Genealogy Club
Genealogist Christine Cohen will give a presentation on “Online Cemetery Websites” at the Genealogy Club meeting on Oct. 25 at 10 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 1. Social time starts at 9:30. Cohen will review the awesome resources of deceased online, interment.net, GraveStonePhotos.com, FindAGrave, BillionGraves and others to advance people’s research. These websites include U.S. and international information.
Cohen will also detail how people can help fellow genealogists by volunteering to take photos of gravestones, transcribe headstones, or create memorials for posting online and connecting with cousins.
Cohen is a longtime member of the Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS), and also a member of the El Redondo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, and the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Her interest in genealogy began in 1977 with the airing of the TV mini-series “Roots” and was piqued when she found a typed pedigree chart of her Dutch heritage from the New Netherlands in the 1660s. She is a native Californian who graduated from UCLA in political science and has worked for Vitol Aviation Company since 1993.
The election of the club’s board of directors will be held held at the October meeting.
The Genealogy Library is open from Monday though Thursday from 1-4 p.m.; closed Friday; and open Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
The club needs volunteers to cover the first two weeks of each month on Wednesdays from 1-4 pm. For more information, call volunteer coordinator Lisa Brass at 714-390-4213 or email lisnhow@gmail.com.
Theme Thursdays are held in the Genealogy Library in Clubhouse 3 adjacent to the lobby. The program schedule is as follows:
• Oct 19: To be announced
• Oct 26: Witches in the American Colonies For more information, contact Janet Lessin at 316-6408509.
