| SECOND SATURDAY: EXPANDING GERMAN RESEARCH BEYOND ANCESTRY & FAMILY SEARCH SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022 1:00 PM-2:30 PM VIA ZOOM Our presenter at the Second Saturday event coming up will be Carolyn Schott. Carolyn is the new chairperson for our SGS German Interest Group that meets on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm via Zoom. Carolyn has been researching her German ancestors for more than 20 years, following their wanderings through Eastern Europe before arriving in America. She is a former board member of the Germans from Russia Heritage Society (GRHS), a founder of the Black Sea German Research Community, and author of the book “Visiting Your Ancestral Town”. Her writing has received several awards from the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors. The presentation on April 9 will help German researchers learn about some powerful resources beyond the “standards.” These include the online Meyers Gazetteer, Archion, Matricula, and Compgen.de. Each resource will be discussed and attendees will be instructed on how to navigate them even if you don’t speak German. If you plan to attend, please pre-register. If you can’t make the Second Saturday presentation, you can still meet Carolyn the next Saturday, April 16. She will be leading the SGS German Interest Group. SGS LIBRARY DESK VOLUNTEERS DESPERATELY NEEDED Now that we have moved into our beautiful new space, we are anxious to have members and visitors come see and use our facility. Unfortunately, we are seriously short of volunteers to man the front desk. Desk Volunteer duties are simple—you open the SGS library at 10:00 AM, tend the till, greet guests, and give tours. Then you close the Library at 3:00 PM. In-depth knowledge of genealogy is not necessary. As a benefit, you will be able to use the Library’s resources, such as subscriptions to Ancestry, Fold3, Newspapers.com, American Ancestors, the FamilySearch affiliate library capacity, books, journals, etc. Work on your own genealogy while you are there. Volunteering in this capacity usually requires minimal effort, while it is a very important contribution. Please consider our desperate plea. If you can help, contact Amanda Bennett at desk@seagensoc.org. Thank you very much. P.S. Beginning in May, we plan to have the Library open on Wednesday. With that, our hours will be Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. SAVE THE DATE Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, 2nd Monday meetings usually 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. Watch their website for details on the next meeting. The next regular meeting presentation will be on Monday, Apr 11, at 7:00 pm, “Getting Ready for the 1950 Census: Searching With and Without a Name Index” with Stephen Morse. Visit their website for more information. http://www.jgsws.org/meetings.php Olympia Genealogical Society, “DNA: Today’s Matchmaker” with Diahan Southard, Saturday, April 9, 2022 8:30 am – 3:30 pm PDT Diahan will speak on issues like : Making sense of your DNA results What to do if your matches don’t have family trees Organizing your matches Using female DNA to answer questions For full details, visit: http://olygensoc.org SGS 2022 Spring Seminar, Virtual, “Lands and Maps and Deeds, Oh My!” Friday-Sunday, June 3-5, 2022 The schedule: Friday, 5:00 PM, keynote with Cyndi Ingle, “Pin Your Ancestors Down with Google Maps and Google Earth” Saturday, 9:00 AM – noon Angela Packer McGhie, CG “Land Entry Files and Tract Books” Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL “Military Bounty Lands: Revolution to Mexican War” Sunday, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Melinda Kashuba, PhD “Using Migration Maps in Genealogical Research” Kimberly T Powell “Deed Book Indexing Systems” Registration opens April 15. SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658 Hours : Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Masks are not required inside the Good Shepherd Center, SGS does encourage you to wear one in our library.. Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting. NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient. All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted Saturday, Apr 2, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com Sunday, Apr 3, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA WORKSHOP (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join. Wednesday, Apr 6, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Saturday, Apr 9, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series: Expanding Your German Research Beyond Ancestry and FamilySearch with Carolyn Schott. Sunday, Apr 10, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group with Karen Knudson. Tuesday, Apr 12, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. Wednesday, Apr 13, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Saturday, Apr 16, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Apr 16, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Sunday, Apr 24, 2022, 1:00 pm, Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the third meeting of our new SIG. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Saturday, Apr 30, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:30 pm, DNA SIG with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens.To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join. |