Listen to Hanne Park’s Oral History on Austrian WWII memories and move to Balboa Island

According to the National Archives, 70° Fahrenheit is the preferred temperature that is optimal for the preservation of artifacts in exhibition spaces. It is the degree in which archival materials should be protected for long-term conservation.

Preservation – maintaining the condition of an historic site or archival object.

“The truth is, the name which this county has borne since 1889 is a hand-me-down, initially suggested in 1871, four years before our first Valencias went in the ground, two years before the village of Richland was renamed Orange, and only six months after the first orange seeds were even planted here…The organizers of Orange County chose that name for the sordid purpose of real estate.”

- Jim Sleeper, A Hundred Years of Yesterdays

The Bradford House has been a part of Placentia since 1902, when the prosperous rancher Albert Sumner Bradford, built it as his family home and the center for his citrus business.

Wild Goose Yacht, owned by John Wayne is located at 2431 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach

Listed: National Register

Join us for the Sherman Library and Gardens’

evening lecture on Tuesday, May 21st at 7 pm.

Discover the fascinating history of the use of genealogical trees and primary sources. Keil will share her research skills using Ancestry, photographs, newspapers, oral histories, and memoirs.
🎟️Members $10 / Non-Members $20

The 2nd Annual Dana Point Non-Profit Symposium will be held on Thursday, May 23rd from 8am – 12pm. It will be held at the Dana Point Community Center. The address is: 34052 Del Obispo St. Come meet other local non-profits and gain new tools to better serve the community! Don’t miss an opportunity to meet Bryce Hansen, Founder of Arts for All, a nonprofit providing underprivileged youth with access to music education.

Southwest Oral History Association

Join us at the upcoming 2024 SOHA conference from May 31-June 3, 2024. The conference will be held at the University of California, Riverside. You can register for a single day or for the entire conference. The theme is "Rooted in Memory and Resistance: Cultivating Radical Futurities." Jennifer Keil and Mary Gordon will be presenting “Oral History from Family Trees” on June 1st at 2 p.m. Learn about Mary’s new Family Oral History Across the World book which includes a contribution by Jennifer. While you’re at the conference, don’t miss The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture. It just received the Trustees Award for Excellence from the California Preservation Foundation.

Family Archives Preservation Kit

• 70° Digital Archives Handout has archive, preserve, exhibit, and design solutions.

• Ancestry.com and Ancestry Academy, a family research database that offers a place to create your family tree

• Newspapers.com, subscription-based online newspaper archive service owned by Ancestry with historical newspapers from across the United States and beyond. Explore newspaper articles and clippings for help with genealogy, history and other research.