Genealogy Club

LWers are invited to attend the Genealogy Club’s regular membership meeting on May 25 in Clubhouse 3, Room 1. Social time begins at 9 a.m. with coffee and treats, followed by the meeting at at 10 a.m. At the meeting, Gary Fredericksen will present “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Evaluating Genealogical Sources.” A frequent presenter at Southern California genealogy societies, Fredericksen was the president of the Sun City Palm Desert Genealogy Club for more than 10 years and the newsletter editor for the Palm Springs Genealogical Society. After 35 years in the California State University System, he retired in 2005 as vice president for student affairs at Cal Poly Pomona College. He currently teaches both beginning and advanced genealogy for the Learning in Retirement Program in Palm Desert. His wife, Ardyn, is a fifth-generation Californian, abd they have three children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

—Mary Romero