THERE WILL BE NO MEETING IN JULY DUE TO THE MEETING DATE LANDING ON OUR NATIONAL HOLIDAY!  See you in August.

You have learned how to build context and write an engaging narrative.  Now examine the best ways to organize your material and assemble a lasting account of your unique heritage.  What are the fundamental questions you will need to answer before writing?  What are the five elements essential to any multigenerational account?  This is Lecture #14 from the John Philip Colletta DVD "Discovering Your Roots: an Introduction to Genealogy". Discussion will follow.

Sharon McGriff-Payne, a lifelong Vallejo resident, book author, newspaper reporter, and independent historian, will give a talk on how to search for African-American history.

We conclude the course with a peek at how to research records outside the United States. Focusing on his experiences in Europe, Dr. Colleta reveals what essential facts you need to know about your immigrant ancestors, and how to overcome six major challenges to accessing and using historical materials in foreign countries, 

Dr. Paull has authored numerous pioneering autosomal and Y-DNA studies of rabbinical lineages. His book, A Noble Heritage: The History and Legacy of the Polonsky and Paull Family in America, traces his family’s ancestry over a millennium of history, to the famed biblical commentator, Rashi (1050-1105).

 It's time for our annual winter holiday pot luck.  Please bring (and label if it contains meat, fish, peanuts, etc.) a food for 6-8 people to contribute to our feast.  Drinks and dishes are provided.  We will also have a silent auction, and conduct our election of officers for 2020. Guests are welcome!