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
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!
If you would like to see some of our previous meeting topics.
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