Fresno Genealogy Happenings

Today, Melissa, Janelle, and I (Denise) were out and about in Old Town Clovis doing a bit of reconnaissance before our Seminar next month, and I HAD to share with you a perfect treasure that we found. I'm sure you've heard of the Clovis Museum .  I'm sure, if you've been to Farmer's Markets or Big Hat Days or Clovis Fest (happening this weekend, by the way), then you've walked right by it.  But have you been inside? We were very fortunate this morning when we walked in to not only be greeted by the Clovis - Big Dry Creek Historical Society President Peg Bos, but to get a personal tour from her and hear all of the wonderful stories behind the treasure contained within the museums' walls. The greatest treasure, for family historians, though, is what is contained in their vault.  Binders and binders and more binders with surnames, family stories, newspaper clippings, and more.  And the best part is that they are a work in progress.   The binders are ad...

Mark March 19, 2016 on your calendars! You DO have a calendar for 2016, don't  you? Well, we are busy planning meetings and activities for next year  and one that we are happy to announce is a  Spring Seminar  hosted in conjunction with the California State Genealogical Alliance. Janice Sellers and Mary Anne Vincent will be our presenters. One more thing to look forward to in 2016!

Have you registered for our Annual Seminar happening next month? Have you heard about our Annual Seminar happening next month? Well, for our 12th Annual Seminar - and the year of our 50th Anniversary celebration - we decided to do something really special.  We invited nationally known speaker, author, pod-caster, and Genealogy Gems owner Lisa Louise Cooke to present, what we hope will be, four informative sessions to jump start your enthusiasm, enhance your skills, and make your research time more productive.  The four sessions are: How the Genealogist Can Remember Everything with Evernote:   Evernote puts all your notes right at your fingertips no matter where you are.  In addition to super fast and easy note taking and retrieval, you'll learn how to clip items from the Internet (rather than saving entire bulky web pages!) use OCR technology to search our digitized documents like newspaper article, and tap into a myriad of apps that help Evernote help you d...

Fresno Temple District Family History Centers Present American Military Records and Genealogy by: David Paul Davenport, Ph.D Saturday May 15, 2010 9:00 am to 12 pm Fresno West Stake Center 3375 W Sierra, Fresno, CA FREE Session 1: Working from the present day, backward : an overview of wars the US and British Colonies (which preceeded it) participated. Session 2: Enlistment & Recruitment in the 20th century (part. Spanish-American War) Session 3: Army & Navy in the 18th & 19th centuries. (part. Civil War, War of 1812 & War for Independence.)