Kern County Genealogical Society

For those of you who missed today's program or would like to see it again, here is the link to the recording. Thank you so much, Ashley Clay for a most informative program. Topic: Using Library Resources Start Time : Apr 20, 2021 12:45 PM... Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us//4Y-poBePYMzHkbTgnhP30buhn7G74Nzx3

If you have ancestors in New England, you may be interested in this exciting virtual event! https://nergc.org/

Consort? Relic? What does it all mean?

Are you ready to write some stories for your family? Genealogist, Diane Elder, shares an interview about doing just that.

We are moving forward via ZOOM!

Some humor I found, published long ago by the Ellen Payne Odom Library. Some Commandments of Our Ancestors 1. Thou shalt name thy male children: James, John, Joseph, Josiah, Abel, Richard, Thomas, William. 2. Thou shalt name thy female children: Elizabeth, Mary, Martha, Maria, Sarah, Ida, Virginia, May. ... 3. Thou shalt leave NO trace of thy female children. 4. Thou shalt, after naming thy children from the above lists, call them by strange nicknames such as Ike, Eli, Polly, Dolly, Sukey, Mollymaking them difficult to trace. 5. Thou shalt NOT use any middle names on any legal documents or census reports, and only where necessary, thou may use only initials on legal documents. 6. Thou shalt learn to sign all documents illegibly so that thy surname may be spelled or misspelled, in various ways: Hicks, Hics, Hix, Hixe, Hucks, Kicks. 7. Thou shalt, after no more than three generations, make sure that all family records are lost, misplaced, burned in a court house fire, or buried so that NO future trace of them can be found. 8. Thou shalt ALWAYS flip thy name around. If born James Albert, thou must make all the rest of thy records in the names of Albert, AJ, JA, Bert, Bart, or Alfred. 9. Thou shalt name at least five generations of males and dozens of their cousins with identical names in order to totally confuse researchers. 10. Thou shalt leave NO family Bible with records of births, marriages, or deaths. See more

Program has been rescheduled!

Due to the Presidential Debates the program on DNA scheduled for tonight will be postponed. We will let you know when the new date is known.

Due to the Presidential debates the program on DNA scheduled for tonight is being rescheduled. We will let you know the new date as soon as it is set.

Something new for KCGS. Watch your email for a link to join this meeting on ZOOM.

Tony Lee and the Buffalo Soldiers of Bakersfield have been so kind to KCGS and to Tent 93 over the years. I only recently found out that he almost died recently of COVID. This is a podcast in which he describes his experiences. Thank God, he has recovered for the most part. I know all of you will join me in wishing him the speediest of complete recoveries.

How true this is.

I saw this pop up on the internet and had to share it. I thought it was something of a hoax but I checked and it appears to be an actual obit. Definitely has flair