2006
MEETINGS & SEMINARS
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
If you would like to see some of our previous meeting topics.
Tuesday, January 17, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Richard Ferman
Topic: Ohio, Gateway to the West
We will cover the eight Research Centers in Ohio; when and why they were
created; what they have and do not have; what records are not
publicized, and why; and how best to take advantage of online and
personal visits. Richard Ferman is past president and current Program
Chairperson for the society, has a degree in History from Ohio
University, one of the Research Centers, and has been doing Genealogy
for over fifty years.
Tuesday, February 21, 7 p.m.
Locations: 2635 Homestead Road,
Central Park Library
Speaker: Hugh Hairline, Hugh
Harline Photographic
Architectural and Commercial Photography
Topic: Digital Photography
Presentation will be about digital cameras in
general, and how to use a digital camera to photograph old photos; uses of the
digital photos-preparing photos for printing, and storage-archiving.
Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m.
Locations: 2635 Homestead Road,
Central Park Library
Speaker: John Gleed
Topic: English Census Records
Note: Special Meeting Date & Time
Saturday, April
29, 1:30 - 4 p.m.
Locations: 2635 Homestead Road,
Central Park Library
Speaker: Christine Rose
Topic: Solving the Problem Onsite in 25 Hours or Less
Author Christine Rose, a Certified Genealogist and
Genealogical Lecturer will present strategies and a case study will be
presented on how to maximize family research results when visiting a
genealogical library or archive. Copies of Christine's books will
be available for purchase after the lecture. This event is
co-sponged by SCCHGS and the Foundation & Friends of Santa Clara City
Library.
Tuesday, May 16, 7 P.M.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road, Cedar Room
Speaker: Rosanne Leeson
Topic: Russian Jewish Genealogy
Rosanne has been doing genealogical research for 30
years. She has lectured for a number of Bay Area groups and Jewish
organizations, as well as at the annual International Seminar in Jewish
genealogy in Los Angeles, in 1997. Her specialty is in genealogy and
history of the Jews of Alsace (France). Rosanne, and her husband Daniel,
were joint recipients of an award for an Outstanding Contribution via
Print, presented by the International Association of Jewish Genealogical
Societies, in 2001, for their two-volume Index to a volume of over 5,000
Jewish marriage contracts from 18th century Alsace.
Tuesday, June 20, 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, July 18, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Kathleen Orlenko
Topic:
Handling and Storing Our Heirlooms
Ms. Orlenko is an archives conservator. She works with many
institutions--libraries, archives and museums. Her main professional
responsibilities are: the repair of archival documents; providing information
for appropriate storage solutions and storage materials; assessment
of environmental conditions; handling guidelines; exhibition preparation; and
other aspects of the physical care of paper, photographs, and vellum materials. She will explain to us about how to handle and
store our personal papers, photographs and other paper-based materials. Please being your questions and have the opportunity to present
them to a real professional tasked with the job of saving our heritage materials.
Tuesday, August
16, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635
Homestead Road
No Meeting
Tuesday, September 19, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Robert Langman
Topic: Writing truth in your Life Story!
When you want to write a compelling story and don’t have all the
information, you need to research about the people of your ancestors
time. You do the genealogical survey, then the background research of
his time, using the writer’s insight to bring about a story that is
riveting to read.
How you write truth in your Life Story is exhilarating. There are words
and phrases you can use to bring truth to your story. When you write a
story and don’t have all of the information you need then write what
would logically transpire in the course of living. While you do this,
you need words that tell the reader how you have written the life story.
Revealing the truth is vital to the Family Historian.
Tuesday, October 17, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Richard Ferman
Topic: Ohio Genealogy Test Case #5: How to
Tell if they’re Lying
This is a companion lecture to the September 19th
program on writing truth in family history. Some family history gets
passed down without documentation or the truth gets distorted or
romanticized. SCCHGS Program Chairman Dick Ferman, will use an Ohio
family history research case study to show how undocumented, fanciful or
false stories get into accounts of family history.
Tuesday, November 21, 7 p.m.
Location: 2635 Homestead Road
Speaker: Michael Boulland and Arthur
Boudreault
Topic: The story of New Almaden, the
richest mine in California
Coauthors of the new "Images of America" series, Michael Boulland,
a lifelong teacher and author of local history books including the
Legend of Santa Teresa, and Arthur Boudreault, writer and archivist at
the New Almaden Mining Museum, are both active in the community and are
directors of the New Almaden Quicksilver County Park Association.
Unearthing the best images from the mining museum’s archives, they
highlight the long vein of history that runs through this town, once
vital to the economy of the state.
The book focuses on the community itself, the
people who lived there, what they did, at work, with entertainment,
education, and religious faiths. It describes the resurgence of a
community that almost died when the mine petered out. It is unique in
that the the story is told primarily through period photos from 1857 to
1976. Over 600 people have been named in this book.
December 19,
NO Meeting
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
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