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Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico's Blog – April 2010 Archive (4)

Mom's Birthday Surprise, Need Your Help

HI Everyone,

I am asking for your help if you think this would be fun.

Mom will be 90 in June. I thought it would be fun if she received cards from people wishing her a 90th birthday. Someone mentioned 90 cards for 90th birthday, so that is my goal, the more the better.

My brother is giving her a celebration party but this is something she can remember and cherish for a long time.

She is the one that got me started in genealogy. I know some of you are… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on April 26, 2010 at 6:17pm — 1 Comment

April 24 Seminar Great Find.

We held our mini seminar at the South Branch Library last Saturday. We had 25+ people in attendance.

Many were new faces and we were glad to see this turn out.

After my talk on doing Genealogy Finding Who You Are. Which was intended to get people started with out incurring major expense. Genealogy can be fun and educational, it can help one to better understand their family and it's past. We are the sum of that past and our children and grandchildren are the sum of ours. They… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on April 26, 2010 at 9:50am — No Comments

General Meeting Chula Vista Genealogy Society Wed April 28

Wednesday April 28 at the SOUTH BRANCH LIBRARY AT ORANGE AND FOURTH ST.

Change of venue, due to census people taking over the Civic Center meeting place.

Myrna Goodwin will be talking about LAND RECORDS.

I love to use Land Records they are so helpful in research, You learn the terms of Grantor, Grantee,etc.

They help you to learn the links between families at time. For me they helped me determine which person of same name was mine.

Come listen to Myrna give… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on April 26, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

Jones & Madison fun time again.. Wills, Probates and possible Relative

Recently, someone translated Wills for an area I needed major help in. Albany County, NY.

I found some JONES Wills in the files and some I can relate to, some I am unsure of but the

one I so badly wanted wasn't there. So I shall keep looking. It just takes a million little pieces to

complete this big puzzle.

In the same time era I am searching for the ancestors of Susan Madison which I believe was Mattison.

A George Madison comes to live near… Continue

Added by Susi (Susan C Jones) Pentico on April 18, 2010 at 9:42pm — No Comments