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SBCGS Upcoming Events – 2010
February 20, 2010 Program
February 20, 2010 Program - It's another 2-fer:
Saturday, February 20, 2010
9:30 - Noon
First Presbyterian Church, 21 N. Constance at State
Speaker: Jeff Richman, Historian for the Green-Wood Cemetery.
9:30-10:15: "No Longer Forgotten: The Search for Civil War Veterans at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery."
It was naively thought that there were 500 or so Civil War veterans interred there. Was that wrong! In the ensuing years, with the help of hundreds of dedicated volunteers, searches of newspapers, books, muster rolls, as well as many other resources, have identified 4,300. Join Jeff Richman for his account of this research and its most interesting results.
11-12 noon: "Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: Unearthing New York's Buried Treasures"
Join Jeff Richman, Green-Wood Cemetery's historian and the author of Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery: New York's Buried Treasure, for a slide show talk about this fascinating place. It is the final resting place of more than half a million people, including famous permanent residents Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, Horace Greeley, and Samuel Morse. Jeff Richman has been Green-Wood’s historian since 2000. He is also the author of Final Camping Ground: Civil War Veterans at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, In Their Own Words. http://www.green-wood.com/index.php/gwhf.
Read Jeff's Blog at http://greenwooddiscovery.org/. Read more.on the program page.
Jeff Richman and Sue Ramsey at the monument dedicated to Captain Samuel Sims by his men.
The meeting begins at 9:30. Come early for coffee and treats.
Contact Marie Sue Parsons at mariesueparsons@cox.net or call 895-4866 if you have any questions about the program or the meeting.
Coming Soon to a TV Near You!
Watch for Faces of America on PBS. The series premieres nationally Wednesdays, February 10 - March 3, 2010 from 8-9 p.m. ET on PBS.
See the preview video at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/facesofamerica/. It will encourage you to tell your friends and family to watch the program and become interested in researching their own family history. In the video, you will see Meryl Streep gasp at what was found on her ancestor.
Meryl Streep, Stephen Colbert, Yo-Yo Ma, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Eva Longoria are among the featured guests. Hosted by Dr. Henry Gates, Jr., the man who was arrested for breaking into his own house.
March 5 - Who Do You Think You Are? WDYTYA airs on NBC
Friday at 8 p.m. March 5. Really. In the 3-minute video below, take a look at the preview of the upcoming series that will tell the remarkable true stories of 7 celebrities on journeys to discover their pasts - Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Spike Lee, Brooke Shields, Susan Sarandon, Emmitt Smith and Lisa Kudrow.
Adult Ed Genealogy CLASSES Winter 2010 Schedule: read class schedule and registration instructions here. Register NOW.
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HOW-TO Genealogy Seminar:
Something for Everyone!
featuring The Genealogy Guys!
Saturday, 6 March 2010
Goleta Presbyterian Church (behind Fairview Center)
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
(Registration begins at 8:00 AM)
Step 1: If you need more information, or need detailed descriptions
of the lectures, click here. This will download our two-page
PDF Seminar Flyer
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our registration page. After you put in your email address you will be able to indicate your preferences for our sessions and the type of box lunch that you want (optional). Finally, you will pay by using PayPal or your credit card.
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