2005 General Meetings Schedule
Tuesday, January 18, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Jim Arbuckle
Topic: Story of Clyde
and Helen Arbuckle
Jim
Arbuckle will share with us the story of his parents, Clyde
and Helen Arbuckle, their writing, and about their involvement with
history, including their ancestors’ connections to Spiritualism,
Abolition, and Suffrage, as well as the Spanish and Inventors and
Institutions. Two of the principal characters, Clara Foltz and
Sarah Knox-Goodrich, were prominent on the national stage, and Jim will
tell us a little more about their activities. He will also share a
little about the process of setting up his outstanding and informative
web site.
Tuesday, February 15, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Eric Narveson
Topic: Preservation of Family papers, books & other artifacts
Eric Narveson, Archivist for Evergreen Valley College, and a member of
several Archivist and Historical organizations, will help us understand
how best to preserve our valuable family papers, books, and other
artifacts. He will also give us a little insight into the workings of
those Archives we all visit and appreciate so much when doing our family
research. Be sure to bring your specific questions about preserving your
own family treasures.
Tuesday, March 15, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Dr. Terry Christensen
Topic: San Jose: A City for All Seasons.
Dr. Christensen, 1997-98 Outstanding Professor at San
Jose State University, is a frequently quoted authority on the political
history of San Jose. He co-authored the book Movers and Shakers with
Philip Trounstine, has authored numerous articles on various political
science subjects, and wrote about “Silicon Valley” in San Jose: A City
for All Seasons. A particularly engaging speaker, he will help us enrich
our historical perspective on the colorful politics that contributed to
making our state’s first capital into the Capital of Silicon Valley.
Tuesday, April 19, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Jeanine McNeil
Topic: Back to Basics – Are Your Bases Covered?
You may be in the process of
abstracting your ancestor’s Revolutionary War Pension File, but do you have
your grandparents’ marriage documentation? Or your own? Sometimes we get
so excited about 10 generations ago that we forget the basic rules of family
history research: work from the known to the unknown, documenting what you
know and how you know it. Jeanine McNeil, coordinator of our Beginner’s
Seminars, will help us remember what we may have forgotten to do along the
way.
Tuesday, May 17, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Joshua Levy
Topic: Gathering and Preserving Oral Histories
Interviewing relatives is one of the first
and most important steps in compiling our family’s history.
Appropriately preserving the information received can sometimes
be a bottleneck for us. Joshua Levy will help us figure out what
to include in those interviews and will show us an efficient way
to record and preserve them using some of the latest technology.
Joshua is a software engineer whose family has been in the South
Bay since 1850. He enjoys researching his family and applying
new technology to old problems.
Tuesday, June 21, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Carolyn Ybarra, Ph.D.,
from the Association of Professional Genealogists Speaker’s Bureau
Topic: Compiling Medical Family Histories
Why should you have a medical health history, and how do you track your
medical pedigree? Should you be concerned about confidentiality? What
symbols and terms does your doctor use in discussing family health
histories? Where can you find historical health information? Carolyn
Ybarra will demonstrate how to track the inheritance of genetic
conditions and predispositions for disease within your family tree.
Tuesday, July 19, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Our Members
Topic:
Show and Tell: A Sharing of our favorite stories, problems, or
people.
Our Board Members will start the ball rolling with their stories. We
invite everyone to share their Genealogy/Family History with us
Tuesday, August
16, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635
Homestead Road
No Meeting
Tuesday,
September 20, 7 p.m.
Locations:
2635 Homestead Road, Central Park Library
Speaker: Mary
Boyle
Topic:
Heritage Quest Online & Ancestry Library Edition
Databases
Learn more about Heritage
Quest Online and Ancestry Library edition at the
Sept. 20th meeting. Mary Boyle, adult services
librarian, will demonstrate census research,
book research, military record research and more
using the library's two new databases. Come with
your questions and learn more about your family.
Meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Central Park
Library Cedar Room.
Tuesday,
October 18, 7 p.m.
Locations:
2635 Homestead Road, Central Park Library
Speaker: Pam
Erickson
Topic: Sorting
Through the Evidence
Pamela Erickson regularly
teaches adult education classes on various
genealogical topics. As October is Family
History Month, she has decided to present to us
a most important topic: ' Sorting Through the
Evidence'. This presentation will explore what
may be accepted as evidence, and the various
differences between evidence and other
categories of information." This will prove to
be a necessary and enlightening aspect of
ongoing genealogical researches.
Tuesday,
November 15, 7 p.m.
Locations:
2635 Homestead Road, Central Park Library
Speaker: Nyle
Monday
Topic: Tracing
your Civil War Ancestors
San Jose State University
Reference Librarian Nyle Monday will give a
presentation on "Tracing your Civil War
Ancestors." Learn about the types of existing
military records that document the Civil War
plus various online resources as well as the
many books and the database services available
in the Central Park Library that can assist you
with this type of research.
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