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Heritage Quest Research Library Civil War Research
Jean Wilcox Hibben, PhD, MA, is a national speaker and author. She is a member of DAR and is the current family history consultant for the Corona, CA Family History Center. Jean has over 45 years of research experience and has participated in a number of other society boards. She writes the “Aunty Jeff” column for the Informer, the newsletter for the Jefferson County NY Genealogical Society. Her website: circlemending.org Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society Researching Your Scottish and English Ancestors
10AM Friday, November 17, 2023, on Zoom, direct from Glasgow, Scotland
Michelle Leonard will present:
“Top Tips for Researching Your Scottish & English Ancestors.”
Michelle Leonard is a professional genealogist, DNA Detective, freelance researcher, speaker, author and historian. She has extensive experience both in the traditional and genetic genealogy spheres and runs her own genealogy and DNA consultancy business, Genes & Genealogy.
EVERYONE WELCOME!
No membership necessary Registration required at our website.
Clallam County Genealogical Society Shaky Leaf Syndrome
The Clallam County Speaker’s Series will host Sara Cochran, November 11th, starting at 10:00. There is no cost to watch the presentation. .
Her topic will be Shaky Leaf Syndrome: Using Website Generated Hints More Effectively. Indexing, optical character recognition, and computer algorithms make finding obscure records about our families easier than ever! Unfortunately, computers can’t distinguish between people of the same name who lived in different places or at different times. Using real examples, Sara will evaluate hints and attach the keepers to our trees.
Sara is a wonderful speaker, returning by request. She has a certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and a degree in Library Science. She writes a blog, The Skeleton Whisperer, and specializes in Irish research, methodology, completing applications for USDAR, USD1812, and DUVCW, et al.
The program will be via Zoom. The meeting number and passcode will be available to all by email request: askus@clallamcogs.org or by phoning the Society: 360-417-5000.
Folks are also invited to attend at the Clallam County Research Center at 403 E. 8th Street in Port Angeles, WA. All are requested to register at 9:45. And how can anyone resist a genealogist who refers to themself as “The Skeleton Whisperer!”
More information will be available at our website: www.clallamcogs.org. and at the Research Center in Port Angeles. The Center is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am-4pm, and Saturday noon -4. There is no cost to use our library, computers, or data-bases.
Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Swedish Research
You don’t have to be Swedish!
You will learn so much at our November 4th presentation.
| Saturday, November 4 |
Free Table:
Besides books, I have about a dozen cd’s of records for Family Tree Maker.
As always, please take any useful genealogy items home with you and feel free to bring items you no longer use…someone may find treasure in them. Jeanne Coe
Start your Christmas Shopping Early!
We will once again be taking part in the Toys 4 Tots/Gold Star Mother’s Campaign.
(More on this at the November meeting.)
And Don’t Forget a couple dollars for raffles!
There are some good ones!
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society What to Do with What We Have
Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society Follow the Records
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Works Project Administration (WPA)
Saturday, October 7h – General Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. Following the Business Meeting, Barbee Buchanan will give a presentation on “Works Progress Administration (WPA)”. During the Depression, WPA employed most of the unemployed people on relief until the economy recovered. WPA employees-built bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports. Barbee will be giving a talk on the projects that were of a genealogical nature. These ranged from collecting oral histories to inventories of county records to compiling large collections of cemetery records.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 So 12th Ave
Union Gap, WA 98903
Telephone: 509-248-1328
Email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society Recreating Your Ancestors World
Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society
Recreating Your Ancestor’s World
Presentation – Recreating Your Ancestor’s World followed by our Monthly Meeting
(This presentation and meeting will not be available via Zoom)
Tuesday, October 10th
1:00 pm
SVGS Library
6111 188 PL NE, Arlington, WA
You are invited to the free presentation at the SVGS library.
Everyone is welcome!
Mary Kircher Roddy will be speaking in person at our October 10th meeting. Our business meeting will follow the presentation.
Mary’s topic: Recreating Your Ancestor’s World
Learn how to combine maps, city directories, census records, and more to visualize your ancestor’s world. Understanding their environment will help you understand them.
Mary Kircher Roddy
Bio:
Mary Kircher Roddy, CG, earned a certificate in Genealogy and Family History at the University of Washington in 2005. She was accredited by the Board for Certification of Genealogists in 2019. She is a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists and is a former treasurer for the Association of Professional Genealogists. She is a co-editor of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly and one of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute.
There will be a short break with refreshments. The monthly meeting will follow.
For more information visit www.stillygen.org
Seattle Genealogical Society October 2023
| 1923-2023 and Beyond You’re Invited! SGS 100th Birthday Party Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 5:00-7:00 pm Dunn Gardens Cottage 13533 Northshire Rd NW, Seattle WA 98177 COME CELEBRATE WITH SGS!  Knute BergerSGS is turning 100 and we are getting ready to mark the occasion. Well known Seattle television host and historian Knute Berger will be the keynote speaker. This event is the capstone event of our centennial year and is not to be missed. There will be awards and proclamations recognizing the accomplishments of the society and the vision for it in the future. There is no cost for the event, but donations will be requested. Please RSVP on the SGS website so organizers can plan accordingly. COME SEE WHAT’S NEW AT THE SGS LIBRARY Do you need access to the American Ancestors subscription website? The SGS library has three computer workstations that provide free access to this site. American Ancestors has recently added or updated a number of new databases including: Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies Rhode Island Vital Records 1636-1850 Massachusetts-Shaker Records of the Fruitlands Museum 1791-1910 Early Vermont Settlers 1700-1784 Canadian Headstones: Cemetery Heritage of Canada Early New England Families 1640-1700 Massachusetts Roman Catholic Parish Cemetery Records 1866-1940 They also started a new project, 10 Million Names, to recover the names of people enslaved in America before emancipation and locate their living dependents. ROOTSTECH 2024 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN RootsTech, the popular family history conference, is getting ready for their 2024 event, coming Feb. 28- March 2. They offer both in-person sessions in Salt Lake City as well as an online viewing option for attendees. Register today and be a part of this exciting program.100 YEARS AGO: 14 SEPT 1923Toronto Canada Councilman Erickson cited Seattle’s municipally owned utilities as typical of the public ownership movement which he said is sweeping the West. He noted that the price of water was about one-fourth the price that was charged under private ownership. He also cited the reduced price for electric light and power, — “City’s Utilities Lauded in East”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 14 Sept 1923, p4, col 7* Watch each eNews! issue for “100 years ago”, our new anecdotal series. We will be running it for the duration of 2023, our centennial year.SAVE THE DATEFiske Genealogical Library Classes (Free!), Wednesdays in October 10:00 pm – 11:59 am Pacific Time Join the Fiske Genealogical Library as they continue their Fall virtual classes. All classes are Wednesdays, 10 am to noon, unless otherwise noted on their schedule. October 4: Moving Beyond FamilySearch — Jenny Hansen October 11: Buffalo Soldiers in the West — Janice Lovelace October 18: Women’s Service During WWI — Lisa A. Oberg October 25: Using Timelines to Organize Your Research — Claire Smith November 1: Using Online Scandinavian Church Records — Jenny Hansen EGS German Interest Grouup October 6, 2023, 12:30 am Charlotte Noelle Champenois from the FamilySearch Library will share “The ABC’s of the Old German Script.” Please register in advance with the Eastside Genealogical Society for this event. EGS Family Tree Maker SIG October 20, 2023, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Join Eastside Genealogical Society and SGS to learn and share tips and tricks for using Family Tree Maker by Software MacKiev. The meetings open about 15 minutes in advance. You can join and/or leave whenever you have to, and you may email your question(s) in advance or bring them up during the meeting. If you want to be on the Eastside Genealogical Society Family Tree Maker Special Interest Group email list, send your request to ftmsig@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org. Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, usually 2nd Monday meetings usually 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Pacific Time JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 pm unless noted otherwise. The next meeting is Oct. 9, 2023, “When Henry Silverstein Got Cold: Fraud in the 1920 Census” presented by Ron Arons. For more information see http://www.jgsws.org/meetings.php “Every Family has a Story … What’s Yours”? November 4, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Pacific TimeThe Lindsborg Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum will be hosting this virtual event to learn the basic research progress. Limited to 100 attendees. The event is free for museum members and $10 for non-members. Register in advance. “Julefest: A Nordic Christmas Celebration”, National Nordic Heritage Museum, 2655 NW Market St, Seattle, WA 98107 Sat-Sun, November 18-29 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Modeled after a traditional outdoor Christmas market, expect all the traditional Nordic holiday goodies. Ticket price for non-members includes entry to the museum. Julefest is no charge for museum members. https://nordicmuseum.org/events/julefest SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTSGood Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658 Please call ahead to make sure our library will be open. We are short on front desk volunteers.Hours : Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ** 10:00 am – 3:00 pm ** 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 Sunday, Oct 1, 2023, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA Workshop, with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you need to be on the SGS DNA Interest Group email list. Contact Cary Bright at SGSDNASIG@gmail.com to join. Tuesday, Oct 3, 2023, 10:00 pm-12:00 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group SIG (in person), Workshop your Swedish ancestors with Karen and your Norwegian ancestors Kathi. Share information and discuss Scandinavian ancestral research. This event will be in person at the SGS library. Monday, Oct 9, 2023, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, SGS Board of Directors Meeting (Virtual), All SGS members are welcome to attend. SGS is an all volunteer organization. Please be involved. Members must sign in to website to see Zoom link. Monday, Oct 11, 2023, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Write It Up! SIG (Virtual), Join this group to share and discuss writing projects, resources, and ideas. To join or learn more, contact Alaine Keisling at keisling@gmail.com Tuesday, Sept 12, 2023, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. Bring us your problem; we’ll try to help. Saturday, Oct 14, 2023, 12:30 am-1:00 pm, General Membership Meeting (HYBRID!), Stay current with what is going in the SGS. Please register in advance on the SGS website or by calling the library at (206) 522-6858, confirm if you will be attending in person or on Zoom. The Second Saturday event (listed below) will immediately follow this event. Saturday, Oct 14, 2023, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday: Technology to the Rescue (Hybrid), Learn how to work smarter, not harder with free tools – from programs to extensions to built-in features from your operating system. These tools help with organization, research, writing, and plotting land deeds, as well as abstracting, extracting, and transcribing records. There is something for everyone, and who doesn’t love free stuff! Please visit the SGS website to register in advance for this event. Sunday, Oct 15, 2023, 1:00 pm- 2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Topic to be announced. Please visit the SGS website to register in advance for this event. Tuesday, Oct 19, 2023, 10:00 am-12:00 pm, Family History Writers’ Group (Social Interest Group), Create your family history and share with others in an effort to improve your writing. Please note: The Writers’ Group is at the maximum number of participants and is not currently accepting any new members. Friday, Oct 20, 2023, 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm, SGS100 Birthday Party, Come celebrate 100 years of the SGS and we look to the past and dream for the future. Please visit the SGS website to register in advance for this event. Saturday, Oct 21, 2023, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG (Virtual), with Susan McKee. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. New Zoom link started in July. Saturday, Oct 21, 2023, 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm, German SIG (Virtual), Bring your favorite German research resource to share with the group. Carolyn Schott is the facilitator. Get the new Zoom link that starts this month. Register on the SGS website. Tuesday, Oct 24, 2023, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. Bring us your problem; we’ll try to help. Saturday, Nov 4, 2022, 10:15 am- 12:15 pm, FamilySearch SIG (Virtual), with Lou Daly. Discover many ways to use the FamilySearch website in your research. Meeting includes instruction and time for Q&A. Email Lou to get on the email list: loudaly@nwlink.com Sunday, Nov 5, 2023, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA Workshop, with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you need to be on the SGS DNA Interest Group email list. Contact Cary Bright at SGSDNASIG@gmail.com to join. |