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Established 1982

YUCAIPA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYwww.yvgs.org

P.O. BOX 32, YUCAIPA, CA 92399-0032Sponsored by The Yucaipa Branch LibraryDecember 2012—VOLUME 30 NO. 12

President’s Message:

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and the best of the holidays to all. There are several things that I wouldlike to bring to you as we close 2012. Some of these items will have more detail in the newsletter but let merecap them here.

We are continuing our tradition of the December meeting being a Christmas potluck. This year it will be atthe Yucaipa Branch Library, our regular meeting place on December 8, from 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm. In honor ofthe release of the 1940 Census this year our Christmas party will have a 1940’s flavor. If you can, dress with ahint to 1940’s fashion and music will be of the 1940’s Christmassounds. If you have any family pictures taken around 1940 that youwould like to share with everyone, please bring them. I look forwardto the table decoration that some of you indicated that you would bring.If any others would like to bring something to decorate a table we willbe using some round and some long tables, we could use the loan of afew more centerpieces. I look forward to good food, sharing familyChristmas stories, music and a great time to visit with each other.

All is not fun and games so we will take some time on December 8for the election of officers for 2013 and Jamie is planning aninstillation of officers.

At the January meeting we will hold an auction of a large selection of books. This should be fun as well asraise a little money for the society. All books that are not sold that day at auction will be donated to variouslibraries in the area that have shown an interest in adding them to their collections.

The list of speakers for 2013 is almost full and we have some great guests that will be coming to share withus. Look forward to a listing in the January newsletter.

Floyd K. FergusonPresident, YVGS

2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ELECTED OFFICERSPresident Floyd FergusonVice President Juanita MarshallSecretary Joe SwetichTreasurer Billie Wilkes

APPOINTED CHAIRSParliamentarian Jamie DanielCorresponding Secretary Joe SwetichLibrarian Ruth BishopEditor Jamie DanielHospitality Sue WolfeWelcome Terry BrownMembership Marg PolichPublicity Juanita MarshallSunshine Betty MarcumHistorian Barbara Cogorno

The Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society, Inc. meets at 1:00 P.M. onthe SECOND Saturday of each month at the Yucaipa BranchLibrary, 12040 5th Street, Yucaipa. YVGS annual membership feesare $20.00 for individuals or $25.00.00 for families. This amountincludes the monthly newsletter and free query privileges. $10.00will have our newsletter mailed to another society or individual outof the area. The Editor and Society assume no responsibility forstatements made by contributors. Misstatements of fact will becorrected upon receipt of proof of error.

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Membership fees are due in January: $20.00for individuals and $25.00 for families. Please

pay at the upcoming meeting or remit to:YVGS, P.O. Box 32, Yucaipa, CA 92399-0032

Please remember dues are payable on orbefore January 1st.

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1.) Saturday, December 8, 2012Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society Meeting atYucaipa Branch Library, 12040 5th Street inYucaipa.12:00 P.M. Annual Christmas Potluck andInstallation of OfficersCome join us.Note special time! No workshop this month, justsharing and fellowship.

2.) Saturday January 12, 2013Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society Meeting atYucaipa Branch Library, 12040 5th Street inYucaipa.12:00 P.M. Workshop1:00 P.M. Meeting Speakers: Homer and LindaSpearsTopic: Patrick Henry and Betsy RossCome join us. And bring a friend!

Telling ourStoriesEditor's note: This is the last ofthe series featuring the Olive TreeGenealogy Blog by Lorine McGinnis Shultz . Please continueto work on your own stories.

You may not think you have stories to tell; not only do youhave some, the people around you have memories to share aswell.

Lorine's memories for this month:"The prompt for this week is your first house. I

don't mean the first house you remember as a child.I'm talking about the first house you bought as anadult. Do you remember it? Describe it. Tell yourdescendants what it was like. I find myselffascinated by the 1911 census for the UK (England)which provides number of rooms in the house andspecifies what to include or exclude. The houses ingeneral were so small compared to ours, and ofcourse we don't generally have a summer kitchenand other rooms that were commonplace in 1911.

If you remember what your first house cost andthe year you bought it, talk about that too. Maybeyour moving experience is something you can shareon paper.

My very first house was purchased circa 1970when my ex-husband and I left the city (Toronto) to

move north. There were two houses for sale in theentire town! So it wasn't like we were buying ourdream home. We simply chose the only one thatwas a detached home. The other one for sale was asemi-detached on a main street..."Editor's note: What was your firstChristmas in your first house like? Didyou make your own decorations as wedid? A friend brought us a little treefrom his family's farm, and my husbandmade origami birds that we hung from the end of thebranches with string, and I used dried safflowers(they are red) on the branches to fill it in. We hadone silver ornament--a star--and it was tied to thetop of the tree. We were in college and couldn'tafford any other decorations...That is still my favoritetree. I wish I could duplicate it.

Thank you Sandy Makovsky and JuanitaMarshall for the wonderful goodies at theNovember meeting.

I hope to see everyone at the Christmas Potluckat the library. Please bring a dish to share.

Sue Wolfe, Hospitality

“Over the course of the millennia, all theseancestors in your tree, generation upon generation,have come down to this moment in time—to givebirth to you. There has never been, nor will ever be,another like you. You have been given a tremendousresponsibility. You carry the hopes and dreams of allthose who have gone before. Hopes and dreams fora better world. What will you do with your time onthis Earth? How will you contribute to the ongoingstory of humankind?”

~Laurence Overmire(from lecture, The Quest for Your Ancestral Home)

Family History CenterLocated at 5th and Wabash in Redlands

Hours:Tuesday - Saturday

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Tuesday and Wednesday

6:00p.m. to 9:00p.m.

FHC Telephone Number: 909.794.3844

A Checklist of 150 GenealogicalSources by William DollarhideFiled in Church Records, Dollarhide Columns,Newspaper Research, School Records, U.S. Census,Vital Records on Nov.26, 2012

That first pedigree chart usually shows up to fourgenerations, sometimes more, but if a 4-generationchart starts with yourself, there are up to fourteendirect ancestors presented. How many documentshave you collected for each of those fourteenpersons? How many have of you collected foryourself? How much of the information is still inyour head and never written down?

For each ancestor on your pedigree chart, it ispossible to have at least 150 documents that mentionone person. By adding the first person on the chart,that means it is possible to have 2,250 differentdocuments for one 4-generation pedigree chart. Howcould that be possible? It is possible because we livein a society that keeps records of everything we dofrom birth to death, and a myriad of events inbetween. Here are some things you can do to fill outwhat you know about yourself, your parents, yourgrandparents, and your great-grandparents. This listis where you may find dates, places, andgenealogical events of a person’s life. Now is thetime to honor your parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents — by locating every piece of evidenceof their lives and saving it as a written record of theirpersonal history.

There will be many readers who will havediscovered a document not on this list – please senda comment so others can learn. This list of sourcesgets smaller as we go back further in time. Assumethat it is possible to find all of the 150 documentsmentioning any ancestor born since 1930 or so. Hereis the checklist:

Personal/Home SourcesFamily Bibles, Oral Histories, Family Histories,Baby Books, Baby Announcements, WeddingAnnouncements, Wedding Guest Books, Diaries andJournals, Income Tax Forms, Property Tax Receipts,Family Correspondence, Funeral Records, Programs,etc., Death Announcements, Scrapbooks, PhotoAlbums, Credit Statements, Discharge Papers, DraftCards, Military Awards, Social Security Cards,Magazine Subscriptions, First Papers – Citizenship,Naturalization Papers, Employment Papers, UnionCards, Newspaper Clippings, Probate/EstateRecords, Wills, Land Deeds, Drivers Licenses,Motor Vehicle Registrations, Proof of InsuranceCards, Adoption Record, Baptism Record,Confirmation Record, Graduation Record, Diploma,

Family Fraktur, Family Needlepoint, PreparedPedigree, Prepared Descendancy, PreparedAhnentafel, Birth Certificate, Delayed BirthCertificate, Corrected Birth Record, MarriageCertificate, Application for Marriage License,Marriage License, Death Record, Death Certificate,Divorce Papers, Life Insurance Papers, FireInsurance Papers, Automobile Insurance Papers,Health Insurance Papers, Misc. Family Records

Vital RecordsState Birth Indexes, State Death Indexes, StateMarriage Indexes, County Birth Records, CountyDeath Records, County Marriage Records, BirthCertificates, Delayed Birth Certificates, CorrectedBirth Certificates, Marriage Bonds, MarriageLicenses, Marriage Certificates, Death Certificates,Divorce Papers, Adoption Papers, Social SecurityDeath Index, Social Security Application Form SS5,Social Security Work History, Misc. Vital Records

Church RecordsBirth Records, Christening Records, BaptismalRecords, Dedication Records, ConfirmationRecords, Marriage Banns, Death Records, BurialRecords, Vestry Records, Admissions, Removals,Disciplinary Records, Church Minutes, ChurchHistories, Seminary Records, Church Archives,Annulments, Church Membership Lists, Minister’sRecords, Ordination Records, Missionary Records,Misc. Church Records

NewspapersNewspaper Indexes, Obituaries, Death Notices, BirthAnnouncements, Marriage Notices, Anniversaries,Milestones, Biographies, Family Stories, HistoricalVignettes, Unclaimed Mail, Advertisements, LocalNews, Regional Correspondents, Gossip Columns,Bankruptcies, Sheriff Sales, Divorces, Court Claims,Auctions, Probates, Criminal Convictions, ShipArrival Notice, Ship Departure Notice, Misc.Newspaper Records

School RecordsReport Cards, Grade School Records, High SchoolRecords, Trade School Records, ApprenticeshipRecords, Private School Records, UniversityRecords, School Alumni Records, School Annuals,School Reunion Records, School Newspapers,Attendance Reports, School Awards, GraduationCards, Class Pictures, Individual School Photos,Misc. School Records

Directories/CensusesPhone Books, City Directories, County/RuralDirectories, Genealogical Research Directory,American Genealogical & Biographical Index,Business Almanacs, Trade/Business Directories,Funeral Directors Directory, Cemeteries Directory,Who’s Who Directories, Online Census Index,1790-1940 Federal Censuses, State Censuses,Misc. Directories/Censuses__________________________________________

Deadline for articles for the newsletter:Thursday

Before the first Saturday of the month.This next month (January), I need to have

your articles by January 3!If you have articles, pictures or essays youwould like to contribute to the newsletter,

please contact the editor, Jamie Daniel, at:jamiedaniel33@gmail.com

or909 792-2962

orP.O. Box 32

Yucaipa, CA 92399-0032

Don’t forget!We’re selling Stater Bros.gift cards at the meeting.

The Society receives a percentage back fromStater’s…and everyone needs groceries!

The money we make from the cards is paying ourbills for the society: speakers, printing,

coffee, etc.Please consider buying a card or two to use when

you do your grocery shopping (or give as gift).It really helps our society!

Generous GenealogistsGenerous Genealogists is a new site vying toreplace the RAOGK (Random Acts of GenealogicalKindness) site that was discontinued last year whenits host passed away. This is a free site withvolunteers that will do lookups in various recordsand repositories to help you with your brick walls.Originally published in Logan FHC Newsletter, with thanks toRedlands FHC newsletter.

Slate of Officers for 2013

President: Floyd Ferguson

Co Vice Presidents: Terry Brown and Jamie Daniel

Secretary: Betty Marcum

Treasurer: Billie WilkesPlease Join us on December 8 to vote for this slate,and for their installation.

Genealogy Tip of the Day--In One Place OnlyThere are still records that exist only in their

original form. They have not been transcribed. Theyhave not been microfilmed. They have not beendigitized.

Local records frequently fall into this category ofbeing available "only in the original location," butthere are others as well. While it is realized that noteveryone can travel to remote places to performresearch, at least be aware that there may be morematerial out there.

When Santa Claus Comes

A good time is coming, I wish it were here,

The very best time in the whole of the year;

I'm counting each day on my fingers and thumbs --

the weeks that must pass before Santa Claus comes.

Then when the first snowflakes begin to come down,

And the wind whistles sharp and the branches are brown,

I'll not mind the cold, though my fingers it numbs,

For it brings the time nearer when Santa Claus comes.

--Author Unknown

Yucaipa Valley Genealogical SocietyFloyd K. Ferguson, PresidentP.O. Box 32Yucaipa, CA 92399-0032

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