​The Academic Library: An Untapped Resource for Family History Research
Presenter: Colleen Robledo Greene
When: November 20, 2019  7pm
Where: Yorba Linda Community Center

Academic libraries provide access to digital and physical collections that often go unnoticed by genealogists, yet are invaluable for researching U.S. and international family history.​

Some of those key materials include:

• Academic research databases
• Special collections and archives
• Theses and dissertations
• Institutional repositories

This academic librarian and college instructor will walk you through those key collections, explain the discovery tools that make finding those collections and specific materials easier, and will cover what you need to know before you go to prepare for a successful academic library research visit.

​Colleen Robledo Greene, MLIS, is a librarian, historian, college educator, and web developer. She is the Digital Literacy Librarian & Marketing Librarian for California State University, Fullerton. Colleen also teaches an online graduate-level U.S. genealogy methodology course for San Jose State University. 

Greene is a nationally recognized genealogy speaker and educator specializing in methodology, Mexican & Hispanic research, libraries and archives, technology, and society communications. She publishes a genealogy instruction blog, and a free Hispanic research email newsletter.

America: Land of the Farm, Home of the Plow
Presenter: Jean Wilcox Hibben
When: July 17, 2019, 7pm
Where:  Yorba Linda Community Center

Farmers have been the backbone of America from the first settlers until present day. Without these important people, and their families, there would not be food to eat, yet genealogists frequently use the phrase, “My ancestors were JUST farmers.” JUST farmers? They were the necessary part of the population so everyone else could survive! Learn about the farming occupation along with how to locate records of these important people; understand the vital role of your farmer forefather (and foremother and all the forechildren!)  Also includes some history of how America and its language have been influenced by this occupation.

​Jean Wilcox Hibben; PhD, MA, former Southern California college speech professor (MA-Speech Communication; PhD-Folklore) is a national speaker and author. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) and the National Genealogical Society (NGS).  She is the former director and current staff trainer for the Corona, CA Family History Center, has worked on background research for two genealogy television programs, and hosts podcasts, with a couple of other genealogists, under the moniker Genealogy Journeys®.  With over 40 years of family research experience, she is a former board member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and current President of its Southern California Chapter, Officer in the Corona Genealogical Society as well as its webmaster, and has participated on a number of other society boards. Her website is www.circlemending.org

Mr. Gostin has been conducting genealogical research since 1980, and has worked as a full-time professional genealogist since 1994.  He has twice been President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, and has taught genealogy at several adult school and university extension programs. He has helped plan and organize three national genealogical seminars, and was a featured speaker at several conferences. He lectures widely on Jewish genealogy. Southern California resources plus naturalization and immigration records. Mr. Gostin is the author of Southern California Vital Statistics: Volume 1, Los Angeles County 1850-1859, and the owner of Generations Press publishing company.  He was featured on the Larry Lamb episode of the original UK version of the popular genealogy television show Who Do You Think You Are?  He is very active in the international Jewish genealogical community, and maintains contact with genealogists throughout the world.

​Registration is now open for the live streams of five sessions at the Southern California Genealogy Society’s 7th Genetic Genealogy Conference. After May 31, 2019, they can be watched at your convenience through July 31, 2019!
Whether you are attending DNA Day or not, the streamed sessions can be useful.  Sometimes we need a 2nd or 3rd pass to absorb those DNA concepts  You have until July 31st to watch the sessions multiple times.

To sign up for Genetic Genealogy Live Streaming, follow this link: http://genealogyjamboree.com/genetic-genealogy-streaming/  (Note: there is a charge for subscription)

To sign up for Jamboree Live Streaming (not including DNA Day), follow this link: http://genealogyjamboree.com/genealogy-jamboree-streaming/ (free subscription)

The Genetic Genealogy sessions to be live streamed are:

• Convincing Family and Strangers to Test and Why | Emily D. Aulicino, MEd
• DNA ABCs: Getting from “Unknown New Match” to “Known Cousin” | Blaine T Bettinger, PhD, JD
• Taking Your Use of GEDmatch to the Next Level | Tim Janzen, MD
• Using DNA and GWorks for Solving Unknown Parentage Cases | Kitty Munson Cooper
• Finding Missing Persons with DNA Testing | Diahan Southard

​The live streaming fine print:

• Registration includes syllabus material for all the classes.
• One does not need to be a member of SCGS to view Live Streaming.
• The Genetic Genealogy Live Streaming program is separate from the Jamboree Live Stream Program and requires a separate subscription.
• The streaming videos will not be shown on the SCGS website.
• Live Steaming content will be available through July 31, 2019.

​Dr. Fitzpatrick, the founder of Identifinders International, is widely recognized as the founder of modern forensic genealogy.  She has investigated numerous cold case homicides for law enforcement using genetic genealogy analysis.  She is Co-Executive Director of the DNA Doe Project (DDP), applying autosomal SNP analysis to the identification of a John or Jane Doe, sometimes decades old.  Her collaborations include the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, the US Army Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Office, the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem, the University of Arizona. Harvard Medical School and other noted professional organizations.  She is an Associate Member of the American Academy of Forensic Science (AAFS).