POMMERN GROUP HAS MEETING The Pommern Special...
POMMERN GROUP HAS MEETING
The Pommern Special Interest Group of the Immigrant Genealogical
Society is presenting a Pomeranian meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Oct. 25 at Magnolia Park United Methodist Church, 2828 W. Magnolia
Blvd., Burbank.
The featured speakers are Martha and Les Riggle, who have
traveled, researched and translated important Pomeranian materials.
Prior to Oct. 1, the cost is $12.50 per person and $15 after, and $5 for lunch. For a registration form, go to the Web site at
www.pomeranianews.com, and click on Calendar of Events. For more
information, call (909) 696-1756.
The Immigrant Library, 1310 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank also will
be open that day from 3:30 to 6 p.m. For information, call 848-3122.
For those who may be Pomeranian and not know it, this area was
considered part of Prussia/Germany until the end of World War II. The
Northeast part of Germany along the Baltic Sea coast was given to
Poland. Now the towns and counties use both their German and Polish
names.
DAUGHTERS DONATE BOOKS TO LIBRARY
The United Daughters of the Confederacy, Capt. Sally Tompkins
Chapter, will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 4 at the Southern California
Genealogical Society, 417 Irving Drive, Burbank.
The chapter will donate to the society’s library 125 books
relating to the Civil War and Southern history. After the meeting,
attendees may use the library research facilities or participate in a
Master Genealogist group.
Guests are invited to bring their own lunch. For more
information, call 843-5288 or e-mail mrhistory@earthlink.net.
AUTISM ALLIANCE PLANS SUPPORT MEETING
The Foothill Autism Alliance Inc. will have its monthly resource
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Burbank Center for the Retarded,
230 Amherst Drive, Burbank.
Speakers will describe the diagnosis and treatment of children
with vision problems related to autism.
For more information, call 662-8847 or go online to
www.foothillautism.org.
Compiled by Joyce Rudolph