Don Jose de Ortega Chapter

Members of the chapter have an event to enjoy nearly every Thursday during the academic year between September through June. Board members meet the first Thursday of the month to handle the nitty gritty planning and general functioning of the chapter, receive news from the national and state organizations and to feast on delicious sweet rolls.

The second Thursday of the month is reserved for the large meeting of the lineage group. Interest in genealogy flourishes like a California pepper tree and members come together to share, help and to appreciate each other's findings.

The third week sees the general meeting at a local country club. In this setting, overlooking much of the San Fernando Valley, business is conducted and lunch is eaten while table mates discuss with animation topics of all sorts -- genealogy, movies, books, interior decoration, schools and so on. After lunch, a program is presented. These have been uniformly interesting; featuring visuals and expert information concerning, for example, conservation, veterans' affairs, and all sorts of little known historical themes.

On the fourth week of the month, the library chairman arranges a trip to one of the excellent genealogical libraries in the Los Angeles area. The interested members carpool to Burbank and Westwood or take the Metrolink train to the Los Angeles Central Library. We have even taken overnight trips to a Carlsbad library. So much fun!

If there is a fifth Thursday in the month, the members rest.

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