Held at the Manoa Gardens Community Center
2790-9 Kahaloa Drive, Honolulu
9:00-11:00 AM
Map and directions| These meetings are open to the public. Please park in the large public parking lot below the Manoa Gardens complex. Parking spaces within the complex are for residents. Thanks for your kokua! |
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January 10 | This is our annual business meeting and election of new board members.
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February 14 | In November the Honolulu Advertiser printed an article on forgotten World War I veterans' graves at Puukamalii (formerly known as Kalaepohaku) Cemetery in Alewa Heights. Fran McFarland, who has been invited to serve on Senator Daniel Akaka's memorial advisory committee to commemorate these veterans, will tell us about the project. |
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March 14 | Transitioning to new genealogical software: Pitfalls and preparation. |
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April 11 | Helping each other: Bring your laptops, books, and CDs to share. |
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May 9 | Richard Souther: Timelines: A Chronology of Life Events. |
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June 13 | Donna Wendt: Using Cemeteries for Genealogical Research. |
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July 11 | Don't miss our annual ancestral potluck! Some of us will be bringing dishes (and stories) that reflect our family heritage. Feel free to bring something or anything or nothing, but please come—there'll be plenty to go around. |
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August 8 | Our speaker is Karen Sutherland-Pahia, who will discuss ways to put your family history together: writing, customization, image use, printing, and publishing. She'll bring examples, and we invite members to bring any of their printed or published materials to show at the meeting. |
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September 12 | Family Heirloom Show-and-Tell. Bring an object belonging to an ancestor, cherished by you or your family for several generations. Show it and tell us about the person who first owned it and why it is important to you now. 5-10 minutes only, please, for each speaker.
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October 10 | Family Heirloom Show-and-Tell, Part 2. Bring an object belonging to an ancestor, cherished by you or your family for several generations. Show it and tell us about the person who first owned it and why it is important to you now. 5-10 minutes only, please, for each speaker.
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November 14 | This will be an Ancestry.com workshop! Bring your laptop if you have one. We'll be talking about how best to use Ancestry.com: tricks, problems, favorite types of search, and so on.
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December 6 | Annual holiday brunch, 10:00-1:30, Hickam Air Force Base Officers' Club, Hickam (formerly Pikake) Room. The room holds up to 30 people, but overflow members and guests can be seated in the main dining room. The price, including tip, is $25 per person. People needing passes to get onto the base must give their legal name and date of birth to Jim Deutch by November 7. When you email Jim, use "Genealogy Party" as your subject head. We'll have a grab bag again this year; to participate, please bring a wrapped or bagged gift (value about $10-15). NOTE: Transportation must be arranged by each individual, as Jim cannot do this. If you want to come to the brunch, Jim needs to hear from you by November 7. We hope to see you all there!
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