SOCCGS Announcements for June 2022
The Annual Seminar is coming in September 2022!
Mark your calendars – September 17, 2022! You do not want to miss this year’s big event. We are delighted to be able to confirm that our featured speaker for our big annual seminar event in September!
Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective®, has agreed to be our speaker and provide our members with a fabulous set of presentations on how to use the hints in photographs to learn more about our ancestors.
Watch our Annual Seminar page for more information.
The 1950 United States Census is Available! – Help with the Indexing Project
SOCCGS has joined forces with genealogy societies and organizations around the country as part of the 1950 US Census Community Project.
The initiative will publish a free, online, searchable name index of the 1950 US census after images of the census are released to the public in April 2022. This online index will offer family history researchers a rich genealogical data set for their ongoing use.
FamilySearch and Ancestry launched the initiative in the fall of 2021, and the project is already engaging thousands of volunteers to help provide this invaluable resource to family historians around the world.
The index created by the project will allow the public to easily search every person found in the census and view digital images of the original census pages where individuals are listed. The highly anticipated 1950 US census will be the most popular US record collection released to date.
“The 1950 census is attractive to both new and experienced researchers because most people in the United States can remember a relative that was living in 1950. It will do more to connect living memory with historical records and families than any other collection previously made available,” said David Rencher, Chief Genealogical Officer for FamilySearch.
The 1950 US Census Community Project is also receiving support from leading societal organizations like the National Genealogical Society and other societies around the United States.
Go to FamilySearch.org/1950census, and register to participate.
Beginning Genealogy
We are thrilled to bring back our introductory class – Beginning Genealogy!
Join us on the 3rd Thursday of the month in July, October! See the list of Evening Classes to register!
2022 is a notable year for genealogists everywhere due to the upcoming release of the 1950 U.S. Census. For this class, we’ll gather online via Zoom, and cover critical elements that will help you as you embark upon your genealogical journey. No prior experience is required, just be sure to register for the month of your preference before spaces are filled! Class is offered 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
The SOCCGS Genealogy Research Center is OPEN!
The SOCCGS Genealogy Research Center is open, and Docents are on duty (Times Docents are available) to help you with your genealogy research.
We expect that many of you will be eager to access those locked records on FamilySearch and our other databases, which we haven’t been able to use for the last year. To avoid long waits to use the computers, we have set up an online appointment system for our two genealogy computers.
To make an appointment for our genealogy computers, go to https://collecting404s.com/computer-reservations/ or click on the drop-down menu for the Research Center from the black menu bar at the top of our website, and then choose Computer Reservations.
Membership
Consider the joy of sharing family stories and finding new family members when you give the gift of a membership in our Society. Let your friends and relatives discover for themselves the thrill of connecting with other genealogists, attending our Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings, and gleaning new knowledge from our guest speakers at our monthly general meetings. You’re just a few clicks away from giving a unique and very thoughtful gift. Whether you use on-line payment through our PayPal feature or download, print out, and mail a membership application, your membership will be confirmed promptly by our Membership Chair Lynn Souers. “We’re thrilled to welcome new members and appreciate the enthusiasm of new genealogists,” comments Lynn. “This really is a unique gift and a great way to celebrate families.”
For only $25/year ($30 joint membership) you will continue to receive access to our general meetings, guest speakers, and SIG’S plus our information-packed newsletter. That works out to $2.08 a month! What a great bargain!
