Kudos for Our SGS Library from “The Legal Genealogist”
This weekend of August 13-15, The Northwest Genealogy conference in Arlington featured Ms. Judy Russell, otherwise known as The Legal Genealogist. In 2013, SGS had the pleasure of hosting Ms. Russell as the speaker at our Spring Seminar, after which she had the opportunity to visit our library. She then wrote about our library in her blog “The Legal Genealogist” under the title “Sleepless in Seattle?”. Since that time, the library has added about 2,000 new volumes and undergone a couple of changes.
For additional interesting content check out her blog at http://www.legalgenealogist.
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
All programs are at the SGS Library at 6200 Sand Point Way unless otherwise indicated. Please Check the SGS Web Site for additions, changes, and corrections. Programs may be postponed.
Sunday, August 16, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
PROGRAM MEETING: “LOVE, COURTSHIP, SEX & MARRIAGE”
Until Eve – It was a man’s world. Without women, there would be no genealogy; but their status has changed throughout history, and this has had a profound effect on the records we use for research. We’ll explore the surprising customs and practices of our ancestors, and the place of women in society over time. Speaker: Jean A. Roth
Saturday, August 22, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
ETHNIC WORKSHOP: “BREAKING THROUGH THE WALL OF SLAVERY: AN INTRODUCTION to AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY” Speaker: Janice Lovelace, SGS Vice-President
Sunday, August 23, 1:30pm-3:30pm BRICK WALL PROBLEM SOLVING
Join SGS members for a problem-solving session. This is an open forum format.
Sunday August 30, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm PROGRAM MEETING: “USING FIRE INSURANCE MAPS” These maps, including the famous Sandborn Maps, were originally created in the years following the Civil War and used for assessing fire insurance liability in urban areas in the United States. They are a highly useful resource for historical and genealogical research. Speaker: Jill Morelli
SEPTEMBER
The Canadian Interest Group will not meet this month due to the Labor Day holiday
Saturday, September 12, 10:15am – 12:15 pm IRISH INTEREST GROUP IRISH CATHOLIC PARISH RECORDS This summer – Ireland’s National Library introduced free online access to Irish Catholic Parish Records. We’ll review this new major research tool.
Leader: Jean A. Roth
Saturday, September 12, 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm GERMAN INTEREST GROUP “ODDITIES in GERMAN GENEALOGY” From strange naming patterns to bizarre church record listings – we’ll hopefully clear up some of the research problems you may encounter. Leader: Jean A. Roth
Sunday, September 13, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm “PROGRAM MEETING PERILS and PITFALLS of OCR in NEWSPAPER RESEARCH”
Optical character recognition is the mechanical or electronic conversion of images of typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is a common method of digitizing printed texts so that it can be electronically edited, searched, stored more compactly, displayed and used in machine processes. Speaker: Mary Kircher Roddy
SAVE THE DATES
Saturday October 17 and Sunday, October 18
Seattle Genealogical Society Fall Seminar
“The Family History Detective: Finding Solutions to Your Toughest Research Problems.”
Speaker: Dr. Thomas W. Jones
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