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the Family Tree Candid with candidates Climbing Looking at the Whole Family
Community advocate Dan Pressburg hosted a candidate brunch at his North Long Beach home last Saturday morning, attracting area voters and media hoping to meet candidates running for local elected offices. Attendees met and mingled while eating breakfast-type refreshments inside and on the patio of Pressburg’s historic home– a former dairy and creamery. Photos by Neena Strichart
Oren Grossi (left) of Long Beach has a conversation with 37th Congressional candidate Nick Dibs, an Independent who garnered enough signatures to put his name on the November ballot challenging Democrat incumbent Laura Richardson and Republican Star Parker.
Seated under the gazebo in the patio, Martha Flores-Gibson, Republican candidate for 54th District State Assembly (running against Democrat incumbent Bonnie Lowenthal) answers questions from attendees as host Dan Pressburg looks on.
Connie Moretti Questing Heirs Genealogical Society
Now that you’ve got vitalrecords and census entries for your immediate family, it is probably time to stretch out the branches of your tree by including the whole family of each of your ancestors. Have you looked at or ordered marriage and death certificates for all your great or great-great aunts and uncles? This can be important for several reasons: • Family members married at different times or in different counties may have been asked for different information. If your grandparents’ marriage record does not name their parents, it may be that one of their siblings had to supply those names. • It may be that a great-grandparent was married more than once and their children’s marriage documents
will list different parents, helping you to sort out your own line. • Death certificates at different times and in different places may require different facts. • Information on death certificates is dependent on the supplier of the facts, not the deceased, so some family members may have better information than others. Did you look at and print census entries for all the siblings in a family after they set up their own households? There are also several reasons this can be important: • your great-great grandparents may have gone to live with one of their children in later years– one of your great-grandparents’ siblings. • Just like with vital records, different family members may have different recollections of their parents’ birthplaces. • As you work back to the years
Republican Mattie Fein (far right), challenger for 36th Congressional District against Democrat Jane Harman, chats with Long Beach residents Tom O’Keefe and Laurie Angel, and Fein’s campaign manager Ali Wolter.
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between 1850 and 1870, siblings’ birthplaces can help you to trace the family migrations even if they married before 1850 and thus are not listed with the parents on that first every-name census. When you look at the whole family in each generation, many more family facts will emerge. you may even find it useful to identify the children and grandchildren of each of your ancestor’s brothers and sisters. Grandparents, especially the very elderly, can be found living with their grandchildren in addition to their children. Whole family research can also help to clarify the family dynamics at any given time. Someone once said that each sibling is born into a different family, and we can know our ancestors better when we understand the changes in their families. ß
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building was closed for repairs. It reopened again in 1938. The community is invited to join Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 10am at the Alamitos Library, 1836 East Third St., to celebrate 100 years of the branch’s public service in Long Beach. Historic photos will be on display throughout the day, and the Friends of the Long Beach Public Library will host a special one-day book sale. The public is invited to explore the resources of the library and commemorate this historic public sanctuary. Refreshments will be provided by the Friends of the Long Beach Public Library. Street parking is available. ----------------------------------------MORE INFORMATION lbpl.org/location/alamitos
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“Wines Around the World” Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 4-8pm
The The Heart Heart of ofDelius deliusrestaurant restaurant ™ Dave daveand andLouise louiseSolzman Solzman ™
Food is a passion and an art for Louise Solzman. She has been cooking as long as she can remember, and works to rave reviews as executive Chef at Delius restaurant in Signal Hill, that she operates with her husband, Dave, the general Manager/Sommelier. Chef Louise is inspired by tastes from all over the world and carefully plans the weekly menus with emphasis on foods in season as well as the changing trends in dining. She is assisted by an experienced and efficient staff. even though Louise is usually busy in the kitchen, that doesn't mean you won’t see her popping out to visit with the guests every now and then to see what they think of the cuisine.
$50 all-inclusive
reservations required Sample wines from different countries and regions representing every corner of the wine world. Taste at your own pace and get a stamp in your passport from each place you “visit.” enjoy food from the buffet and the hand-passed selections being offered throughout the night.
2951 CHerrY AVenue, SignAL HiLL 562.426.0694 • www.deliusrestaurant.com