are the dates for the January-March webinars. Saturday, April 2 – 10 a.m. Pacific, 11 a.m. Mountain, Wednesday, May 18 – 6 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Mountain, 12 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Eastern 8 p.m. Central, 9 p.m. Eastern Researching Your Civil War Ancestor: A Comprehensive Study Translating Latin Records of German (and other) Catholic by Michael L. Strauss, AG Churches by Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD, MA, CG Wednesday, April 20 – 6 p.m. Pacific, 7 p.m. Mountain, Saturday, June 15 – 10 a.m. Pacific, 11 a.m. Mountain, 8 p.m. Central, 9 p.m. Eastern 12 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Eastern The Peripatetic Germans: Emigration and Immigrations Finding a German Home Village Online by James M Beidler (1693-1914) by James Marion Baker, PhD, CG Note that members can also view archived webinars from Saturday, May 7 – 10 a.m. Pacific, 11 a.m. Mountain, the convenience of their own home. See the list at 12 p.m. Central, 1 p.m. Eastern www.scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/archive-index.html Once Upon a Time at an Antique Store: Telling the Story of Mrs. E.G. Stetson by Gena Philibert-Ortega

Spring 2016 The Searcher 47 — SCGS News — New and Renewing Members - October 2015 thru January 2016

Stacie Abney Lisa M. Castaneda Phyllis Garratt Sandy Keylon Linda Carole Mustion Dena Adams Constance Catania Marilyn Gesch Muriel Khachooni Leo T. Myers Barbara Albrecht Carolyn Cavalli Diane Giammarco Marna Kielich Catherine Nagy C. L. Allen Mary Caroline Chunn Ami Gilbert Patricia Kinzie Anita Nardine Dannell Altman-Newell Michael Clark David Gilbert C. R. Klemmer Alene F. Neff Barbara Anderson Marlene Clements Diane Glosson Jeffery W. Koepke Christina M. Nelson Susan B. Anderson Donald Coduto Gail Goetz Judy Koike Donie A. Nelson Janice Noyes Atha Carol L. Cogley Laura Gonzalez Marianne Kolaczkowski Marybeth Nelson Pauline Avendano Mary Coles Donald J. Gross Felicia Korengel Walter Nelson Alice Avila Marie Coons Michael Grutsch Marian L. Krabach Joseph Nichols Julie Azzaro Kathleen Cooper Gary L. Haas Jo Krajeski Carolyn Nickson Albert Baines Mickey Cox Mary Jean Hall William C. & Joyce L. Patricia Hackett Nicola Carolyn Dyess Bales Melinda Culpon Diane Hallam Landrey Cindy Nissen Jacqui Bally Mary E. Daly LaRae Halsey-Brooks Paul Larsen Charles Novak Carla Barbula Donn Alan & Mary K. David Hambleton Mary Lasher Debbe Nye Barbara E. Bates Dancer Susan Hampton Kathryn O. Latham Linda Okazaki Roger Baty Patricia Davenport Harlan E. Hancock Kimberly Legocki John J. Ortega Rita Gaye Baxter Kelly Davidson Phyllis Hardy Charlene V. Lewis Ann-Marie Ortiz Donald Beckermann Jan Davis Bernard J. Harrington Cincinnati Pub Lib Library Clarence E. Pampell Arlene M. Bedo Janet Davis John E. Hart Public Barbara Parsons William Beigel Patrick Day Lauri Hassinger Montebello Library Library Phyllis M. Pearce Richard Belz Patricia Delancey Debora & Matthew Haws Public Barbara Pennell Kerry Ann Benton Mary A. Deming J. Paul Hawthorne Sita & Bob Likuski Pamela Penny Sandra G. Benward Judy Dennis Janice Haynes Laura Linos Candy Petersen Patricia Berendt Dianne Denny Harriet Hecht Bonnie Lippincott Rhonda Pierce Mary Bernthal Moneta Devine Julie A. Heck Dana Love Gary S. Platt Faith Best Diane E. H. Dixon Peter Hernandez Janis Elaine MacQuoid Cameron D. Popkin Charles Signor Bier Michele L. Doherty Sherri Hessick Connie Malone Lana Porter William H. Blue Barbara Domenico Gage & Phillip Hewes Anita Martinez Margaret Press Lynne Bogner Jerry Domier Claudia Hickly Jeri Martinez Vernon Gabriel Price Ralph & Susan Bowman Virginia A. Doonan Dan Hiles Patricia Martonis Mid-West Genealogy Cen- Sherry Brady Vreneli Doyle Teresa Hitt Joan O. Mathews ter Public Library Eleanor Brewer Karen Draper Carolyn M. & June & Don Mattias Cinde Quint Irene Britz Elizabeth Dubois Gordon W. Hoard Kathy Mayhew James Rader Jennifer Brockett Barrett S. Duff Victoria Hoover Jeffrey McKinney Barbara Raemer Eugene & Emily Brooks Donn Dufford Darwin David Horn Jr. Pamela McMurray Martha Rasmussen Carol Brown Jody Dundas Hal Horrocks Elizabeth McMurrety Betty L. Reeves Brenda Brownlee Penny Dykstra April House Douglas R. Medlyn Shirley Reinecker Vivian Buehler Herrold J. Egger Julie Huffman Robin Meister Shauna Reston Regina A. Burhenn Diane Elias Barbara Jean Hull Hannah R. Menkin Lyn P. Ribisi Patrick L. Burke Gil Ellenberger Jean Innerarity Phyllis Miller Monique Riley Margo Butner Catherine L. Estes Everett B. Ireland Vera J. Miller Linda Robbins Renee Calero Capels Thomas James Euper Vicki Iseminger Paul K. Millette Joyce Roberson Joyce Camping Susanne Farnham-Hieber Victoria L. Jacobs Patricia Mizell Lorenzo Edward Roberts Mary P. Carlton Loren D. Felten Carol A. Johnson Al & Lori Moen Margaret Jane Rockwell Edwin Carpenter Beverley Fieg Doreen Johnson Beverly J. Moncrieff Yvonne Rodriguez Lawson Patty Carr Linda Forrest Dixie L. Simmons Johnston Putnam Monroe Kathleen Mary Rogers Roy Carr Jr Edward R. Fortus Carol Jones Rosemary C. Moore Catherine Romero Joseph A. & Jeanne D. Lucinda E. Frank Doreen Kaarto Phyllis Morel Adolphe R. E. Roome IV Carrier Michele McKinnon Fricke Harriett J. Kahan Joyce Morey Barbara Ross Geraldine J. Carroll Liz Fuller Pamala M. Kehlenbach Thomas Morrow Janet D. Ross Marta J. Carroll Loren D. Gardner Mary Ann Kelley Kathleen Murphy Robert Russell

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New and Renewing Members…Continued from 48

Ann Ryan Beverly Thaxton Theresa Ryan Virginia P. Thomas Salt Lake Plaza Hotel Steve Schell Marcia Thompson AGHS American Janet Thomson The Salt Lake Plaza Hotel is the premier hotel German Heritage Search Hazel Thornton in Salt Lake City for Family Historians. The Plaza Sue Sheldon Vickie Travis hotel is right next door to the World’s Larg- Sharon A. Shelley Nina Truex est Genealogy Library free to all who wish to Kathy Shepard Virginia Tuft research their family roots. Constance Shotts Chris Turner We are pleased to offer several Genealogy Alice Smith William C. & Joyce L. Turner Alma G. Smith Mildred Vanderhoeven options as well as links to help point you in Elaine Cosley & Thomas Smith Sandra Vattimo the right direction in your genealogy search! Gene C. Smith Peggy Villani Joan Eskes & Deb Smith Helen T. Von Gunden RESEARCH YOUR FAMILY ROOTS PACKAGE Michael James Smith Sandra Wales Susan E. Smith Kathy Walker Omer L. Snodgrass William Arthur Wallace • $355 per person based on single occupancy Jean C. Snow Debbie Warmouth • $215 per person based on double occupancy Anita Sohus Elizabeth A. Weber • 3 Nights Deluxe Accommodations Shanda Solomon Jane Werthmann Barbara Spain Tyree Wieder • One hour per person of research consultation. Stephanie Sparks Bill Wilber Consultation provided by Heritage Consulting Carol Spoelstra Judy Wiley • All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Breakfast. Anne Stafford Suzie Wilkinson *Subject To Availability Jean P. Steel Sandy Williams Karen Steely Shelley Wingate Margaret Stehle Gaia Winter FREE NIGHT SPECIALS Patsy Stephenson Sharen Wixom R. Rhoads Stephenson Gerrit Woertman Stay 5 Nights, Get 1 Free Kathryn A. Stewart Beverley T. Yaeger $87 Single/Double Occupancy (normally $129) Susan Strong Richard Yehle Additional occupants $10/night Available on: Thomas Sullivan Ellen Erdmann Young Donald Sumlar Louis M. Young • 11/17/2016 Thru 12/03/2016 Wendy Vogt Szallay Phyllis G. Young • 12/11/2016 Thru 01/05/2016 Robert G. Teeter Gary Zentmyer Henry & Lucille Terry Marnie Zoglman • 01/10/2017 Thru 02/06/2017 Please Note: All prices are subject to availability. Prices are valid for the dates indicated. Prices do not include gratuities. 7-day advance reservation necessary. Not applicable with Save the Date other discounts. Subject to hotel’s projected occupancy. Thursday, June 2, 2016 The Future of the Past: Salt Lake Plaza Hotel Genetic Genealogy 2016 122 W. South Temple St. Friday-Sunday, June 3-5, 2016 Salt Lake City 84101 www.plaza-hotel.com / e-mail [email protected] 47th Annual Jamboree: (800) 366-3684 or Giving to the Future by Preserving the Past (801) 521-0130

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Research Teams

The Southern California Genealogical Society marriages, deaths and other official records of govern- Research Teams are highly qualified volunteers who ment and church in Cornwall. Also in the collection conduct specialized research for you for a nominal fee. are records of Cornish miners in California, Michigan Our resources include our library’s extensive collection and other areas of this country where Cornish people of over 40,000 books, thousands of microforms and were prominently involved. CDs, and a host of up-to-date electronic resources. French-Canadian Research United States Research: SCGS is the home of the French-Canadian Heri- Our collection has materials for almost every coun- tage Society of California and one of the largest col- ty in the United States. This makes our library, and its lections of French-Canadian resources in the United research team, well positioned to conduct studies on States. Our researchers can mine the Blue and Red Dr- your ancestors as they migrated to and around this ouin, Jette, Tanguay, PRDH, and the marriage records country. of the 1000 parishes, and the many other FC resources Specialties of our Society: we have to provide you with documentation on your ancestry. California & Los Angeles County Research German Research In our own geographic area, we can offer clients information on the vital areas of birth, death and mar- SCGS is home to one of the largest and most riage, plus newspaper obituaries. We also have exten- unique collections of Germanic resources in the coun- sive records of people coming to the California Gold try. Our collections’ 3,000+ books, CDs, databases and Rush, their names being on ship records, overland wag- manuscripts, plus experienced researchers and transla- on train lists, and the newspapers of the day. SCGS tors, can help you with names, brick walls and villages also produced an 1852 census for the new State of Cali- from Alsace-Lorraine to East Prussia, and points be- fornia. tween. Cornish Research SCGS has one of the great collections of Cornish ancestry records, dating back into the 1500s. These records include the celebrated Ross Collection of births,

For more information on any of these searches, including fees, please contact: SCGS Research Team at [email protected] or via regular mail at SCGS, 417 Irving Drive, Burbank, CA 91504.

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Jamboree Fun The 47th Annual Two Conferences, One Location. Learn. Network. Be inspired! Southern California Genealogical Society SCGS is proud to offer two outstanding conferences. On Thursday, June 2, 2016, SCGS will hold the 4th annual Genetic Genealogy Conference “The Future of the Past: Two Events to Help Grow Genetic Genealogy 2016”. The fun doesn’t stop there. Join us Friday through Sunday, June 3-5, 2016 for the 47th Annual Your Family Tree! Southern California Genealogy Jamboree. Our theme this year is “Giving to the Future by Preserving the Past.” Both conferences are popular in their own right. Put them together and it is one extraordinary event. Join us and learn new ethnic and regional research skills, explore new tools Genetic and technology, and dive into the world of DNA testing. Genealogy The Jamboree Committee has gathered some of the best and the brightest speakers from all over - Arizona, California, Thursday Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, June 2, 2016 New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Washington DC, and even Swe- den. This is one great opportunity! Bigger is Better • World Class DNA Conference, the Hottest Topics • 25+ Classes and 15+ Speakers Jamboree is so much bigger than a “standard conference.” You • For All Levels of Experience can sign-up for one of the eleven special workshops for a small • One-of-a-Kind Event with DNA Testing Companies class, hands-on experience.1 Visit the TechZone and test drive over a dozen for-fee databases. Explore the Exhibit Hall where established product and service providers will show you their new tricks and new providers will show you what’s coming next. Schedule a free 15-minute appointment with an expert to discuss your brick wall. Join the Jamboree volunteers by jamboree monitoring a class or helping with registration. So much to 2016 do, so many ways to learn. Sunday is Fun Day Friday-Sunday At every Jamboree we have fun on Sunday with a “Dress-up June 3-5, 2016 Day.” In the past, we’ve celebrated Hawaii’s 50th anniver- sary of statehood with Hawaiian Shirt Day, let the good times roll with all things New Orleans, shown our ancestor’s Civil • Workshops, Exhibit Hall, Social Activities! War sympathies by wearing blue or gray (or both colors), and • 125+ Classes and 55+ Speakers rocked the 50th anniversary of the 1960’s with tie-dye, great • FREE Sessions Friday Morning! music and flowers in our hair. • For All Levels of Experience This year we will show off our “Hometown Pride” on Sunday by wearing tee-shirts, hats or paraphernalia that Discounts! SCGS Members & Registering for Both Events publicizes our, or our ancestor’s, hometown. We’ve all picked up wearable memorabilia from events and plac- Early Bird Deadline April 23, 2016 es we’ve encountered while researching our families. Maybe it was from the Stadtfest in your ancestor’s German Both events held at the hometown. Or from the 4th of July parade in that Midwest Los Angeles Marriot Burbank Airport Hotel town where your parents grew up. And, who knows, you 2500 Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505 Reservations: 800-736-9712, code: SCGS Conference might even meet a distant cousin. It’s happened before! www.tinyurl.com/ jambo2016Hotel Early Bird Pricing Ends April 23rd www.genealogyjamboree.com 1 Separate fee required. You must be registered for either the Genetic Genealogy Conference or for at least one day of Jamboree to participate in a workshop. Spring 2016 The Searcher 51 — Searcher—

Hungry for More than Knowledge Watch this space! As of the date for publishing this edition of The Searcher, the arrangements for these two events were not at the Conventions? yet finalized. As soon as the information is available, we will We have the solution! make sure to update the website at www.genealogyjamboree. com. To keep up with all the breaking news on Jamboree, There are many opportunities for feeding your intellect while including these meals, follow the Jamboree blog at http://ge- nourishing your body at the upcoming conventions. While nealogyjamboree.blogspot.com, or on the Jamboree Facebook there are several on-site options such as courtyard concessions page. We won’t disappoint. during the noon break during Jamboree or the Marriott’s Dai- ly Grill throughout the day, why not extend your conference Sunday Scholarship Breakfast Sponsored by Legacy Tree experience and combine a meal plus a special speaker? Genealogists (SU001) We thought you might like that. Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Here’s a little hint: these tickets go fast. Be sure to place your Grant order soon. Sunday, June 5, 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Genetic Genealogy Thursday Luncheon (TH016) We are once again honored to host the presentation of the Thursday, June 2 1, 2:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Suzanne Winsor Freeman Memorial Student Genealogy Join SCGS as we welcome Michael Hammer, PhD, of the Uni- Grant. Previous grant recipient, Paul Woodbury, will speak versity of Arizona, who pioneered the use of the Y-Chromo- on Preparing Good Ground: Fostering Genealogical Interest for some as a genetic tool, as he presents The Peopling of Europe. Coming Generations. Follow Paul on his exciting journey from Approximately 12,000 years ago most of Europe was covered youngster to becoming a professional genealogist. Traverse the with ice. Humans were forced into refuge in the southern Wild West, scale the French Pyrenees, and observe along the areas. Ancient DNA findings are giving surprising clues to way the preparation, preservation, foresight and encourage- human migrations that led to the re-population of Europe. ment that can engage the coming generations of your family. Jamboree Friday Night Banquet (FR036) Friday, June 3, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Having someone to love is FAMILY. David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA, the Chief Having somewhere to go is HOME. Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch, will present his views on Giving to the Future by Preserving the Past, our conference Having both is a theme. As Chair of the Joint Federation of Genealogical Soci- eties and National Genealogical Society committee for Record Blessing. Preservation and Access, David will also offer his perspective on what this means based on his unique experience. Go Digital! Saturday Breakfast sponsored by Family Search (SA001) The Searcher is now available online via the SCGS Saturday, June 4, 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. website. Same great quality! Same great layout! Michael Provard has been involved in the genealogy and fam- Just sign on as a member Member and Log-in click on ily history community for more than 29 years. He will speak READ ONLINE ISSUES. on What’s New at FamilySearch and a Sneak Peek at What’s on It’s faster than US mail and earth-friendly. the Horizon. Take the next step. “Opt-out” of receiving a printed The FamilySearch web site has new features and functionality copy of The Searcher by e-mailing Searcher@scgsgeneal- that are introduced on a regular basis. This presentation will ogy.com and put “Digital Searcher” in the subject line highlight the latest improvements at FamilySearch.org to help and include your name and address. the genealogist, from beginner to expert, and give some hints Make sure you’re signed up for SCGS e-mail and we’ll as to the new things coming soon to the web site. notify you when the next issue is up and ready. Saturday Breakfast (SA002) and Saturday Night Banquet (SA053) Sign Up for Free E-mail Updates from SCGS Saturday, June 4, 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. and E-mail: Join 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Go ahead! Jump into the digital millennium!

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22 May Registration These special workshops are only open to Fees Enclosed registrants of Genetic Genealogy Day SCGS & at the Door Workshops or at least one day at Jamboree Members Nonmembers Thursday, June 2 TH-A Thursday, June 2 – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Understanding Gothic German by Learning to Write It #______@ $40 #______@ $45 $ ______Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD, MA, CG (Level: All) Limited to 40 attendees. TH-B Thursday, June 2 – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

All workshops Bridging the Decade: Little Used Clues from the Census $ ______#______@ $40 #______@ $45 include Elissa Scalise Powell, CG, CGL (Level: Beg.) instruction and are interactive. TH-C Thursday, June 2 – 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Organizing Notes to Write a Compelling Story Not #______@ $40 #______@ $45 $ ______Anita Paul Henderson (Level: Int.) Available after TH-D Thursday, June 2 – 2:15 pm – 4:15 pm Plotting Public Land Grants – A Hands-on Workshop 22 May 2016 #______@ $40 #______@ $45 $ ______Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew, PLCGS (Level: Beg. & Int.)

TH-E Thursday, June 2 – 2:15 pm – 4:15 pm Workshop for Developing Step-by-Step Research Plans #______@ $40 #______@ $45 $ ______Paula Stuart-Warren, CG, FMGS, FUGA (Level: Beg. & Int.)

TH-F Thursday, June 2 – 2:15 pm – 4:15 pm Enhancing Your Genealogy with Social History #______@ $40 #______@ $45 $ ______Gena Philibert-Ortega (Level: Int.)

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Limited to FR-A Friday, June 3 – 8:30 am – 12:00 pm 40 attendees. Autosomal DNA Chromosome Mapping Workshop Tim Janzen, MD (Level: Adv.) #______@ $50 #______@ $55 All workshops $ ______

include instruction FR-B Friday, June 3 – 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Not and are interactive. I’ve Tested My DNA. Now What? Available Emily D. Aulicino, MA (Level: Beg.) #______@ $50 #______@ $55 after $ ______22 May 2016 FR-C Friday, June 3 – 8:30 am – 12:00 pm

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Limited to SU-A Sunday, June 5 – 8:00 am – 9:30 am 40 attendees. Five Computer Programs to Simplify the Life

of a Genealogist Not All workshops L.A. (Butch) Hibben, CLA (Level: All) #______@ $35 #______@ $40 Available $ ______include instruction and are interactive. SU-B Sunday, June 5 – 10:00 am – 11:30 am after Easily Create a Video of Your Family Research to 22 May 2016 Share with Family Dr. Joyce Ahrens (Level: All) #______@ $35 #______@ $40 $ ______

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on or before 23 Apr 2016 24 Apr to 22 May 2016 After Tour Jamboree Activity 22 May Registration Tours or Event SCGS SCGS Nonmembers Nonmembers & at the Door Fee Enclosed Members Members Tours may be TOUR 1 cancelled due to Thursday, June 2 As lack of participation Hollywood Forever Cemetery Tour #____ @ $40 #____@ $45 #____@ $45 #____@ $50 Supplies $ ______Prefer to save money and drive to Last SCGS on Friday? TOUR 2 Friday, June 3 OK! #____@ $10 #____@ $20 #____@ $20 #____@ $25 SCGS Library $ ______

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All seating is first-come, first-seated. In May, the Jamboree Committee will send you an email update, with a link Room monitors have guaranteed seating; please volunteer for your to a questionnaire. The questionnaire will ask which sessions you are most favorite session. likely to attend. We need you to complete the questionnaire.

For the safety of our guests, class rooms may be closed due to We need your information to make accurate room assignments. We want to capacity limits. put the most popular sessions in the largest rooms. Your answers will help us do that. You will not be locked into your decision. The Burbank Fire Department will be on site to ensure that we do not exceed room occupancy laws. Make sure you have provided a correct, legible email address.

Please consider a “Plan B” in the event that your first-choice session is Watch for an email the first week of May. If you do not receive it by May 10, full. let us know by email [email protected]. We will send another copy. This year’s schedule includes video and audio-recorded sessions, and streamed video sessions. It is very important that you complete the questionnaire so we can assign the room that best fits the anticipated audience.

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Registration Deadlines Early Bird Registration discounts close 23 Apr 2016. Pre-registration closes 22 May 2016. Jamboree walk-in registrations will be accepted at the door. Pre-registrations for special events will not be available after May 22; however, tickets may be available at the conference. Check at the Registration Desk.

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— Searcher — Adding Meaning to Life with Food By Alice M. Fairhurst, Pat Parsons Ryan, Lisa Baldwin Fairhurst

At our last proofreading session for The Searcher, Pat Ryan Filling brought pictures of her family making cookies. Said Pat, “This 1 8-oz. package dried Mission figs (1 1/2 cups) year my Sicilian family gathered three generations on my ma- 3/4 cup dates ternal side to recreate a family tradition brought from Sicily 3/4 cup golden raisins in the early 1900’s. We had mothers and daughters, grand- 1/4 cup slivered almonds daughters and cousins and their daughters participating in the 1 large orange peel, candied *see below all-day process of making dough, grinding figs, dates, raisins and other ingredients into the traditional cookies. What a 1/4 cup sugar great time we had together!” 1/4 cup hot water (or Marsala in the traditional way) 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon Dash ground pepper (yes, pepper) Egg Wash 1 – 2 egg whites beaten and 1 – 2 Tbsp. water combined In a large mixing bowl combine flour, 1/3 cup sugar and bak- ing powder. Cut in shortening and butter till pieces are the size of small peas. Stir in the milk and egg till all is moistened. Divide dough in half. Cover and chill about 2 hours or till easy to handle. (I believe the original recipe did not use butter, only shortening.) For filling, in a food processor bowl or with the coarse blade Not a dainty cookie, this hearty fig-filled treat is reminiscent of of a food grinder, process or grind figs, raisins, dates, almonds the traditional Sicilian fig cookies made by my grandmother - and orange peel till coarsely chopped. In a medium mixing Rosaria Sarah Bonanno, my auntie Margie – Margaret Bonan- bowl combine the 1/4 cup sugar, hot water, cinnamon, and no Puccio, my mom – Nadine Bonanno Parsons and my dad, pepper. Stir in the fruit mixture. Let the filling stand till the Tom Parsons. Over the years many others participated in this dough is thoroughly chilled. fun-filled but labor-intensive production. It was a delight re- On wax paper, using a little flour, roll the filling into ropes cently to re-kindle the tradition with my own daughters and about the size of an index finger. Length doesn’t matter as it granddaughters, along with husband, Jim. can be pieced as needed inside the dough. The following recipe only makes about 24 cookies. I would On a floured cutting board, roll out a chunk of the dough highly recommend getting a group together and making a day about 3 inches in width and 8 to 12 inches long. Pastry of it. Make several batches while you are making the mess! should be about 1/8 inch thick. Cut to form an even rect- We quadrupled the recipe and made about 100, not nearly the angle. Lay a rope of filling along the center of the pastry. Roll number the folks used to make! pastry over filling overlapping a bit and pinching to seal. Fit Italian Fig Cookies (Sicily) should be snug. Cut into 2 to 2 1/2 inch pieces. Curve cookie like a crescent moon. Snip outer edge of curve 3 times with Pastry a very sharp knife. Get fancy with the snips as you get better 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour at the job! 1/3 cup sugar Place rolls, seam side down, on a greased cookie sheet. Using 1/4 teaspoon baking powder pastry brush, dab with egg wash. Some people skip the egg 1/2 cup shortening wash and use a Confectioners’ Glaze and multicolored deco- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine rative candies after baking. However the sugar glaze was not 1/2 cup milk our tradition. 1 beaten egg Bake in a 350’ oven for 20 - 25 minutes or till done and light golden brown. Tops will still be white but bottoms will get

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Adding Meaning to Life with Food…Continued from 57 dark if you cook too long. Immediately remove from pan and Crush vanilla wafers by putting 6-8 in a quart plastic bag. Use cool on a wire rack. a rolling pin to break them into crumbs. Empty bag into a Candied Orange Peel * measuring cup and start the process again until you have one cup of crumbs. Thoroughly combine crushed vanilla wafer Using a vegetable peeler, peel the outer orange skin avoiding crumbs, chopped pecans, 1 cup confectioners’ sugar, and the the white pith. Cut strips about 1/4” wide from stem to blos- cocoa powder. In a separate bowl, blend the bourbon and som end. In a small saucepan cover the peels with water and corn syrup. Stir this bourbon mixture into the dry mixture. boil for 5 minutes. Drain off water. Cover thoroughly with Blend well. sugar and water listed. For 2 oranges, used 2/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup water. Simmer, stirring continually to prevent scorch- Cover and chill for at least a few hours. Sift about ½ to 1 cup ing, until remaining syrup has boiled away. If the syrup starts of confectioner’s sugar on a pie pan or cookie sheet. Shape to darken before boiling away, remove the peels immediately. small bits of the dough into balls and roll them in the con- Spread on waxed paper and roll each piece of candied fruit in fectioner’s sugar for coating. Store in refrigerator in tightly more sugar. Orange peels should be of the texture of dates. covered container. Make a few days in advance for best flavor and roll in confectioner’s sugar again before serving. They Store cookies in a metal container for best results. Enjoy! can also be frozen for longer storage. Makes about 3 dozen From Alice Fairhurst: Pat’s family gathering to make Italian bourbon balls. Fig Cookies reminded me of how different people in my family From Lisa Baldwin Fairhurst: My grandfather George Albert were known for special foods. Everyone came running when Baldwin was born in Liverpool in 1910. A tradition contin- my mother baked cinnamon rolls. She always made them in a ued by all women who married into the Baldwin line was to cast iron pan with a thick layer of caramelized brown sugar on make an English Brown Cake for birthdays and other special the bottom. Yum! Aunt Alice was famous for her Seven Layer occasions. Cookies which I still make for special occasions. English Brown Cake (England) Seven Layer Cookies (USA) 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening ¼ cup (1/2 cube) melted butter 2 cups unpacked brown sugar 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 2 eggs 1 cup coconut 2 cups flour mixed with 1 tsp 1 6 oz. pkg. butterscotch chips baking powder 1 6 oz. pkg. chocolate chips 1/2 cup milk 1 can condensed milk 1 cup boiling water 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans 1 tsp baking soda Preheat oven to 350º F. Layer ingredients in order listed in rectangular glass pan. Do not mix. Bake for 30 minutes. Let cool. Slice into squares. Keep fresh in covered container. Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs, flour mixture and milk My neighbor Mrs. Aurelia Whelan was born in France. She alternately. Dissolve baking soda in boiling water and add to always made Bourton Balls for New Year’s Eve. She adapted batter. Mix. her French recipe to materials easily obtained in America. Bake in three 8” pans at 300 ° for 25 minutes. (Pans should Bourbon Balls (France) have sliders on them for easy removal. Sliders are metal pieces anchored in the center of the pan. After the cake is baked and 1 cup fine vanilla wafer crumbs cooled a few minutes, slide the slider all the way around the (from 11-12 oz. box of Nilla pan. This lifts up the bottom of the cake.) Cool for a few Wafers) minutes and remove from pans. Let cakes cool. 1 cup finely chopped pecans Frosting 1 cup confectioner’s sugar 2 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder Mix together 4 1/2 squares melted unsweetened chocolate, 6 tbsp. softened butter, 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1 1/2 tsp ¼ cup bourbon vanilla, 2 tbsp. light corn syrup and 2 - 3 tbsp. coffee as need- (or rum if you prefer) ed. Frost cake. There will be extra. 1 tbsp. plus 1 ½ tsp light corn syrup Continued on 59 Extra confectioner’s sugar for coating 58 The Searcher Spring 2016 — Searcher —

Adding Meaning to Life with Food…Continued from 58

(Original version: Mix together 3 squares melted unsweetened Frosting chocolate, 4 tbsp. softened butter, 3 cups powdered sugar, 1 ½ cups sifted confectioner’s sugar 1 tsp. vanilla, 4 tsp. light corn syrup, and 4 - 6 tsp. coffee.) 1 egg white My brother Bill has a mother-in-law who came from 1 tsp vinegar Norway. Astrid makes Kransekake for special occasions. You In medium bowl, still together ingredients. If not stiff enough, can purchase the non-stick forms that make the 18 rings that add more sugar. Put in pastry tube with small round tip. are stacked to make this “Norwegian Wedding Cake.” Assembly Kransekake (Norway) Drizzle some frosting on platter to anchor cake. Place largest ring on frosting. 1 cups soft butter 1 cup almond paste Apply frosting in scallops on first ring. Place next largest ring on top. 2 cups sifted confectioner’s sugar 1 tsp almond extract Continue adding frosting and rings until all 18 rings have been stacked in place. The scalloped frosting will hold each 4 egg yolks ring in place. 5 cups sifted flour Slide toothpicks between layers to help secure rings. To decorate, use small Norwegian flags, marzipan fruit, tiny Grease forms well with softened butter. wrapped presents, or roil wrapped candy all on stickpins or Almond paste can be difficult to find so toothpicks. you may need to order from www.odense.com. Sometimes it comes in sticks so Astrid grates 1 2/3 sticks into butter. In To serve, simply pull off top ring and break into 2” pieces and extremely large bowl (standard large mixing bowl is too small), continue down through the rings as needed. Cake sometimes cream together butter, almond paste, sugar and extract until lasts for 2-3 days. smooth. Beat yolks in well. After sifting, measure flour and What special foods are significant for your family? Do you add gradually, mixing until smooth. Preheat oven to 350º have some treats that are special for your kin? F. Put dough into cookie press or pastry bag and press onto greased ring forms. Each form has 3 rings, for a total of 18 rings of different sizes. (Cookie press hole should be ½ inch in diameter, or roll dough by hand.) Bake for 15 minutes. Don’t take mirrors seriously. Color of baked rings should be light golden, not toasty brown. Remove pastry from rings only after they have cooled. Your true reflection is in your heart.

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GENEii Category I Runner Up At the Crossroads By Amy Gordon

I moved from Belmont, Massachusetts to the American Back in childhood, if my father wasn’t home, we ate supper in Embassy in Rio de Janeiro in 1961. the pink kitchen at the pink Formica table while my mother I didn’t realize it at the time, but I had left behind my child- served up hot dogs and baked beans. If my father was home, hood. we ate in the dining room, at a polished, mahogany table. I remember counting the peas because as the youngest, I could In New England I had lived in a house where I made my own never follow the conversations. bed. I lived on a wooded hill in a neighborhood. My friends and I rode bikes, went ice-skating on ponds in the winter, and So the formal dining arrangements in our new life weren’t played Spud and Kick the Can back on a grassy patch of green entirely strange to me—but now, formal would have to be we called the “Common.” We were transcendentalists, finding redefined; in the Embassy, there were, first of all, the place God in the swirl of maple leaves. settings: The plates were bone white, with a gold, American eagle on top, gold stars marching around the rim. (And now, At night I curled up in the cocoon of a messy bedroom with instead of counting peas, I counted stars.) And there were so a cat at my feet and a dog on the floor beside me. Somewhere many plates: large dinner plate, soup bowl, bread plate, salad in the house there was a mother and a father and two brothers plate, dessert plate. And so many utensils: Small fork, large and a sister. fork, small spoon, large spoon, small knife, large knife. Linen In my new life, it took me awhile to adjust to the fact that napkins. And, yes, there were crystal finger bowls with a deli- my bedroom had its own air-conditioning unit and its own cate scent of lemon rising up from them. bathroom. I had my very own door to the balcony that ran I was uncomfortable being served by Idvigus while I ate. And along the entire side of the house. When I stepped out on to who did all the washing up? I felt sorry for whoever it was. it, I could see Corcovado, the rock mountain rising out of the hill that sloped up from the house, with the marble statue of The marble floor of the second floor was covered with a carpet Christ perched there, arms outstretched, protecting the city. that was vacuumed every day, and it was populated by large crowds when my parents entertained. There were several sit- On the very first morning of this new life, I ate breakfast at ting rooms off this giant space, and at one end, a ballroom, a one end of the balcony. My skin against the warm air did grand piano in the corner. At the other end was the formal din- not feel like my own skin, but I didn’t know it was because ing room, the long table stretching endlessly, where gowned I had molted. A servant in a white jacket and black trousers and tuxedoed guests would find their names beautifully in- brought me a slice of papaya and a roll. His name, I learned, scribed on folded cards with the Embassy seal. There was the was Idvigus. The fronds of a flamboyant tree dripped over the smaller dining room where we mostly ate. The huge kitchen, balustrade, and just beyond were two royal palms and several separated by swinging doors, was off this dining room. The banana trees. kitchen was more or less off-bounds for me. It was where the The Embassy residence was four stories high. The servants servants relaxed, and I could always feel their tension on the lived on the top floor, and my parents and I lived on the third rare occasions I went in there. floor. Double doors closed us off from the official part of the Just off the second floor was an enclosed garden. A one-hun- house; this was where we had our private family sitting room. dred year old tortoise lived in it. The little garden was like a Beyond the double doors, the hallway curved along endlessly, miniature version of Brazil: lush, exotic, dream-like, fragrant. door after door opening onto guest bedrooms. The first floor consisted of mostly a vestibule of black and In my new life, I quickly learned not to make my own bed. white marble. Doors opened on to mysterious storage rooms My bed was made by servants. My clothes were hung up by that smelled musty and damp. In time I turned one of these servants. The clothes were all new, designed for a hot climate: rooms into my own private hide-away. It was here I wrote in no more sweaters, jackets; no more wool. More dresses now. my diary. I did not feel like myself in these new clothes, but of course I Every day when I got home from school, if I was unlucky, was not my old self anymore. When the clothes stopped being there would be someone in a white jacket to bring me up to so new, the servants sewed on missing buttons. If I moved a the third floor in the Otis elevator. Often it was Idvigus, who book from a bookshelf, it was returned the next time I came would push open the brass, accordion-folding gate for me to look for it. with his white-gloved hand and then press the button to the Continued on 61 60 The Searcher Spring 2016 — Searcher —

At the Crossroads…Continued from 60 top. This was a trial. I longed to dispel the awkwardness I felt Daphne and I sat in the family quarters, at the table playing a with gay chatter, but shyness, and my limited vocabulary in form of the Brazilian card game, Beriba. It grew late and the Portuguese resulted in blushing exchanges on both our parts. servants were off duty, but Daphne and I wanted something to If I was lucky, and no servant was there to greet me, I could drink. We crept downstairs, and it almost seemed as if we were run up the marble stairs, pulling myself along by the brass trespassing as we opened the door to the kitchen. No sign of bannister, (also polished every day), inhaling the scent of fur- anyone, but the light was on. There was a noise behind us. We niture polish and fresh flowers that were placed everywhere in turned to see the startled face of Idvigus. giant vases. We asked him for soft drinks, and as we waited, a familiar A dog and a cat had belonged to my childhood. Now the only smell wafted up into the air, and there, on the floor, shoved animals in the house were the ancient tortoise in the indoor behind the door between the kitchen and the dining-room, garden and a lizard who appeared sometimes on the ceiling of was a pipe. Idvigus came back with the drinks. We carried my mother’s bedroom. them back upstairs and into my father’s study. We sniffed the leather jar of tobacco on his desk. My mother wrote to my brothers and sister who were back in the States in college and boarding school: “I now have a small That night I wrote in my diary: lizard in my bedroom—a great help—he is sitting under the THE CASE AGAINST IDVIGUS floor lamp by my desk and reaches out to catch the mosqui- Point A: The smell of tobacco we smelled downstairs was the same toes which wish to bite me. Last night he was above my bed smell as upstairs in the study. on the ceiling—quite high—but I had fewer bites than usual. Point B: It looked as if someone had removed tobacco recently He or she is a comfort.” from the tobacco jar because there was a deep dent. Every now and then, I asked, “Can’t we get a pet?” and my Point C: We counted the number of pipes in the drawers (spelled mother always said no, an animal would be too hard on the droors, in the diary). There were three, and another could have government-owned house. easily fit. But one day, I spent the night with a friend. The friend’s cat Point D: Idvigus acted suspicious, and besides, there was the mat- had produced tiny, black lumps, like living pieces of coal. ter of the pipe hidden under the door. I couldn’t help it—I folded a lump against my chest and carried it back to the house. I came into my mother’s bedroom Point E: “We were able to gather up several grains of tobacco— and with outstretched arms, presented it to her in my cupped evidence.” hands. One morning I woke up to witness Exu panting, and in the My mother was the one who named the kitten, and she named next moment, out of her came a tiny being. In ten minute her Exu. intervals, three more kittens were born. Although the “nest” of mother cat and kittens was soon moved to the foot of my Exu is one of the gods of candomble, an Afro-Brazilian religion, bed, for the next few months, I felt as if I shared with Exu the passed down by the descendants of enslaved West Africans. mothering of the kittens. The practice involves a ritual, often with the intention of heal- ing suffering of some kind. There is a priest who presides and And then: an altar with candles. To the incessant pounding of drums, the Exu died. She wouldn’t eat. She was emitting her insides. At least people taking part in the rituals become possessed by the gods she’s out of her misery now. At least we found homes for all the and are guided by them toward solutions to their problems. kittens. I buried her on the hillside with an inscription saying, In any case, the servants were shocked; after all, Exu is HERE LIES EXU, MOTHER OF FOUR KITTENS, IN RIO worshiped in some traditions by offerings of miniature iron DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL. SHE WAS A GOOD CAT. pitchforks placed in vases of blood before a devil statuette. It After dinner that night, my parents and I went out onto the was as if Satan had been allowed into the house. balcony and sat, sipping syrupy, sweet cafezinhos from tiny, Idvigus especially avoided the kitten. porcelain cups. In the foggy evening, Corcovado was invisible; the illuminated statue of Christ appeared to be suspended in My mother had a social secretary named Daphne who was a air. The sight startled me into being acutely aware of the mo- dazzlingly beautiful and sophisticated Brazilian. Her English ment, and I had a revelation: I was going to grow up. Soon I was perfect, but perfumed with an accent. And having lost my would begin wearing stockings and lipstick, and at some hazy, siblings in the move, Daphne became an older sister to me. indeterminate future date, I was going to die. One night Daphne spent the night because my parents were away. After eating supper brought up to us by Idvigus, Continued on 62 Spring 2016 The Searcher 61 — Searcher— The Wooden Bowl By Ramonde Motil

There is an old story still being told through the grapevine of tells two of the grandsons to move their grandfather behind French Canadian folklore. I first heard it as a young child at the wood bin near the stove. He says: “He will be warm there. my grandmother’s knee. I came across it again in elementary Take his wooden bowl. He can eat there from now on.” school where a polished variation of it was there in our 4th Later, after the meal, in the early evening, all are lingering in grade reader. the big kitchen, enjoying each other’s company and the sooth- It is the story of an ordinary Quebec family of long ago when ing sounds and warmth coming from the wood burning stove. the children numbered many, when the extended family lived Petit Jean (Little John), a five year old, the youngest member close together in rural settings and the homes were heated by of the family, is busy chipping away at a sizable block of wood. wood burning stoves. Wood carving is a much appreciated skill and art in Quebec. This family of nine children, the parents, the aged grandpar- The father looks on as the child diligently works at his block ents and a few hired hands, are all sitting at a long trestle table of wood. He thinks that his Petit Jean might become a good in the warm farm kitchen enjoying a hearty meal at the end artisan someday. of a long day of hard labor in the fields. There are sounds of “So, Petit Jean, tell me , what are you working on? “ much laughter, happy chatter and clinking of utensils. The Petit Jean, intent on his carving project, without so much as food is good and plentiful. It seems to be a good time for ev- a pause says: “Father, when you are old like grandpère and I eryone, except the grandfather. send you to the wood bin to eat your meal, you will need a Grandpère (grandfather), is very old. He cannot see very well wooden bowl. I am carving one for you.” anymore and his hands won’t stop shaking. He is given his The next day grandpère is sitting at the head of the family soup in a wooden bowl because he has accidentally broken table opposite his son. A family member sits close to him and too many dishes. All through the meal he keeps dropping his respectfully helps him with his soup and gently cleans his spoon, spilling his food on the table and on himself. His son, messes. He no longer eats from a wooden bowl. getting quite exasperated with the messes his father makes,

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At the Crossroads…Continued from 61 I later went down to the first floor, into my hide-away, to between the divine and the human; he stands at the crossroads write in my diary. I did not write about my revelation. I wrote: and opens the doors between the two worlds. “I got a purse yesterday. It is really nice. Tom G. came along and A week after Exu died I wrote in my diary: Idvigus has been stole it from me. Then he kept on kicking me for the rest of the day. fired. I don’t know if it has to do with the tobacco. Now I am I’m hoping he will ask me to the dance that’s coming up.” wishing he had taken all of it. Exu is the trickster, compared sometimes to Hermes, the messenger of the gods: he represents the child-like messenger

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GENEii Category II Under the Sun Second Place By Kharis Adirahsetio

People are gathering creating a circle in the middle of the sion.” Life turned too fast for both of these men. Man’s fate is street, like the constellation of planets circling the center of the the same with the fate of the animals. universe. Their positions are lining and circling and standing All rivers flow to the sea, and never return back. All souls go still as motionless they are drifting on the timeless street. Time to the afterlife, and never go back. But, some say, the soul will seems to be standing still, as people look toward the unspeak- return, in the form of another being. In this wheel of pain able portrait on the asphalt. Blood is gushing everywhere, like called Samsara, people will always go back to the womb of a spilled red paint covering the floor. There, the body of a boy woman, to fulfill something undone, by his past life. Some is lying with his head crushed. Red blood sprayed on his grey say, the soul will perish, annihilated, so why bother living to jacket and brown jeans, with his motorcycle lying beside him, the fullest? Had the boy thought about this in his life? Or he like a friend, they are looking at the blue sky with its clouds hadn’t? Did he realize that a banana cannot be an apple at the covering the sun. But, they are not alone, with them, a middle same time? Thus, all theories about the afterlife cannot be all aged man, lying on the asphalt, just like them, his eyes open correct at the same time. If there is one correct, then the oth- big, looking at the infinite sky, telling whoever is looking at ers should be wrong ultimately. Had he thought about this him, “I want to go there, dancing with the clouds and free before? So, which one is for real? Which one is the ultimate from this meaningless prison called body.” truth? Which one is the ultimate reality? Did he know which He had a family. He had a good life. Was it worth everything one of them is correct? in this world for him to trade it for something else? Some- Time seems to be standing still, as those people looking down- thing better than his happy life? “What is the meaning of be- ward toward the scenery drawn on the asphalt. A woman ing happy?” he asked. “I don’t know” he replied to himself. So breaks the silent moment as she shouts “Call the ambulance! life for him was a mystery. “I don’t know, why should I ask?” Somebody help!” Meaningless? For him, life was not meaningless, he enjoyed Rather than a doctor to check on him or a priest to preach his life. He had a mother who loved him, and a father, who at his funeral, he needs a glass of water. He is shaking as he also loved him. His parents had a successful shop. His friends puts his eyes on his motorcycle. “Damn, Mom will get mad were many. The sun always shining on his day, but, the fate of at me.” He is talking to himself, in his own mind. His blue humans is like the fate of the animals. Perhaps, for him, it was helmet is crushed, but, somehow, his head is alright. “You are just like any other day he had experienced. “The sun is always lucky, kid.” A pedestrian tells him that. “Well, it’s not your shining on my day” he thought. fault.” The man seems to encourage him. “Too bad, the pedi- He woke up. He took a dump. He took a bath. He dressed up. cab driver is dead.” He ate breakfast. He put his helmet on his head. He turned The man is pointing his finger on the dead man. He is ly- on his motorcycle. Routines! Systematic steps for him before ing on the street, his eyes open big, looking at the infinite he could go to the place where wisdom is being taught and the sky, and telling whoever looks at him, “I want to go there, certificate you need for applying for jobs is given, to those who dancing with the clouds and free from this meaningless prison endure four years or more of lectures, given by the lecturers. called body.” Will he criticize the Lord for not letting the sun shine on his day that day? Or will he give thanks for the grace of the higher entity, for the breakfast he ate that day, for the grace of being Pre-Conference DNA and Workshops able to wake up that morning, for good friends, good family, The Future of the Past: and good education when he meets with his maker, face to Genetic Genealogy 2016 face? Life is sure unpredictable. For him, would he know that when he passed that street, suddenly, an uneducated pedicab Thursday, June 2, 2016 driver showed up and tried to make friends with him? What Location: would he say? “Hello, let me take my pedicab across the street, Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport and perhaps, later on, we can be friends in this special occa- Burbank, California

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GENEii Category II A Sprig of Life, Runner Up Summerville, South Carolina By Jeremy Flood

It was a frigid day in February…too cold to be exact. The scoped the area for an empty seat. The service was a blur; all piercing wind invited an abhorring sensation as I glanced at I could remember was people murmuring, whispering songs, the lifeless corpse that lay before my eyes. They stung with and then sitting down. Of course, I wasn’t listening. No, I heaviness as I glanced at the body, shed a few tears, and then had more important things to do: fight myself to release tears. plodded back to my seat. The pastor of the church babbled on and on about the life of It all started one week before when I first received the news. my aunt, then finally sat down. “Thank God,” I remembered Ecstatic from a good day, I scampered down the stairs of my thinking, already wanting to leave. As people began to mi- school bus, with a slanted smile plastered on my cheeks. As grate out the church, so did I. I remember seeing my pastor I trotted down my road, I spotted a mysterious figure am- and his wife sitting in the back of the church, but I looked the bling from my house, in which I immediately identified as my opposite direction, trying to avoid another awkward conversa- brother, Jeffrey. “Hey, Jeffrey!” I pronounced, still smiling tion. I stole one more glance at my aunt and then walked out faintly. He didn’t respond; he stood planted on the road as the door. As I hugged my mom outside, the packed suitcase of if he was a tree. He had a glum scowl positioned on his face. tears that I carried with me finally burst into pieces; I couldn’t “Aunt Ba...Babran,” he stuttered, “just had a heart-attack.” take the pressure anymore. I felt like a recovering alcoholic I immediately rested my hand over my chest, as if these few stealing another sip of beer; a recovering drug user stealing words skewered my heart out my body. My face was com- another needle of heroin. pletely drained of happiness. “She died,” he finally finished, No words could attempt to describe the heaviness and bur- still situated on the right edge of the road. I stood still with densome anxiety we experienced the rest of that week. Life him, with an appalled glare fixed on my face. He started suddenly became dreary: full of fake smiles, forced laughs, and speaking of the minor details, but I didn’t listen. I didn’t care. empty promises. It felt as if our whole lives have been instan- It seemed as if the world paused at the exact moment the word taneously enslaved to hurt, skepticism, and fear, without rest ‘died’ oozed out his mouth, with me in it. or salvation. We stood there stationary, glaring at the beams in each other’s Days, weeks, and even months went by, but the agony still eyes. We began to mumble simple words of regret and skepti- remained. During that time, I remember questioning my life, cism as we sauntered to our neighbor’s house, waiting for our questioning my purpose. “Why was I born?” I remember ask- parents to collect themselves and finally drive home. We sat ing myself as I sat in a ‘guidance’ office, forced to explain why with our neighbor, Aunt Lula, as she prepared a hot meal for I was acting different, why I was writing such depressing liter- us to eat. I remember chewing my food, swallowing it, but ature. I felt as if life was making a permanent stop, leaving me not tasting it. The news of my aunt’s death temporarily oblit- shipwrecked on a deserted island. “Why am I here?” I remem- erated my five senses. ber mumbling multiple nights, drenched in my own tears. They sat in the living room (my aunt, uncle, and brother, that I felt as if God himself had forsaken me, as if I finally reached is) and watched television. Of course, I sat with them, hear- his breaking point. I couldn’t see my deliverance. ing the television, glancing at it occasionally, but never watch- After going through the agony and trepidation, I’ve realized ing it. My mind was completely occupied: how could I dare that I have so many things to thank God for. Yes, the griev- watch television after my aunt died? How could I dare enjoy ances were burdensome and painful, but God allowed it to life without her? happen only to teach me how to trust and depend on him. Days plodded by. I could feel the individual minutes, the He taught me how to smile and laugh even when the world tick-tock of my watch stumbling by, mocking me, until it was around me crumbled down; he taught me how to have joy finally time for the funeral. As we pulled in the driveway, when friends and family abandoned me. Little did I know, a shockwave of various anxieties welcomed me to its home. this circumstance that I went through was only a bridge con- The weather was piercing cold, a freeze like no other. I walked necting me closer to God; a sprig of life in a world of darkness. inside the church building, spotted a pearly-white casket, then

64 The Searcher Spring 2016 — Searcher — Acquisitions BK/ CALL NUMBER TITLE MSS

BK 286.5 REL /MENNONI Emigrants, refugees, and prisoners : (an aid to Mennonite family research), vols. 1-3 BK 289.6 REL /QUAKER VIRGINIA HISTORY The friendly Virginians : America’s first Quakers BK 929.1 HTB /COPYRIG The copyright handbook : how to protect and use written works MSS 929.2 FH / Genealogy of John Shank BK 929.2 FH /ALLERTO A history of the Allerton family in the United States, 1585 to 1885 : and a genealogy of the descendants of Isaac Allerton, “Mayflower pilgrim,” Plymouth, Mass., 1620 BK 929.2 FH /BANDY Bandy Gallimaufry BK 929.2 FH /BANDY The Bandy family in early America MSS 929.2 FH /BAZINET Decendents of Jean Bazinet BK 929.2 FH /BERNHEI The story of the Bernheim family BK 929.2 FH /BIEBER Descendants of Hans Dietrick Bieber/Beaver : a timeline of the descendants of Hans Dietrick Bieber/Beaver BK 929.2 FH /BIEBER History and genealogy of the Bieber, Beaver, Biever, Beeber family MSS 929.2 FH /BOAZ Boaz Family Ancestors and Descendents BK 929.2 FH /BOLLING The Bolling, Bowling, Bolen family in American before 1800 : (including Bolan, Bolin, Boling, Bollan, Bollin, Bolon, Bowlan, Bowland, Bowlen, Bowlin, Bowlon) BK 929.2 FH /BRECKINR The Breckinridges of Kentucky, 1760-1981 MSS 929.2 FH /CLOUD Cloud Family Journal BK 929.2 FH /CODY A history of our Irish American Cody family MSS 929.2 FH /COLE Cole Family and Related Families BK 929.2 FH /CRAUN Craun family in America : and its connection with other families BK 929.2 FH /CULP Culp family history 1729-1990 MSS 929.2 FH /DODD Thoomas Wesley Dodd Family BK 929.2 FH /FONTAIN Memoirs of a Huguenot family BK 929.2 FH /GENTRY The Gentry family in America : 1676 to 1909, including notes on the following families related to the Gentrys… BK 929.2 FH /GRUSON Geschichte der familie Gruson MSS 929.2 FH /HABEL Habel Edwards Gates Families MSS 929.2 FH /HALDEMA Haldeman Family Immigrants of Switzerland to Penn Before 1750 MSS 929.2 FH /HEWITT COOPER MATHENY HEWITT, COOPER, MATHENY Families BK 929.2 FH /JUDD The Judd and allied families of Page County, Virginia BK 929.2 FH /KAUFFMA A genealogy and history of the Kauffman-Coffman familes of North America 1584 to 1937 BK 929.2 FH /KELLEY The descendants of Darby Kelley & Sarah Hunton : with allied families BK 929.2 FH /KIBLER Some Kiblers from the Shenandoah Valley, including the descendants of Adam & Barbara Pence Kibler, 1764-1975 BK 929.2 FH /KIBLER Some Kiblers from the Shenandoah Valley, Part 2 BK 929.2 FH /KOONTZ History of the descendents of John Koontz BK 929.2 FH /MADDOX 1500 Maddox marriages and other statistics MSS 929.2 FH /MADDOX JOSEPH T MADDOX Family MSS 929.2 FH /MILLER Matthias Miller and His Seventeen Children MSS 929.2 FH /MILLER Michael Miller of 1692 BK 929.2 FH /MONGER The Mongers, a family of old Virginia BK 929.2 FH /MUIR Alexander Hamilton Muir & Elsie Louise Fischer MSS 929.2 FH /PAGEL MALES LI Pagel Genealogy (males) MSS 929.2 FH /PATIENT Decendents of Jean-Baptiste Patient MSS 929.2 FH /PLEUSS Pleuss Family from Germany to Wisconsin BK 929.2 FH /POTTER The ancestors of Charles Edward Potter 1891-1980 : including 11 generations of Potters in America of Massachusetts, Pennsyvania, West Virginia and Illinois BK 929.2 FH /RADANDT Getting to know the ancestors of Friedhelm & Elizabeth Radandt BK 929.2 FH /RHODES Roads back East : the Rhodes (Roth, Roads, Rodes) ancestors of Aljournon Franklin Rhodes and his descendants BK 929.2 FH /RUCHTI Ruchti, Deppen, Yeakley, Stonebraker, Fruits, Newkirk, Ward genealogy and family history MSS 929.2 FH /RUHL Ruhl Family BK 929.2 FH /SEITZ Genealogical records of the Seitz-Sites family , v.1 BK 929.2 FH /SHANK John Shank (Schenck) family 1750-1979 BK 929.2 FH /SHANK Matohe : a labour of love MSS 929.2 FH /SHANK Shank History Descendants of Daniel P Shank MSS 929.2 FH /SHANK Shank Origins MSS 929.2 FH /SHANK MICHAEL A Shank Family Record Continued on 66

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BK/ CALL NUMBER TITLE MSS BK 929.2 FH /SHANKS Surname Shanks BK 929.2 FH /SHANKS The Shanks family from Pequea Creek MSS 929.2 FH /SHRYROC FAN CHAR Shryock family and Related Families MSS 929.2 FH /SIMMEND Simmendinger Register BK 929.2 FH /STRICKL Forerunners : a history or genealogy of the Strickler families, their kith and kin… BK 929.2 FH /TABER Taber genealogy, descendants of Thomas, son of Philip Taber BK 929.2 FH /TERRY The descendants of George Terry & Deborah Brundige of Westchester Co., N. Y., 1798 : Wil liam Munroe & Mary Ball of Lexington, Mass., 1657 and allied families of Monroe BK 929.2 FH /THROCKM A genealogical and historical account of the Throckmorton family in England and the United States with brief notes on some of the allied families BK 929.2 FH /TUCK Edward Tuck c. 1730-1781 of Halifax Co. VA : and some of his descendants 1750-2004, v.1 BK 929.2 FH /TUCK John and Edward Tuck of Halifax County, Virginia : and some of their descendants BK 929.2 FH /VARS The genealogical history of the Vars family in America for two hundred years 1680-1880 : with short boigraphical sketches of some of the members BK 929.2 FH /VARS-DEVA Vars-De Vars, 1208-1976 BK 929.2 FH /WHITAKE No Alpha-No Omega, a genealogical history of our Whitaker and Clark families… BK 929.2 FH /WISE From the Rhineland to the promised land of the Shenandoah BK 929.2 FH /ZIRKLE Zirkle branches BK 929.4 COLL /AMERICA FAMILIES Kinfolk : Bedford County, Virginia to Breckinridge County, Kentucky BK 929.4 COLL /AMERICAN FAMILIES Some notable families of America BK 929.4 COLL /AMERICAN FAMILIES The family chronicle and kinship book of Maclin, Clack, Cocke, Carter, Taylor, Cross, Gordon and other related American lineages BK 929.4 COLL /FAMILIES Ancestral lines from Maine to North Carolina : 180 families in England, Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, The Eastern Seaboard, Ohio, Missouri and California BK 940.0 EUR /GENEALO Scots-Dutch links in Europe and America 1575-1825 BK 941.1 SCT ABERDEEN /AMERICAN American data from the Aberdeen journal, 1748-1783 BK 941.5 IRL LEITRIM /CEMETER Old Irish graveyards, County Leitrim, pts. 1-4 BK 941.5 IRL MAYO /RESEARC GUIDE A guide to tracing your Mayo ancestors BK 941.5 IRL SLIGO /CEMETER Old Irish graveyards: County Sligo, pts. 1-5 BK 941.5 IRL SLIGO /CEMETER Sligo Cemetery, old section BK 942.0 ENG /HISTORY HULL A history of Kingston upon Hull : from the earliest times to the present day BK 943.0 GER /EMIGRAT German genealogical queries & research reports : pertaining to Baden-Württemberg and other Germanic regions… BK 943.0 GER BADEN /EMIGRAN Emigrants from the West-German Fuerstenberg territories (Baden and the Palatinate) to America and Central Europe, 1712, 1737, 1787 BK 943.0 GER BAVARIA NEUSTADT /GENEALO Exulanten in der Umgebung von Neustadt a.d. Aisch BK 943.0 GER NORDGAU’ PFALZ-NEU /MILITARY Musterungsliste Pfalz-Neuburg (Nordgau) 1623 : Namensverzeichnis zu der Akte Nr. 14371, Staatsarchiv Amberg Neuburger Abgabe von 1911 BK 971.6 NS /IMMIGRA GENEALOG Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867, v.2 BK 972.1 MEX CUSIHUIR /CENSUS Padrones de Cusihuiriachic, 1778 BK 973.0 USA IMMIGRA /HISTORY Ellis Island interviews : in their own words BK 974.0 NEa /GENEALO The great migration directory : immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, a concise compendium BK 974.0 NEa /HISTORY A history of New England...historical and descriptive sketches of the counties, cities and principal towns of the six New England states, v.2 BK 974.4 MA PLYMOUTH /WILLS 1633-1669 Plymouth Colony records : Wills, v.1 BK 974.6 CT WINDHAM CANTERBURY /CHURCH Records of the Congregational church in Canterbury, Connecticut, 1711-1844 BK 974.6 CT WINDHAM WINDHAM /CHURCH Records of the Congregational Church of Windham, Conn. (except church votes), 1700-1851 BK 974.8 PA /GERMAN CEMETERY Pennsylvania German tombstone inscriptions, vols. 1&2 BK 974.8 PA /LAND 1769-73 Pennsylvania Land Applications, v.2 BK 974.8 PA BERKS /COURT PROBATE Abstracts of Berks County wills, 1785-1800 BK 974.8 PA BERKS BERN /CHURCH Bern church record, Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania : baptisms (1739-1835), including tombstone inscriptions of burial grounds at Bernville BK 974.8 PA BERKS BOWERS /CHURCH Church record of the Christ (Maxatawny or De Long’s) Reformed Church at Bowers, Berks County, Pennsylvania (1765-1832, from the library of Dr. and Mrs. Glenn P. Schwalm BK 974.8 PA LANCASTE /TAXES Lancaster County, Pennsylvania tax lists 1751, 1756, 1757, 1758 : ... with additional tax lists and index BK 974.8 PA NORTHAMP /COURT ORPHANS Genealogical abstracts of orphans court records, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, v.1 BK 974.8 PA NORTHAMP /LAND DEEDS Abstracts of deeds, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, v.1 BK 974.8 PA NORTHAMP /RECORDS ESTATE Index of wills and administration records: Northampton County, Pennsylvania 1752-1850 & Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 1812-1850 Continued on 67

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BK/ CALL NUMBER TITLE MSS BK 974.8 PA NORTHAMP /TAX 1772 Proprietary tax, Northampton County, Pennsylvania 1772 BK 974.8 PA VENANGO /HISTORY History of Venango County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, vols. 1&2 BK 974.9 NJ /HISTORY The story of an old farm : or, Life in New Jersey in the eighteenth century BK 974.9 NJ /HISTORY COLONIAL Pre-revolutionary Dutch houses and families in northern New Jersey and southern New York BK 975.2 MD /MILITARY 1756-1763 Marylanders and Delawareans in the French and Indian War, 1756-1763 BK 975.2 MD FREDERIC /INHABIT 1749-1800 Inhabitants of Frederick County, Maryland, v.2 BK 975.2 MD FREDERIC /INHABIT 1750-1790 Inhabitants of Frederick County, Maryland, v.1 BK 975.2 MD FREDERIC /REVWAR PATRIOTS Revolutionary patriots of Frederick County, Maryland, 1775-1783 BK 975.2 MD FREDERIC /VITALS Records of marriages and burials in the Monocacy Church in Frederick County, Maryland, and in the Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in the city of Frederick, Maryland, 1743-1811 BK 975.2 MD WASHINGT /REVWAR PATRIOTS Revolutionary patriots of Washington County, Maryland, 1776-1783 BK 975.2 MD WASHINGT HAGERSTO /CHURCH Maryland German church records, vols. 12&13 BK 975.5 VA /BIOGRAP SABBARTI The saint-adventurers of the Virginia frontier : southern outposts of Ephrata BK 975.5 VA /GENEALO MENNONIT Some Shenandoah Valley Mennonite settlers : where they came from, who they were BK 975.5 VA /GENEALO PIONEERS Shenandoah Valley pioneer settlers : a few of them and some notes of interest, includes genealogical sketches on the Bucher, Dellinger, Eye (Au)...and allied families BK 975.5 VA /HISTORY SHENANDO Massanutten, settled by the Pennsylvania pilgrim, 1726 : the first white settlement in the Shenandoah Valley BK 975.5 VA /HISTORY SOCIAL Journal & letters of Philip Vickers Fithian, 1773-1774 : a plantation tutor of the Old Dominion BK 975.5 VA /LAND 1737-70 Entry record book, 1737-1770 : land entries in the present Virginia counties of Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and Patrick BK 975.5 VA /LAND 1749-1762 Cavaliers and pioneers : abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, vols. 6&7 BK 975.5 VA /LAND 1770-96 Entry record book, 1770-1796 : land entries in the present Virginia counties of Pittsylvania, Henry, Franklin, and Patrick BK 975.5 VA /LAND 1779-1782 Cavaliers and pioneers : abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, v.8 BK 975.5 VA AUGUSTA /HISTORY Augusta Parish, Virginia, 1738-1780 BK 975.5 VA AUGUSTA /HISTORY History of Augusta County, Virginia BK 975.5 VA AUGUSTA /VITALS DEATHS Abstract of Augusta County, Virginia, Death Registers, 1853-1896 BK 975.5 VA AUGUSTA /VITALS MARRIAGE First marrriage records of Augusta County, Virginia 1785-1813 BK 975.5 VA FREDERIC /COURT PROBATE Abstracts of wills, inventories, and administration accounts of Frederick County, Virginia, 1743-1800 : with cemetery inscriptions, rent rolls, and other data BK 975.5 VA FREDERIC /COURT PROBATE Frederick County, Virginia wills & administrations 1795-1816 BK 975.5 VA HALIFAX /HISTORY A history of Halifax County, Virginia BK 975.5 VA LEE /LAND 1793-1804 Lee County, Virginia deed book number 1, 1793-1804 BK 975.5 VA MECKLENB /TAXES 1782&1784 Mecklenburg Co., Virginia tax lists of 1782 and 1784 BK 975.5 VA PAGE /CHURCH RECORDS Genealogical abstract of Rev. John N. Stirewalt’s pastoral record 1869-1906, Page County, Virginia BK 975.5 VA ROCKINGH /ATLAS 1885 An atlas of Rockingham County, Virginia : from the actual 1885 surveys BK 975.5 VA ROCKINGH /CHURCH Early church records of Rockingham County, Virginia BK 975.5 VA ROCKINGH /CHURCH German church records of Rockingham County, Virginia, v.1 BK 975.5 VA ROCKINGH /COURT 1778-1786 Rockingham County, Virginia minute book, 1778-1792, v.1 BK 975.5 VA ROCKINGH /COURT 1778-1864 Abstracts of executor, administrator, and guardian bonds of Rockingham County, Virginia 1778-1864 BK 975.5 VA ROCKINGH /COURT 1786-1788 Rockingham County, Virginia minute book, 1778-1792, vols. 2&3 BK 975.5 VA SHENANDO /ATLAS Atlas of Shenandoah and Page Counties, Virginia, 1885. BK 975.5 VA SHENANDO /COURT 1772-1774 Order book, 1772-1774, Shenandoah County, Virginia (abstracted) BK 975.5 VA SHENANDO /COURT 1781-1784 Order book, 1781-1784, Shenandoah County, Virginia (abstracted) BK 975.5 VA SHENANDO /LAND Shenandoah County, Virginia : deed book series, abstracted, vols. 1-5 BK 975.5 VA SHENANDO /VITALS MARRIAGE Shenandoah County, Virginia marriage bonds 1772-1850 BK 975.5 VA SHENANDO SHENANDO /CHURCH St. Paul Lutheran Church, Shenandoah, VA, member statistical history,1782-1992 BK 975.6 NC /COURT PROBATE Mecklenburg & Cabarrus counties, North Carolina decedents for whom loose estates papers are extant BK 975.6 NC /PROBATE WILLS North Carolina wills : a testator index, 1665-1990 BK 975.6 NC CABARRUS /COURT 1793-1797 Cabarrus County, North Carolina, court minutes 1793-1797 (Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions), 1793-1797 BK 975.6 NC CABARRUS /VITALS MARRIAGE Cabarrus County, North Carolina marriage records, 1793-1868 BK 975.6 NC ROWAN /CEMETER INDEX A compiled index to the Rowan County cemetery books Volume l thru Volume VII BK 975.6 NC ROWAN /COURT PROBATE Loose estate papers for Rowan County, North Carolina 1750-1927 : Index of loose estate papers BK 975.6 NC ROWAN /LAND DEEDS Abstracts of deed books 11-14 of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1786-1797 BK 975.6 NC ROWAN /LAND DEEDS Abstracts of deed books 15-19 of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1797-1807 Continued on 68

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BK 975.6 NC ROWAN /LAND DEEDS Abstracts of deed books 20-24 of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1807-1818 BK 975.7 SC CHESTER /GENEALO Captain Bill : the records and writings of Captain William Henry Edwards...in five volumes, v.3 BK 975.7 SC LAURENS /COURT WILLS Laurens County, South Carolina, will abstracts : will books C-1802-1809, D-1809-1818, E-1818-1825 BK 975.7 SC LAURENS /LAND DEEDS Laurens County, South Carolina deed abstracts, vols. 1&2 BK 976.1 AL MARION /CEMETER Cemetery inscriptions of Marion County, Alabama, vols. 1-3 BK 976.1 AL MARION /VITALS MARRIAGE Marriage records. Vol. 1 : Marion County, Alabama, 1887-1895, v.1 BK 976.2 MS ADAMS NATCHEZ /HISTORY Early romances of historic Natchez BK 976.6 OK SEQUOYAH /VITALS MARRIAGE Sequoyah Co. Oklahoma marriages : Sallisaw Court, v.2 BK 976.8 TN McMINN ATHENS /CHURCH A history of Keith Memorial United Methodist Church, 1824-1984 BK 976.9 KY GRAVES MAYFIELD /RECORDS Miscellaneous records from the vault of The First National Bank of Mayfield, KY BK 976.9 KY WOLFE /HISTORY Early and modern history of Wolfe County BK 977.1 OH /HISTORY Ohio centennial anniversary celebration at Chillicothe, May 20-21, 1903 : under the auspices of the Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society : complete proceedings BK 977.1 OH /HISTORY The Ohio hundred year book : a hand-book of the public men and public institutions of Ohio from the formation of the North-West territory (1787) to July 1, 1901 BK 977.1 OH /HISTORY Towns & villages of the lower Ohio BK 977.8 MO HOLT /RECORDS Holt County, Missouri, records BK 977.8 MO NEWTON /COURT PROBATE Newton County, Missouri, records : abstracts of wills and administration (1839-1869) with minutes of the Newton County Court 1839-1849 BK 977.8 MO NEWTON STELLA /HISTORY The story of...Stella : pioneer community of Newton County, Missouri BK 977.8 MO SCOTT /RECORDS Scott County, Missouri, records BK 977.8 MO ST.CLAIR /RECORDS St. Clair County, Missouri, records BK 977.8 MO TEXAS HOUSTON /NEWSPAPE Mildred’s scrapbook from newspaper clippings 1845-1926 BK 978.1 KS CHAUTAUQ /HISTORY The History of Chautauqua County, Kansas BK 978.1 KS RENO HAVEN /HISTORY Haven, Kansas 1886-1986 : a century of blessings, honoring the past and looking to the future BK 978.8 CO BOULDER /VITALS MARRIAGE Boulder County, Colorado marriage records 1860-1900 BK 978.8 CO EAGLE BASALT /HISTORY Basalt: Colorado Midland town BK 979.2 UT RICH LAKETOWN /GENEALOG Heart of the children BK 979.4 CA /PLACES CENTRAL COUNTIES Durham’s place names of central California : includes Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings & Kern counties BK 979.4 CA ALAMEDA /VITALS DEATHS Record of deaths in Alameda County, California…vols. C&D BK 979.4 CA LOSANGEL EAGLEROC /OC1970 La Encina, 1969-1970 : Occidental College yearbook BK 979.4 CA LOSANGEL EAGLEROC /OC1972 La Encina, 1972 : Occidental College yearbook BK 979.4 CA LOSANGEL EAGLEROCK /OC1969 La Encina, 1969 : Occidental College yearbook BK 979.4 CA SANFRANC /CREMATO I.O.O.F San Francisco, California, I.O.O.F. crematory records BK 979.4 CA SANFRANC /VITALS DEATHS San Francisco deaths,1865-1905 : abstracts from surviving civil records, vols. 1-4 BK 979.4 CA SANLUISO /HISTORY San Luis Obispo County : looking backward into the Middle Kingdom BK 979.4 CA SANTABAR SANTABAR /SBHS1938 The Olive and Gold presents “the passing show of 1938” : volume 31 BK 979.6 ID BINGHAM BLACKFOO /CHURCH History of the First Baptist Church, Blackfoot, Idaho : the first 60 years 1884-1944

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AFR AMER – African American Interest Group LUG—Legacy Family Tree Users Group CFHGSC – Chinese Family History Group of SoCal RMUG—Roots Magic Users Group FCHSC—French Canadian Heritage Society of California TMG—The Master Genealogist Users Group GSHA-SC—Genealogical Society Hispanic America-So. CA UDC—United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter JC—Jamboree Committee

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Open 10am-4pm Closed to Researchers Open 10am-6pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-2pm Closed to Researchers 1:45-3:45pm 10am-4pm 10-11:30am SCGS United Daughters of the French-Canadian Webinar Series Confederacy Research Team 10am-4pm GSHA-SC General Meeting 2-4pm TMG Users Group 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Open 10am-4pm Closed to Researchers Open 10am-6pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-2pm Closed to Researchers 7-9pm 10am-4pm 9am-2pm Jamboree Legacy User Group French-Canadian Committee Meeting and Research Team Volunteer Phone Campaign 12-3pm Lunch & Learn No Meetings: Writer’s GRP 3:30-6pm Family Tree Maker User Grp Afr.-Amer. Interest Group 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Closed to Researchers Closed to Researchers Open 10am-9pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-2pm Open 10am-4pm 2-4pm 11am-4pm 10am-4pm 6-8pm 10am-12pm Italian RootsMagic User Group Hispanic Tuesday French-Canadian Board Meeting 10am-12pm CFHGSC (CACA) Research Team 11am-1pm Genealogy Wksp (LAPL) 6-7:30pm 1-3pm Nikkei Genealogical SCGS Webinar Series Society (JANM) 1-4pm German Interest 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Closed to Researchers Closed to Researchers Open 10am-6pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-2pm Closed to Researchers 10am-4pm 10am-2pm French-Canadian Jamboree Bag Stuffing Research Team Party

29 30 31 1 2 3 4 Closed to Researchers Closed to Researchers Open 10am-6pm 10am-4pm Irish Interest Workstop

NOTE: Where the Library is listed as Closed to Researchers, it is closed for research but remains open for attendance of events or meetings as noted. NOTE: Off-site SCGS Events are listed in italics.

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AFR AMER – African American Interest Group LUG—Legacy Family Tree Users Group CFHGSC – Chinese Family History Group of SoCal RMUG—Roots Magic Users Group FCHSC—French Canadian Heritage Society of California TMG—The Master Genealogist Users Group GSHA-SC—Genealogical Society Hispanic America-So. CA UDC—United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter JC—Jamboree Committee

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29 30 31 1 2 3 4 Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Closed to Researchers Closed to Researchers 10am-4pm Genetic Genealogy (DNA) 47th Annual Southern 47th Annual Southern French-Canadian Conference (Marriott Hotel California Genealogy California Genealogy Research Team Jamboree (Marriott Hotel) Jamboree (Marriott Hotel)

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Closed to Researchers Closed to Researchers Open 10am-6pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-2pm Closed to Researchers 47th Annual Southern 10am-4pm 12-3pm Lunch & Learn California Genealogy French-Canadian 3:30-6pm Jamboree (Marriott Hotel) Research Team Afr.-Amer. Interest Group

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Open 10am-4pm Closed to Researchers Open 10am-6pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-2pm Open 10am-4pm 1-3pm 7-9pm 10am-4pm 6-8pm 11am-1pm Writer’s Group No meeting: Legacy Users French-Canadian Board Meeting Genealogy Workshop 4-6pm Group Research Team (LAPL) No meeting: Family Tree 6-7:30pm 1-4pm German Int. Grp. Maker User Group SCGS Webinar Series CFHGSC Workshop (TBD)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Closed to Researchers Closed to Researchers Open 10am-9pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-2pm Open 10am-4pm 11am-4pm 10am-4pm 1-3pm Hispanic Tuesday French-Canadian Nikkei Genealogical Research Team Society CFHGSC Workshop (TBD) 2-4pm RootsMagic User Group 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 Closed to Researchers Closed to Researchers Open 10am-6pm Open 10am-4pm Open 10am-4pm 10am-4pm French-Canadian Research Team

NOTE: Where the Library is listed as Closed to Researchers, it is closed for research but remains open for attendance of events or meetings as noted. NOTE: Off-site SCGS Events are listed in italics.

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President’s Message We welcome newly elected Board Members Kathy Holland, Walt Sturrock, Dick Humphrey, and (returning) Louise Cala- way and Charlotte Bocage. Kathy has taken over as recording secretary as Jean Taeuffer has moved to first Vice President. Walt is our supremely talented art and design lead, Dick Humphrey is working on training and special projects. Louise and Charlotte continue as our treasurer and education leads, respectively. We have a great Board for 2016! In the past two years, it has been my pleasure to work with many of you who contribute so many hours to support our Society. I encourage those who would be interested in joining this great team to please let us know! Please take a look at our website volunteer page www.scgsgenealogy.com/volunteer/volunteer.html to see volunteer opportunities, or email us at [email protected] to let us know what you are interested in, or call us at the library at 818-843-7247! I hope you are all looking forward to and planning to attend our 47th Jamboree with the theme “Giving to the Future by Preserving the Past”. The event will again be held at the Burbank Marriott, June 3-5. Just prior to Jamboree on June 2 is a one-day DNA conference, “The Future of the Past: Genetic Genealogy 2016”. We again have a terrific lineup of speakers for all these events. Plan to attend!

Sincerely,

David H. Burde, President [email protected]