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ATTENTION!
The Los Angeles Regional Family History Center is closed for extensive remodeling. Current info on construction progress indicates reopening sometime in 2010. Our meetings until it does reopen will be scheduled at other venues.
We removed our Library Collection and it is in storage until the reopening. During this interval, PGS-CA will meet at different locations in the Los Angeles area. Members will be notified via Email and our Bulletins.
Polish Genealogical Society of California
announces
A Tour of Arden -
Helena Modjeska House and Gardens
SATURDAY – May 22, 2010 – 10 a.m.
Instead of our regular meeting, we arranged a tour for our Society that will be a treat for all. If you are not familiar with Helena Modjeska, see the article on page 14 and check the website: www.helenamodjeska.net. Modjeska was a world-renowned Polish actress, born in Kraków, who made her home in southern California at the end of the 19th century. Her home is a national historical site in a beautiful setting in Santiago Canyon near El Toro.
Reservations are required (space is limited), and the $5.00 per person fee must be sent to Arden in advance of the tour. Our Society will “prepay” the fees, but you need to contact Annette Gathright, Programs@pgsca.org or Robert Sherins, President@pgsca.org to make your reservation. Send a check made out to PGS-CA for your fee and mail to our P.O. Box 307, Buena Park, CA 90621-0307, or give to our Treasurer on the day of the tour. Detailed directions and maps will be sent by email to all members.
Check Modjeska page for more information and maps.
Polish Genealogical Society of California
presents
Diane Wright
as a 1930 Census Taker, Bessie Hough
SATURDAY – July 24, 2010 – 1:00 p.m.
Weingart Senior Center, 5220 Oliva Avenue, Lakewood, California
From Diane: “Bessie Hough was one of the 87,800 enumerators for 1930 in the United States. I walked her district, visited her house and found her grave. I almost feel as though I took the census with her. Bessie shares her experiences of taking the 1930 census in Corona, California. She tells us about the enumerator instructions and about the people she spoke to as she walked her assigned district. Bessie is a little bit of a gossip, too. She is my most popular character. I love to be her. I hope she is looking down and is happy that she is remembered”.
11 a.m. – A class led by Paul Lipinski on “Location, Location, Location”
This class presents a different way to look at existing resources as a way to find location. It will show how to find a location for a person, and where a village/town is located. It also shows how maps and gazetteers can aid in finding the location
12 noon – PGS-CA General Meeting – [Bring your lunch]
Maps to the Weingart Senior Center
Polish Genealogical Society of California
presents
Adam Jędryka
SATURDAY – September 25, 2010
We are pleased and honored to welcome a guest speaker visiting from Poland. Adam lives in Kraków with his wife, Magda, and has been working as a researcher-guide in southern Poland for several years. He has assisted many of our PGS-CA members on their personal research trips in Poland.
Lecture: My Experience with Family History Research in Galicia
*My way to genealogy
*United States and Poland-different attitudes toward genealogy
*What records are available
*Problems getting access to the church and civil records
*My own procedures in family research (a case study)
Lecture: Life in a 19th Century Polish Village
*Models of architecture and rural dwelling rooms from different regions
*Folk costume in Poland
*Peasant family and rural community
*Traditional agriculture and crafts
*Annual rites and rituals
*Emigration
Location & Time–[To be announced]
Check www.pgsca.org or contact: Programs@pgsca.org
Polish Genealogical Society
of California
The PGSCA November meeting was held at the Family History Center in Orange. Barbara Renick, professional genealogist and nationally known lecturer and author, was our meeting speaker. Her lecturer: "Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Help Online." The lecture emphasized resources available for researchers whose area of interest is Eastern Europe.
Barbara Renick's web site has a links page with many very helpfull websites looked one one page.
Address for the Orange Family History Center is 674 South Yorba Street, Orange, CA 92869.
Renewals and Membership
If you wish to become a member of PGS-CA, please print out and fill in this membership application and send it with your dues directly to:
Christine Elia
PGSCA-Membership
PO Box 478
Lakewood, CA 90714-0487
UPGS 2010
The next United Polish Genealogical Societies Biennial Conference is scheduled for April 28-May 1, 2010, in Salt Lake City.
UPGS 2010 Information
Photos from the 2006 conference.
Check out the Record, Surnames and Library Directory pages.
They have been updated and the databases made easier to read. It is also possible to search them for a surname, title, author, etc.,. Using Internet Explorer click on "Edit" then on "Find" (on this page). A window will appear in which you can type the word you are searching for and it will find and locate it on the page.
This is a subject sorted listing of the PGSCA collection at the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center (LARFHC).
If you have problems viewing this spreadsheet on a Windows machine in Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape, try downloading the Firefox browser from Mozilla. It seems to be more secure and displays this file correctly.
When you are finished with your tour, please let us know your comments. Should you have any further interest or questions, please contact us through e-mail (use the Contacts button).
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