Lompoc Valley Historical Society to Digitize Old Newspapers

As reported in the Santa Barbara News Press by Nora K. Wallace October 6, 2011 on Page A5: The Lompoc Valley Historical Society wants to make sure future generations have access to newspapers of the city's past. The society is now trying to raise $7,200 to microfilm and digitize some 9,400 pages of century-old newspapers -- some published only 20 years after the city incorporated in 1888. One newspaper was known as The Lompoc Journal, or People's Journal, and was published 1908-18, according to Karen Paaske, the society's president. The other paper is the Lompoc Review, published 1919-21. Microfilming will make them available to patrons of the library before they disintegrate, Ms. Paaske said. "They are the only ones in existence, so far as we know, and are deteriorating with use and age," said Myra Manfrina, a Lompoc historian. "If they were microfilmed, the public could be free to use them for research, while the original papers could be put aside to be preserved." The microfilm cost is $4,500. The society would also like to raise $2,700 to digitize the volumes of papers. Once that is done, the California Digital Newspaper Collection, based at the University of California at Riverside, will add the papers -- free of charge -- to its searchable online collection. That collection is searchable through the collection's website, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc, and the Library of Congress. Donations are tax deductible and may be sent to the Lompoc Valley Historical Society, P.O. Box 88, Lompoc 93438. For more information, email reference@lompochistory.org or call 735-4626.

Back to School!

Summer’s Over – Back to School!

Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer.  Now that Labor Day has passed, it’s time to think about the new “school year" – known to those whose schooldays have passed as the season we get back into genealogy classes and workshops.

Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society has put together over 25 workshops in October, to celebrate Family History Month and the completion of the renovated and expanded Sahyun Genealogical Research Library. 

Check out the sessions and register soon...class sizes are limited. 

Sample workshops beginning October 1 include:

• Researching in New York City
• Get more data from US and Canadian Census Records
• Delving Deeper into Germanic Databases
• Lineage Societies: Panel Group
• Brick Wall Problem Solving
• Locating Irish Records on the Internet,

and featuring: The Road Less Traveled, a different approach for finding European ancestors

Free to SBCGS members; non-members pay a nominal $10 fee. 

Registration is necessary as class sizes are limited.

Visit http://www.sbgen.org/ or download below PDF:

http://www.sbgen.org/upload/events/InsertClassesFamily_HistoryMonth2011.pdf

Also Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education (also known as SBCC Adult Ed) classes begin next week.  This session is rumoured to be the last chance to take these popular and very educational genealogical workshops at no tuition cost (i.e., "free").

Family History Research: Beginning/Intermediate 
Tuesdays (10 weeks), starting  9/13, 5:15 - 7:15 p.m. 
Instructor: Louise Matz

Family History Research: Intermediate/Advanced (Problem Solving)  

Wednesdays (10 weeks), starting  9/14, 10:00 a.m. - noon 

Instructor: Janice Cloud

Both classes are highly recommended and each has something for everyone.

Louise Matz takes the Beginning/Intermediate class  through the basics of genealogical research techniques and, also, uses the latest databases and resources to help those who have been doing genealogy for awhile, but maybe not recently. 

Jan Cloud deploys not only her extensive skills and experience in genealogy research, but also those of the class to help with methodology and brick wall problem solving.  Jan Cloud is legendary for her breadth of genealogical knowledge and experience-based storytelling.  You never know what you'll learn from  Jan and "the Wednesday class" and who might have a hint for solving a longstanding family history mystery.

Don't miss what could be your last chance to take these classes at a real bargain price: $0!

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