PAST MEETINGS
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2009 | |||||
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| Intermediate Class | Nancy Carlberg | Overcoming Dead Ends | |||
| Speaker | Nancy Carlberg | Beginning Scandinavian Research | |||
| Beginning Class | Mike Powers | Puzzling Evidence: What to Do with Conflicting, Unexpected, or Disturbing Evidence | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2009 | |||||
| Intermediate Class | Alice Volkert | Digital Photography for Genealogists | |||
| Speaker | Alice Volkert | Naming Children in Colonial New England | |||
| Beginning Class | Carole Owens | Back to Basics | |||
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2009 | |||||
| Intermediate Class | Linda Ivers | More Ways to Use Ancestry | |||
| Speaker | Caroline Rober | Analyze— Key to Further Research |
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| Beginning Class | Mike Powers | Organizing Your Work | |||
| SUNDAY, JULY 19, 2009 ~ Questing Heirs' 40th Anniversary ~ |
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| Anniversary Party | |||||
| Speaker | Jean Wilcox Hibben | This Is Not Your Grandma's Genealogy | |||
| Beginning Class | Mike Powers | On the Web | |||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2009 | |||||
| Intermediate Class | Jeanette Jones | When Are You Going to Start Writing? | |||
| Speaker | Connie Moretti | Immigrant Ancestors Before 1776 | |||
| Beginning Class | Mike Powers | Records & Repositories | |||
| SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009 | |||||
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| SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2009 | |||||
| Mixer | Liz Myers | Getting to Know You | |||
| Speaker | Gerrie Schipske | Rosie the Riveter in Long Beach [postponed to a later date] |
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| Beginning Class | Mike Powers | The Quest Begins: Getting Started | |||
| SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2009 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Getting Started in French Genealogy | |||
| Speaker | Wendy B. Elliott, FUGA | Researching Your Quaker Ancestors | |||
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2009 | |||||
| Class | Linda Ivers | Getting More Out of Ancestry.com | |||
| Speaker | Carlos N. Olvera | Researching Your Hispanic Ancestors | |||
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2009 | |||||
| Class | Gena Philibert Ortega | Using Google for Your Genealogy | |||
| Speaker | Gena Philibert Ortega | Remember the Ladies: Finding Female Ancestors | |||
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| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2008 ~Questing Heirs' Annual Holiday Party~ |
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| Luncheon - Installation of Officers - Sharing | |||||
| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2008 QUESTING HEIRS' ANNUAL MEETING |
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| Class | Liz Myers | Newspaper Research | |||
| Business | Amendment to Bylaws and Election of Officers |
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| Speaker | Colleen Fitzpatrick | Forensic Photo Analysis | |||
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2008 | |||||
| Class | Loran Bures | Publishing Your Family Genealogy Electronically | |||
| Lineage Society Presentation | Harry Holgate, Registrar, Harbor Chapter | Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) | |||
| Speaker | Connie Moretti | Diving into Census Research | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 | |||||
| Class | David Werts | Publishing Your Family Genealogy Hardcopy | |||
| Heritage Society Presentation | Carol Bachand, Regent, Susan B. Anthony Chapter |
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) | |||
| Speaker | Hal Horrocks | One-Name Studies | |||
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2008 | |||||
| Class | Loran Bures | Why Publish Your Family Genealogy? | |||
| Heritage Society Presentation | Thomas Chumley, Commander, Gen. W. S. Rosecrans Camp No. 2 |
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) | |||
| Speaker | Pam Wiedenbeck | Researching Your Catholic Ancestors | |||
| SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2008 | |||||
| Sharing | Questing Heirs members | Questing for our Heritage: Personal Milestones |
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| Speaker | Daniel Bartosz | American Indian Research and the Internet | |||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2008 | |||||
| Class | Loran Bures | Planning Tips for a Successful Research Trip | |||
| Speaker | Connie Moretti | Researching Your Civil War Ancestors | |||
| SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008 SPECIAL EVENT |
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| Resources for the Family Historian at the Historical Society of Long Beach 4260 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach |
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| SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008 | |||||
| Help Tables | Liz Myers | Using Maps | |||
| Rellen Owen | Determine and Select Records to Answer Your Questions | ||||
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| Speaker | Beth McCarty John McCoy & Liz Myers |
Professional Genealogists—Who Needs Them? | |||
| SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008 SPECIAL EVENT |
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| Resources for the Family Historian at the Iacoboni Library 4900 Clark Avenue, Lakewood, near Lakewood Mall. |
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| SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2008 | |||||
| Help Table | Rellen Owen | Recording and Documenting Your Research | |||
| Help Table | John McCoy | "Jumping the Pond" — Connecting with Your European Ancestry | |||
| Class | Rick Kagawa, CFP, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF | How to Help & Wishes Carried Out | |||
| Speaker | Tom Underhill | Researching the Forgotten Generation | |||
| SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2008 SPECIAL EVENT |
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| Resources for the Family Historian at the Long Beach Public Library | flyer | ||||
| SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2008 | |||||
| Help Table | Rellen Owen | Genealogy Research Circle | |||
| Class | Loran Bures | Some Tools for Urban Research | |||
| Speaker | Nancy Carlberg | Scandinavian Research | |||
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2008 | |||||
| Help Tables | Rellen Owen | Forms Used in Genealogy | |||
| Liz Myers | Ohio Research | ||||
| Class | Loran Bures | Working with Land Surveys in the Public Land States | |||
| Speaker | Alan Jones | Premium Genealogy Websites via Family History Centers | |||
| SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2008 SPECIAL EVENT |
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| Resources for the Family Historian at the Long Beach Family History Center | flyer | ||||
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | Joan Lowrey | Finding Living People | |||
| Speaker | Joan Lowrey | Emigration from Germany | |||
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| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2007 ~ Questing Heirs' Annual Holiday Party ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Luncheon | ||||
| 2:30pm | Installation of Officers - Sharing | ||||
| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2007 QUESTING HEIRS' ANNUAL MEETING |
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| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Discussion | Liz Myers, moderator | What I Did This Summer | |||
| Business | Amendments to the Bylaws | text (PDF 208K) | |||
| Elections | slate | ||||
| Speaker | Colleen Fitzpatrick | The Database Detective | |||
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | meeting minutes (PDF 53K) |
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| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Discussion of Genealogy News | |||
| Speaker | Lisa Schumacher | Comparing Genealogy Database Programs | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | Michael S. Reagan | Family Atlas and Personal Historian | |||
| Speaker | Michael S. Reagan | Michael’s Live Internet Show | |||
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | Loran Bures | Genealogy in Rural Nebraska | |||
| Speaker | Alice M. Fairhurst | Discoveries in Genealogical DNA | |||
| SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Name That Town! | |||
| Speaker | Connie Moretti | Digital Scrapbooking | |||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Sharing Session | Questing Heirs Members | Share Your Latest Discoveries | |||
| Speaker | John McCoy | Bad Handwriting Day: Why Every Genealogist Needs to Be a Paleographer (rescheduled from April meeting) |
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| SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2007 SPECIAL EVENT |
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| An Evening with the Genealogy Guys: George G. Morgan & Drew Smith | |||||
| SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Let's Get Acquainted | Randy Seaver, Chula Vista Genealogical Society | ||||
| Speaker | Randy Seaver | Finding Your Elusive Ancestors in the Census Haystack | |||
| SUNDAY, APRIL 15, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | Liz Myers | Ohio, Gateway to the Nation | |||
| Speaker | Wendy Elliott | Buried Treasure: Lost in Print | handout (PDF 1.2MB) |
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Rellen Owen | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Why My Ancestors Left Town (rescheduled from February meeting) |
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| Speaker | Paul Lipinski | Poland, A Brief History, with Implications for Genealogical Research | |||
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2007 | |||||
| Speaker | Nancy Carlberg | Where Do I Go Now? | |||
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2007 | |||||
| Speaker | Jean Wilcox Hibben, MA, CG | Nathan Wilcox: The Story of a Union Soldier and his Family | meeting recap (PDF 50K) |
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| "...Excavating for a Mine": Songs & Stories of the California Gold Rush | |||||
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| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2006 ~ Questing Heirs' Annual Holiday Party ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Luncheon | ||||
| 2:30pm | Installation of Officers - Awards - Sharing | ||||
| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2006 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Internet: RootsWeb, Ancestry.com, etc. | flyer (PDF 124K) | ||
| Speaker | Dr. Geoff Gatley Long Beach Historical Society |
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| Speaker | Ann Larkin | Button Down Your Ancestors | |||
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2006 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Census Records | |||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Coping with Uncertainty in Genealogy | |||
| Speaker | Debbie Horton | Canadian Censuses & Vital Records | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2006 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Getting Started | |||
| Intermediate Class | panel of QHGS members | What I Did on my Summer Vacation | |||
| Speaker | Caroline Rober | Midwest Research | |||
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 2006 | |||||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | What Is a Genealogy? | |||
| Speaker | Joan Rambo | Secrets of the Huntington Beach Collection | |||
| SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2006 ~ Questing Heirs' 37th Anniversary ~ |
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| Special Presentation | panel of QHGS members | Finding Your Ancestors in American Military Records | |||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2006 | |||||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Working with Land Surveys | |||
| Speaker | Kathleen Roe Trevena | Crossing a Continent: Migration Between the Revolution and the Civil War | |||
| SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2006 ~ Betty Marie Marr Memorial Lecture ~ |
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| Speaker | Henry Z. "Hank" Jones, Jr. | Tracing the Origins of 18th Century German and Other Immigrants | flyer (PDF 172K) | ||
| Genealogy in the New Millennium | |||||
| SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2006 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Beginning Family Research | meeting recap (PDF 52K) |
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| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Recent Finds! | |||
| Speaker | Sharon Deveaux | Preserving All Those Photographs, From the Very Old to the Very New |
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| SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2006 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Beginning Family Research | meeting recap (PDF 56K) |
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| Intermediate Class | Terry Argyros | Let's Get Acquainted: Long Beach East Stake Family History Center | |||
| Speaker | Alan Jones | Evaluating Your Family History Evidence | |||
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2006 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Genealogical Fraud! | |||
| Speaker | Charlotte Smith | Tracing our Medieval and Noble Families | |||
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2006 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Beginning Family Research | meeting recap (PDF 52K) |
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| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | GLO & Federal Land Records | |||
| Speaker | Greg Campbell | Rancho San Pedro: The Archives at Cal State Dominguez Hills | |||
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| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2005 ~ Questing Heirs' Annual Holiday Party ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Luncheon | ||||
| 2:30pm | Installation of Officers Sharing |
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| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2005 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Evaluating Evidence | |||
| QHGS Elections | |||||
| Speaker | Beth McCarty | Hidden Sources for British Research: Using Smith's Inventories | |||
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2005 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Beginning Family Research | |||
| Intermediate Class | Liz Myers | Giggles from Genealogy | |||
| Speaker | John McCoy | California Bound: How We Got to California | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2005 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers | Getting Started | |||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy | Questing Heirs Committee Day | |||
| Speaker | Alan Jones | Genealogy Resources on the Internet | |||
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 21, 2005 | |||||
| Beginning Class | Liz Myers & Chuck Mitchell | How to Get Started | |||
| Intermediate Class | John McCoy & Linda Artuso | Now in Long Beach: Digital Microfilm Scanners! | |||
| Speaker | Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick | Forensic Genealogy | |||
| SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2005 ~ Questing Heirs' 36th Anniversary ~ |
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| Class | John McCoy | How Old Is that Photograph? | |||
| Speaker | Nancy Carlberg | Genealogy Travel on a Shoestring | |||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2005 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Use Your Genealogy Software to Write a Book! | |||
| Speaker | Connie Moretti | Genealogy: What to Do When You Are Stuck, or Where to Look When You Don't Know Where to Look, i. e., They Just Showed Up | |||
| SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2005 | |||||
| Class | Warren Weimer | Let's Get Acquainted: South Bay Cities Genealogical Society | |||
| Speaker | Warren Weimer | Molecular Genealogy: A DNA Approach | |||
| SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2005 | |||||
| Class | Jacqueline Volin | Let's Get Acquainted: Long Beach Stake Family History Center | |||
| Speaker | Lisa Schumacher | Finding Your Family in the 1930 Census | |||
| SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2005 | |||||
| Class | Liz Myers | Finding Directions via Maps | handout (PDF 40K) |
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| Speaker | Ann Browning | The Orphan Trains | |||
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2005 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | The Questing Heirs Toolkit | |||
| Speaker | Ann Winchell | American Indian Genealogy | |||
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2005 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | The Myth of the Nuclear Family | |||
| Speaker | Annie Lloyd | Are You Looking for an Ancestor But You Can't Find Him? | |||
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| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004 ~ Questing Heirs' Annual Holiday Party ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Pot Luck | ||||
| 2:30pm | Installation of Officers Open Microphone |
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| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2004 | |||||
| Class | Chuck Mitchell | Virginia Genealogy | |||
| QHGS Elections | |||||
| Speaker | Wanda Ballard | The Spurgeon Story ~and~ The Role of Indentured Servants in Establishing Our Nation | |||
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2004 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Ulster Scots and Real Scots in the American Colonies: "Scotch-Irish" Research | |||
| Speaker | Nancy Bier | Tell The Story: How To Liven Up Your Genealogy | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2004 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | The 100 Most-Used Books | |||
| Speaker | Tom Underhill | Photography for the Family Historian | |||
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2004 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Genealogical Resources in New York State: Nearly Inexhaustible | handout (PDF 87K) |
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| Speaker | Ted Gostin | What To Do When There Aren't Any Vital Records | |||
| SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2004 ~ Questing Heirs' 35th Anniversary ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Stand-Up Genealogy | ||||
| Speaker | Nancy Carlberg | What I Learned from Alex Haley | |||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 2004 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | What It Takes to Do Research in a Foreign Country | |||
| Speaker | Connie Moretti | What You Can Learn from the Estates They Left Behind | |||
| SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2004 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Have You Documented the Twentieth Century? | |||
| Speaker | Elaine Alexander | Naturalization Records 2 | |||
| SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2004 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | What's New in Genealogy? | |||
| Speaker | Stephanie Spika | Saving Family Treasures | |||
| SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 2004 | |||||
| Class | Family History Research in Iowa | ||||
| Speaker | Pat Rydman | Adding Sources and Notes to the Individual in Personal Ancestral File | |||
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2004 | |||||
| Class | How Questing Heirs Works | ||||
| Speaker | Beth McCarty | Reference Tools and Indexes for Research in England and Wales | |||
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2004 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Am I Organized Yet? | |||
| Speaker | Rancho Los Cerritos: The Roots of Long Beach | ||||
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| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2003 ~ Questing Heirs' Annual Holiday Party ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Potluck | ||||
| 2:30pm | Installation of Officers Show & Tell |
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| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2003 | |||||
| Class | Jeanette Jones & Aaron Day | A Brief Overview of DNA As It Applies to Genealogy | |||
| QHGS Elections | |||||
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| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2003 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Witches in Our Pedigree | handout (PDF 79K) |
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| Speaker | Tom Underhill | Scanning and Photo Retouching Basics | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2003 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | What Are the Basic Skills of American Genealogy? | |||
| Speaker | Annie Lloyd | How to Find your Ancestor When the Records Don't Exist | |||
| SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2003 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Pennsylvania Resources | handout (PDF 96K) |
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| Speaker | Nancy Carlberg | Protecting Your Genealogy | |||
| SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2003 ~ Questing Heirs' 34th Anniversary ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Questing Heirs' Anniversary Celebration | ||||
| Speaker | Connie Moretti | So, You Are Stuck Climbing Your Family Tree? | |||
| SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 2003 | |||||
| Class | Aaron Day | Useful Web Sites | |||
| Speaker | Bill Principe | Unlocking the Mysteries in Vital Records | |||
| SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2003 | |||||
| Discussion | Genealogical News, moderated by John McCoy | ||||
| Speaker | Charlotte Bocage | I Thought I Was Organized—So Don't Do What I Did! | |||
| SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2003 | |||||
| Class | John McCoy | Choose the Right Report | |||
| Speaker | Joe Reynolds | Identifying Old Photographs | |||
| SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2003 | |||||
| Basic | Genealogy Sources at Long Beach Public Library and on the Web | handout (PDF 122K) |
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| Intermediate | John McCoy | What's in a One-Name Study? | |||
| Speaker | Wanda Ballard | The Process of Writing a Family History | |||
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2003 | |||||
| Basic | Locating your Families in the Census Records of 1870 through 1790 | handout (PDF 77K) |
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| Intermediate | John McCoy | Using Federal Land Records | |||
| Speaker | Charles G. Meigs, Jr. | The African American and Cherokee Connection | |||
| SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2003 | |||||
| Basic | Locating your Families in the Census Records of 1930 back through 1880 | ||||
| Intermediate | Richard Hoover | Grandmother Was a Viking | |||
| Speaker | Elaine Alexander | How to Locate United States Passenger Lists | |||
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| SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2002 ~ Questing Heirs' Annual Holiday Party ~ |
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| 1:15pm | Potluck | ||||
| 2:30pm | Installation of Officers Group Discussion: Genealogists and Family Secrets Show & Tell |
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| SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2002 | |||||
| Basic | Family History Centers, Public Libraries, and Specialized Libraries | ||||
| Intermediate | Jeanette Jones | Her Recent Research Trip | |||
| QHGS Elections | |||||
| Speaker | Nancy Carlberg | How To Make the Most of Your Research Trip | |||
| SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2002 | |||||
| Basic | BettyBelle (Bryant) Feldman | County Courthouse Records - Where They Lived | |||
| Intermediate | John McCoy | What You Should Know about Archives | |||
| Speaker | Neil Coombs | Searching for Ancestors in New England: A Brief Overview | |||
| SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2002 | |||||
| Speaker | William J. Toeppe | Availability of Vital Records for Genealogical Research | |||
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P. O. Box 15102, Long Beach, California 90815-0102
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