| ❇ It’s the Giving Season!Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to support the Seattle Genealogical Society and Library as we celebrate 100 years of service to the community. SGS 2022 Annual Appeal Donate Now Online If you have a Paypal account, you may donate to SGS via the Paypal Giving Fund and their transaction fee will be waived. Here’s the link: Paypal Giving Fund – SGS.❇ Thank You ❇ ANOTHER WAY TO DONATE As we come to the end of another year, for many of us our thoughts are not of sugar plum fairies, but income-tax fairies. Since this is also the time of SGS’s annual appeal letter, we thought it fitting to remind seniors with IRAs of the tax benefit to be had from donating to SGS via a Qualified Charitable Distribution from an Individual Retirement Account. If you are interested, visit the IRS’s discussion of this way to save a little tax money at https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/seniors-can-reduce-their-tax-burden-by-donating-to-charity-through-their-ira ** IMPORTANT ** REVISED NOTICE ON ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE AT THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER Maintenance work still has not begun on the elevator at the Good Shephard Center. Latest word from GSC management is that the work, hopefully, will begin the week of December 19th and SGS should expect the elevator will not be available for use through most, if not all, of January 2023. If you plan to visit the SGS library during that period and need the elevator, please call our front desk (206 522-8658) before you come to check on the elevator’s status. SAVE THE DATEJewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, usually 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. http://www.jgsws.org/meetings.php “RootsTech 2023”, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah Mar 2-4, 2023 Choose how to attend; in person or online! Visit the website for more info and registration. https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/home?mc_cid=d8c7b37731&mc_eid=2ae79ab586 SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTSGood Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658 New Hours : Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm ** Please call ahead to make sure our library will be open. We are short on front desk volunteers. Masks are recommended inside the Good Shepherd Center. 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, December 17, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG, with Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Notice there is a new Zoom link. Saturday, December 17, 2022, 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm, German SIG, with Carolyn Schott See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Notice there is a new Zoom link. Sunday, December 18, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Just Do It! Self Publishing Your Work, Jill Morelli is the usual host. Monday, December 19, 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. Monday, December 26, 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. Tuesday, December 27, 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. Sunday, January 8, 2023, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, “Soldiers, Spies, and Farm Wives; the Changing Roles of Women During the Civil War” – with Jill Morelli. Please register in advance. Sunday, January 8, 2023, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Scandinavian SIG, “What’s in a Name? Patronymic and Other Naming Conventions in Norway and Sweden”, Hosted by Karen Knudson and Kathi M. Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, MAC Computer SIG, Co-chaired by Lisa Marker and Diane Hettrick. Jointly sponsored by SGS and Fiske. Meetings address topics and resources for Macintosh (Apple) computers and the Reunion genealogy software program. Meetings are on the second Wednesday of alternating months. A link to login will be sent to the MAC SIG email list. If you would like to join, send an email to macusersig@seagensoc.org to be added to the email list. Saturday, January 14, 2023, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Centennial Kickoff: Will the 2020s Roar Like the 1920s? With historian William Woodward, in conjunction with Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau. Join in via Zoom for the first event scheduled in celebration of our centennial year. Friday, January 20, 2023, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Family Tree Maker SIG, the FTM by Software MacKiev user’s group meets via Zoom on the 3rd Friday of each month. If you would like to attend and are not on the SIG e-mail distribution list, please send an e-mail to egsgenealogyhelper@yahoo.com no later than Thursday, January 19th to request the meeting link. |