GSOR - Genealogical Society of Riverside

GSOR will be meeting at the Arlington Library this Saturday. This Library is located at 9556 Magnolia Ave., just south of Van Buren Boulevard. Our meeting is scheduled from 11:30 until 1:30 and we plan to honor the men in our lives at our June 11 meeting. Therefore, we would like you to bring a photo or a story that you can share about that special man in your life. Hope to see you there!

I would like to thank all of the people who joined us at our meeting today. Dee and I had were elated to see that so many people 😊were able to make it.

I would like to express a big thank you to Barbara Freeman for sharing two special members of her family today. I enjoyed hearing about Barbara's uncle who was a member of the black baseball league in Louisiana and the story of how he obtained a very memorable pair of shoes. She also shared a photo of her grandfather, a very handsome and popular man in his neighborhood, and how his being a plumber secured his standing within the community.

I would also like to give a big thank you to Marilyn Lewis for sharing the link and special hints to using the 1950 census. She told us:

1. The link to the census is: 1950census.archives.gov
2. Hint: Make a list of possible "heads of households" and their locations to expedite your search

Remember to dress up as one of your ancestors and come prepared to tell us all about him or her on our May 14 meeting.

GSOR will be meeting Saturday, April 9 at the Arlington Library which is located at 9556 Magnolia Ave., Riverside. We'll meet at 11:30 in the conference room adjacent to the Children's section. Light refreshments will be served. We will be looking at the new census material that is available on Ancestry so you may want to bring your laptop.
We hope to see you there!

I am sad to announce the passing of our member Sandy Smith on Monday, October 12 from cancer. She was a very active member of our club and held the position of treasurer up to a few weeks before her death. She will be greatly missed.

Our May meeting is canceled. Please check back for further updates.

We have decided not to meet this Saturday due to the threat of the Corona Virus. We hope to be able to continue with our monthly meeting in April.

Linda Serna will be presenting "Don't Fence Me In" to our Society in May. This presentation addresses how important land was to our ancestors, the different types of land records that we can use to research about our ancestors, and how to find them.

Coming Soon: Another year full of special topics to enhance our learning:
September 14: Welcome to Our New Year
October 12: Adoptees
November 9: Women in the Military
December 14: Navigating Wiki
January 11: Checking Your Progress
February 8: Honoring Toni Morrison
March 14: Honoring Our Veterans
April 11: TBA
May 9: TBA
June 13: Celebrating Another Year

It's our final meeting for the 2018/2019 year. Come join us and celebrate another successful year.

Kathleen Fernandes will be speaking to our group this Saturday, about GedMatch the free website that provides tools for comparing your DNA with other users on the site. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn how to better utilize your DNA results!

Our next meeting on January 12th is rapidly approaching. Keeping with the chosen DNA topic for this year, our next speaker, Linda Serna, will be speaking to us about "What Do You Do When Your DNA Doesn't Match Your Paper Trail? I'm sure that most of us who have had our DNA tested have come across one or two of these anomalies in our research. So in honor of this topic I would like for you to briefly share this discovery with the rest of the club but please don't supply a resolution--where you believe this person connects to your family. If we have time at the end of Linda's talk we can share our findings.

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