Thursday, September 1, 2022

Rabbit Holes With Randy - TreeSharing My RootsMagic File With a New Ancestry Member Tree (Major Arrrgh!)

The latest rabbit hole is one I've been looking forward to, and dreading, for a long time.  I last added my RootsMagic 8 file to a new Ancestry Member Tree back in October 2021 using the RootsMagic TreeShare feature.  However, due to a glitch (user error, RootsMagic to Ancestry transfer error, etc.) in the upload, the 68,000 profiles went into the Ancestry Member Tree without any source citations.  Arrrgh! My list of profiles with changes in TreeShare was then about 40,000 profiles because the RootsMagic file profiles were not the same as the Ancestry Member Tree profiles. More Arrrgggh!!  

Note:  For more information about the RootsMagic's TreeShare feature, see My Best Practices for RootsMagic TreeShare and Ancestry WebHints (posted 11 July 2017).

1)  For 10 months I worked around all of that by adding only new profiles to the Ancestry Member Tree.  So now my Ancestry Member Tree was not up-to-date because of changes to existing profiles from added information.  More Arrrgh!  Then I had my heart surgery in May 2022 and I realized that if I survived I should upload my RootsMagic file to a new Ancestry Member Tree ASAP.

2)  Also, because I did not have sources in my Ancestry Member Tree, the indexing of the Ancestry Member Trees by Ancestry may not include my profiles because, in 2019, Ancestry was only indexing Member Trees with "Ancestry Sources."  If I had only "Other Sources" (meaning source citations uploaded from RootsMagic) then the profile would not be indexed.  All of my Sources in RootsMagic get transferred to Ancestry Member Tree profiles are treated as "Other Sources" by Ancestry.  If that is still the case, my Ancestry Member Tree profiles were not indexed since October 2021, and therefore not used to find DNA Matches.  Another Arrrgh!  

3)  I got my RootsMagic family tree database, now over 69,900 profiles, ready to transfer via RootsMagic TreeShare in mid-August.  I ran all of the database tools, checked for duplicate entries, reviewed the problem list and fixed what I could, etc.  The upload seemed to go flawlessly over night on 26 August.  I woke up with a new Ancestry Member Tree that had source citations, but only 69,600 profiles.  Arrrgh!  Where are my missing 300 profiles?  TreeShare helped me find the profiles missing on Ancestry and I added them to the Ancestry Member Tree during the past week.

4)  In addition the Ancestry Member Tree had not connected many of my close ancestors with their parents for some reason, but the profiles were in the Ancestry Member Tree.  More Arrrgghh!  Since the disconnected parents were already in my Ancestry Tree, I connected a number of ancestors to their parents using the Ancestry "Add Father" and "Add Mother" features.  But now I had a RootsMagic profile for those ancestors that was different from the Ancestry Member Tree profiles for some reason.  When I ran TreeShare, there were two profiles for the disconnected ancestors one with all the correct information in RootsMagic and one with bare bones information in the Ancestry Member Tree (just birth, death, and relationships).  Arrrgh!  

The fix for this problem was to add the Ancestry profile to the RootsMagic file, and then Merge the two profiles for each problem profile in RootsMagic.  I had to check the Fact list for each profile and delete the poor entries (only birth and death facts) of the poor profile.  Next I have to delete the poor profile in the Ancestry Member Tree.  And then run TreeShare again to add the good profile back into the Ancestry Tree.  I'm still in this process.

5)  Here is what my RootsMagic TreeShare list looks like now, with the Abigail Gates (1797-1867) profile selected:

Note that in the RootsMagic TreeShare Changes list on the left that there is a second profile, on Ancestry, for Abigail Gates.  So I  need to download the Ancestry profile to RootsMagic, merge the two profiles, delete the poor profile on Ancestry, check all of the Facts and remove duplicate facts, and TreeShare the good RootsMagic profile into the Ancestry Member Tree.

6)  Most of the other profiles on the TreeShare Changes list are persons in RootsMagic with Fact Notes which have different text lengths than on the Ancestry Member Tree.  So I have to work through those persons TreeSharing the RootsMagic Fact Notes and replacing the previous Fact Notes on the Ancestry Member Tree profiles.  More Arrrgh!

This has been a difficult process - I never had a problem TreeSharing changes with my Ancestry Member Tree before October 2021.  I don't know how it happened to me, but it did.  I don't know if anyone has experienced similar problems with TreeShare and a new Ancestry Member Tree.

7)  I did discover that the Ancestry Hints were a significant number for the whole tree - it was 170,866 record hints after the new Ancestry Member Tree was uploaded.  It is now 175,241 after adding the 300+ missing profiles and the right profiles to the Ancestry Member Tree.  I already have information from many Hints in my RootsMagic tree.  If I resolve 200 hints every night, it will take me only 2-3 years to get through the Hint lists.  But I'm adding new profiles as time goes on, which creates more Hints.  

8)  This rabbit hole was very deep and I'm still working on it to get the RootsMagic tree and the Ancestry Member Tree in sync.  The alternative was to TreeShare the RootsMagic tree to another new Ancestry Tree.  My fear was that the same things would happen again and I would have to go through this hassle again.

In this case it was really SRDH (Sh!t Rolls Down Hill).  This has not been "FUN." It's time for my carrots!!

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I have purchased successive updates to RootsMagic over the years, and have used the program successfully for over 10 years now.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1735 Death Record for Joseph Allen (1667-1735) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts

 It's time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings for Treasure Chest Thursday.

The treasure today is the 1734/5 death record of Joseph Allen in Dartmouth, Massachusetts:

The death record for Joseph Allen is on the left page, at the bottom of the top cluster of Allen birth and death entries:
The transcription of this death record for Joseph Allen is:

"Joseph Allen deceased the last day of the month called January 1734/5."

The source citation for this record is:

"Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Dartmouth Births, Marriages and Deaths," Page 280 (image 520 of 2331), Joseph Allen death entry, 31 January 1734/5.

This record is probably a Derivative Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the death of Joseph Allen.  The Original source is probably a Dartmouth town record book that is not now extant and was copied into this town record book.

Joseph Allen (1667-1735) was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, the son of John and Sarah (Holloway) Allen.  He married Rachel --?-- (1668-after 1721) in Portsmouth.  They had 5 children.

Joseph and Rachel (--?--) Allin are my 7th great-grandparents.  I am descended through their daughter Rachel Allin (1708-1801) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, who married Ichabod Kirby (1705-1793) in 1733 in Dartmouth.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Genealogy Education Bytes - 25 to 31 August 2022

 Welcome to Genealogy Education Bytes, posted on Wednesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history education  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  Upcoming Conferences and Institutes





2 ) Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 31 August:  Direct Your Letters to San Jose: Following Ancestors’ Migration Trails, by David W. Jackson

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 2 September, 7:15 a.m.:  10 Best Self-Publishing Tips for Family Historians, by Lisa Alzo

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 2 September, 8:30 a.m.:  Changing Places, Changing Borders: Overcoming geographic challenges, by Dave Obee

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 2 September, 9:45 a.m.:  Tracing migrating ancestors: Who, what, where, when, why and how. by Myko Clelland

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Friday, 2 September, 11 a.m.:  Descendants of the Enslaved and Enslavers – Working Together to Discover Family, by Cheri Hudson Passey

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Tuesday, 6 September, 7 p.m.:  Shackles, shekels and shrapnel: the exodus to the Southern seas, by Michelle Patient

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinars - Wednesday, 7 September, 11 a.m.:  mtDNA and YDNA in 2022, by Diahan Southard

3)  Podcasts/Radio Shows:





4)  YouTube and Facebook Videos:

*  Aimee Cross - Genealogy Hints:  Visit Your Ancestral Home (Genealogy Research Trips)!







*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Genealogy Quick Start LIVE with Art Thomas


*  Genealogy With Amy Johnson Crow:  5 Effective Genealogy Habits

*  Just Genealogy: How to Plot - JG0175

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  How to edit old home movies




5) 5)   Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy Education Bytes - 24 August 2022?

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And Then There Were Three Grandkids -- Post 732 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

 I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs:

And then there three grandkids.  My daughter Lori had her second son Logan in February 2006 and grandpa Randy was really excited - with visions of baseball players to play with and coach up.  Lucas was two and a half in this photo.  [Daughter Tami had Lauren in 2005, making Logan the third grandchild.] Linda and I visited Lori's family soon after Logan was born and took a ton of pictures with this tiny baby.  The tiny baby is now 6 feet tall, 160 pounds at age 16 and is a wonderful son and grandson.  

This is all part of our family history!  

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Note:  The photo is on the website - click the URL below.  Feedly isn't showing my images now.


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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Free Access to U.S. Census Records for Labor Day on MyHeritage

 I received this information from Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage today:

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I’m excited to tell you that in honor of Labor Day, from August 30–September 6, 2022, MyHeritage is offering free access to all U.S. census records!

 

Census records offer important snapshots of the lives of people living in the United States throughout its history. Censuses are particularly valuable in that they can help you watch the lives of your ancestors unfold as they move from location to location, get married or divorced, have children, or change careers. They often include important details on each person's occupation, including their trade and industry.


You can read more about this offer on our blog and search the records here. 


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Disclosure:  I receive a complimentary subscription to MyHeritage, and gave received other material consideration in past years.  I uploaded my autosomal DNA raw data to their DNA product.  This does not affect my objective analysis of MyHeritage products.

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Genealogy News Bytes - 24 to 30 August 2022

 Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon for the past week, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news  items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:






2)  New or Updated Record Collections:







3)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - 23 August 2022.

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Seavers in the News -- Mrs. Ethel S. Seaver (1875-1967) Dies in 1967 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from The Burlington [Vt] Free Press newspaper dated 16 January 1967, page 15:

The transcription of the article is:

"MRS. ETHEL S. SEAVER

"Mrs. Ethel S. Seaver, 94, formerly of St. Johnsbury and Montgomery, died at Brightlook Hospital in St. Johnsbury Saturday.

"Mrs. Seaver was a native of Westfield, and was a member of Lakeside Chapter No. 27, Order of the Eastern Star, of Newport, and was a member of the First Congregational Church in 
Westfield.

"She was a business graduate of Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and taught school for many years in the Westfield area.

She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Haire of Montgomery and Mrs. Anna Page of St. Johnsbury Center; four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be held from the Ricker Funeral Home Woodsville, N.H., this Monday at 2:30 p.m., the Rev. Victor J. Quinn, pastor of the First Congregation Church of St. Johnsbury Center, officiating.  Interment will be at a later date in North Troy Cemetery."

The source citation is:

"Mrs. Ethel S. Seaver" The Burlington [Vt.] Free Press newspaper, Monday, 16 January 1967, page 15, column 3, Ethel S. Seaver obituary; Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 29 August 2022).

This obituary identifies her age, birth place, residence, death date and place, and children's  names, plus occupation and church association information.

Ethel Ardell Wright was born 8 November 1875 in Orleans, Vermont.  She married (1) about 1895 Charles H. Elkins (1869-1910); (2) Cleon William Seaver (1886-1942) on 25 February 1925 in Troy, Vermont.  She died 14 January 1967 in St. Johnsbury.  Charles H. and Ethel (Wright) Elkins an had two daughters:

*  Marjorie Ruth Elkins (1896-1992), married 1927 Eugene David Haire (1886-1984)
*  Anna Marie Elkins (1901-1994), married 1923 Gordon Smith Page (1901-1988).

I am related to Cleon William Seaver (1886-1942). He is my 7th cousin 3 times removed.  Our common Seaver ancestor is Robert Seaver (1608-1683).  I am not related, to my knowledge, to Ethel (Wright) (Elkins) Seaver or her two daughters.
 
There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person dies over 90 years old.  I am glad that I can honor Ethel Ardell (Wright) (Elkins) Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.


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Monday, August 29, 2022

Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 29 August 2022

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.  

1)  Worked on sorting out which Samuel Buck of Sutton, Massachusetts was the man who named three children in his 1760 will.  Apparently, he married at least twice but the set of available records are inconclusive.  Wrote about this in Rabbit Holes With Randy - Which Mary Buck is Rebecca's Ancestor?

2)  Finally bit the bullet and used RootsMagic TreeShare to upload my full research family tree (over 69, 930 profiles) to a new Ancestry Member Tree and connected the Ancestry tree to my AncestryDNA test.  The upload "lost" over 300 profiles in RootsMagic but not in Ancestry).  In addition, a number of profiles (including my own and my parents and grandparents, and many others) were not connected as families but the profiles were in the Ancestry tree without connections to parents or children.  I fixed most of them by using the Tree Search feature on Ancestry for most of the "disconnected."  

3)  Published a genealogy biography for the 52 Ancestors series for 7th great-grandfather  #714 Joseph Allen (1667-1735) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

4) Transcribed a probate record document -  1872 Widow's Allowance for Estate of William Seaver (1812-1872) of Worcester, Massachusetts - for the Amanuensis Monday series. 

5) AncestryDNA now has 40,800 DNA matches (up 24 from 22 August) for me today, with one new ThruLines.  MyHeritageDNA now has 10,655 DNA matches (up 18 from 22 August) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  Added notes to 2 AncestryDNA matches. 

6)  There was one session working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 48,348 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 30).

7) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 69,934 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 20 from 22 August), and 145,335 source citations (up 21). I TreeShared 357 new or modified profiles with my new Ancestry Member Tree, and I resolved 1,522  Ancestry Hints. My new Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 175,441 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  My MyHeritage family trees have 200,340 Record Matches in 286 sources and I work on them occasionally.  

8) Wrote 18 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Findmypast Friday: Ireland Journals, British Marriages, Newspapers, and More with over 181 views.

9)  Real life:  This is week 129 since COVID restrictions.  My recovery from the 30 May heart bypass surgery is (I hope)  complete.  I am still really tired every day, take at least two naps each day, and try to walk for 30 minutes every day on the block. Linda is at a memory care and skilled nursing facility in Chula Vista 7 miles from home and I visited her six times last week.   I went shopping on Monday and Friday.   I watched the Padres games every day and we are now 70-59 on the season (2-3 last week).  I watched several Little League World Series games too.  

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1872 Widow's Allowance for Estate of William Seaver (1812-1872) of Worcester, Massachusetts

This week's document for transcription is from the 1872 Worcester County, Massachusetts probate file for the administration of the estate of William Seaver of Worcester, Massachusetts:

Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 52933, image 18 of 20:

The transcription of this widow's allowance is (handwritten text in italics):

To the Honorable the Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Worcester:

Respectfully represents    Martha L. Seaver
that    William Seaver,    late of  Worcester
in said County, whose estate is in course of settlement in said Court, died possessed of personal estate;
that she is his widow, and has under her charge a family consisting of

Wherefore she prays that your Honor will allow her some parts of the personal estate of said
deceased as necessaries for herself and family under her care, in addition to the provisions and other
articles by law belonging to her.

Dated this    twenty first    day of    May    A.D.     1872
                                                              Martha L. Seaver

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Worcester, ss.

At a Probate Court holden at    Worcester   in and for said County of
Worcester, on the    second     day of    July    
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy    two .   

On the Petition of    Martha L. Seaver   representing
that she is the widow of    William Seaver
late of    Worcester    in said County, deceased, whose estate is in
course of settlement in said Court, and praying to be allowed as aforesaid;  personal estate of said
deceased as necessaries for herself and family under her care;

It appearing that she is the widow and entitled to allowance as aforesaid; personal estate of said
deceased to the amount of   One hundred and fifty six 50/100

dollars is hereby allowed to her as necessaries for herself and family under her care, in addition to the
provisions and other articles by law belonging to her.
                                                                       Henry Chapin   Judge of Probate Court

The source citation for this probate file is:

Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case file 52933 (20 images), William Seaver of Worcester, 1872; "Worcester County (Massachusetts) Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors  (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 28 August 2022).

The estate file for William Sever contains 20 images, including:

*  image 1 - cover sheet of estate packet
*  12 April 1872:  images 2-4: Inventory William Seaver estate; the personal estate totaled $606.50, including $500 in cash in safety deposit box.
*  2 April 1872:  images 5-8:  Administrator's petition, affidavit and decree.  Edward Earle named administrator, and the heirs-at-law are widow Martha L. Seaver and only child and daughter Ann Elizabeth Seaver.
*  2 April 1872:   images 9-10:  Administrator's bond in amount of $1200.
*  1 May 1872:  images 11-12:  Affidavit of Notice of Appointment.
* 18 February 1872:  images 13-16:  Administrator's Account.  Sundry payments and charges totaled $334.40 (including 106.50 to the widow), leaving a balance of $272.10.
*  2 July 1872: images 17-18:   Widow's allowance of $156.50 granted.
*  18 February 1873:  images 19-20:  Appointment of  Guardian for Ann Elizabeth Seaver, a minor,  to protect her portion of the estate.  F.W. Southwick was appointed the guardian.  

The personal estate of William Seaver was appraised to be $606.50, payments and charges totaled $334.40 (including the widow's allowance of $156.50.  The numbers don't add up to the widow's portion being one third of the intestate estate.  The widow's portion is counted as $106.50 on 18 February 1872, but is $156.50 on the Widow's allowance.  

William Seaver was born 11 December 1812 in Westminster, Massachusetts, the son of Asahel Reed and Hannah (Gager) Seaver.  He married (1)  Ruth Elizabeth Elmer (1818-1865) on 29 March 1836 in Westminster.  They  had one child, Ann Elizabeth Seaver (1854-????).  He married (2) Martha L. Rice as her first husband, on 2 September 1865.  William Sever died on 6 March 1872 in Worcester.

William Seaver is my first cousin five times removed.  Our common Seaver ancestor is my 5th great-grandfather, Norman Seaver (1734-1787).

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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

Read other transcriptions for records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Sunday, August 28, 2022

Chula Vista Genealogical Society Meeting on Wednesday, 31 August Features Melissa Barker

   Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 12 noon

CVGS General Meeting (in a Zoom Video Conference)

Melissa Barker on "10 Things a Genealogist Should Do Before

 Leaving a Library or Archives”




Those brick and mortar buildings that we call libraries, archives, courthouses, genealogical societies, historical societies and museums are all around us. They hold the records that we are searching for as genealogists. Do you know how to use these repositories for the utmost benefit to your research?

Have you ever gotten home from a genealogy research trip and said to yourself "I forgot to do
that!" Learn the 10 things a genealogist should do before they leave a library and archives to
make their research trip a success!

Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives. She is affectionately known as The Archive Lady to the genealogy community. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual presentations across the United States and other countries for various genealogy groups and societies. She writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and is a well-known published book reviewer. She has been a Professional Genealogist for the past 17 years with expertise in Tennessee records. She has been researching her own family history for the past 32 years.

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Register on the CVGS website for this meeting (https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/), and look for the email with the Zoom meeting link on about Monday, 29 August.

This program will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing platform for Meetings. A Zoom meeting invitation will be sent via email to all CVGS members on 29 August. Please note that the meeting starts at 12 noon Pacific Daylight Time (3 p.m. Eastern time, 2 p.m. Central time, 1 p.m. Mountain time). The Zoom Meeting room will be open by 11:45 a.m. PDT for visiting and helping attendees connect.

Attendance is free but only 100 Zoom seats are available, so please register soon.

This invitation is available to non-members by registering at   https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-4916092.  If you register before Tuesday morning, you will receive an email on Tuesday (30 August) with the link to JOIN the Zoom meeting. Contact randy.seaver@gmail.com if you have problems or register too late for the email. 

NOTE: The Chula Vista Genealogical Society offers an annual membership of $30 and an email membership of $10 per year for distant members (outside of San Diego County, California). Besides the monthly General Meeting with a program on last Wednesdays, there is a monthly Research Group meeting on second Wednesdays and a DNA Interest Group meeting on the third Wednesdays, plus a monthly 10-page email newsletter chock full of program announcements, research tips and program reviews.

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