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2020 Annual Meeting: Saturday, June 5
Where: Zoom Meeting; Norma Keating, Lt. Governor, First California Company at normakeating@earthlink.net or 714-319-5994
Time: 11:00 AM
Program: David Givens, Director of Archeology, Jamestowne Rediscovery
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Our Next Meeting: November 22, 2014; A Food Theme in Temecula
Our Fall Meeting will be held on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at 12 Noon at South Coast Winery Resort and Spa; 34843 Rancho California Road, Temecula, CA 92591. We have a program that promises to be entertaining, enlightening and educational, … Continue reading
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Two Opportunities to Research Your VA Ancestors
If you are interested in pursuing unique opportunities for researching for your Virginia ancestors, there appear to be two promising genealogical tours to Richmond and Williamsburg hosted by Roads Scholars in the next few months. Here are their summaries and … Continue reading
Progress on Church Bell Tower Restoration
We are updating our posts of December 6, 2012 and May 11, 2013 with this progress report on the restoration of the 17th century church bell tower. The need for the repairs and restoration is much more clearly seen in … Continue reading
Our 2013 Annual Meeting
The sunny climes and harbor views of the Long Beach Yacht Club were an appropriate venue for the maritime music theme of our fourteenth Annual Meeting on Saturday, June 15th. The Program Forty six Company members and guests listened to … Continue reading
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Looking for Your Virginia Ancestors: Researching 17th Century Virginia
Looking for a Virginia ancestor is often a key task in preparing an initial Society membership application or for finding collateral lines to supplement an existing one. We are adding a new resource to the Other Sources among the Helpful Tools … Continue reading
Bell Tower Restoration Update
During the past winter, Jamestown Rediscovery erected the scaffolding on the 17th century church bell tower to enable them to repair and restore it, the objective of the Society Fund to which we and several other companies and members contributed … Continue reading
Our June 15th Annual Meeting: Songs Our Ancestors Sang
Our Annual Meeting will be held at 12 noon, Saturday, June 15th at the Long Beach Yacht Club, 6201 E. Appian Way. Long Beach, CA 90803. Click here for directions.. Sea faring has always been accompanied by music, and our … Continue reading
On-Line Help for Preserving Photographs and Documents
Preserving photographs and documents are important to all of us wanting to hand down heritage to our progeny. Southern California Genealogical Society has alerted us that during the forthcoming Preservation Week (April 21-27) two FREE webinars – Tuesday 4/23 at … Continue reading
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It’s Almost Time Again for the SoCal Genealogy Jamboree
First California Company will again have our informational table at the 44th Annual Southern California Genealogy Jamboree in Burbank, Friday through Sunday, June 7 through 9, 2013. If past Jamborees are any indication, it will be a rewarding event and … Continue reading
Our New Councilors and Web Site Update
Governor Ginny Gotlieb has appointed our long-time members Sandy and Scott Krutilek of Moorpark as Councilors to join past Governor Joanne Howell Murphy. Scott ably served in the past as Lieutenant Governor and Treasurer, and Sandy has served as our … Continue reading
Conejo Valley Genealogical Society Will Hold Its Annual Seminar March 23
Our friends at the Conejo Valley Genealogical Society have reminded us that they will be holding their 2013 seminar on Saturday, March 23, 2013, from 8:30 A.M.to 4:00 P.M. at Ascension Lutheran Church, 1600 East Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks (same … Continue reading
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Some of Us Went Dancing….
25 First California Company members and guests were entertained and several participated in the demonstration of 17th century English Country dancing at our winter meeting in Riverside on Saturday, January 19. It’s not often that we get to do so, … Continue reading