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Page updated 14 Jul 2008
There is nothing worse than spending hours on an indexing project and then finding an index has already been done. The California State Genealogical Alliance would like to keep a list of ongoing projects to transcribe, index and/ or abstract California records, publications and materials.
The goal of this list is to avoid wasted duplication of effort. It might also help those interested in working on a project get in touch with a society or individual working on something in their realm of interest. We encourage both societies and individuals to take just a few minutes to report on their projects.
The Federation of Genealogical Societies's Forum regularly reports ongoing society projects. However, too many of us have not taken advantage of this opportunity and even when we do, information is available only in the printed magazine. We would like this list to be easy for everyone to find. With that in mind, this list will be kept on the CSGA website. Projects reported to CSGA for inclusion on our web page, will also be sent to the Forum editor each quarter with a reminder to check for California projects on our website.
Send information on your projects to webmaster at csga.com. Please include the following information: Name of individual or society managing the project; contact information; website, if any; and the scope of the project. The scope of the project should include a description of the records, publications or materials you are working with. Be sure to make it clear what county, town or other area that they cover. Indicate where the materials are housed, or give full bibliographic information if this is an index of a previous publication. Also include information that states exactly what you are doing with these materials, such as transcribing, digitizing, abstracting or indexing.
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Projects in Progress
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| Riverside | The Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical society is now working on Volume II of San Jacinto Valley Past and Present, coordinating it with the centennial celebration of the city of Hemet to take place in 2010. They are asking all residents of the valley to submit two pages, doublespaced and one photograph which will be printed free of charge. Additional text and photographs will carry a charge. The local DAR chapter will also be gathering church histories. | Centennial | | Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society |
| | Riverside | Ongoing project to index Obituaries, Probate and Estate notices in local newspaper. | 1921-present | | Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society |
| | San Bernardino | Yucaipa’s November newsletter mentions they have two projects going on: transciption and photographing of the Desert Lawn Cemetery in Calimesa and indexing of obituaries from the Yucaipa News-Mirror. They hope to eventually put these on their website. | | | Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society |
| | San Mateo | San Mateo County Marriage Index 1850s- 1949 [Bride, Groom, residences, marriage place and date] will be posted online at www.smcgs.org when finished. Index in progress is available in the SMCGS library. See the society website for hours and research fees. | 1850s-1949 | | www.SMCGS.org |
| | Santa Clara | Volunteers are indexing the Santa Clara Archives collection of Probate Records | 1893-1908 | Michael .Griffith@rec..sccgov.org | Santa Clara County Historical and |
| | Santa Cruz | Newspaper Index - paper | years | | Genealogical Society of Santa C |
| | Sonoma | If you or an ancestor attended school in Sonoma
County, the Sonoma County Genealogical Society is looking
for your story. Please include pictures if you have
them and make sure you include some genealogical detail
in there, too. Stories will be printed in the Sonoma
Searcher. Send your story to gouldk@sbcglobal.net as a
Word document email attachment or mail to Searcher Editor,
SCGS, PO Box 2273, Santa Rosa, CA 95405-0273. | | | Sonoma County Genealogical Society |
| | Tulare | The index to the Tipton-Pixley cemetery records, previously completed through 1993 is being updated and will be added to their website when done. Also to appear soon on their website will be obituaries from the early years of the Tulare Advance Register. The website is at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~casgs/Index.htm. | | | Sequoia Genealogical Society |
| | Ventura | The Ventura County Genealogical Society has made contact with a Boy Scout from Camarillo, Justin Hafen, who has his Eagle Scout project is organizing some 9,000 names previously collected from the Conejo Mountain Memorial Cemetery. Volunteer members will be helping convert the data to a spreadsheet to be placed on Ventura’s website. | | | Ventura County Genealogical Society |
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