Mormon Tavern, Clarksville, CA ca. 1880

Regular Meeting

Our meetings are held on the ​2nd Tuesday of each month (except December), from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the community room of the El Dorado Hills Library at: 7455 Silva Valley Pkwy, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. Visitors are welcome!

Genealogy Workshop

Our workshops are held on the ​4th Tuesday of each month (except December), from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the community room of the El Dorado Hills Library at: 7455 Silva Valley Pkwy, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762. During these informal GENEALOGY WORKSHOPS, members help each other with their genealogical questions and “brick walls”.

EDHGS Upcoming Speakers

June 8, 2021 - 6:00-7:30 p.m.
“Finding Missing Ancestors in Institutional Records,  Part I: Hospitals, Sanitariums, and Asylum” by  Madeline Yanov 
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EDHGS invites the public to attend ONLINE via Zoom.  If interested in attending, email us by June 4 at edhgs@yahoo.com  You will receive a link to this event by email on Sun., June 6.

Do you have any family members who mysteriously   disappeared and were never seen again? Did you   ever hear family rumors or whispers that Uncle   Beau or Granny were institutionalized or committed   to a “lunatic asylum”? Was there any ancestor who   spent time in a sanitarium? Or, is it sanitorium? 
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Madeline Yanov will help guide us through the maze of terms that may have meant something  different in the past than today. We will learn how to  use clues in census records, especially the 1880  census, to further investigate if our ancestor was  institutionalized. She will give us tips on where to  find these records and other sources that may give  clues as to our ancestor’s whereabouts, court  records, probate or surrogate records, newspapers,  and death records. Your ancestors do not have to  be missing anymore!