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For Immediate Release
20 December 2011

20 December 2011– Oakland, CA. The California State Genealogical Alliance (CSGA), announces two new blogs for the genealogical public.

(1) The CSGA Blog (http://www.csga.com/Blog/) is a joint society effort to keep the California Genealogical community informed. Topics include:

• Legislative issues affecting California genealogists
• California Projects including our FamilySearch partnership, the Californ

   Genealogy at Christmas Time

   Genealogy at Christmas Time, "but I am way to busy", is a statement that I frequently hear.

   I can not think of a holiday that is more appropriate to discuss and share Genealogy than this Holiday Season.

   It is like let me count the ways.

   1. You are already exchanging friendly greetings to family and friends.

   2.  Did it ever occur to you that the family friend may be kin?

   3.  People are  more talkative and outgoing during this time of year.

   4.  Genea

 Christmas is Almost Here

 I have been doing the Advent of Christmas on one of my blogs. I will print it out Christmas Eve and put in folders for the various adult members of our family.

 I think it was a great thing to do so I could share data about Christmas's past. It seems we seldom set around and talk about what we did last year or the year before or ten years ago.  So the younger generation is not getting the information passed down to them to carry on. 

 It seems that parades, football and o

Recently I was one of three guest speakers on tonight’s GeneaBloggers Radio – Episode 45

The title of the show is “Capturing Family Memories – All Year Round.” 

You can go to my blog to listen to a clip from the show:

http://legacymultimedia.com/about/press/

Scroll down to Televsion and Radio, it is the first link.

If you would like to hear the entire show, my blog entry, with link, may be found here...>

I originally decided to start searching my families genealogy when there was a scare that my mother was very ill and was told my mother had 6-8 more weeks to live.  She was diagnosed with Pulmonary Artery Disease.  With lots of prayers she is still with us today.

I was very courteous about my family origin.  All my grandparents had all past away before I was born and because of family drama not much was said about them.  My mother talked about how different her parents were and how my great Grand

Search New Free U.S. Records from Illionis, Maine, New Hampshire, Washington State, and Wisconsin

These darling bunnies were born in October while I was at our sons.  The Mom has a black with gold flecked coat and so do some of the younger ones.  

I raised white and black bunnies but do not recall ever any red ones or orangebrown coated bunnies.

I bet they are double in size almost now. Bunnies grow quickly and they are called Kits.

My grandsons do 4 H and raise these bunnies, and lots more.  Kevin's new blue one is huge.

One Day Seminar with John Phillip Colletta, PhD., FUGA

Dr. Colletta is famous for the liveliness, humor, clarity and effectiveness of his presentations.

Saturday, March 10, 2012
8:15 am - 4:00 pm
Brea United Methodist Church

I am researching my great grandad. I know he was from Cork, Ireland & that he moved to Brighton Sussex & married Sarah Ann Patching in 1880. I have their marriage cert, his father was of the same name, deceased at that time. I have all the census from that time forward but, know nothing of his life in Ireland or how he travelled here. If anyone can help I would be very grateful. I have tried Roots Ireland,Ancestry,Genes Reunited & others but, without success. Thanks Anne

Hi, Just learned about this site last night and thought I would atleast give it a try. I have been doing family research for a very long time. Of course I have hit alot of brick walls along the way and I'm trying to chip away at them. So that is another reason why I am here, to try and find help or to try and give help. Right now I'm working on the following names, Dawson, Bible, French, Myrick, Edging, Shaver and Claxton. I have so many names in the family tree, but right now these are my main

Registration is now open for the NGS 2012 Family History Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conference will take place 9–12 May 2012 at the Duke Energy Convention Center. For additional information and to register online, go to http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/attendee_registration.

There are three conference hotels this year, all within one block of the convention center. Visit http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/accommodationsfor detailed information about the hotels.

The 2012 conference will include

 We all shared the stories of buy American for this year.  I am not sure if we all posted what we could buy as Americans and Genealogists. 

 I see some bloggers are posting their Wish Lists on their blog.  Wow, now we are blogging Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, and all the other jolly fellows out there.  

  Yes, there is a Santa Claus. :>) 

   Here are some suggestions:

   1. Ticket to Chula Vista Genealogical Society Spring Seminar with William Dollarhide and Leland Meitzler.

   2.  Renewal of members

Sorting Saturday

Actually I started sorting yesterday so items could be sent to others.  I did not have those items until I went through the boxes I acquired from my Mom's estate. 

I find some of the items have been presorted and will be sent on to others. I thought my brother and sister and I had presorted them all before I brought them home. I guess not. I know I left envelopes of pictures for nieces and nephews and brothers and sons before I left northern California. 

Seems they will be getting

MyHeritage, which claims to be the most popular family network on the web, has acquirited FamilyLink.com, Inc., maker of the family history content sites FamilyLink.com and WorldVitalRecords.com. This is MyHeritage's seventh and largest acquisition since 2007.

MyHeritage’s 'Smart Matching' technology empowers users to find relatives and explore their family history. With all family information stored in a secure site, MyHeritage enables users to place and share family photos, and celebrate and pr

I can help you!

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If you are interested in finding out more about your Swedish ancestry, I can conduct a basic genealogical survey with a simple line of descent, starting with your great grandfather/mother that left Sweden for USA, and tracing back the Swedish heritage.

I offer services for 3, 4 or 5 generations basic ancestral research with a predefined price list, so t

  Thanksgiving is here and are you ready?

  The turkey is plucked and in the pan.

  The sage stuffing is smelling so grand.

  The cranberries are ground 

  The spices and oranges are found.

  The casseroles, prepared in the 

  oldest of pans

  The pies are prepared and 

  ready for their fans. 

  The company is invited and the time has arrived.

   Blessed Thanksgiving to All and Enjoy the Delight.

  A post just in on Genealogy Blog stating that a trunk of letters, documents and family items are found in this trunk that showed up at shop that deals in older things.  Documents in French and Italian maybe.

 Two names deciphered were:  Dom and Eric SCIAMANDA.

Contact  Deana 509 448 9359.    Shop Owner to discuss data.

In my 35+ years of genealogy researching I have had two brick walls that I can't seem to overcome. Both involve surname changes and both changes occurred in early 1800's making it very difficult to find help.

My first one involves my mother's side of the family. Her father was a King. Her greatgrandfather King was Edward King and, from all census records, he was born approximately around 1808. One record shows he was born in Campbell County, Va. There were Kings in that county at that time, but h

I'm trying to find info on my grandfather, George Clark. My paternal grandmother was Estelle "Stella" Prickett, b. 1880, Pleasantville, Marion County, Iowa. George may have been born in Illinois as there is a reference to this on a census page for my father. Obtaining his sister's SS-5 did not prove fruitful as she lists the name of their stepfather in the space for father.