SADOE Member Richard Dalton was elected in October as President of the Nevada State Genealogical Society (NSGS).

Dalton plans to work with all the genealogical societies in Northern Nevada to help  grow mutual membership and knowledge of genealogy. He also wants to bring in a speakers annually that will have enough appeal to reach members of all the various genealogy, lineage, and heritage societies like SADOE. If you have ideas for programs, speakers, and the like, please let him know by e-mailing him at [email protected]

Dalton organized SADOE’s TMCC Genealogy Library & Lab Tour in August and is interested in holding similar types of events in the future to foster more interest in genealogy

The Nevada State Genealogical Society fosters and promotes interest in genealogy. Members of the Society share ideas, information, and methods on searching or data about ancestors from Nevada, the United States, and around the World. The meetings are the 3rd Thursday of the month, 5:30pm to 7pm at the Family History Center,  4751 Neil Rd in Southeast Reno.

As most of you have noticed by the preponderance of campers and trailers hauling bikes and art cars on our freeways this past week, the annual Burning Man Festival is being held through Labor Day Weekend over 100 miles Northwest of Reno in the Black Rock Desert.

Emily Stewart, the daughter of SADOE Director Doyle Stewart, is a co-organizer of a Burning Man theme camp this week which intents to call attention to Reno’s homeless population.

The Last Chance Motel project hopes to pleasantly disrupt Burners’ experience and force them to think not only about the community of Reno, but their own community, and how they can combat homelessness, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Their camp is holding a donation bin for non-perishable foods, toiletries, and hygiene products to support the community in Reno experiencing homelessness. They are joining with the local non-profit Karma Box, and will be donating all the collected goods to them to redistribute to our neighbors in need.

The Karma Box is a Reno nonprofit that has outfitted neighborhoods across Northern Nevada in creatively decorated boxes with supplies for the homeless population.

The project was set in motion shortly after the Best Bet Motel came down, and Emily and her friends considered how they could convey the desperation that tenants often reach before living in some of the motels.