Genealogy Club
The LW Genealogy Club invites all LWers to its membership meeting on April 27 in Clubhouse 3, Room 1. Social time, with coffee, tea and treats, begins at 9:30 a.m., followed by the meeting at 10 a.m.
Featured speaker Maria Carrillo Colato, associate archivist at A.K. Smiley Public Library and the Lincoln Memorial Shrine in Redlands, will present “Civil War Genealogy.” She has a bachelor of arts degree in history from California State University, Fullerton, and a master’s degree in history with an emphasis in public history from the University of California, Riverside; Colato is currently pursuing a doctorate focusing on California during the Civil War era. She completed an internship with the National Park Service at Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Dover, Tennessee, as a graduate student, and she has worked in museums and special collections in Southern California for more than 15 years. She is also the co-author of “Images of America: Early Redlands” and “Redlands in World War I.”
The Genealogy Library in Clubhouse 3, off the main reception area, is open six days a week, though hours vary with volunteer availability. The club is seeking volunteers to substitute for regular volunteers, as well as someone to help on Saturdays. For more information, call Mary Romero at (562) 810-4266.
