CGSSD Votes "Yes" to Merge with SDGS

 At last Saturday's meeting at UCSD the membership voted to merge with the San Diego Genealogical Society.

Message from our President:

Good Day,   

April 18th 2015 marked a major change to the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego.  

Numerous factors were considered by the elected Officers and appointed chairpersons and directors both singularly and in conjunction with the Officers and directors of the San Diego Genealogical Society.  Following these discussions it was deemed appropriate to MERGE the two groups into a more wide ranging and beneficial Society.  

All the members of CGSSD were advised in February 2015 with a follow up in March 2015  that this MERGER would be voted on at the regular monthly meeting on April 18th 2015.  The motion was read: Should the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego MERGE with the San Diego Genealogical Society?, seconded, discussion was allowed for 45 minutes. Hearing no more requests for time to discuss, the Members in good standing voted by written ballot.  

The votes were counted in front of the Members.   The outcome: 34 YEA, 9 NAY, 2 ABSTENSIONS.  By simple majority, the MERGER recommendation passed.

The Board members of both organizations will now meet to complete the details of the MERGER process.

Please continue to associate yourself with the one entity, SDGS aka San Diego Genealogical Society in the future.

Thank you for your association with the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego.

 

Respectfully,

David Tooley

President, CGSSD

DearMYRTLE Visits CGSSD Virtually!

 Yesterday, DearMYRTLE visited CGSSD virtually via Google Hangouts On Air. Her presentation, "Google Hangouts: Enhancing Family Gatherings & Interviews", was enthusiastically received by our members present. This was our third "live" virtual presentation over the past few years. One of the nice features of Google Hangouts On Air is that it was recorded for future viewing.

DearMYRTLE

  While DearMYRTLE was broadcasting from Utah, Cousin Russ (Russ Worthington) was on hand to support and add additional information from his home in New Jersey. I might add that Cousin Russ gave me personal instruction about a week before the presentation and helped tremendously just before the meeting. Gary Hoffman, CGSSD's webmaster & Tech Guru was also very helpful, even having the right adapter to go from HDMI to the analog sound and projection system of our facilities.

Randy Seaver asking a question to DearMYRTLE

 I am definitely sold on using Google Hangouts. It's free and easy to use. I can think of a lot of uses this would be good for. I hope to find other speakers in the genealogical community that use this medium and have them present to us. 

 Resources from DearMYRTLE:

• How to Hangout and Use Google+ http://bit.ly/MyrtsHowHangoutOnGoogle
• Why Host Virtual Meetings http://bit.ly/MyrtsWhyHostVirtual

 Link to the recorded presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRFGQMEIbtE

Link to Randy Seaver's blog post: http://www.geneamusings.com/2015/01/cgssd-meeting-today-featured-dearmyrtle.html

Scottish Research Comes To CGSSD in April

Professional Genealogist Judy Brooks will be presenting a one hour session on Researching Your Scottish Ancestors at the Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego on April 19th, 2014. Ms. Brooks will be discussing some lesser known internet websites for use in your Scottish and Scots-Irish research.

Bio for Judith Brooks
Find Dem Bones  
finddembones@aol.com

 Judy is the wife of North County Scots Chaplain Bill Brooks and has been researching both her own and her husband's ancestry since 1995 when he began looking for his tartan and proof of his Scottish heritage.
As both families were in the United States in Colonial times, she has done extensive research in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, and Nebraska which has led her to additional research in Ireland and Scotland.

 She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Southern California Genealogical Society, Nebraska Genealogical Society and an active member of the Carlsbad San Diego North County Genealogical Society.

 Judy has experience researching various libraries, county court houses, cemeteries, historical societies, the National Archives, DAR, and the Library of Congress for her own family research as well as for clients.
Her philosophy is that there is so much more to our ancestry than just the historical dates and places.

 Finding the history of the time and place and information about the life and times of our ancestors brings full meaning to our heritage.

2013 Speaker Recap

This past year we had many of the top genealogists in the world speak at our meetings. Our list included Certified Genealogists, researchers from the PBS show "Genealogy Roadshow", world renowned genealogy bloggers, and technologists. We even had a "live" webinar by GeneaBloggers.com founder, Thomas MacEntee, all the way from Chicago. I am so excited about 2014 that I can't wait!

Meetings are our bread and butter, this is where we shine. We are so fortunate to have our meetings in the best genealogical meeting space in all of San Diego. We meet at the beautiful campus of UCSD, where our webmaster and past president Gary Hoffman is Chief Technology Officer at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.

Tour of the Geisel Library, within walking distance of our building on the campus of UCSD.









 I hope you'll join us this year as we bring you another spectacular lineup of some of the worlds best and brightest genealogists and technologists. Just think, for your $20 renewal membership, it only costs you $1.81 for a presentation. I think that's worth the money to hear the best.