Auburn, California
Auburn, California
Placer County Genealogical Society
Post Office Box 7385
Auburn, California 95604
Beecher Room
Auburn-Placer County Library
350 Nevada Street, Auburn
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
(Fourth Thursday)
Doors will open at 6:30 pm.
May Evening Meeting
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Health Care for Gold Rush
Fever
Kent was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a BA and MA in Psychology and a PhD in Physiological Psychology. He is a retired associate research physiologist from the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.
Beecher Room
Auburn-Placer County Library
350 Nevada Street, Auburn
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
(Second Monday)
The Day Study Group is a 2-hour workshop in which we will discuss a specific topic, with hands-on exercises, and discussion. After the discussion, we can provide one-on-one mentoring should you have a "brick wall" situation in which you need help. Visitors are welcome.
June Day Study Group Meeting
The Study Group does not meet in July and
August.
Monday, September 8,
2008
E-mail Lists & Message Boards
Today’s genealogist is part of a global network of communication. In September, our study group will explore the many topics being discussed on genealogy e-mail lists and message boards, study proper netiquette, and learn to write subjects lines and queries that get the attention. Barbara Leak leads the study group. Visitors are welcome.
The Study Group does not meet in July and August.
Family Tree Maker User's Group
LDS Church
1255 Bell Road, Auburn
10:0
Bring any questions you have concerning the program.
Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader Jerry Unruh with any requests.
June FTM Meeting
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Family Tree Maker Q&A
The topic for the June meeting will continue on preserving old documents by scanning and whether or not to save a copy within Family Tree Maker and how to accomplish saving and storage.
Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader Jerry Unruh with any requests.
June Placer Trails Newsletter (Large)
Member highlight page: This month we feature pictures from John Knox.
Members: Email addresses,
Web Sites, and Names and Locations being Researched.
PCGS Has Voice Mail (866) 894-2076
Don Cortez of Three Ring Service have graciously donated a voice mail phone number for Placer County Genealogical Society. We will be listing this number in our publicity notices in the newspapers and other publications. The society will then have a permanent number regardless of the annual change of board members. The answering message will announce basic information and the up coming PCGS meetings. Callers can leave messages for the board members, chair persons and the research committee. Thank You, Don Cortez
2008 Dues
Annual dues are $10.00 electronic rate and $15.00 mail rate. Your 2008 membership is due on January 1 and must be received by April 1 to avoid being dropped from our membership list.
If you are a new member or if you paid your dues twice last year, you may already be paid-up. Check your newsletter mailing label, the year after your last name indicates dues are paid through the end of that year.
Electronic Rate: This rate shall entitle members to receive electronic only access to and/or delivery of the corporation's newsletter and meeting notices.
Mail rate: This rate shall entitle members to receive by postal mail delivery printed copies of the corporation's newsletter and meeting notices.
Note: At this time a family membership is defined as two or more persons residing at a single mailing address. You are encouraged to register a family membership. Family memberships are entitled to one vote per family member in attendance at meetings, not to exceed two votes per family.
Membership Form in HTML
format
Membership Form in Adobe PDF format
We have a mailing list at RootsWeb for PCGS. Announcements of meetings and other information of interest to PCGS members will be made available through this mailing list. It is also a place to gloat about your recent finds and general discussion among our members. If you have trouble subscribing please e-mail at the address below.
CA-PCGS. A mailing list for the members of the Placer County (California) Genealogical Society (PCGS) to discuss the activities of the Society. If you are a member of the Society you can subscribe by sending "subscribe" to ca-pcgs-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ca-pcgs-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). To switch from one mode to the other, you should unsubscribe from one and then subscribe to the other. There is no "no mail" mode -- if you want messages to stop, you should simply unsubscribe. You may also search or browse the archives or subscribe at CA-PCGS. If you have trouble subscribing or un-subscribing please e-mail maillist@pcgs.pcgenes.com
The indexes to births, marriages, and deaths have been recently revised and may take a while to download.
INDEX TO BIRTHS 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,
Auburn, California
INDEX TO MARRIAGES 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,
Auburn, California
INDEX TO DEATHS 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,
Auburn, California
NAMES OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN PLACER COUNTY IN 1890 From the
Placer County Great Registers
WORLD WAR I SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF PLACER COUNTY From the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California
Placer County Archives has files of biographies, genealogical information and newspaper articles of people who lived in Placer County at one time in their lives.
PCGS members Anne Thompson, Beverly Russell, Jacqui Marcella, Joyce House,
and Carmel Barry-Schweyer have finished indexing these files:
INDEX TO PLACER COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES From the Placer County Archives.
Additional Placer County research is available. Please see our Research Policy.
CHAIRPERSONS
General Information about PCGS
PCGS Research Policy
Grass Roots Genealogy Group
Nevada County Genealogical Society
Genealogical Association of Sacramento
(G.A.S.)
San Mateo County Genealogical Society
Root Cellar Sacramento Genealogy Society
Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento
Roseville Genealogical Society
Sacramento German Genealogy Society
Sloughhouse Area Genealogical Society (SAGS)
Solano County Genealogical Society
Sacramento California Family History Center
Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS)
Sun City Roseville Computer Club's Genealogy
Sun City Lincoln Hills Genealogy Group
Mission Oaks Genealogy Club
FOR SALE FROM PCGS
How to Begin Book - revised Fall 2003 edition available
PCGS’s handbook, Tracing Your Family Tree: How to Begin, contains chapters on genealogical forms, setting up a filing system, original record sources, the Internet, research by mail, using the Auburn Family History Center and the Auburn-Placer County Library, and evaluating your evidence. Also included are lists of local area genealogical organizations and research facilities.