FREE Genealogy Webinars Hosted by SCGS in 2012

The Southern California Genealogical Society will be hosting FREE family history and genealogy educational webinars for genealogists around the world.  The "2012 Genealogy Jamboree" will be held June 8-10, 2012. Full details and registration information for each session can be found on the SCGS website at http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/ .   

Saving or printing images from Ancestry.com

Have you encountered problems saving images to your computer from Ancestry.com after a change in computer or upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer?

With recent changes in both Internet Explorer for Windows 7 / Vista and Ancestry.com, you need to set Ancestry.com as a trusted site before you can print or save record images.

See this article on ancestry.com for a demonstration on how to remedy this problem.

http://ancestryca.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ancestryca.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5072&p_created=1259790382&p_sid=wqD_96Mk&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTA5LDEwOSZwX3Byb2RzPTAmcF9jYXRzPSZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9aW1hZ2Vz&p_li=&p_topview=1

We are Ready to Welcome 2012!!

Mark your calendar:
January 3rd -  Updating familysearch.org - presented by Annette Rietz

January 10th -  Genealogy Welcome back!

                         Newspaper Research - presented by Annette Rietz

                         genealogybank.com  - presented by Ken Doane

                         The club will provide refreshments at this meeting

Membership Drive: The Power of "1"
If each existing member brings "1" new member to join our club this year, the club will double in size instantly.
Renew your membership and bring a new member with you and the annual registration fee, for each of you will be $4.00. Each of you will save $1

The membership folder this year is bigger and better than ever!

We are looking forward to a productive and fun season!

                  Wishing you the happiest and healthiest of holidays
         
                                        Dick, Annette, Ken, Rosemary and Louise

News for workshops!

Activities is providing us with a router to make the San Tan room a hot spot during our genealogy workshops.

Anyone who brings a computer will be able to use the internet during workshops.

Happy Day!

Changes regarding Social Security information

From Family Tree Online Newsletter:

The Social Security Administration will block out parents' names on the SS-5 you requested if the applicant was born less than 100 years ago and you don't provide proof the parents are deceased.
If you requested the SS-5 in order to learn those parents' names in the first place, of course, you can't prove they're deceased. And you're out the nonrefundable $27 fee you sent with your request.

To read more about this, Google "Megan Smolenyak" + SSA

In Memoriam - Herb Rode

It is with  sorrow that this post is written

Our fellow club member Herb Rode died on September 4th at the Casa Grande Regional Medical Center.  

Herb had many interest, in 2011 Herb joined our club and decided to go back to working on his family history.

Present at every meeting, Herb could be easily found sitting at the front table with his wife Bonnie.

Herb will be remembered as Palm Creek for his generous smile and his always friendly greetings.

He often said " Hi Neighbor"

The following obituary appeared in the Casa Grande Dispatch:

In closing our club sends its deepest sympathy and prayers to his wife Bonnie and to his entire family.

1940 Census Will Be Free on Ancestry

“1940 Census Will Be Free on Ancestry”

    The 1940 census will be released April 2, 2012 and should be on Ancestry’s website by mid-April. The census will be free to search and view through 2013 on Ancestry

Footnote is now Fold3

On August 18th, Footnote announced it will focus on offering the finest and most comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records available on the internet. As part of this new focus, the name of the site has changed from Footnote to Fold3. The Fold3 name is derived from a traditional flag folding ceremony in which the third fold in the ceremony honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world.

"Traditionally, the third fold in a flag-folding ceremony honors and remembers veterans for their sacrifice in defending their country and promoting peace in the world."

Why Fold3?

We chose a name that would better show honor and respect for those who served in the military. The Footnote name was appropriate for a general historical records site, but for many people, a footnote is something of insignificance and the name is not applicable to the service and sacrifice of those who have fought for their country over the last 250 years.

New Content

Fold3 will be adding millions of U.S. military records to continue to help you discover and share stories about everyday heroes, forgotten soldiers, and the families that supported them. You will still be able to search all the informative records, including non-military records, previously found on Footnote. We have already begun expanding Fold3's robust military collection to include the following new titles:

• "Old Man's Draft" Cards
• War of 1812 Pension Files^Free
• Mexican War Service Records
• World War I Officer Experience Reports - AEF
• Confederate Casualty Reports
• More to Come...

Account Details

Your current Free Footnote registration will work on Fold3 and you can sign in with your same email address and password. Any contributions you have made to Footnote will also move over to Fold3. To accommodate our name change, we have updated our Terms of Service and Privacy Statement. Please click the following to review the new Terms of Service and Privacy Statement

We are excited for you to continue with us on Fold3, the Web's premier collection and destination for original U.S. military records.

Visit Fold3 Today

Thank you,