2012 CLASSES AND SEMINARS

Classes

  • Orange County, CA: Two Ten-Week Classes
    Tuesday Class (Feb. 21-May 1)
    Wednesday Class (Feb. 22-May 2)
    No class week of April 9 (spring break)

          Time: 1-4 p.m.
          Location: Rm. 154, Santiago Canyon College, Orange Education Center, 1465 N. 
                Batavia (between Taft and Katella), Orange, CA 92867
          Registration: Online at http://www.sccollege.edu/cs, or call 714-628-4960.


 Seminars 

2012

  • Feb. 15--San Clemente Stake, "Easy Ways to Begin Writing Your Personal History," 7:00 p.m.

  • April 21--Orange Family History Fair, "How to Turn Genealogy Facts into a Fascinating Family History, "1:20 -3:30 p.m., 675 S. Yorba St., Orange, CA. No need to pre-register.

  • June 7--SCGS Jamboree Writers Conference, Burbank, CA. 10:00-12:30, "Breathe Life into Your Ancestors"; 2:00-3:00, "It's Time to Write Your Own Story"; 3:30-4:30, "The Place of Place in Your Family History Narrative." Go here for more information.

  • June 15--Miracosta College LIFE Group, "Preserving Your Family Stories," Miracosta College, Oceanside Campus, Board of Trustees Room, 1:00 p.m.

  • July 24--N. San Diego County Genealogy Society, 10 a.m., Carlsbad City Council Chambers, "How to Turn Genealogy Data into a Fascinating Family History."

  • Aug. 4--Orange County California Genealogy Society, 11:00 a.m., Huntington Beach Library, "How to Turn Genealogy Data into a Fascinating Family History."

  • Oct. 16--Annual Conference, Assn. of Personal Historians, St. Louis, MO. All-day seminar, "Boot Camp for Personal History Writers: Kick Your Writing to the Next Level."

2014

  • March 25, “Our Lives, Our Stories, America’s ‘Greatest Generation,’” a program co-sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Minnesota Historical Society, the Carlsbad City Library Museum, and the North San Diego County Genealogy Society. Place and time to be announced.

2011                        

  • June 9, 2011--Southern California Genealogy Society "Jamboree" Writers Conference," Burbank Marriott Hotel, "The Family History Writer's Conundrum: How to Write about Family Skeletons and Other Prickly People," 8:30 a.m.
  • June 28, 2011--N. San Diego County Genealogy Society, 10 a.m., Carlsbad City Council Chambers. Topic: "It's Your Life Story: Now Put Yourself into It."
  • Aug. 15-19--Campus Education Week, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, "How to Write a Personal History People Will WANT to Read," time and location TBA
  • Sept 7-11, 2011--FGS Conference, Springfield, IL. Topic: "The Place of Place in Your Family History Narrative: Anchoring Your Family History in Its Setting." Go HERE for more information.
  • Sept. 17, 2011--Chino Valley Family History Fair, TBA
  • Oct. 17, 2011--Association of Personal Historians National Conference, Las Vegas, 10:30-noon, "Boot Camp for Life Writing Teachers: What to Teach and How to Teach It."
  • Oct. 18, 2011--Association of Personal Historians National Conference, Las Vegas, 10:30-noon, "Make a Scene: Bring Your Personal Histories to Life."
     

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