UPDATE ON THE SGS KING COUNTY COURT CASES INDEX
The SGS King County Court Cases Index, 1881-1980 (KC3I for short) is a wonderful database of King County court cases spanning one hundred years. This index includes every divorce and probate case in King County during this time span, and is a valuable new tool for local researchers.
SGS just completed its first year of providing this service. In this period, we completed 181 lookups for 81 different individuals. Roughly two-thirds of the searches produced one or more “hits.” Turnaround time was less than two days in the vast majority of requests.
This service is free for SGS members, and members accounted for most of the requests. Requests by non-members generated $335 in revenue for the Society in the first year.
If you are researching in King County, Washington and have not yet checked the KC3I, visit our web page, http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/kc3i for more information about its contents, and how to make use of this valuable resource. We’d love to check it for you!
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 cancelled or postponed due to inclement weather.
DECEMBER
There are no classes or programs scheduled at SGS for the last part of December due to the Holidays.
The library will be closed from Thursday, December 24, 2015 through Monday, January 4, 2016.
JANUARY
Saturday, January 2, Canadian Interest Group, meeting canceled due to the Holidays.
Saturday, January 9, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Fold3 Workshop – using Fold3 for researching your ancestors – especially those serving in the military and various wars. Leader: Karen Portzer
Sunday, January 10, 1:30pm – 3:30 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group, Leader: Karen Knudson
SAVE THE DATE
EVERNOTE Workshop : Saturday, January 30, 10:30 am
Coming up in early 2016
“HOW TO USE BASIC TECHNOLOGY in GENEALOGY.” Have you wondered how to use things like a flash drive? Capture images online to add to your family history narrative? etc.
WELCOME TO TWO NEW SGS BOARD MEMBERS
Great news! Two SGS members have stepped forward and volunteered to fill vacant positions on the Board of Directors.
Karen Knudson (currently the chairperson of the new SGS Scandinavian Special Interest Group) has volunteered to take over as Treasurer; she replaces Fran Lewis, who recently moved to Port Townsend.
Sandra Stark will fill the vacant Director of Volunteers position. Sandra has also agreed to be the 2016 Seminar Chair.
Both join the Board and begin their duties on January 1, 2016, and both plan to run for re-election next April.
We still urgently need a Director of Publications, a position that has been vacant for 6 months. And the Nominating Committee anticipates FOUR additional vacancies on the Board as of June 2016 – President, Director of Education, Director of Membership and Director of Operations.
If you’d like to learn more about any of these positions, or to nominate someone for one of them, please contact the Nominating Committee at SGSNominate@gmail.com.