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YUCAIPA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY (www.yvgs.org) meets the 2nd
Saturday of each month at the Yucaipa Branch Library, 12040 5th St. • Yucaipa, CA.
The Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society is sponsored by the Yucaipa Branch Library.
The meeting starts at 1 pm preceded by a social hour from 12 to 1, a good time to talk
with members and guests about genealogy.

June

Speaker: Donna L. Senff-Mata
Date: 13 June
Topic: Search Procedures for Ancestry.com

Donna Senff-Mata has spent 23 Years working on Genealogy, creating a 38,375 name database. She has done volunteer work at Hemet Family History Center for  22 years and in the   HSJGS  Heritage Room at Hemet Library since it opened over five years ago. She has taught Ancestry classes at Heritage Room for three years and is the leader of the Computer/Genealogy Group at Hemet Library. She teaches genealogical instruction classes for the HSJGS Education Program. She is the leader of the Computer/Genealogy Committee class at the Hemet Family History Center.

She has self-published over 400 Family History books with the PAF program including How-To books to aid new users of PAF..  She has published genealogy research guide books for those new to research. She has been a member of HSJGS for 23 years. She was Director of Research at HSJGS for one year, and has been Assistant Director of Research for 3 years. 

Donna has 14 years of experience in scanning, filing, and editing photos with HP equipment. She has prepared photos for entry into PAF, FTM, Legacy & Roots Magic, and Ancestral Quest using Corel Photo Shop, Adobe Photo Elements and Picasa 3.


 
 
  Updated June 30, 2009