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Heritage Quest Research Library Between a Rock & a Hard Place

by Charles Hansen

Tina Beaird is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is a Genealogy & Local History librarian at the Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, IL. She holds a Masters of Library and Information Science degree with a specialization in Archives/Preservation from Dominican University. Tina has won multiple research and digitization grants to preserve and digitize historic documents and photographs.
Between a Rock & a Hard Place:
Overturning Every Stone to Break Through Your Brick Wall.

Whether due to a courthouse fire, natural disaster or late records collection date; each of us has that one ancestor, place or era where the records remain steadfastly elusive. Tina will share success stories and offer tips and strategies to break through that brick wall and find that elusive ancestor.

When:
Thursday, May 4, 2023
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via ZOOM
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Eastern Washington Genealogical

by Charles Hansen

Saturday, May 6

Researching Kansas Ancestors  

12:30 pm to 3:00 pm

Hybrid (join us in person or by Zoom)  Meeting at Shadle Park Library, Spokane, WA

KANSAS

Guest Speaker Lauri Jean Swett

Whether your ancestors came to Kansas to stay, they spent a generation or two, or were just passing through, their footprints can be found in Kansas’ records. They came for many reasons including the issue of slavery, trails west, the Homestead Act, and the railroads.  Learn the nuances of researching in the Sunflower State.

Social Time: 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

Meeting begins at 1:00 p.m.

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

 JEAN A ROTH
1944-2023

We are saddened to have to report a pillar of our Society has passed away. Jean Roth was one of our super volunteers. She was a member of SGS for 46 years. She received an Honorary Lifetime Membership to SGS for her years of service. She will be so missed.

Some of you will remember when Jean was on the board as the Director of Education and most of you will remember Jean as the leader for many years of our Irish SIG and German SIG. She also was the leader for the now defunct Brick Wall Problem Solving Session that SGS had on Wednesdays from noon to 3:00 PM. Jean was SGS President from 1995-96. She has also served as Vice President. 

Additionally, Jean was the organizer for our community outreach activities; the SGS booths at Irish Week/Festal at Seattle Center each March, including this March 2023, and at the Seattle Scottish Highland Games in Enumclaw each July.  

Jean loved to travel and made that her career. Besides SGS, Jean also belonged to the Greater Seattle Chapter of the Germans from Russia, the Seattle Scottish Highland Games Association, and the Irish Heritage Club. 

A visitation for Jean will be held Sunday, April 23, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home, 11111 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133. A graveside service will occur Monday, April 24, 2023 at 12:00 PM at Evergreen Washelli Cemetery, 11111 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations may be made to: The Seattle Genealogical Society, The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, The Irish Heritage Club, or Northwest Kidney Centers.

To read Jean’s entire obituary, visit : 
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/seattle-wa/jean-roth-11236193

ANNOUNCING THE SGS100
FAMILY HISTORY WRITING CONTEST!
 

The Seattle Genealogical Society is thrilled to request submissions for our Centennial Family History Contest! 
 
100th Anniversary Theme: Family Artifact
 
All writers are welcomed; you do not need to be an SGS member to submit. 
Stories with a focus on the Pacific Northwest and/or diverse cultures of the PNW will be given extra credit! Monetary prizes will be awarded to first ($200), second ($125) and third ($75) place winners in addition to one year of SGS membership. Additional prizes will be awarded to entries featuring stories representing diverse cultures.

Submit your story by July 1, 2023. Visit the SGS Website for all the details:
https://seagensoc.org/

NEW AT THE SGS LIBRARY!

Oops, this is a correction. Yes, you saw this item in the last eNews! but the url inadvertently got messed up so it didn’t work. Sorry. So let’s try this again.

As of April 1, 2023,  a new subscription service, https://historygeo.com , is available at the SGS Library. This website is an online version of the Family Maps and Texas Land Survey Maps book series. Instead of looking at landowner maps township by township, you’ll have a single, interactive map containing over 12.3 million landowners among 30 states (all 29 of the public land states, plus Texas). A single click of a parcel of land will link to both Google maps and patents’ source documents at the Bureau of Land Management or Texas General Land Office. Also included is a collection of approximately 4000 maps from various sources showing landowners at a particular point in time. Sometime in the near future, SGS will offer a class on how to use this website. Watch for it.

100 years ago: 15 March 1923

“Real Estate Investment in Seattle Urged” 

If only one had bought Seattle real estate back in 1923. On April 15, 1923, a newspaper headline read “Real Estate Investment in Seattle Urged”. The article went on to state “In no other city of the United States are conditions more favorable to profitable real estate operations…” “Full realization of this is the only prerequisite to a period of intense activity during which the present low level of values will be raised by rapid stages to approximate those obtaining elsewhere.”

“Real Estate Investment in Seattle Urged” , Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 15 April 1923, p10 col 1.

* 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 DATE

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 May 8, 2023, and the program is “Three Minutes in Poland” with Glenn Kurtz. 

http://www.jgsws.org/meetings.php

Tacoma-Pierce County
Genealogical Society, 
2023 Virtual Spring Seminar
with Thomas W Jones, PhD, CG
Tacoma, WA  * online * 
Saturday, April 29, 2023  

If a day with Thomas Jones isn’t exciting enough, the emcee for this virtual event will be Cyndi Ingle of Cyndislist. 

More information here:
https://tpcgs.org

International German Genealogy Partnership 2023 Conference,
June 9-11, 2023
Fort Wayne, Indiana 

This is a conference not to be missed by anyone doing German genealogy research anywhere in the world. Attend in person or online. For more info and registration visit:
https://iggp.org

 

SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Good 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. *** The elevator in the Good Shepherd Center will be out of service for the next several weeks. 

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, April 15, 2023, 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, April 15, 2023, 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.

Monday, April 17, 2023, 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.

Friday, April 21, 2023,  10:30 am-12:30 pm, CANCELED, Family Tree Maker SIG, the FTM by Software MacKiev user’s group  meets via Zoom on the 3rd Friday of each month.  This meeting has been canceled. The next meeting will be May 19, 2023. 

Monday, April 24, 2023, 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, April 25, 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, April 29, 2023,  10:00 am-12:30 pm, DNA SIG, 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. 


Monday, May 1, 2023, 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, May 6, 2023, 10:15 am- 12:15 pm, FamilySearch SIG, 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, May 7, 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. 

Monday, May 8, 2023, 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, May 8, 2023, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm,  Board of Directors Meeting at SGS  (Virtual),  All SGS members are welcome to attend. Remember SGS has several board positions open. We need to fill them. Maybe you have the skills and time. 

Monday, May 8, 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, May 9, 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. 

Wednesday, May 10, 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, May 13, 2023,  1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday: Creating Keepsakes, with Mary Kircher Roddy. Please register in advance. 

Monday, May 15, 2023, 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.

Friday, May 19, 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, May 18th to request the meeting ld.

Saturday, May 20, 2023, 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, May 20, 2023, 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, May 21, 2023, 1:00 pm- 2:30 pm, Virtual Sunday: Something Old, Something New, Time-keeping: Calendars & Feast Days”,  with Jill Morelli. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Please register in advance. 

Monday, May 22, 2023, 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, May 23, 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. 

Monday, May 29, 2023, 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.

Clallam County Genealogical Society Quarantined! Genealogy, the Law, and Public Health

by Charles Hansen

Clallam County Genealogical Society Speaker Series Presents:

JUDY RUSSELL, jd, cg, cgs                       

“The Legal Genealogist”

Saturday, May 13,    10:00

Quarantined!  Genealogy, the Law, and Public Health

From the Plague to Tuberculosis, the law worked to protect the public from epidemics.  Learn how public health records can add to any family’s history.

Judy Russell is a certified genealogist who also has a law degree.  She is known as the “Legal Genealogist,” and has used her knowledge to help all of us to understand the archaic legal language and laws to which our ancestors were subjected through her writings, seminars, and webinars. 

 Everyone is welcome to join us to hear her presentation via Zoom. To get the Zoom meeting number and passcode, please contact CCGS at 360-417-5000 between the hours of 10am – 4pm, Tuesday-Friday, or Saturdays, noon to 4pm. You are also welcome to watch the presentation at the CCGS research center: 403 E 8th Street, Port Angeles.

For more information check the CCGS Website: www.clallamcogs.org.

There is no charge for attendance.

Heritage Quest Research Library Using Historical Maps

by Charles Hansen

Janet O’Conor Camarata is a genealogist with over 30 years of experience. She is an experienced presenter, educator and trainer for genealogical societies, libraries, community colleges and senior centers across Washington. Janet is a graduate of the UW Genealogy and Family History program and has a B.A. in education from Central Washington University and a Master’s from Antioch University.
Using Historical Maps for Genealogical Research

Historical maps are crucial to genealogical research! These maps allow genealogy researchers to place our ancestors in a specific location and time. By doing so, we can begin to understand people and the land, migration patterns, and the community where an ancestor lived. By using these maps, we can reduce research time. Fortunately, many maps can be found online for FREE.
WHEN:
APRIL 20, 2023
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

WHERE:
ZOOM
COST:
$20 MEMBERS
$25 NON-MEMBERS

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Tri City Genealogical Society Upcoming Meetings

by Charles Hansen

  The Richland FamilySearch Center is located at 1314 Jadwin Ave. in Richland.  Entrance is down the ramp from the parking lot that is to the north of Dairy Queen.

  Planning continues for further speakers in 2023 with the intention to have the presentations continue to occur on the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.  On May 10 Ryan Bennett will be presenting at the East Benton County Museum and Historical Society –  205 Keewaydin Dr, Kennewick, WA 99336 – on Using Facial Recognition on MyHeritage and Google.  On June 14 Margie Belden will be presenting on Taking the Next Step in Your Genealogical Research – location to be announced.  Please mark your calendar.

  Everyone is encouraged to join and / or renew their membership in TCGS.  The links for renewal are on the TCGS web site at http://tricitygenealogicalsociety.org/q/join/join_renew/ or http://tricitygenealogicalsociety.org/q/wp-content/uploads/TCGSBrochure.pdf

Heritage Quest Research Library Fire Update

by Charles Hansen
What a winter this has been!
As many of you know on October 28th, 2022, we experienced an arson fire just behind our building.  Thank goodness the fire department responded quickly and were able to get the fire knocked down. The building next door was not so lucky.  If you happen to drive down Main Street in Sumner, you will see a big hole where the Stuck Junction Restaurant and Lounge used to be.  We made it through with only smoke damage and have had the books cleaned and stored. The information we are receiving from the building owner indicates that it will be some time before we can get back into the building.  They are working with the city of Sumner to make progress to re-open but are realistically looking to the end of the year.  What does all this mean for Heritage Quest Research Library?  
We are working hard to move forward. The Management Team (daily processes) and the Board of Trustees have met and discussed several scenarios and options for that forward motion.  We have viewed several different sites from Auburn to Orting to Puyallup and are finding available locations to be very few. However, the library crew and the teams are still engaged in the service we provide. Our classes are still being scheduled and attended by many of you. Our members have access to My Heritage and Ancestry from home. But we still need you.  
Your continued support of HQRL by logging into your account and accessing Ancestry and My Heritage helps us tremendously. Signing up for a class or two and taking the opportunity to give us feedback will help us in our quest to continue to be a premier genealogy resource. If you are not a member, now would be a great time to do so. 
If you are aware of a space that might fit our needs, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We are constantly on the lookout, but we can’t be everywhere. You can reach us at research@hqrl.com
Sincerest regards,
Heritage Quest Research Library

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society General Membership Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, April 11th from 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm

Hybrid via Zoom and In-Person at the Parkland-Spanaway branch of the Pierce County Public Library, located at 13718 Pacific Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98444

Our speaker will be Anna Trammell, the Northwest Room Historian with the Tacoma Public Library.  The Northwest Room is located on the second floor of the Main Library at 1102 Tacoma Ave. S. and is renowned for its local history, genealogy, and special collections.  Anna gave the Board an impressive overview of the updates and new programs that will be available to us (such as a special memory lab) and she is excited to share the information with you.

Topic: TPCGS Membership Zoom Meeting

Time: Apr 11, 2023 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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