Please join GSSCC member Mike Epperson at the Scotts Valley branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries where he will teach you how to easily access Ancestry.com’s Library Edition (ALE). This will be a hands-on workshop so, if you prefer, please bring your laptop if you have one. Laptops, however, are not necessary to enroll in the course.
What is ALE?
Ancestry’s Library Edition (ALE) is a genealogical database designed to help you find your ancestors. The database was recently purchased by the Santa Cruz Libraries for public use – for beginning to advanced genealogists and family historians. You don’t have to be an expert researcher to find your ancestors. With just a little instruction, this FREE database will help you be off and running!
The next workshop is on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
The workshop will be from 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Look up census records, immigration records, etc. There are hundreds of types of records to help you build your family tree.
Again, this is a hands-on workshop. Bring your laptop if you have one.
The ALE database is now available at all ten of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. It’s not accessible from one’s own home, but visit any branch and see what family history you can uncover!
Hope to see you there!
Address:
Santa Cruz Public Libraries: SCOTTS VALLEY BRANCH
251 Kings Village Rd, Scotts Valley, CA 95066
To register, please call the Scotts Valley Branch library at (831) 427-7712
Class size limit of 12.
This is a very popular workshop so please make your reservations early!
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June Lecture
Thursday, June 6, 2013
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Santa Cruz Public Library, Central Location
(2nd floor meeting room)
224 Church Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
For more information, please call (831) 427-7707, ext. 5794; Email: IVCLB@comcast.net
Speaker:
Pamela Erickson
Lecture Topic:
Planning a Successful Research Trip
When you discover that your family moved to a location you have never seen, do you want to visit the area and learn what resources are available? Or, have you wanted to go to Salt Lake City and use the vast collection available at the Family History Library? Remember, too, that the tips we cover also apply to visiting your local library.
With the cost of airline tickets or gas for our vehicles, we need to make sure we’re prepared before setting off. We’ll spend time together to determine what you should do before you leave, what you should pack, and what arrangements you should make. Each visit will require slightly different preparation, so we will go over what’s necessary and what’s optional according to where you go, how long you will be gone, and what places you plan to visit.
Carolyn Barkely said in an article last February,
“First, remember that research is a cycle of work with several important steps: planning, collection, organization, analysis, reporting, and then planning once again. Each research trip builds upon the work accomplished in previous trips and sets the stage for work to be accomplished in future ones.” Bring your ideas to share, too. Let’s work together to plan a successful research trip.
Pamela Erickson teaches genealogy and creative/memoir writing to adults in San Jose, California and surrounding cities and has done so for over 20 years. She has helped her students research their families in the United States and around the world and leads a group of interested people to Salt Lake City, Utah every spring for a week of genealogy research at the LDS Family History Library.
Her personal family research started as a child and has taken her to the Southern states, Canada, and across the pond to Great Britain, Sweden, France, and the Czech Republic. Pamela has researched and written over 250 articles for newspapers, magazines, and educational books and has been employed as a journalist, technical writer, and editor. She has taught at genealogy conferences around California and at writing conferences in California and Florida.
