The next meeting of the Milpitas Historical Society, will be a presentation on researching genealogy, given by Trina Gentry. Ms Gentry serves as Second Vice President and Editor of Connections, a publication of Santa Clara County history and genealogies for the Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society. Her presentation will cover how to work [...]
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At our last meeting, on Wednesday, March 9, Trista Raezer, Archivist for the Santa Clara County Archives, showed us the rich resources housed at the new county archives, including such things as cattle brand registration and voting ballots of the past, as well as marriage, birth, death,, property, political, and other records. As part of [...]
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The April 13, 2011, meeting of the Milpitas Historical Society will feature Kathleen Orlenko, a professional conservator, who will demonstrate how to protect and preserve your family documents and photographs as well as different ways to store your family treasures. The meeting will be held at 7 pm in the Community Room of the Milpitas [...]
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The Gilroy Hot Springs presentation is scheduled for the Historical Society’s next meeting on Wed. Sept. 8, 2010 at 7 pm in the Milpitas Library Community Room, N. Main Street. In a corner of Santa Clara Valley there exists an exceptional historical site that very few know anything about and one that far fewer have ever [...]
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The Milpitas Historical Society will be hosting a Foothills Tour on Saturday, June 26th. If you wish to attend this tour please contact Barbara Bowman at 942-1492.
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Saturday, June 5th there will be a docent-guided house and garden tour of Filoli in Woodside. Filoli’s 16 acre English Renaissance Garden is nationally recognized as one of the finest examples of garden architecture from the Golden Era (1890-1940.) The house, designed by Willis Polk and noted for its elegant interiors, is an interpretive museum [...]
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The program for the Historical Society meeting on May 12, 2010, is going to be a look into the past with speaker George House. This 83 years young gentleman grew up in Milpitas. He is full of stories to relate about his life growing up on Main Street and his neighbors. At fifteen he worked [...]
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The Milpitas Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 14th at 7 p.m. in the Milpitas Public Library multi-use room 160 N. Main Street.
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Milpitas Historical Society’s 30th Anniversay Celebration and Milpitas Grammar School Reunion At the November meeting our new president made a motion which passed to have some kind of celebration. Since so many members are former Milpitas Grammar School students, and 2nd and 3rd generations of the pioneers who settled in our town, the Society’s anniversary [...]
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Guest Speaker – Robin Hays Where – Milpitas Community Library When – 7:00 PM Robin is a licensed acupuncturist and herbal medicine specialist who has been practicing in Milpitas for the last 24 years. She specializes in all types of health conditions as well as allergies. Robin will take questions from the audience and explain [...]
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