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2009

MEETINGS

Our evening meetings are on the Third Tuesday of the month at the Santa Clara City Public Library located on Homestead Road.   For directions please see the map.   Please help brighten up our meetings by providing your suggestions for Speakers or Topics that you would like to see in the future.  Please provide a brief description of the topic, the Speaker's name,  their e-mail address, mailing address or Telephone number (if known).   Send suggestions to Program Chair 

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Tuesday, August

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

No Meeting


Tuesday, September 15, 7 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

Speaker: Rachael Campbell of the Daughters of Union Veterans

Topic: How to Find Your Civil War Ancestor

Rachael Campbell of the Daughters of Union Veterans lineage society will speak on how she helps families, women in particular, document their descent from U.S. Civil War veterans.


October is History Month

Saturday, October 24, 1 - 4  p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

Speaker: Panel of Civil War Enthusiast

Topic: Focus on the Civil War

In honor of History Month, the Genealogy Society has invited groups with an interest in Civil War genealogy, living history, and artifact collections to speak, present brief theatrical performances and/or set up exhibit booths. Civil War memorabilia collectors, Sons of Union Veterans, Daughters of Civil War Veterans, an expert on Civil War fashions, and a historian who can speak to California’s involvement in the Civil War are among those expected to attend and provide information.


Tuesday, November 17, 7 p.m.

Location: 2635 Homestead Road

Speaker: Mary Hanel using Gabriel Ibarra's material

Topic: Photographing Santa Clara’s Historic Houses & Landmarks

Gabriel Ibarra, “Photographer of Light,” will talk about his interest in photography as a tool for historic documentation. He has taken numerous photographs of historic buildings in Santa Clara County just before they were demolished. He will display some of his photographs of “lost landmarks” from Santa Clara Valley’s agricultural past. He will also present a PowerPoint slide show of lovely historic homes in Santa Clara that he has researched and photographed.


December

NO Meeting

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


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