Genealogy Club
Leisure World residents are invited to attend the Genealogy Club’s monthly meeting on June 22 at 10 a.m. in Clubhouse 3, Room 1. Christine Cohen will present “Grand Army of the Republic—Researching your Union Civil War Veterans.” Social hour begins at 9 with coffee and treats.
People can find out if they have a Union Civil War veteran in their family history. In 1890, there were over 400,000 veterans who belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic. This organization existed from 1866-1956 and generated records noting Civil War service, birth, marriage, death, residences, occupations, detailed biographies and photographs. Cohen will show people where and how to fine these hidden gems.
Cohen is a long-time member of the Whittier Area Genealogical Society, and has served in many capacities, including president; She is also a member of the El Redondo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, The Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, and the Association of Professional Genealogists.
Her interest in genealogy began in 1977 with the airing of the TV mini-series Roots and was piqued when she found a typed pedigree chart of her Dutch heritage from the New Netherlands in the 1660s. She is a native Californian, a graduate of UCLA in political science, and worked for Vitol Aviation Company since 1993.
For more information, call Mary Romero at (562) 810-4266.
The club also offers Theme Thursday workshops: half-hour classes and/or discussions on topics and occasionally holds help groups with brick walls or other crowdsourcing geneaology questions. Library hours may vary due to volunteers’ availability.
The club is still in search of substitute volunteers and a library volunteer coordinator. For more information, contact the Genealogy Club at lwgenealogy@ gmail.com.
—Mary Romero
