GENEALOGY CAFE Meet with Olympia Genealogical Society experts for personal help with your family history research. Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th AV SE, Olympia. Thursday Aug 18th and Saturday August 20 from 1-3 pm. FREE contact 360)529-9813 or txresearch@comcast.net
Thank-you JOYCE OGDEN, Publicity
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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 3 August 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 August 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Aug.pdf.
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To Those Who Drive Automobiles…
Beware!!! Beeeewwwwaaaaaarrrree…..
But seriously, the west parking lot for the Ford Building (on the corner of 10th and Division) will be closed for clean up and paving from Thursday, August 4th, through Sunday, August 7th.
Please feel free to come on down for a $1 parking pass if you would like to park in any of the zoned street parking areas, or you may still utilize the parking lot southeast of the Ford Building on 11th.
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For All Those Photoshop Element Lovers Out There…
Just for the month of August we will meet on the THIRD Wednesday, August 17th, at 1:30pm at the GFO due to vacation schedules. Feel free to send any questions you have or topics you would like to cover for this upcoming meeting to Sarah Holmes.
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Call to Volunteers – Let the Book Labeling Live On!
Remember all those wonderful French-Canadian genealogy books we brought down from a very generous donor in North Portland? Well, we’re currently getting them ready for general research consumption, but WE NEED YOUR HELP again!!
We’re looking for a very special volunteer, or couple of volunteers, to help with creating and binding spine labels to a cart-full of the smaller items that came with the French-Canadian resource collection.
The tasks this project involves are especially for those who enjoy taking pride in detail-oriented, and sometimes repetitive, work that has a huge impact as to encouraging visibility and overall use of priceless resource materials.
If you’re interested in this short-term project, please contact our wonderful and lovely president, Laurel Smith, at president@gfo.org.
Roddy in September
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EXTRAY! EXTRAY! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!
We’d like humbly point to this riveting article from Friday’s Portland Tribune, by Kevin Harden, regarding a local genealogical hunt. There are truly some great researching tips in this story, my friends!
May Maine Civil War veteran Jewett B. Williams have a safe ride home.
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Fall Seminar & Workshop Are Almost Full!!
It’s still not too late to sign up to hear D. Joshua Taylor!
October 15th at the TaborSpace, and October 16th at the GFO
Don’t get left behind on this one!! Click HERE to reserve your registration today.
Mr. Taylor is a nationally known and recognized genealogical author and lecturer. He will be presenting on a plethora of topics such as:
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▪ The Web, the World and YOU!
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▪ Evaluating & Documenting Online Sources
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▪ Bridging the Gap: Finding Ancestors in the U.S. between 1780 & 1830
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▪ Online Resources for Colonial America
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▪ Colonial American Legal Traditions
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What’s Happening this Week at the GFO?
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7th
Manuscripts Work Party 9am – noon
We’re always glad to see you, and so are the manuscripts! Come help us save the GFO manuscript collections from the threat of disuse and obscurity with our monthly efforts in organizing and prepping files for scanning as part of the GFO’s Digital Manuscript Collection project. Hope to see you there, as any time you can give is so appreciated!!
TUESDAY, AUGUST 9th
Board Meeting 6 – 8pm
The monthly GFO Board Meetings are open to the public and to all members who are interested in witnessing what makes this place great!
FAMILY TREE MAKER HELP SESSIONS
Do you wish you could create attractive pedigree charts, display ancestor timelines, or show your documentation for key family facts? Do you want to learn more about the Family Tree Maker genealogy software program and how to use its special features to record and share your family history research with others?
SGS will sponsor a series of meetings for users of Family Tree Maker to learn more about how to use that software most effectively. The series starts Saturday, August 27 at the SGS Library at 10:15 a.m.
This first meeting will be a collaborative session in which we’ll work together to illustrate how we use the program and to address basic questions and problems. There will be no formal presentation at the first meeting; we’ll make a list of top issues to be addressed in subsequent meetings.
Anyone is welcome. SGS membership is encouraged but not required.
If you plan to attend, OR if such a program is of interest to you, but you cannot attend on August 27, please email Reiley Kidd at secretary@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org, indicating what version of FTM you use, and what topics you are particularly interested in. Attendees should bring, if possible, their laptop and FTM, for hands-on assistance.
Mark your calendars! It’s a busy month at HQRL!1. In person at HQRL, 1007 S. Main St., Sumner, WA. The sign-up notebook is at the Front Desk.
2. E-mail *HQRLinfo@gmail.com <HQRLinfo@gmail.com>* – provide name, telephone number and your HQRL membership number, if you are a member.
3. Telephone HQRL at 253-863-1806 between 10:00 am – 4 pm, Monday through Saturday. Provide your name, telephone number and HQRL membership number, if you are a member.
Don’t forget to register for:
Ancestry Day Conference — Sept. 23 & 24, 2016, Tacoma
Join experts from Ancestry, Washington State Archives, Washington State Library, Legacy Washington, and the Washington State Historical Society for this great event. Registration for Ancestry Day presentations on Saturday is $35. Registration for Friday’s presentations is $15.
Saturday, Sept. 24, will feature a full day of classes, including:
• Ancestry101: New & Review
• Getting the Most from Ancestry.com
• Using AncestryDNA to Further Your Family History Research
• Ancestry FAQs
• Sharing Your Family Story
Friday, Sept. 23, will feature several presentations from area experts, including:
• Tracy Rebstock, Washington State Archives
• Mary Kathryn Kozy, Professional Genealogist
• Lynette Miller, Head of Collections at the Research Center of the Washington State Historical Society
• Karen Wallace Steely, Professional Genealogist
• Kathryn Devine, Washington State Library
For more information, schedule and registration, click HERE.
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 27 July 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 August 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Aug.pdf.
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Remember the Cuffs of Ms. Violette Pearl?
You may remember her as the lady with the velvet cuffs…
The cover story of the GFO’s quarterly publication, The Bulletin, from December 2015 told of a Violette Pearl Willcox and her famous velvet cuffs that had disappeared into all but family legend.
This week those cuffs were found and we wanted to make sure to share their loveliness with you all!
You didn’t get to read that Bulletin article, you say!? You are receiving our quarterly publications?? Sign up for GFO membership today to fix this problem by clicking HERE.
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You’ve Done It!! You’ve “got Germans” for the GFO!!!
A very special ‘danke’ goes out to each and every one of our very generous donors! With all of the donations received we are very pleased to report that we have successfully met our goal for the “got Germans” campaign!
The GFO will now be able to advance on their purchase of the entire set of Map Guides to German Parish Registers.
These books are widely considered a definitive reference guide and time-saver for German genealogical research, and who doesn’t love to save time and get results? Now, the GFO can get all 55 volumes for the library’s collection, filling a hole in our German genealogical research section. And, through special arrangement, the publisher has agreed to give GFO a 15% discount on this large purchase when we order them. Look for these guides soon on our Library shelves.
Our sincere thanks again to each and everyone who has donated to make this purchase possible and help improve GFO’s German collection!
Sincerely,
Liz Stepp and Laurel Smith
Have others ideas for resources you’d like to see at the GFO?
Let us know by sending your ideas to info@gfo.org.
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Sign Up Soon for the GFO’s Annual Membership Picnic!!
It’s never too early to save the date.
September 18, 2016, ’til the swans kick us out
The picnic will be a potluck at Mt. Scott Park. Bring hot dishes, salads, desserts or other food. Sadly, we will not be able to cook hamburgers or hot dogs at the site this year, so please bring lots of dishes to share if you could! The GFO will provide lemonade and iced tea, and we plan to eat around 1 pm.
Things to know: No smoking or use of tobacco in any form, or alcoholic beverages are allowed in the park.
More information will be provided closer to the event. Dancers in tutus are still being negotiated.
Address: SE 72nd Ave & Harold St. in Portland.
RVSP by emailing picnic@gfo.org
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What’s Happening this Week at the GFO?
SATURDAY, JULY 30th
GCO Genealogy Fest 9am – 4pm
THIS ONE’S NOT AT THE GFO!! But we still don’t want you to miss out on the 16 courses being offered at this event to be held Saturday at Lane Community College, Center for Meeting and Learning, 4000 East 30th Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97405.
SUNDAY, JULY 24th
Library Opens at 2pm We’ll be closed in the morning and the first two hours of the afternoon for our summer workshop, as noted below.
Half-Day Workshop with Geoff Rasmussen 9:30am – 2pm
From 9:30am until noon, learn best practices for managing, sharing, searching, enhancing, and preserving your digital photos, as well as how to access your collections via your computer, smart phone, or tablet. Then it’s all about Organizing, Researching, and Sharing with Legacy Family Tree Software from 1pm to 2pm. Please note, registration is closed on this event, and this is a public service reminder only.
MONDAY, AUGUST 1st
Free Monday!! 9:30am – 5pm
Come one, come all!! Every first Monday of the month, non-members have free and full access to all the GFO Library resources.
WHATCOM GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
2016 FALL SEMINAR
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016
9 am to 4 pm
Saint James Presbyterian Church
910 – 14th Street (lower level), Bellingham, WA
Jill Morelli, Professional Genealogist, will speak on
“Unraveling of Family Myths Using Principles of Logic”,
“Top Ten Tech Tools I Really Use”, and “Women’s Birth Names: 25 Places to Look”
Jim Johnson of Heritage Quest will speak on “Beginning Genealogy”.
Jim will also bring his traveling book store for fun browsing.
Outstanding Raffle Prizes, snacks; lunch available if desired.
For a registration form, go to
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 20 July 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 July 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Jul.pdf. Continue reading
The next Northeast Washington Genealogical Society meeting will be on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. The morning Computer Interest Group (CIG) will meet in the basement meeting room of the LDS Church on Juniper Street in Colville at 10:30 AM. Entry is located at the back of the building. The building is located one block east of the South Main Restaurant on Hwy 395.
For August and September we will focus on organizing your genealogy research. This month’s meeting will focus on Family Tree Maker. Karen Struve will demonstrate how to get started in Family Tree Maker software. And by the way, Family Tree Maker will continue to provide the ability to synchronize with trees on Ancestry.com.
In September Susan Dechant will demonstrate another great genealogy program, RootsMagic.
We will take a lunch break at noon and then meet again in the LDS Lower Meeting Room at 1:30 p.m.
Sue Richart, a long-time NeWGS member and one of our favorite presenters will be sharing information she has gleaned while researching the Colville National Forest Records. She will share how this information can be valuable as you research your ancestors in this area as well as other areas nationally who have these types of records. It gives us a better understanding of how our ancestor’s lives were impacted by the area they lived in.
All visitors are welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society’s meetings.
The Victoria Genealogical Society is proud to report that our 2016 Annual Seminar Program is now finalized for October 29th at Victoria, BC, CAN., and open for registration.
We have an impressive lineup of speakers, a new venue and over $2000 in door prizes. This year’s theme is “Making Sense of the Science – Deciphering Your DNA Results”. More info at http://www.victoriags.org/seminar.php
I wanted to let you know with the hope that you would pass this information to your members and followers.
MAKING SENSE OF THE SCIENCE: DECIPHERING YOUR DNA RESULTS
Saturday, October 29, 2016 ~ 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
(NOTE: time is different from last year)
St Leopold Mandic Church
4081 Gordon Head Road, Victoria BC
(NOTE: location is different from last year – see map)
SPEAKERS: Barbara Johnson, Merna Forster, Tim Duncan
SPECIAL OPENING SPEAKER: Wedlidi Speck
Lunch will be provided. Free parking.
Email: seminar@victoriags.org
Download VGS 2016 Seminar poster (pdf format)