Category Archives: Z-2016 Past Meetings-Seminars

Northeast Washington Genealogical Society September Workshop

by Charles Hansen

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Saturday, September 17NeWGS Annual Workshop- Unlocking Our National Treasures

9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Ambulance Shack at the north end of Colville (east of the Roundabout)

Our presenter will be Carol Buswell who has been the Education Specialist for the National Archives at Seattle for the past 10 years, which holds 41,000 cubic feet of permanently valuable Federal Government documents from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska.   She also has worked as a sixth grade teacher, published author, public speaker, small scale publisher, and bookstore owner.   She writes and speaks about the National Archives, American Indian history, genealogy, and topics in Education.  She holds degrees in Elementary Education, Fine Arts, and American Indian Studies.

 

Her topics include general information on the records held by NARA and what’s online, immigration and naturalization records, census records and the WPA and depression era records.

2016 Fall Seminar flyer

Kittitas County Genealogical Society Events

by Charles Hansen

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Kittitas Co Genealogical Soc events:

June 25 Meeting is a field trip 8:50 AM (we depart at 9AM) Sat June 25 from parking lot on Water St in Ellensburg WA, behind our KCGS library. We’re visiting Wanapum Heritage Center, whose prime-mover, for years, has been our KCGS-member Angela Neller.  Their phone is 509-766-3461, if you want to meet us there at Priest Rapids Dam & website

http://www.grantpud.org/community/the-wanapum/wanapum-heritage-center

for directions and explanations.  Bring a brown bag lunch to eat there

 

Usual meeting time Mon June 6 at 7pm

Come see movies of construction of the Wanapum or Priest Rapids dams at

Library 413 N. Main St Suite L, Ellensburg WA

 

No meeting in July, as 4th would be our meeting night.

 

Genealogy Annual Potluck Picnic

Sunday Aug 14 at 4 pm at home of Mary and Lew Christensen, 60 Moe Road, at corner of Moe&Tjossem Rds.  Please bring something to share – a salad, fruit, meat, a side dish or dessert.  Hosts will furnish beverages and table service.  Come enjoy this time of fellowship with others in our society.

Guests are WELCOME!

 

No Sept 2016 meeting because of Labor Day and Rodeo-County Fair conflict

 

Our October 3, 2016 7pm meeting will have a program related to DNA-genealogy, by our member Judy Clayton.

 

Our November 7, 2016  7pm meeting will have a program on special censuses, such as Mortality schedules of the US federal censuses, by our member Erik Bakke.

 

Annual Christmas Dinner by the Methodists:

Monday Dec 6th at 6 pm at Methodist Church 208 N. Ruby St Ellensburg, for members and guests who pay about 2 weeks ahead of time.

 

 

Kittitas County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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Kittitas Co Genealogical Soc events:

June 25 Meeting is a field trip 8:50 AM (we depart at 9AM) Sat June 25 from parking lot on Water St in Ellensburg WA, behind our KCGS library. We’re visiting Wanapum Heritage Center, whose prime-mover, for years, has been our KCGS-member Angela Neller.  Their phone is 509-766-3461, if you want to meet us there at Priest Rapids Dam & website

http://www.grantpud.org/community/the-wanapum/wanapum-heritage-center  for directions and explanations.  Bring a brown bag lunch to eat there.

 

Usual meeting time Mon June 6 at 7pm

Come see movies of construction of the Wanapum or Priest Rapids dams at

Library 413 N. Main St Suite L, Ellensburg WA

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM Wednesday Evening E-News 1 June 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, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-May.pdf.

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TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER! YOUR GERMAN ONE THIS TIME PLEASE…ALSO, DO YOU HAVE THOSE SPECIAL BOOKS ON GERMAN MAP PARISH GUIDES?? Firstly…
The GFO’s German Interest Group is in need of a brave new soul to lead this flock of researching fans! Won’t you help? Are you ready for the challenge? We think you definitely are!

If destiny’s calling, please give the library a call at 503-963-1932 or email volunteer@gfo.org to help out in this very vital way!

Visit the German Interest Group website for a peek at what they’ve been up to, and what we’ll all be missing with the upcoming retirement of their fearless leader, Nanci Remington, after Saturday, June 4, 2016.

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Whitman County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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SAVE THE DATE!
Your WCGS is planning a “summer gathering” on Saturday morning July 9. We will meet at 10 AM to tour McConnell Mansion, 327 E. Second in Moscow, Idaho, followed by a tour of the Latah County Historical Society Centennial Annex across the street. After these tours those interested can
plan lunch together.

Latah

 

When one lives in a place near a state border, it is always good to check out
resources across the state line. Many times there are birth, death, marriage and land records just across the border. A good tip to remember wherever you are researching!

Northeast Washington Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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The next Northeast Washington Genealogical Society meetings are on Wednesday, June 8, 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.

NeWGS President, Susan Dechant, will share several scanning options available to us for digitizing those old photos we have been lucky enough to find and a few tricks for enhancing and improving faded or damaged ones.

We will take a lunch break at noon and then meet at the Evergreen Cemetery located on Aladdin Road approximately one mile north of Highway 20 here in Colville at 1:30 p.m.

NeWGS board member and Chairman of the Evergreen Cemetery Restoration Project, Lora Rose, has spent hours and hours cleaning and improving the Evergreen cemetery. Additionally she spends hours researching and inputting valuable genealogical information on the NeWGS Cemetery page of our website (www.newgs.org) .

NeWGS has a long history of caretaking and restoring this pioneer cemetery that is such an integral part of the history of Colville and its citizens past and present. This is the time of year that the cemetery gets a special clean-up for Memorial Day when we have numerous visitors. We invite anyone who would like to learn more about the history and the inhabitants of the cemetery to join Lora as she leads us on a walk through time and introduces us to some of the characters who built this community in the 1800’s forward.

For those of you who are able to walk across a small field there is public parking in the parking lot next to the old abandoned outhouse just before you come to the main entrance to the cemetery. There is some space for parking in the cemetery near the road. We ask that you please do not park near the grave markers on the grass. There are many unmarked graves.

All visitors are welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society’s meetings.

Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

Jefferson Co GS

LOOKING BEYOND THE DEEDS

When researching your family history, land records can be a “treasure chest” of information. Deeds and transfer of ownership are only half the story! Understanding survey systems, survey maps, and connected survey maps can answer questions like nothing else. Mapping your findings can be fun and illuminating. The public is welcome to hear about using this additional research avenue at the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) monthly meeting on Saturday, June 18 at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd.  Come at 9:30 A.M. for coffee/tea; 10:00 – 11:30 for the program.  Donations to JCGS are gratefully accepted to bring future guest speakers into our area.

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JCGS is delighted to bring this month’s speaker, Eric Stroschein, a professional Forensic Genealogist from Mt. Vernon, WA to the Quimper Peninsula. He and his wife Karen own “Generations Detective”, a genealogical research firm where he specializes in resolving difficult genealogical questions using land records as an important resource in his work. One case used over 250 individual pieces of evidence including deeds, surveys and connected survey maps of the county to pinpoint the locations of dozens of people, proving their town had been covered by a reservoir. When Eric is not researching, he can be found at his ‘day job’ driving a fire engine for the Seattle Fire Department where he is a 26-year veteran. Eric serves on the Board of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and is Chairperson of the Advocacy Committee. He also serves as a representative on the Records Preservation and Access Committee for the Federation of Genealogical Societies. He is past President of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and is in his second term as a Board member of the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History.

 

 

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

 

SGS NEEDS 40 VOLUNTEERS
 for the 2016
  PACIFIC NORTHWEST SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES
Saturday, July 30 & Sunday, July 31
Enumclaw Expo Center

– COME LISTEN TO THE BAGPIPES – WATCH THE DANCERS –
– VISIT THE CLANS – HELP SGS PROMOTE GENEALOGY –

We need volunteers to help at the Seattle Genealogical Society and Library booth during the Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games in Enumclaw. We have been participating for many years and it is a great way to let the public know about SGS and to promote membership. Our participation also gives us valuable community outreach credit for our grant applications with 4Culture which has resulted in thousands of dollars for our equipment and projects. Game attendance is about 30,000 for the weekend. Most of the people who come to the SGS booth don’t have an understanding of their Scottish or Irish heritage and have not done any research. They primarily want to know two things:

1. “What clan do I belong to?”
2. “What tartan can I use?”

We will have a number of reference books available at the booth that help answer those questions. You will receive an e-mail attachment prior to the games that will give you a refresher course on Scottish and Celtic genealogy. There will also be a handout about SGS and other information. Highland Games material, maps and instructions will be sent out about 10 days before the games after we receive confirmation of our location and tickets.

We need twenty volunteers for each day;  two volunteers for each two hour session and three people during  the peak afternoon hours. We will supply you with a free ticket for the games. This will entitle you to enjoy a full day at the Games for your own enjoyment. It’s a lot of fun. Parking will be at your own expense at $7.00 per day. We encourage carpooling.

Please contact me before June 19th.  Send along your name, email address, phone contact,  age if you are over 62 and a time preference, if you have one.

Thanks so much.

JEAN A. ROTH, SGS Outgoing Director of Education and Outreach Coordinator
Email: jeanaroth@juno.com
Ph: (206) 782-2629

THANK YOU, DONORS!

We are delighted to report that this year we received over $3,700 in donations through the Seattle Foundation’s GiveBig 2016 program.  This represents an increase of more than 70% over giving in each of the past two years.

Over 50 donations were made to SGS, most from current members.  Three donations were anonymous, and two were from non-members; one of those was for $500, a very generous and welcome contribution!

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed and made this year’s GiveBig campaign such a big success!

HELP WANTED

We need a volunteer who can contribute a few hours a week to type bibliographies for the Archives Committee. Work can be done at SGS on Thursdays when the committee is on the job (bring your laptop) or at any time from your home. A template for the listings will be provided. No salary, but an unlimited amount of gratitude is offered. If you can help, please leave word at the SGS front desk – (206) 522-8658 or email to : sgslibrary@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org

The Archives Committee sorts, organizes and assembles documents, correspondence, family group sheets, and other materials that make up the valuable family histories on the shelves of the SGS library and includes a bibliography. Our bibliography backlog is growing and to continue its work, the Archives Committee needs help.

CALENDAR

Unless otherwise indicated all programs will be at the SGS Library, 6200 Sand Point Way NE.  Please check the SGS Web Site for additions, changes, and corrections.  Programs may be canceled or postponed due to inclement weather.  The German Interest Group and the  Irish Interest Group will not meet during the summer; regular meetings will be resumed in the fall.

JUNE

Saturday, June 4, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Canadian Interest Group, Leader: David Robert, Last meeting until fall.

Saturday, June 4, 1:00PM – 3:00 pm, Annual Membership Meeting, meet the new board of directors. Lisa Chan, Director of Technology will speak on how new technology will aid the Society.  The meeting will be chaired by retiring SGS President, Marilyn Rose.  Stay on for coffee, tea, cookies and socializing after the meeting.

Tuesday, June 7, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Technology Tuesday, Hosted by Lisa Chan, SGS Director of Technology, Bring your laptop or mobile device, visit with other members and learn from each other while working on your family history. Discuss current projects, hardware, software, organizing data, and technology trends in genealogy.

Wednesday, June 8,   7:00pm – 9:00pm ,  MAC Computer Interest Group, Fiske Genealogical Library, 1644 43rd Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112,  Leaders: Diane Heddrick and Lou Daly

Sunday, June 12, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group, Problem Solving Workshop! Jill Morelli will be filling in for Karen; bring your Scandinavian research problem and submit it for crowd-solving by the SSIG. We will answer as many questions as we can. Everyone will learn new techniques and record sets. Remember to bring your data with you.

Tuesday, June 14, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Technology Tuesday, Hosted by Lisa Chan, SGS Director of Technology

Wednesday, June 15,   12:00pm – 3:00pm ,  Beginning Genealogy, New to genealogy? Come and learn the basics and more. Instructor: Jean A Roth, outgoing Director of Education

Tuesday, June 21, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Technology Tuesday, Hosted by Lisa Chan, SGS Director of Technology

Tuesday, June 28, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Technology Tuesday, Hosted by Lisa Chan, SGS Director of Technology

 

REMEMBER TO RENEW

It’s time to renew your Seattle Genealogical Society membership. Membership forms along with a return envelope were sent out earlier this month.  You can renew in person, on-line,  or by mail. The Annual Membership Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 4th at 1 pm.  Hope to see you there.  Refer to the Calendar section below for more details.