Learn to Grow Your Family Tree

Roma Miller will present a learning series for those new to genealogy

Beginning in January 2009, join us for a three-week step-by-step guide on how to start your family tree
* Learn Where to Start
* Where to Find Records
* What does Ancestry.com hold?
You will need to purchase the book Family History 101 by Marcia Melnyk, copies of which are available online for a reasonable price.

When - Where: Jan 10, 17, 24 in the SLO County Library computer room from 10 AM - 11 AM
Note: This is a continual three week class (must attend all three classes)
Contact Roma at 704-8568 for more information and to RSVP for your space. Class size is limited

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        NEW PURCHASES AT THE SLO LIBRARY   August 2008

BOOKS

1. Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files (5 volumes), Virgil  White

2. Index to Revolutionary War Service Records (4 volumes), Virgil D. White

3. Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment of the Continental Army, Dec. 19, 1777-June 19, 1778, Vol 2, Joseph Lee Boyle

4. Michigan Military Records, The D.A.R. of Michigan Historical Collections: Records of the Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Michigan; the Pensioners of Territorial Michigan; and the Soldiers of Michigan Awarded the “Medal of Honor”. Sue I. Silliman

5. American Migrations 1765-1799. The lives, times and families of colonial Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown before, during and after the Revolutionary War, as related in their own words and through their correspondence. Peter Wilson Coldham

6. Female Index to “Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England” by James Savage. Patty B. Myers, Compiler.

7. Dutch Colonists in the Americas, 1615-1815. David Dobson

8. Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska Civil War Veterans. Compilation of the Death Rolls of the Departments of Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic 1883-1948. Dennis Northcott

9. Indiana Civil War Veterans. Transcription of the Death Rolls of the Department of Indiana, Grand Army of the Republic, 1882-1948. Dennis Northcott

10. Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Illinois. Transcription of the Death Rolls, 1879-1947. Dennis Northcott and Thomas Brooks.

11. Ottowa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 1855-1868, Raymond C. Lantz

12. Early New Brunswick (Canada) Probate Records, 1785-1835, R. Wallace Hale

13. Erin’s Sons: Irish Arrivals in Atlantic Canada 1761-1853. Terrence M. Punch

14. Later Scots-Irish Links, 1725-1825. Part One. David Dobson

15. More Scottish Settlers, 1667-1827. David Dobson

CDs

1. The Complete Book of Immigrants 1607-1776. (4 volumes) Peter Wilson Coldham

2. Early Louisiana Settlers, CD. Contains The New Orleans LA French.

3. The Deep South: Genealogical Records of Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi, 1700s-1800s.

4. Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men, Compiled by Conn. Hist. Society (Revolutionary)

5. The Ontario Register, 1780s-1870s

6. Scottish Immigrants to North America 1600s-1800s. The Collected Works of David Dobson