Category Archives: Z-2016 Past Meetings-Seminars

Genealogical Forum of Oregon extends our warmest wishes

by Charles Hansen

The  to all our members, patrons and supporters for a safe and lovely Christmas holiday.

GFO’s Research Library will be closed today, Saturday, December 24th, and tomorrow, Sunday, December 24th, until 9:30 a.m. on Monday, December 26th.

We will also be observing the world’s most recent revolution around the sun the last week of this month. In other words, the Library will be closed Saturday, December 31st, until 9:30 a.m. on Monday, January 2nd.

Don’t forget! Monday, January 2nd, is a First Free Monday day!! Tell your friends and remind yourself if you don’t have a regular membership to take advantage of the holiday quiet to use the library resources for free that day!

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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 21 December 2016

=For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!

For a complete GFO CALENDAR click here.

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for November 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at HERE. NOTE: The Insider issues are now located under the “Learn” –> “Our Publications” menu at our new website (still gfo.org).

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GFO’s 2016 Annual Appeal
Don’t delay! To ensure your donation is tax-deductible on your tax return for 2016, checks need to be postmarked by December 31st. Donations can now be made by credit card right on our new website or you can still use PayPal if you prefer–but for a 2016 tax deduction, your gift must be received by midnight on December 31. Continue reading →

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

 

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A
 BOARD CERTIFIED GENEALOGIST?

Jill Morelli, a recent submitter of her portfolio for BCG certification, has agreed to share her insights about the submission process.  Although she won’t know the results for several months, Jill found that preparing her BCG submission was a terrific learning process and she’d like to share this knowledge. She anticipates maybe six, 1-hour sessions, that will be more discussion than presentation. Because so many of the likely attendees work or have other obligations, she would like to run it as a Google Hangout, which limits the number of attendees to 10.

If you are interested, contact Jill at jkmorelli@gmail.com. Sessions will probably start the end of January. SGS members will be given first priority up until the date of January 15. Exact dates and times for the sessions will be determined by consensus of the attendees.

It’s the Annual Deep-Cleaning of the SGS Library
 Thursday, December 29 at 10:00 A.M.
 COME JOIN THE FUN!

It’s that time of year again; we need to give the library its annual deep-cleaning. If you can help, please call Nancy Haugen, SGS Director of Operations at 206-633-1999.  Even if you have just a couple of hours to give, we would be so grateful. Coffee and pastries to start. Hope to see you then.

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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 14 December 2016

For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!

For a complete GFO CALENDAR go to www.gfo.org/calendar.htm.

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for November 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Nov.pdf.

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Please trudge carefully out there!

Just a friendly public service reminder to please please call before coming in to the library if there is snow or ice in the area. Even if schools are open, some of our Research Assistants, despite their other multi-faceted talents and superpowers, can’t get out even if the east side has thawed.
Call us at 503-963-1932 to double-check the GFO Library is open!

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Genealogy Forum of Oregon Special Weather Announcement

by Charles Hansen

Special Weather Announcement
from the GFO for
15 December 2016

We’re in for some possible snow and ice on the roads today, Thurs, Dec 15th, and again throughout the weekend.
Just a friendly public service reminder to please please call before coming to the library if there is snow or ice in the area. Even if schools are open, some of our Research Assistants may still not be able to safely get to the library to throw open the doors that you love. While we humbly apologize for any inconvenience, we also beg that you be safe yourself!
Call us at 503-963-1932 to double-check whether the weather has not allowed the GFO Library to open!

 

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

 

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 07 December 2016

For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!

For a complete GFO CALENDAR go to www.gfo.org/calendar.htm.

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for November 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Nov.pdf.

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The weather outside might be frightful…

We’re in for some possible / probable snow and ice on the roads tomorrow, Thurs, Dec 8th.
Just a friendly public service reminder to please please call before coming to the library if there is snow or ice in the area. Even if schools are open, some of our Research Assistants, despite their other multi-faceted talents and superpowers, can’t get out even if the east side has thawed.
Call us at 503-963-1932 to double-check the GFO Library is open!

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It’s Never Too Late To Plan WAY Ahead!

Mark your calendars, folks, for one of the best Spring Seminars and Workshops the GFO has ever seen!!
John Philip Colletta will be presenting April 29-30, 2017
WHAT Immigration and Naturalization Research Topics

WHERE Saturday at the Milwaukie Center and Sunday at the GFO Library

HOW Why, just click HERE to for all the details and to register before all the seats get gobbled up!

REGISTER

 

 

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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 30 November 2016

For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!

For a complete GFO CALENDAR go to www.gfo.org/calendar.htm.

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for November 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Nov.pdf.

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Seattle Genealogical Society Announcements and Calendar

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

LISA CHAN, VOLUNTEER OF THE FALL QUARTER

The Board of Directors has chosen Lisa Chan as SGS Volunteer of the Fall Quarter. Her contributions as the first technology director, and currently as chair of the technology committee, have hugely benefited the society. Lisa introduced us to Google Apps for Non-Profits, a suite of applications and cloud storage provided at no cost to the society.  SGS files have been moved from hardcopy or storage on individual computers to a common SGS Drive where they can seamlessly be accessed by all board officers.  She has made many SGS Library IT improvements including internal networking and patron computer upgrades. Plus she has been overhauling the SGS website which is so vital to our community outreach efforts.

On the first and third Tuesday of each month from 12:30-3:00 pm, Lisa offers her popular “Technology Tuesday” with discussions on technology, genealogical software, genetic research, internet resources and much more. Be sure to check the eNews! or the SGS website calendars for the webinars Lisa occasionally presents at the SGS library.

Lisa’s interest in genealogy began in 2014 after an autosomal DNA test from 23andMe led her to research the hundreds of matches received. She interviewed her maternal grandmother and learned about her maternal grandfather’s family in southern Illinois, discovering fifth great grandparents buried there, as well as third great grandparents from Ostfriesland, Germany. Relations are still living in the Illinois community the family had helped to settle. Her grandmother entrusted her with records passed down in the family, and Lisa has solved a good number of the “brick walls” going back seventy or more years in family members’ research. Last summer about ten family members met in Illinois  near the burial area of shared ancestors Alexander Rhodes (1787) and Elizabeth Poteet (1790).  With the help of autosomal DNA analysis Lisa was able to discover her biological father and found that she had both a living half brother and paternal grandmother, as well as many newly found cousins. Her interests in family history led her to join SGS, though her first ancestors in our area were second great grandparents who moved here in the 1940s. Lisa reports that these genealogical discoveries she has made over the last two years have been immeasurably enriching.

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Bainbridge Island Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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November 28, 2016

The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) will meet Friday, December 16, at the LDS church on Bainbridge Island, 8677 Madison Avenue, from 10:00 AM until 12 noon, for our annual “Holiday Show and Tell” gathering of members sharing ancestral tales, treasures, and research aids (e.g., pictures, letters, bibles, trinkets, etc) and/or tell about a discovery, progress, a breakthrough or other highlight of the year.  After a brief sharing, there will be an opportunity to walk around to see each other’s treasures, to visit, and to share a holiday treat.  This is a very good time to visit if you are interested in becoming a member.  For more information go to www.bigenealogy.org, or call 206-842-4978.  BIGS is a 501c(3) non-profit organization.

 

Thank you!

Sylvia H. Nelson

Director of Publicity and Public Relations

Olympia Genealogical Society Meeting

by Charles Hansen

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WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS will be presented by Delores Nelson at the December meeting of Olympia Genealogical Society. Join us on Thursday December 8 at 7 pm at Thurston County Courthouse, Building 1, Room 152.

Thank you,   JOYCE OGDEN, publicity

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