Saturday, January 12, 2008 was the Annual Membership Meeting of the California Genealogical Society and Library. This was my first visit to the society’s new facilities in the Breuner Building at 2201 Broadway in Oakland, California.
The Breuner Building in Oakland, California
SOURCE: The Breuner Building in Oakland, California. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 Jan 2008.
Computers at the California Genealogical Society and Library
SOURCE: Computers at the California Genealogical Society and Library. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 Jan 2008.
Stacks in the California Genealogical Society and Library
SOURCE: Stacks in the California Genealogical Society and Library. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 Jan 2008.
Laura Spurrier and Jane Knowles Lindsey
SOURCE: Laura Spurrier and Jane Knowles Lindsey. Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 12 Jan 2008.
Laura Spurrier is the librarian and Jane Knowles Lindsey is the president at the California Genealogical Society and Library.
In the course of the meeting, the society officers presented reports on activities during 2007, the library, manuscripts, membership, the newsletter, publications, research & lookups, volunteers, website development, and plans for 2008.
Some of the activities planned for the next year include:
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All day seminar with Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective on February 9;
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A trip to Salt Lake City the week of April 13;
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Membership meetings the first Saturday of each month;
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Workshops, with an Eastern European Workshop planned for April and a Scandinavian Workshop planned for June;
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Beginning Genealogy Classes the first Saturday of each month;
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Computer Classes and Advanced Genealogy Workshops;
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Local coffees;
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A 1-2 day Seminar in October;
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Launch of the new society website and database.
In 2007, the society launched a blog at http://calgensoc.blogspot.com/Â . This blog will be updated frequently and will supplement the society’s print newsletter and e-newsletter.
Copyright © 2008 by Stephen J. Danko
Steve, great meeting you yesterday at the CGS annual meeting. We are looking forward to having you participate in our Eastern European workshop
in April. I am please that you were impressed with our library and collection. I wanted to remind visitors to our site to be sure to click on our new online catalog to see the material we have for states other than California. We are especially strong in New England and Pennsylvania.
Also keep posted for our new website to be ready this spring!
jane (president of CGS)
Hi Steve,
Great photos! Thanks for coming to the meeting and for the blog report. We are looking forward to your participation in the Eastern European workshop in April.
As always, great job Steve, sorry I missed it!