We finally have our San Diego Genealogical Society Library catalog online! It was a lot of work on Miriam's and her volunteers part but it is now ready for use. Go to the SDGS web site at casdgs.org and click on the Library link. That takes you to the description page and opens a link to the catalog.
Currently there are 9992 titles available for searching. The database has already sorted 123 categories and 159 locations. The user is also able to do specific searched on all or part of titles, author or call number.
This is an excellent addition to the society and is available to members and non-members alike.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Danish Archives
I just saw a message on the Danish message list at Rootsweb that the Danish Archives no longer requires a log in.
In the past a user had to create an account and log in each time you accessed the site. No More!
The Danish Archives Online, arkivalieronline.dk, offers images of the parish record books and national censuses. An excellent resource for research.
Of course it helps to be able to sort of read the old Danish text and script.
In the past a user had to create an account and log in each time you accessed the site. No More!
The Danish Archives Online, arkivalieronline.dk, offers images of the parish record books and national censuses. An excellent resource for research.
Of course it helps to be able to sort of read the old Danish text and script.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SDGS Board of Directors
One of the prime functions of our annual meeting is the installation of our board of directors. A complete list of board members and committee heads is on our webpage at casdgs.org.
Most of the members still have time to serve on theirsentences terms. However, the following are new board members or they are in different positions.
Second Vice President: Nancy Quandt
Secretary: Anne Alves
Historian: Kristeen McCollough
Special Events: Diane Lott
Welcome to the Board of Directors and thank you for your service.
Most of the members still have time to serve on their
Second Vice President: Nancy Quandt
Secretary: Anne Alves
Historian: Kristeen McCollough
Special Events: Diane Lott
Welcome to the Board of Directors and thank you for your service.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year
I hope everyone has a happy and successful 2011. May all of your brick walls tumble before your eyes.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Buy an external hard drive and donate $1.11 to the SDGS
Staples.com is having a 2 day Cyber Monday sale. One of the items is a Western Digital 2 TB external hard drive for only $69.99! Two terabytes is the equivalent of 1,388,888 3.5 inch floppy disks! Since the purchase is over $50 the shipping is free.
I took a look at the flier and read the specs on the hard drive and it's pre-formatted for a PC so all you have to do is plug in the power block and the usb connection. Your computer should recognize it and you are good to go. Mac users will have to format the drive for Mac use.
Sixty Nine dollars and Ninety Nine cents is an excellent price for a drive this size. But the nifty thing is that Staples.com is one of the Igive.com partners. If you create an Igive account then log on to the Staples.com site your purchase will generate a $1.11 donation to SDGS.
This sale is only good November 28 and 29, 2010.
This has been another shameless plug.
I took a look at the flier and read the specs on the hard drive and it's pre-formatted for a PC so all you have to do is plug in the power block and the usb connection. Your computer should recognize it and you are good to go. Mac users will have to format the drive for Mac use.
Sixty Nine dollars and Ninety Nine cents is an excellent price for a drive this size. But the nifty thing is that Staples.com is one of the Igive.com partners. If you create an Igive account then log on to the Staples.com site your purchase will generate a $1.11 donation to SDGS.
This sale is only good November 28 and 29, 2010.
This has been another shameless plug.
Monday, November 22, 2010
A Shameless Plea
This is probably getting a little bit late in the season but it is worth a shot.
The Society is affiliated with igive.com as a means to help us raise money for the Society. We have talked about igive.com in the past so I will just mention that if you sign up with I-Give then do your online shopping from their list of stores, the Society will get a small kickback for everything you purchase.
A quick sampling of stores and the percentage of rebate to the Society:
Barnes & Noble or Borders 2.4%, Cabela's 1.6%, Dell Business or Dell Home .8%, Harry & David 4.8%. If you use Turbo Tax buy it online through I-Give and the Society will get 6% of your purchase price. If you just get the free version through your I-Give account the society will get $0.40! If you don't have an online back-up system yet, subscribe to Carbonite.com and they will kickback 12%.
For you out of towners who will be coming to the Annual Meeting and Seminar on 8 January, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, book your reservation through I-Give and the Society will get 3.2% of your cost.
The nice thing is that by going through igive.com the Society raises needed money but it does not add anything to your bill. It's an easy way to donate to the society.
Just go to www.igive.com and look around. If you want to sign up in the "Find a Cause" form search on California, All Cause Types and the keyword Genealogical. Our society is the first one listed.
The Society is affiliated with igive.com as a means to help us raise money for the Society. We have talked about igive.com in the past so I will just mention that if you sign up with I-Give then do your online shopping from their list of stores, the Society will get a small kickback for everything you purchase.
A quick sampling of stores and the percentage of rebate to the Society:
Barnes & Noble or Borders 2.4%, Cabela's 1.6%, Dell Business or Dell Home .8%, Harry & David 4.8%. If you use Turbo Tax buy it online through I-Give and the Society will get 6% of your purchase price. If you just get the free version through your I-Give account the society will get $0.40! If you don't have an online back-up system yet, subscribe to Carbonite.com and they will kickback 12%.
For you out of towners who will be coming to the Annual Meeting and Seminar on 8 January, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, book your reservation through I-Give and the Society will get 3.2% of your cost.
The nice thing is that by going through igive.com the Society raises needed money but it does not add anything to your bill. It's an easy way to donate to the society.
Just go to www.igive.com and look around. If you want to sign up in the "Find a Cause" form search on California, All Cause Types and the keyword Genealogical. Our society is the first one listed.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Important Meeting on November 13
Our monthly meeting on November 13, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, is really important for a couple of reasons.
Number one is that it is time to vote for next years board of directors. If you don't come and vote for the board of directors you don't have any room to complain about them. Of course that is just my opinion.
Number two reason is the announcement of our monthly meeting hours for 2011. There are going to be some changes made and it would behoove you to show up for the announcement. This will also affect the beginning genealogy classes and the RootsMagic Users group.
See the previous blog entry about our speaker.
Number one is that it is time to vote for next years board of directors. If you don't come and vote for the board of directors you don't have any room to complain about them. Of course that is just my opinion.
Number two reason is the announcement of our monthly meeting hours for 2011. There are going to be some changes made and it would behoove you to show up for the announcement. This will also affect the beginning genealogy classes and the RootsMagic Users group.
See the previous blog entry about our speaker.
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