Jogging Down Memory Trails - Ruth Govorchin - January 18, 2012

Beginners and visitors welcome!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The Genealogical Society of North Orange County

presents

RUTH GOVORCHIN

Jogging Down Memory Trails

If you don’t write your memoirs, your grandchildren and great-grandchildrfen will never know. And if you don’t start jotting down memories, maybe even you won’t know--or at least be able to remember at a crucial time. Our program is not a writing lesson; rather, it is a memory lesson: helping us better pinpoint the important--and the trivial--in our lives.

Ruth Govorchin has been deeply involved in genealogy for 40 years, conducting research virtually full-time since her retirement as a Special Education teacher. The holder of five teaching and administrative credentials, she earned a B.A. in Liberal Studies from CSU Long Beach and an M.A. in Educational Administration from the University of San Francisco. Ruth has also earned the University of Toronto’s Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies and is currently working to become a Certified Genealogist. She is a member of NGS, APG, UGA, the Southern California Genealogical Society, the Orange County California Genealogical Society and, of course, GSNOCC, where she was recently elected President. She previously served as Program Chair and as chair of GSNOCC’s annual seminar for 11 years.

6:15 p.m.: H.E.L.P. Discussion Group

7 p.m.: A brief business meeting

7:15 p.m.: The program

At the end: Refreshments and sharing

Yorba Linda Community Center

4501 Casa Loma Avenue (at Imperial Highway)

Yorba Linda

For additional information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511 or visit our web site at or our blog at or join us on facebook

December - Happy Holidays - No Meeting

December is a time for family and friends. Enjoy this time, talk about traditions, find out how everyone celebrated the holidays when they were 10 years old.

I lived with my parents and my younger sister and brother. We were here in California and all of our extended family lived in Alabama or Louisiana so Christmas was always just the five of us. We had a house with a floor furnace located in a central hall. You could look through the slats and see some of the tree and, as all our gifts came from santa and they were never wrapped, this was were we hung out until we could get our parents out of bed. Christmas was one of the few times we had a formal dinner and Christmas is when I learned to set a table: silverware 1 inch from the edge of the table, napkin placed with the fold in so you could easily grab the edge, knife and spoon on the right, fork on the left. What was your Christmas like?

NANCY HUEBOTTER Adding Timelines to your Genealogy Tool Kit

Beginners and visitors welcome!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Genealogical Society of North Orange County

presents

NANCY HUEBOTTER

Adding Timelines to your Genealogy Tool Kit

Timelines let us place individuals and families in history, track their movements, and look at historical events that may have impacted them. Timelines are particularly useful when setting people in history. By graphically laying out an individual's life, it is easy to see the holes in one’s research and determine where additional research should be concentrated. Bring a pencil, family group sheets (at least a small selection of a contiguous family) and your thinking cap. You will be given other supplies and information to help you develop a sample timeline.

Nancy Huebotter, a nationally recognized lecturer on genealogy topics, has spent over 35 years researching her family history. Along with her parents, Nancy researched, wrote, and published Ancestors and Descendants of Thomas Carroll and Ellis Miller, a 395-year history of her mother's lines. She is currently writing her father's biography, especially highlighting his military service and subsequent imprisonment in a German POW camp during World War II. By profession, Nancy has had a 35-year career with Raytheon Company (formerly Hughes Aircraft Company), where she is a senior technical writer and instructor.

6:15 p.m.: H.E.L.P discussion group

7 p.m.: A brief business meeting

7:15 p.m.: The program

At the end: Refreshments and conversation

Yorba Linda Community Center

4501 Casa Loma Avenue (at Imperial Highway)

Yorba Linda

For additional information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511 or visit our web site at

Family History Month

Want to learn about your ancestors?

Don’t know how to get started?

Join us* for Free Classes to celebrate

FAMILY HISTORY MONTH 2011

Getting Started: Gathering, Organizing, Documenting

Monday, October 3, 7 p.m.​ Norma Storrs Keating

YORBA LINDA LIBRARY – 18181 Imperial Highway

The Family History Library System and FamilySearch.org

Tuesday, October 11, 7 p.m.​ Beth J. McCarty

PLACENTIA LIBRARY – 411 East Chapman Avenue

Seven Rules for Successful Online Searching

Wednesday, October 19, 7 p.m.​ Barbara Renick

YORBA LINDA COMMUNITY CENTER – 4501 Casa Loma Avenue

Using U.S. Census Records for Family History Research

Tuesday, October 25, 6:30 p.m.​ Jamie Mayhew

CANYON HILLS LIBRARY – 400 S. Scout Trail – Anaheim

Presented by your local library, the Genealogical Society of North Orange County, and volunteer members of the Southern California Chapter, Society of Professional Genealogists

For more information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511 or visit our web site at www.gsnocc.org

*No pre-registration, no fees—just show up ready to learn!

Linda Serna - Ethnic Groups: They Came to America

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Genealogical Society of North Orange County

presents

LINDA SERNA

Ethnic Groups: They Came to America

Having a hard time finding some of those transplanted European ancestors? In this presentation, we will examine Polish, German, French, Belgium Walloon, Irish and Italian immigrants: where they came from, when and why they came, and where they went in America.

First bitten by the genealogy bug at 12, Linda Serna has focused the last 20 years on tracing her Polish, French and German roots, and her husband’s lines to the 1500s in New Mexico. She has made numerous presentations to genealogy groups in Southern California and New Mexico, and periodically teaches the Intermediate/Advanced class at the Orange County California Genealogical Society (OCCGS). Ms. Serna is Vice-President of Programs for OCCGS and is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Genealogical Speakers Guild, the Polish Genealogical Society, and the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America.

6:15 p.m.: Beginners’ class (open to experienced folks, too!)

7 p.m.: A brief business meeting

7:15 p.m.: The program

At the end: Refreshments and conversation

Yorba Linda Community Center

4501 Casa Loma Avenue (at Imperial Highway)

Yorba Linda

For additional information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511 or visit our web site at <http://gsnocc.org>, our blog at <http://gsnocc.blogspot.com> or follow us on Facebook <https:/www.facebook.com/GSNOCC>

Footnote is now fold3

"On August 18th, Footnote announced it will focus on offering the finest and most comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records available on the internet. As part of this new focus, the name of the site has changed from Footnote to Fold3. The Fold3 name is derived from a traditional flag folding ceremony in which the third fold in the ceremony honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world."

"Fold3, the Web's premier collection and destination for original U.S. military records. "

http://www.fold3.com

Visit The official blog of Fold3.com at http://blog.fold3.com/

Hal Horrocks - British Research Beyond the Census - Wed, August 17, 2011

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

The Genealogical Society of North Orange County

presents

HAL HORROCKS

British Research Beyond the Census

OK, so you found those old Brits in every census from 1841 to 1901--now what? What other paths might you follow? What other sources should you research? And which of those can you investigate before personally crossing the Atlantic? Hal Horrocks will provide some excellent suggestions!

A native Californian and longtime Orange County resident, Mr. Horrocks is a professional genealogist, teacher, and lecturer. He has been doing family research for 15 years and is a member of Association of Professional Genealogists, Genealogical Speakers Guild, Orange County California Genealogical Society, Genealogical Society of North Orange County California, Guild for One-Name Studies, Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society (UK), and Cheshire Family History Society (UK). In addition, he has developed a web site for the Horrocks surname that includes a one-name study, a DNA study, and family trees for Horrocks researchers.

6:15 p.m.: Beginners’ class (open to experienced folks, too!)

7 p.m.: A brief business meeting

7:15 p.m.: The program

At the end: Refreshments and conversation

Yorba Linda Community Center

4501 Casa Loma Avenue (at Imperial Highway)

Yorba Linda

For additional information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511, visit our web site at , our blog at or find us on FaceBook.

Yorba Linda STAR Obituaries 1920-1929

GSNOCC has published the Yorba Linda STAR Obituaries 1920-1929 book online that was originally abstracted and self published by the society in 1993. We want this information available for all researchers in the easiest manner possible. The book is available on our website at http://www.gsnocc.org under publications and on our blog site at http://gsnocc.blogspot.com as a special page. We want to express our thanks to those original abstractors who worked hard to make this information available.

Randy Seaver - Using Ancestry,com Effectively - Wed July 20, 2011

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

RANDY SEAVER

Searching Ancestry.com Effectively

Ancestry.com has many wonderful features--a lavish buffet where it is hard to choose what to use and how to use it. Randy will discuss the effective use of such features as new or old search algorithms, basic or advanced search forms, exact or ranked matches, full names or wild cards, specific or all databases, restricted or whole collection, and site navigation.

Randy Seaver is a native San Diegan, a graduate of San Diego State University in Aerospace Engineering, and a retired aerodynamics engineer with a 38-year career at Rohr/Goodrich in Chula Vista. His ancestry is mainly colonial New England and Upper Atlantic, with some colonial German, French and Dutch forbears, and several 19th-century English immigrants.

Randy's activities include serving the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (former President, currently Newsletter Editor and Research Chairman); speaking to Southern California genealogy groups; teaching senior adult genealogy classes at OASIS; and writing the Genealogy 2.0 column for the FGS’s FORUM Magazine. He is a member of NGS, NEHGS, SDGS, CVGS, and CGSSD, and blogs daily about genealogy at Genea-Musings (www.geneamusings.com), The Geneaholic (www.geneaholic.com), and the Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe (http://CVGenCafe.blogspot.com).

6:15 p.m.: Beginners’ class (open to experienced folks, too!)

7 p.m.: A brief business meeting

7:15 p.m.: The program

At the end: Refreshments and conversation

Yorba Linda Community Center

4501 Casa Loma Avenue (at Imperial Highway)

Yorba Linda

For additional information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511, visit our web site at http://gsnocc.org, our blog at http://gsnocc.blogspot.com or Facebook.

Barbara Renick - ePublishing Your Manuscript - Wednesday June 15, 2011

Beginners and visitors welcome!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The Genealogical Society of

North Orange County

presents

BARBARA RENICK

ePublishing Your Manuscript

So you've completed work on one of your key families and you’re ready to write about them. Do you want the world to know--or other researchers--or perhaps just your grandkids? Want your work available in perpetuity--or just for a while? Plan to include charts or photos or maps or scanned correspondence--or just text? Our June program will help you solve these quandaries!

Barbara Renick, genealogical researcher and longtime member of GSNOCC, teaches people how to “do” genealogy--especially on the Internet. Barbara has lectured and taught genealogical computer labs at national conferences and the Regional Family History Center in Orange for more than 25 years. A National Genealogical Society contributing editor for eleven years and current member of the NGS Board of Directors, she co-authored The Internet for Genealogists: A Beginner's Guide, made two instructional videos on using the Internet for genealogy, and publishes short instructional videos online at her ZRoots.com Web site. Her last book, Genealogy 101: How to Trace Your Family’s History and Heritage was sponsored by the NGS for their 100th Anniversary.

6:15 p.m.: Beginners’ class (open to experienced folks, too!)

7 p.m.: A brief business meeting

7:15 p.m.: The program

At the end: Refreshments and conversation

Yorba Linda Community Center

4501 Casa Loma Avenue (at Imperial Highway)

Yorba Linda

For additional information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511 or visit our web site at

http://gsnocc.org

http://gsnocc.blogspot.com

We are now on Facebook - search on Genealogical Society of North Orange County California

Kerry Bartels - Introduction to the National Archives - May 18

Kerry Bartels is a great storyteller and a dynamic speaker. He became a genealogist before he was an Archivist, so he understands the need for documents. His goal at his NARA branch is to make the Archives useful to genealogists. Kerry Bartels is an Archives Specialist at the Narional Archives in Perris, California. He has been a professional archivist since 1977 and has worked in historical societies, libraries, museums, universities, and state archives. He has extensive experience with county, state, and federal records as well as private manuscripts of individuals and records of private organizations. Over the years, he has also done a great deal of oral history and has administered a state micrographics laboratory and a state conservation laboratory among other specialties. He has been a genealogical practioner since 1962 and has done extensive research in the United States and Canada as well as many nations in Europe.

Mr. Bartels will demonstrate how genealogists can utilize the various descriptive tools on the National Archives website to determine for themselves records that may be useful in their particular Family History Center. Also discussed will be the National Archives itself and how the billions of documents in its holdings are organized. The session will concentrate on locating descriptions of records in the National Archives that are valuable to genealogists but are little known and little used. Handouts illustrating each of the searchexamples will be provided to participants.

David Rencher to speak March 12 for GSNOCC

Who do YOU think you are...and how can you find out? Since NBC’s Who do you think you are? has been broadcasting season two there has been a renewed interest in family history not seen since the Roots TV mini-series came out in 1977. If you have watched Who do you think you are? it looks easy. One hour and you are back five to ten generations. Those of you who have tried it know that it is not as easy as it looks. So how do you find out who you are? Where do you find all those resources?

David Rencher, AG, CG, FIGRS, FUGA, Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch.org will be speaking at the Genealogical Society of North Orange County California Seminar on Saturday, March 12, 2011. The seminar will be held at the Brea United Methodist Church at 480 N. State College Blvd. (at Lambert), Brea from 8:15 am to 4:00 pm.

What can you learn from this seminar? FamilySearch, established and run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the largest genealogical organization in the world with an online presence and over 4,600 family history centers worldwide. If you have used FamilySearch.org in the past but haven’t been there recently, you will find that it has been greatly enhanced. Rencher will tell you about what’s new, what’s coming, and how to use it. He will also give skillbuilding classes on using name lists and effective principles for focusing on your research objectives.

Tickets for this seminar can be purchased in advance for $30. A box lunch is available for $9. Mail your check with name and address to GSNOCC, PO Box 706, Yorba Linda, CA 92885 by March 5, 2011 for pre-registration or purchase tickets at the door for $35. Additional information is available on the GSNOCC website at http://www.gsnocc.org, on the GSNOCC blog at http://gsnocc.blogspot.com, or by email at GSNOCC@gmail.com.

Feb 16th - Jean Wilcox Hibben

Beginners and visitors welcome!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The Genealogical Society of North Orange County

presents

JEAN WILCOX HIBBEN

Shaking the Myth: Proving/Disproving Family Legends

Just because a story has been passed on for generations doesn’t mean it’s true; it may be--or it may have some elements of truth--or it may be just a figment of someone’s imagination. But how can we substantiate--or refute--these legends? Dr. Hibben will discuss ways to prove or disprove family folklore, and will apply theories of proving arguments to examples supplied by the audience. Audience participation is strongly encouraged!

Jean Wilcox Hibben melds 13 years of teaching speech communications with her interests in folklore and genealogy and over 45 years experience playing guitar and other folk instruments, to present programs that are both instructional and entertaining.

A Certified Genealogist, Jean is secretary of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, president of the Southern California Chapter, Association of Professional Genealogists, president of the Corona (Calif.) Genealogical Society, and membership and meeting coordinator of the Riverside Folk Song Society.

6:15 p.m.: Beginners’ class (open to experienced folks, too!)

7 p.m.: A brief business meeting

7:15 p.m.: The program

At the end: Refreshments and conversation

Yorba Linda Community Center

4501 Casa Loma Avenue (at Imperial Highway)

Yorba Linda

For additional information, please call GSNOCC at 714-996-9511 or visit our web site at

GSNOCC Meeting – January 19, 2011 Presents DR. JOEL WEINTRAUB Preparing for the 1940 Census

Preparing for the 1940 Census

The 1940 U. S. census introduced sampling, organized publicity, and an emphasis on economic questions. Some standard questions were dropped, while new ones were added. The changes were not without controversy. The census is being digitized by the National Archives and will be available on-line. It is unlikely there will be a name index available on opening day (April 2, 2012), so initially, geographic means for finding people will be necessary. Dr. Weintraub will discuss the 1940 enumeration and its questions, the on-line 1940 geographic tools he has produced for the Morse One-Step website, and why we wait 72 years to see a U.S. population census.

Born and raised in Manhattan, Dr. Joel Weintraub is Professor of Biology Emeritus at California State University, Fullerton. He became interested in genealogy about 12 years ago, and volunteered for nine years at the National Archives. Joel transcribed streets within census districts in 2001 to help researchers search the 1930 U. S. census. In 2002, he was joined by David Kehs and Stephen Morse; together, they have produced several on-line census-searching utilities for both the federal and New York State censuses on the Morse One-Step website .

Plan NOW to attend this informative event!!