This month Jim Kern will present information on Vallejo neighborhoods.  We will learn their history, how they formed, and what parts of Vallejo they occupy, plus more.  Jim is the Executive Director of the Vallejo Naval History Museum and entrances us with his talks no matter what the subject. After earning his masters degree in history and museum studies from Kent State University, Kern’s first museum job was at the home of President James Garfield, who lived in Kern’s home town. He answered an ad for a museum curator here in Vallejo,” remembers Kern. “I applied and I got the job.” That was in 1989, when Kern took over the helm of the Vallejo museum, which was founded in 1974 and opened in 1979. Please contact us at 707-334-0675 or President@gsvb.org if you are interested in attending our ZOOM meeting.

Our April meeting will feature a talk by Madeline Yanov on finding missing ancestors in institutional records ... specifically hospitals, sanitariums and asylums. Madeline Yanov has over 30 years experience researching family histories. Her specialty is American genealogy. However, she will trace client's ancestors back to Europe and elsewhere. Madeline, the former co-founder MY Genealogy Services, now operates Time Travel Genealogy, a full-service genealogy company emphasizing reasonable, affordable family history research along with document retrieval. She is also available to give genealogy related talks to groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Please contact us at 707-334-0675 or President@gsvb.org if you are interested in attending our ZOOM meeting.