Friday, July 05, 2013

SCGS and Webinar Series Update - July 2013

The following is from the Southern California Genealogical Society Newsletter.

JAMBOREE EXTENSION SERIES
UPCOMING WEBINARS
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Join us for our twice-monthly webinars featuring knowledgeable and highly respected genealogical speakers.The initial webcast is offered free of charge to family historians around the globe. SCGS members have 24/7 access to nearly 70 sessions in the members-only webinar archive

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Register today!


Tonia Kendrick - Saturday, July 6 - 10 AM PDT 

Learn how to harness the power of Evernote to store and retrieve information. Create notes, clip web pages, and use notebooks and tags to organize notes and retrieve them quickly. Search digitized files with OCR.   

Nancy Lauer - Wednesday, July 17 PDT - 6 PM PDT 
Are you drowning in paper? Learn how the 7 S's of Six Sigma can be the life saving jacket you need to standardization and organization. 
Jay Fonkert, CG - Saturday, August 3 - 10 AM PDT  
"Official" records can be wrong. Learn how to seek corroborating evidence, evaluate conflicting evidence, and examine informants' motives in this case of a San Francisco woman applying for a passport.

Mary Roddy - Wednesday, August 21, 6 PM PDT 
This talk presents a case study of a pilot and crew of a B-17 shot down over Germany, illustrating how to find and access multiple sources to learn about the experiences of these WWII heroes.
George G. Morgan - Saturday, September 7, 10AM PDT 

Brick wall research blocks are inevitable. That is when we must use our most creative research skills, and it is essential that we move to other family members and collateral lines. This lecture will make you stop and think about what alternative research paths you might use, and point you to resources you may never have considered.

Beth Foulk - Wednesday, September 18, 6PM PDT
The tale of white slavery often goes untold. The King freed himself of the burden of overcrowded jails. The impoverished broke the chains of want and need. The records tell our ancestors' stories.
   
IMPORTANT WEBINAR LINKS
     
The Southern California Genealogical Society offers the webinar series to genealogists around the globe as part of its long-term goal of providing educational opportunities to its members and non-members alike.

We will be able to continue to offer these webinars as long as they are self- supporting in terms of finances. The Society depends on the purchase of memberships or donations to cover the costs of speaker fees, equipment and GoToWebinar software.

Please help to fund the webinar program by purchasing a membership(memberships start at $35 per year), by making a donation on the SCGS website or by donating through PayPal. Click the logo below.  



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