THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s
Thursday Evening
E-News, Edition
24 May 2018
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| For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!
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Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for May 2018, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy HERE. Simply scroll down at THIS page and click on the Insider 2018 May issue. |
Curious about the status of your GFO Membership? We’d love to have you as a GFO Member!
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GFO’s Summer Half-Day German Seminar
You can still REGISTER after June 17th, at the regular price of course, if this message passes you by!
WHEN? July 7th, 9:30am – noon
WHO? Presenter Fritz Juengling, PhD, AG®
WHAT? Learn the wonders of the Meyers Gazetteer, and learn how to read German Church and Civil Records
WHERE? GFO’s Library (map)
Registration starts HERE! (Sign up online or print the paper registration form and mail it on in today.) |
Join GFO’s British Interest Group this Saturday, May 26th
WHEN: 1 – 3pm
WHERE: GFO’s Library
TOPICS:
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Calendars, types and history. |
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Learn how it was possible to cross the English Channel and arrive ten days before you left. |
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Brick walls: Yours, if you’ve got one! |
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And, the snacks of our Ancestors! |
All of our SIGs are free and open to the public. Hope to see you there!
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Explore from the comfort of your home. The adventure starts HERE.
Three new indexes have been added to our website. All have additional information that may be requested for $5 email copy or $7 paper copy.
Newest Index Items:
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West Point obituaries from the West Point Military Academy magazine Assembly. We received six issues as a donation (184 obits). |
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Portland Birth Ledger 1864-1905, including registered births within the city of Portland entered into a ledger held at Oregon State Vital Records office (over 16,000 births). |
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Oregon Obituaries II (Clarke’s multi and single obits), including newspaper obits collected by Stanley Clarke and others from Oregon newspapers (over 7,000 obits). |
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GFO’s newest Special Interest Group, Family Tree Maker Group, has moved their initial meeting from June 17th to June 24th, at 1pm at GFO’s library.
What’s the group all about?
Join other users who want to work through the 2017 Companion Guide to Family TreeMaker.
Bring your laptop with 2017 version of FTM installed and an emptyusb thumb drive.
We’ll organize future sessions and work through Chapter 3 inthe guide. A practice tree will be used so as not to damage your personal tree.
Facilitated by Joyce Grant-Worley.
Send a note to FTM@gfo.org for questions or comments. |
Thank you to one of our most beloved Research Assistants
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Thank you, Shelley Hoffman, one of our longtime Research Assistants, for your many years of volunteering!
Shelley could be found working at GFO’s receptionist desk on the 3rd Sunday of each month. She and her husband are retiring to Montana to be close to their families.
We will miss you terribly, Shelley, but we wish you all the best in your new venture.
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“When It Takes A Village: Applying Cluster Research Techniques”
Presented by Emily H. Garber, genealogical lecturer, blogger, and author
WHEN: Monday, June 11th, doors at 6:30pm
WHERE: LDS Factoria Building, 4200 124th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA 98006
WHAT: Sometimes tracking one’s immigrant ancestors tests all one’s research acumen. Identifying a subject ancestor, his/her origins, and parentage; tracking that subject through time; and constructing biographies to place that person in his/her social context is best approached by broadening one’s research to include other family members, associates and neighbors. This presentation by Emily Garber will outline a program for solving genealogical research problems via cluster and collateral research techniques. Topics will include: appropriate application, research planning, commonly used resources and documents, and case studies successfully tracking individuals from Europe to the United States, overcoming name and residential changes and using DNA evidence.
The main case study to be used in this evening’s program tracks a previously unknown woman who arrived at Ellis Island with Emily’s great grandfather. Emily uses her research skills to identify this unknown woman’s kinship relationship to their family and to find out if there ever was a relationship.
See all of the JGSWS’s monthly programs at their website HERE.
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SATURDAY, May 26th
DNA Beginners 9am – noon
Ancestry and MyHeritage – The class will tackle some major aspects of both AncestryDNA and MyHeritage to help you enhance your testing experience. As MyHeritage accepts autosomal tests from all the major companies, if you have tested, upload your raw data to the company before coming to class. It is always wise to be in more than one company’s database.
Finding common ancestors with your AncestryDNA test results can be difficult with few responses from matches, missing or locked pedigree charts, and no chromosome browser. We will explore a few methods to help you navigate AncestryDNA’s website to work around some of these obstacles.
MyHeritage might be the “new kid on the block”, but they are moving quickly to become a front runner in the autosomal DNA testing field. We will explore the new features that make it a company worth using.
All classes are free and anyone is welcomed. You do not have to be a member of GFO. Bring a friend or family member and your questions regarding autosomal DNA. Please download the handouts and the evaluation feedback for class here.
Genetic Genealogy is the most accurate tool a genealogist has. If you are prepared to discover whether your genealogical paper trail is accurate, and if you are willing to take some time outside of our meetings to reinforce what you learn at each session, the GFO Beginners DNA Interest Group is for you. You are welcome to send me your questions before the meeting. Email: dna_ea@gfo.org.
British Group 1 – 3pm
Researching in the British Isles, including England, Wales, Scotland, and Scots-Irish. We try to have speakers who provide interesting experiences or online databases for research in these countries. One hour of the two hour meeting is devoted to Brick Wall questions. See above for details about this Saturday’s class!
SUNDAY, May 27th
Library Work Party 9am – Noon
There’s another work party at the GFO library today for those of you who can come. There’s lots to do and we’d love to have your help. Doors open at 9 and work usually wraps up around noon. Some people come for just an hour or so, while others work the full time. You are welcome to do either. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there.
MONDAY, May 28th
Memorial Day Closure The GFO library will be closed in honor of Memorial Day. Hope to see you again bright and early on Tuesday, May 29th, from 9:30am! |
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