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Mt. Diablo Genealog ical Soc iety
2017
2016/2017 MDGS Board Members President: Diane de Golia Vice President: Gretchen Hansen Rec. Secretary: Linda Arden Treasurer: John Gilbert Directors: Laura Sanchez & Margaret Ready Past President: Stan Wells Program Chair: Mary Ellis Publicity Chair & Newsletter: Susan Rush Membership Chair: Gayle Schiller Hospitality Co-Chairs: Cheryl Sibthorp & Diane Smith
THE D IGGER
During the holidays, I frequently overheard people ask each other where the year had gone. Here we are embarking on 2017 when it feels like yesterday that we were facing more than ten months of a presidential campaign and wishing that the campaign season would end quickly. There is no doubt that 2016 will be a year that will stand out in our memories.
In looking back, 2016 was a very exciting year for the Mt. Diablo Genealogical Association. Under the guidance of now Past President, Stan Wells, we saw our membership increase to a very healthy number. Our members were able to attend meetings that provided a spectrum of topics presented by incredibly knowledgeable individuals. The Digger, MDGS’ newsletter, and the society’s website kept everyone informed and have been useful tools in helping us with our research endeavors.
As we move forward, members can expect the same focus on quality. Every MDGS activity is made possible by a dedicated group of volunteers who wish to provide the most rewarding experience for genealogists. How fortunate we all are that we have folks who are so committed to the organization and its mission!
We value your participation and hope that you’ve renewed your membership for 2017. If you haven’t, it’s important that you do so before February 1 in order to continue receiving The Digger. The membership form can be found at the society’s website or in the latest issue of the news-letter. Payment and the completed form may be sent to the Society at 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94595, or dropped off at the Rossmoor Administration building, or brought to a meeting.
Wishing everyone the best in the New Year!
Diane
P R E S I D E N T ’ S M E S S A G E – D I A N E D E G O L I A
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
President’s Message 1
New Members Speakers & Programs
2
Other Societies, Upcoming Events & Photo Quiz
3
This & That 4
Grandma & The Family Tree 5
Help with Family Tree Maker 6
Membership Application 7
Photos from December’s Holiday Dessert & Coffee Social
8-9
Help Wanted, This & That continued & Answers to Photo Quiz
10
Volunteer Form & Publicity 11
Calendar of Events & Dues Reminder
12
ONE TIME ONLY-
JANUARY MEETING IN FAIRWAY ROOM
10:00 A.M.
JANUARY 20TH
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P R O G R A M S - M A R Y E L L I S
Date Mini Speaker Main Speaker & Topic
20 Jan 2017*
Fairway Room
Phyllis O’Shea-Story of 1839 Sea Captains (g grandfather & g grand uncle)
Kim von Aspern-Parker– Finding Women
17 Feb 2017 Margaret Ready– Legacy Box Christine Bell Green—English Genealogy on the Internet
17 Mar 2017 The Court House Burned—Now I Can’t Research My Family
TBA
21 Apr 2017 TBA TBA
19 May 2017 Martha Whitaker-Searching for Missing Men
* NOTE THE PLACE CHANGE
J A N UA R Y S P E A K E R S
New members: George Huega Karen Lemelin Bill Oliver Judith Russell Mike & Diane Casey Patrick King
The day’s program will begin with a mini-presentation by Mt. Diablo Genealogical Society member,
Phyllis O’Shea. She will share the story of her great-great grandfather and great-great uncle who both
served as sea captains in 1839.
Kim von Aspern-Parker, noted Sacramento genealogist, will talk on “Finding the Women”.
Von Aspern-Parker is a graduate of the University of Nevada at Reno with a bachelor in journalism and
public relations. She began researching her adopted family in 1990, which led to an obsessive pursuit
of genealogical education. A member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild, Association of Professional
Genealogists and a Find A Grave contributor, Kim has been helping people find their roots since 2000.
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C O N T R A C O S T A C O U N T Y G E N E A L O G I C A L S O C I E T Y A N D S A N R A M O N V A L L E Y G E N E A L O G I C A L S O C I E T Y
CCCGS—January 12, 2017 7:00 p.m. Linda Magellan on DNA for Beginners More info at http://ggi2013.blogspot.com/2016/10/linda-parker-magellan-speaker-profile.html
SRVGS– January 17, 2017 10:00 a.m. Lisa Gorrell on Focused Research More info at http://srvgensoc.org
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S P H O T O Q U I Z
O T H E R G E N E A L O G I C A L S O C I E T I E S
Save the date: Saturday, April 22, 2017 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sonoma County Genealogical Society 2017 Spring Seminar presents: Thomas W Jones, PhD, CG, FASG, FUGA Person Auditorium at the Finley Center 2060 West College Ave. at Stoney Point Rd., Santa Rosa, CA Scheduled Lectures: *Five Ways to Prove Who Your Ancestor Was (Some Reliable & Others Not Reliable) * Inferential Genealogy: Deducing Ancestor’s Identities Indirectly * Using Autosomal DNA to Solve a Family Mystery * Going Beyond the Bare Bones: Recon structing Your Ancestors’ Lives Audrey Herman, [email protected]
It’s time to renew your membership! Fill out the enclosed application and mail it with your renewal fee to Mt. Diablo Genealogical Society, 1001 Golden Rain Rd., Walnut Creek, CA 94595.
Earliest Portrait of ________?_________ 1840
Where & What Year was the first McDonalds opened?
Answers on Page 10
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T H I S & T H A T
Social Security Numbers The Prefix on your social security tells the State where you applied: New Hampshire 001-003 Maine 004-007 Vermont 008-009 Massachusetts 010-034 Rhode Island 035-039 Connecticut 040-049 New York 050-134 New Jersey 135-158 Pennsylvania 159-211 Maryland 212-220 Delaware 221-222 Virginia 223-231 & 691-699 West Virginia 232 North Carolina 233-246 & 681-690 South Carolina 247-251 & 654-658 Georgia 252-260 & 667-675 Florida 261-267 & 589-595 & 765-772 Ohio 268-302 Indiana 303-317 Illinois 318-361 Michigan 362-386 Wisconsin 387-399 Kentucky 400-407 Tennessee 408-415 & 756-763 Alabama 416-424 Mississippi 425-428 & 587-588 & 752-755 Arkansas 429-432 & 676 Railroad 729-733 Louisiana 433-439 & 659-665 Oklahoma 440-448 Texas 449-467 & 627-647 Minnesota 468-477 Iowa 478-485 Missouri 486-500 North Dakota 501-502 South Dakota 503-504 Nebraska 505-508 Kansas 509-515
Montana 516-517 Idaho 518-519 Wyoming 520 Colorado 521-524 & 650-653 New Mexico 525 & 585 & 648-649 Arizona 526-527 & 600-602 & 764-765 Utah 528-529 Nevada 530 & 680 Washington 531-539 Oregon 540-544 California 545-573 & 602-626 Alaska 574 Hawaii 575-576 & 750-751 District of Columbia 577-578 Virgin Islands 580 Puerto Rico 581-584 Guam, American Somoa & Philippines 586
Medical Records All of us have experienced going to the doctor and having them ask our medical history. Did you have any brothers or sisters, how long did they live, what did they die of, ask about our parents medical history? As genealogists we are unique in tracing our ancestors and compiling a medical history is a good thing.
Checking our medical history can be a challenge, but it also can be very interesting. Medical records of the past were not exactly like they are today, with precise diagnosis. They also used language that is not in use today. However, by looking at death certificates and any other records that you have available a pattern can be found.
Did you have a female member who died shortly after she gave birth? This was not uncommon as medical care for women at this time as primitive and some-times unsanitary. My mother told me about doctors who check the livestock while the mother was in
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GR AND M A & T HE FAM I LY TR EE
There’s been a change in Grandma; we’ve noticed her of late,
She’s tracking back the family; we’ll all have pedigrees.
Oh, Grandma’s got a hobby; she’s climbing Family Trees.
Poor Grandpa does the cooking now, or so he states,
That worst of all, he has to wash the cups and dinner plates.
Grandma can’t be bothered, she’s busy as a bee,
Compiling genealogy for the Family Tree.
She has no time to baby-sit; the curtains are a fright,
No buttons left on Granddad’s shirt, the flowerbed’s a sight.
She’s given up her club work, the serials on TV,
The only thing she does now days is climb the Family Tree.
Now some folks came from Scotland and some from Galway Bay,
Some were French as pastry, some German all the way.
Some went on west to stake their claim,
Some stayed near by the sea,
Grandma hopes to find them all as she climbs the Family Tree.
She wanders through the graveyard in search of date or name.
The rich, the poor, the in-between, all sleeping there the same.
She pauses now and then to read, fanned by a gentle breeze
That blows above the Fathers of all our Family Trees.
To some it’s just a hobby; to Grandma it’s much more.
She knows the joys and heartaches of those who went before.
They loved, they lost, they laughed, and they wept, and now forever still,
But they will not be forgotten as long as Grandma climbs the Family Tree.
Author Unknown
Reproduced in part
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W H E R E T O G E T H E L P A T M A C K I E V . C O M O N F A M I L Y T R E E M A K E R
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Good Food
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Good stories
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The Program committee is looking for a few members to share an experience, a discovery, a topic or a story at an upcoming meeting in 2017 during our mini-session.
No need for fancy presentations or handouts, just a short discussion about something you found interesting and would like to share with the group.
Contact Mary Ellis at [email protected]
The Membership committee is looking for someone to help maintain the membership roster. Needs to have experience in Microsoft Word & Excel.
Contact Gayle Schiller at [email protected] or Diane deGolia at [email protected]
CAN YOU HELP WITH
REFRESHMENTS?
Do you bake?
Could you bring store
bought?
Contact our Hospitality
Committee, to sign up to provide goodies
for our monthly meeting or watch for the
sign-up sheet.
Contact Diane Smith at
labor and then came in the house to deliver the baby without washing his hands. Her own mother died of childbirth at the age of 43. Our ancestors also had no antibiotics as we know today and rely on so heavily. Infections that give us no worry today were the cause of many deaths in the past. Amputations and other emergency surgeries were the cause of many an infection from which the patient did not recover. There also were the problems that can be inherited. Did you have an ancestor that died of seizures? How about Bright’s disease (a kidney failure)? Perhaps you or a relative have the same problem. Some kinds of cancer can be inherited. Another interesting study can be in how long did your ancestor’s live. Did they die young of heart failure or apoplexy (stroke)? If so, it would be good to check your blood pressure and keep it under control. For a list of the old disease terms go to: Google and type in “old diseases”. It will take you to a site of many of the old medical terminology terms. Example:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgwkidz/oldmedterm.htm
Photo Quiz Answers from Page 3
Abraham Lincoln
San Bernardino, 1948
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P U B L I C I T Y— S U S A N R U S H
Check out Mt. Diablo Genealogical Society’s mdgs.webs.com
Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/mdgensoc/
If you would like to submit something for the Digger, it must be submitted to [email protected] by the last Monday of the month.
1001 Golden Rain Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94595
January, 2017 Edition
MDGS DIGGER
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To Renew Your Membership
Print out and complete the enclosed Membership Application (page
7) and mail with your renewal fee to:
Mt. Diablo Genealogical Society, 1001 Golden Rain Road, Walnut Creek, CA 94595
Date Mini Speaker Main Speaker & Topic
20 Jan 2017*
Fairway Room
Phyllis O’Shea-Story of 1839 Sea Cap-tains (g grandfather & g grand uncle)
Kim von Aspern-Parker– Finding Women
17 Feb 2017 Margaret Ready– Legacy Box Christine Bell Green—English Genealogy on the Internet
17 Mar 2017 The Court House Burned—Now I Can’t Research My Family
TBA
21 Apr 2017 TBA TBA
19 May 2017 Martha Whitaker-Searching for Missing Men
MDGS meets on the third Friday of each month
