Any question about genealogy to our guest Genealogist
Lynda Keenan
July 27th 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. This event is open hours. You may come anytime and stay as long as you can.
Lewiston City Library, 5th and D Streets, Second floor Event Space.
No Fee – Beginner to experienced are welcome
Your questions on DNA, researching, documenting, Ancestry or other companies. Trees including private, public, online and on your hard drive.
Bring your computer and work hands on with Lynda. Library WIFI is available. Have your passwords, software ready and updates completed. If you need assistance getting your computer ready contact: **
BIO – Lynda Keenan was born and raised in Illinois. In 1998, she moved to Spokane, Washington where she graduated from Eastern Washington University with a BA in Biology. About Thirty years ago, she began what has become her passion and now her career: genealogy and genetic research. Her research has extended beyond her own family, to others that have been searching for their families. Currently she is enrolled in the National Institute of Genealogical Studies and upon completion in August will hold certifications in American Records, English Records and Genetic Genealogy. Lynda is the President of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society, and a member of several other Genealogical Societies, and participates in several Surname Projects. Over the past several years Lynda volunteered and worked with others on the Obituary Collection Index Project (OCIP), and upon completion we had over 87,000 obituaries Indexed from several local newspapers. She leads the Refocus monthly group and has taught and will be teaching courses on Genealogy Research and Genetic DNA. In 2020 she started her own genealogical business “A Sapling to A Family Tree” (STAFT.org), with staff from several states in America and is focusing on teaching more classes and working with clients to help them further their genealogical understanding.
Twin Rivers Genealogy Society is a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Idaho, serving Lewiston ID, Clarkston WA, and the surrounding areas. We have been active since 1967 and strive to provide classes and learning opportunities through various speakers, field trips, and professional genealogists, historians, and writer’s presentations at our meetings.
For more information: Facebook: Twin Rivers Genealogy Society; Email: trgsinfo2014@gmail.com or call 509-552-5280.
I’m writing to let you know that MyHeritage DNA kits are now on sale at 50% off the regular price!
This low price is a great opportunity for anyone who hasn’t purchased a MyHeritage DNA kit yet to do so. This special discount will only be available through July 17, so be sure to take advantage now and spread the word so all your friends and followers can, too!
Read more about the sale on our blog, and feel free to use the graphic below.
Enjoy
Daniel Horowitz
Genealogy Expert
MyHeritage Ltd., P.O.Box 50, 3 Ariel Sharon Blvd., Or Yehuda, Israel 6037606, Israel, +972-3-6280000
Some of our regular monthly events are paused for the summer so be sure to check the Program Updates section below for the latest news.
JULY – EARLY AUGUST 2022 MEETINGS & EVENTS
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PROGRAM UPDATES
The in-person Research Group is cancelled for July and August
EGS German Interest Group is on summer break and will resume September 9, 2022
SKCGS monthly General Meetings with featured speakers will resume September 16, 2022
July and August SKCGS Board Meetings are cancelled
NEW! Genealogy Help (in-person) with SKCGS at the Auburn Library starts July 28, 2022
Saturday, July 2, 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT Family Tree Maker Users Group (virtual) Question & Answer. Each month, we will learn about using the features of FTM. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion. Monday, July 11, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (virtual) Triangulation – What is it, Why Should I Care, and How Can I Use It? Resources: Triangulation Resources In One Place: https://dna-explained.com/2020/12/16/triangulation-resources-in-one-place/ This group is for genealogists who use DNA data as part of their research. Join for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy
TUG is for sharing knowledge and learning about technology tools, media, apps and websites. Join for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/TUG
Monday, July 25, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT Genealogy Chat(virtual) Meet up and chat about genealogy subjects and topics. We have no agenda; we just like one another! For meeting invitations and discussion, join https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Society
Thursday, July 28, 2022 ⋅ 11:00am – 1:00pm PT Genealogy Help with SKCGS at the Auburn Library(in-person) Genealogy questions? SKCGS offers one-on-one help with a volunteer 1102 Auburn Way S Auburn, WA 98002 Registration not required. In-person event. Safety guidelines and current protocols followed. More information at King County Library, email kcls-auburn@kcls.org
Saturday, August 6 , 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT Family Tree Maker Users Group (virtual) Question & Answer. Each month, we will learn about using the features of FTM. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
Volunteer needed for approximately one hour per month. Our new Secretary until recently posted and ensured the accuracy of our Groups.io calendars, which send out meeting invitations and reminders. She needs to step back from that job. Please volunteer by writing to president@skcgs.org. Training is provided.
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The Washington State Genealogical Society (WSGS) has restarted its awards programs and five SGS members received awards this year. Four SGS members received a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer award. This award is given by WSGS based on recommendations from local societies. The SGS recipients are:
Kathi M and Rob Sexton (team award) were recognized for their efforts in planning and executing the move and restructuring of the SGS library.
Cary Bright was honored for her many years of running the SGS DNA Special Interest Group.
And accolades go to Christine Schomaker for being, in essence, the SGS Swiss army knife, doing whatever is needed, and doing it well, for so many years.
Created in 2015, the WSGS President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement is not given out each year. It was designed and is reserved to single out that rare individual, society, or organization who has demonstrated exemplary service, above and beyond expectations. For 2022 this award was given to SGS’s past president, Jill Morelli. Everyone who knows Jill also knows that she has earned this award for her many efforts, not only within SGS, but within the genealogical community at large.
Our congratulations, and thanks, to all the award recipients!
A MESSAGE FROM THE SGS PRESIDENT
What Should We Be Doing?
At the July meeting of the SGS Board we will be having a discussion of what we should be doing over the next year or so. Our time these past couple of years has been consumed by responding to COVID-19, the move to the Good Shepherd Center, and the library restructuring project. So, now what?
ANOTHER REMINDER TO RENEW OR JOIN THE SEATTLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
For Members – to renew online log in at Members Home, go to your Member Profile, and then click the green “Renew Membership” button. If you’d rather renew by postal mail, click print a membership application and send it together with your dues payment to SGS. Or better yet, stop by the SGS Library and renew in person!
Not a member yet? Join online today and enjoy discounted class and Seminar fees, free research requests, special interest groups, and access to exclusive SGS publications and databases. Find out more about membership at Join SGS.
Take part as SGS enters it 100th Year!
Help wanted! A few more volunteers are needed to man the SGS booth at the Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering, Saturday, July 23, or Sunday, July 24. Volunteers will get a free entry ticket to the games that day. Also we have one volunteer from the Northgate area who needs a ride to the games. If you can help in the booth and/or provide a ride, call or text Jean Roth at 206 510-5202. Please make that call today. Thank you.
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.
Pacific NW Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering, Enumclaw Expo Center, Enumclaw, WA Friday, July 22, 2022 – Sunday, July 24, 2022
Mark your calendar and show up for plenty of fun at the 75th Annual Pacific NW Scottish Highland Games & Clan Gathering. For full details visit: https://www.sshga.org/daily-event-schedule/
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658 New Hours : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, 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
Wednesday, July 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.
Sunday, July 10, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group, Jill Morelli will speak about Scandinavian Handwriting at this meeting. Hosted by Karen Knudson.
Tuesday, July 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, July 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.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm, MAC Computer SIG, Jointly sponsored by SGS and Fiske Genealogical Library, this group meets every other month from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Meetings are open to the public and address topics and resources helpful for those using MacIntosh (Apple) computers and the Reunion program in their genealogy research. Meetings are virtual via Zoom until in-person meetings can resume. The link to logon will be sent to the MAC SIG email list. People wishing to attend should email macusersig@seagensoc.org to be added to the mailing list.
Saturday, July 16, 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.
Sunday, July 17, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance. Topic this month is “150 Years of Burned Records: Parents for Elna Johansdotter”.
Wednesday, July 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.
Tuesday, July 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, July 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.
We have some fantastic free webinars from Legacy Family Tree Webinars in July, plus a free genealogy conference AND a new benefit for your society members. Check out the details below and let your audience know about July 2022’s live webinars:
The Madness of ‘Mc’ Surnames by Carol Baxter
What’s New at DNA Painter by Jonny Perl
Exploring Your Ethnicities on MyHeritage by Gal Zrihen
Montana Genealogy Treasures by Janet Thomson, Ed.D.
Colonial Spanish & Mexican Censuses & Census Substitutes by Henrietta Martinez Christmas
Les nouvelles collections belges sur MyHeritage (French) by Marie Cappart
Ancestors’ Religions in the U.S. by Carolyn L. Whitton, CG
Our hour to master your camera settings by Jared Hodges
MyHeritage’s Latest Photo Innovations by Tal Erlichman
Treat yourself to a genealogy conference Saturday, July 23! Join us at www.FamilyTreeWebinars.com/conference to enjoy five, completely FREE, pre-recorded classes on the topic of Military Research. No registration is required.
Be sure to spread the news far and wide so your friends and followers don’t miss out on this fantastic FREE content! You can use the graphic above.
New benefit for your society members
I know of the challenge of recruiting new members for your society and hoping that your current members will renew. We’ve now created a new membership benefit that you can offer to your members and potential members that I think will help solve these challenges.
In addition to the free webinars at Legacy, the complete back-library of 1,700+ webinar recordings is available with a webinar membership. As a new membership benefit for your society members, you can now offer them a first-year 50% off discount for a webinar membership (regular pricing is $49.95, the discount would make it $24.98, valid for new memberships only). Included in the membership are:
Anytime access to the recorded webinars (currently 1,798 classes)
Anytime access to the instructor syllabus (currently 6,643 pages)
Anytime access to the chat logs of the live webinars
Bonus members-only webinars
Lots of other goodies
Please write to Geoff Rasmussen at Geoff@LegacyFamilyTree.com to obtain your society’s unique coupon code or if you have any questions. He has also prepared a draft announcement you can share with your group. Sounds like a great opportunity.
Best regards!
Daniel Horowitz
Genealogy Expert
MyHeritage Ltd., P.O.Box 50, 3 Ariel Sharon Blvd., Or Yehuda, Israel 6037606, Israel, +972-3-6280000
A quick note from over the border here at Surrey Libraries Family History… We have two FREE online Eastern Europe research programs in August, on the heels of our really popular Eastern Europe program earlier this year. Are you able to promote to your gen folks? I’d be grateful for whatever you are able to do. Posters are attached, and blurbs are below.
Genealogy: Eastern Europe Border Changes
ONLINE program
Tuesday, August 16
10:00 – 11:30am PDT
Anyone researching their family history in Eastern Europe probably has faced the challenges that changing borders present. In this program, Edie Adam will use findings from her family history research to demonstrate the key factors — time and place — and how to use them to your advantage.
The ability to search for birth, marriage and death records in regions now in Poland has enabled genealogy research most of us never thought possible. However, to many these resources are a perplexing maze of random searches. This presentation will provide a brief overview of two primary databases which reveal parish and civil registry records in Poland encompassing many Polish, German and Jewish residents of in the 19th – early 20th centuries: Geneteka and Metryki.Genealodzy.PL
Carmen Merrells, BA, MLIS | Information Services Librarian
Cloverdale Branch, Family History Department
5642 – 176A Street, Surrey, BC, Canada V3S 4G9 T 604.598-7447 | F 604.598-7321 | www.surreylibraries.ca [1]
_Discover something new at Surrey Libraries!_ [2]__
_Surrey Libraries recognizes that our work takes place on the ancestral, traditional, and unceded territories of the SEMYOME (Semiahmoo), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), qiqéyt (Qayqayt), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nations and on the ancestral and traditional territory of the sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) First Nation._
I’m excited to tell you that MyHeritage has just completed an additional update to the data for our ultimate genetic genealogy tool, Theory of Family Relativity™!
In case you’re still unfamiliar with Theory of Family Relativity™, this feature pulls together billions of data points from across all the family tree profiles and historical records on MyHeritage to bring you theories about how your DNA Matches may be related to you. The calculations are run on a periodic basis, and since our last update, countless new DNA kits, family tree profiles, and historical records have been added to MyHeritage.
This means that the number of theories, the number of DNA Matches that include a theory, and the number of kits that have a theory have all increased significantly — and so have your chances of getting a new theory! As a result of this new update 25,636,711 Theories of Family Relativity™ were added.
Check out our blog post to learn more about this update, and feel free to use the graphic below and spread the news.
Best regards!
Daniel Horowitz
Genealogy Expert
MyHeritage Ltd., P.O.Box 50, 3 Ariel Sharon Blvd., Or Yehuda, Israel 6037606, Israel, +972-3-6280000
Beginning your family historyPART A: GETTING STARTED What is it? Why do it? Where do I begin? How do I get organized? So, you want to start a little project? How can Heritage Quest Research Library help you? We can start with a FREE Beginning Class taught by our very own research librarians.
WHEN: July 7, 2022, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM WHERE: ZOOM or in-person at HQRL (Please note that we are limited to 8 in-person attendees) SIGN UP: Come in: 1007 Main Street, Sumner, WA 98390 Call: 253-863-1806 Online: hqrl.com at the HQRL Store
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society will be vacationing in July.
Please have a safe and sane Fourth of July.
We will return in August on our usual schedule.
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