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Home Databases Officers/Chairpersons Links PCGS Facebook Auburn, California Post Office Box 7385 Auburn, California 95604 Search the PCGS Web Site Evening General Meetings Beecher Room Auburn-Placer County Library 350 Nevada Street, Auburn 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Fourth Thursday) Doors will open at 6:30 pm. January Evening Meeting Thursday, January 23, 2020 How to create a book using Dragon Dictate, Chart 7 and Family Book Creator Jim Rader January Evening Meeting Thursday, January 23, 2020 Jim Rader will present an overview of How to create a book using Dragon Dictate, Chart 7 and Family Book Creator. Jim’s publications include: Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/jimrader/videos Lulu books:ww.lulu.com/spotlight/jim154 Amazon books: amazon.com/author/jamesrader Websites: www.jimrader.com www.rader.org , howtodoaydnastudy.com Jim published his first Family History book in 1992. Many more followed! Publisher of the quarterly Rader Ramblings surname newsletter for 33 issues (1991- 2001). Lecturer at the semi-annual Family History Center seminars since the early 1990s. In 1999 Jim started teaching as an adult education instructor in computerized genealogy topics for the Folsom- Cordova Adult education center with teaching credentials in Computer applications and Programming. His classroom teaching lasted for 10 years. His genealogy pursuits include the “Guild of One name studies” for surname Rader. He is also the coordinator for the Rader surname study at Family Tree DNA. He has researched all Rader families, with many books in print and three websites, www.rader.org and www.jimrader.com and howtodoaydnastudy.com where you can see his books and many pages of information. Jim Rader has been a civil engineer, computer programmer, and Fixed Income portfolio manager. This presentation will be followed by two presentations at our Loomis DNA Study Group: 1st and 3rd Thurs. Feb. 6: Detailed “How to Create a Book using Chart 7 and Family Book Creator”; and Feb. 20: “How to Use Charting 7 including DNA Reports”. Day Study Group Meetings Beecher Room Auburn-Placer County Library 350 Nevada Street, Auburn 10:00 am - 12:00 noon (Second Monday) The Day Study Group is a 2-hour workshop in which we will discuss a specific topic, with hands-on exercises, and discussion. After the discussion, we can provide one-on-one mentoring should you have a "brick wall" situation in which you need help. Barbara Leak leads the study group. Visitors are welcome . February Day Study Group Meeting Monday, February 10, 2020 Google Photos Speaker: Janet Brigham Imagine having all your photos organized, easy to find, and easy to share. Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service that offers users free, unlimited, online storage for photos and videos. It automatically analyzes photos and identifies various visual features and subjects, including facial recognition. You can upload and access your photos from your phone, tablet or computer, and share photos with family and friends. Presented by guest speaker Janet Brigham. This is the second in a three-part series on working with digital photos. On March 9, our study group will learn more about restoring photos and working with metadata using Windows10, XnView, and Photoshop Elements software. Visitors are welcome. Barbara Leak leads the study group. Visitors are welcome. Requests for specific topics are appreciated. . Family Tree Maker User's Group LDS Church 1255 Bell Road, Auburn 10:00 am - 12:00 noon (Second Thursday) Bring any questions you have concerning the program Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader Jerry Unruh with any requests. February FTM Meeting, Thursday, February 9, 2020 Family Tree Maker 2019 The FTM User Group meeting will be able to look at Family Tree Maker 2019 which was released September 2019. We will also take time for questions and answers on any version of the program. We will continue our looking at FTM's Book Creation. Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader Jerry Unruh with any requests. Special in-depth topics can be scheduled. Please e-mail our group leader with any requests. DNA Class Schedule Genealogical and Historical Council of the Sacramento Valley Events Calendar -- January Placer Trails Newsletter January Placer Trails Newsletter (Large) Member highlight page : This month we feature pictures from John Knox. Members: Email addresses, Web Sites, and Names and Locations being Researched. PCGS Has Voice Mail (866) 894-2076 Don Cortez of Three Ring Service have graciously donated a voicemail phone number for . We will be listing this number in our publicity notices in the newspapers and other publications. The society will then have a permanent number regardless of the annual change of board members. The answering message will announce basic information and the upcoming PCGS meetings. Callers can leave messages for the board members, chair persons and the research committee. Thank You, Don Cortez New Member Packet :Information for new members of (Also useful information for current members.) Dues Annual dues are $20.00 which entitles members to electronically receive the Placer Trails Newsletter as well as any meeting notices. Your membership payment is due on January 1 and must be received by April 1 to avoid being dropped from our membership list. If you are uncertain if you have paid or not, check with our Registrar. You are encouraged to register as a family membership. The cost is the same; $20.00 per year. A family membership is defined as two or more persons residing at a single mailing address. Family memberships are entitled to one vote per family member in attendance at meetings, not to exceed two votes per family. Membership Form in Adobe PDF format PCGS Facebook Page Mailing List: CA-PCGS We have a mailing list at RootsWeb for PCGS. Announcements of meetings and other information of interest to PCGS members will be made available through this mailing list. It is also a place to gloat about your recent finds and general discussion among our members. If you have trouble subscribing please e-mail at the address below. CA-PCGS. A mailing list for the members of the Placer County (California)Genealogical Society (PCGS) to discuss the activities of the Society. If you are a member of the Society you can subscribe by sending "subscribe" to ca-pcgs-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ca-pcgs-d-request@rootsweb.com(digest mode).To switch from one mode to the other, you should unsubscribe from one and then subscribe to the other. There is no "no mail" mode -- if you want messages to stop, you should simply unsubscribe. You may also search or browse the archives or subscribe at CA-PCGS . If you have trouble subscribing or un-subscribing please e-mail maillist@pcgs.pcgenes.com PCGS Databases INDEX TO BIRTHS 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,Auburn, California INDEX TO MARRIAGES 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,Auburn, California INDEX TO MARRIAGES 1851-1905 from three films at the LDS Family History Library on Bell INDEX TO DEATHS 1852-1885 From the Placer Herald Newspaper,Auburn, California NAMES OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN PLACER COUNTY IN 1890 From the Placer County Great Registers WORLD WAR I SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF PLACER COUNTY From the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California NEW AUBURN CEMETERY RECORDS - Placer County Genealogical Society Cemetery Project OLD AUBURN CEMETERY RECORDS - Placer County Genealogical Society Cemetery Project Placer Trails Newsletter Archives Loomis Library PCGS Books Placer Archives PCGS Books Placer County Archives Holdings INDEX TO PLACER HERALD NEWSPAPER 1852-1887 from the Placer County Archives Indexed by Placer County Volunteers including PCGS Members. (Currently 12206 records) INDEX TO PLACER COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES from the Placer County Archives. Placer County Archives has files of biographies, genealogical information and newspaper articles of people who lived...