Family History Harvest
Learn to Dig Your Roots and Shake Your Family Trees
Saturday, October 21, 2017
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Camarillo Public Library, Community Room
4101 E. Las Posas Rd., Camarillo, CA 93010
Featuring Paula Stuart-Warren, CG℠, FMGS, FUGA
Paula Stuart-Warren, CG℠, FMGS, FUGA Paula is an internationally recognized genealogical educator, researcher, and consultant focusing on unusual resources, manuscripts, methodology, and analyzing records. She also specializes in Native American research, the WPA, and railroad records. She spends extensive research time at state archives, historical societies, and at various locations of the National Archives. She is a long-time course coordinator and instructor for SLIG and GRIP and for Ancestry Academy and has presented seminars all across the U.S. and in Canada. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of FGS, of the Minnesota Genealogical Society, and a former officer of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Topics:
Finding Ancestral Places of Origin
NUCMC & its Cousins: Keys to Lost Ancestral Records
Your Anytime Library: Success in the Virtual Stacks
Genealogical & Historical Periodicals in Print and Online.
Monthly lectures and workshops with talented and exciting speakers.
Yearly Fall seminar. Review our EVENTS page to keep informed of our upcoming activities.
Our monthly newsletter. Each issue contains articles and information of interest to family researchers.
Access to our members-only section on the Society's website.
Members-only email notification of special genealogical interest items and local, state, and national genealogical events.
Opportunity to participate on special projects.
The most compelling reason to join VCGS is the friendships you will establish with fellow researchers in the area. Those with a new interest in genealogy can learn from experts, and the experts can share the wealth of their experience. Membership is from January 1 to December 31 of each year.
Click on the JOIN US menu item to pull up a Membership Form.
Reference Library
Ventura County Genealogical Society provides full maintenance and development of the Genealogy Collection housed within the Camarillo City Library (upper level), 4101 Las Posas Road, Camarillo, California. You can access the catalog using the Library choice on the left-side menu. Library volunteers are regularly scheduled to help you use the collection, answer genealogy questions, or get you started with genealogy.
Get Involved!
All VCGS activities are brought to life by the hard work of our volunteers. Society elections are held each year in November, and vacancies on the VCGS board are filled as needed. If you would like to volunteer your assistance, please contact the president.
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Affiliations
Representing the members of hundreds of genealogical societies across the United States and other nations, the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) is here to link the genealogical community and help its members grow.
The National Genealogical Society was organized in Washington, D.C. in 1903. NGS's mission is to serve and grow the genealogical community by providing education and training, fostering increased quality and standards, and promoting access to and preservation of genealogical records.
Founded in October, 1982, the California State Genealogical Alliance serves as a statewide association of independent genealogical societies, individuals, and non-profit organizations.
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Upcoming
Los Angeles Public Library Field Trip
Tuesday, Sep. 26th
7:54 am
A train trip to the Los Angeles Public Library is planned for September 26. We will be riding on A768 ...
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