Category Archives: Z-2016 Past Meetings-Seminars

Eastside Genealogy Society News Flash

by Charles Hansen

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The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in the LDS Bellevue South Stake Center, 15205 SE 28th St, Bellevue 98007 at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:30 pm for networking.

Topic:  Cyndi Howells, owner & developer of Cyndi’s List, (a comprehensive list of genealogical sites on the Internet), will address the topic of “Searching in the Deep Web”.  She will explore resources that are invisible to Google and hidden deep within websites and proprietary databases.

 

Anticipating a huge interest in this topic and our presenter, the location of this meeting will be changed to accommodate more attendees.  The location will be at the LDS Bellevue South Stake Center, which is located across 148th Ave from Bellevue College, behind the LDS Temple.  Parking is around the building and in the open lot between the temple and the fire station.

 

The new Seattle Family Discovery Center, a multimedia approach to sharing genealogy with all ages, is located in the same building & will be open at 6pm for a short walk-thru. Reservations for a full hour tour can be made online atfamilysearch.org/discoverycenter/seattle  .

 

Also see our website for FREE genealogical help and other Special Interest Group meetings —  www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcegs/  .  Visitors are always welcome at all meetings.

 

Dorothy Pretare

EGS Publicity Chairperson

dpgen@comcast.net

 

Northeast Washington Gen Society News Flash

by Charles Hansen

Northeast Washington Genealogical Society

presents our 2015 Fall Seminar

Military Mysteries:  Meet McConnell
Saturday – October 10, 2015

To be held at the Ambulance Shack
at the north end of Colville (just east of the Roundabout)

Registration 8:30
Classes 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
lunch is included

Presented by Don McConnell, retired Army officer and senior
intelligence analyst, authority on soldiers serving before and during the
Civil War, and Civil War living history enthusiast
Topics include searching on Ancestry.com and Fold3,

And military records for the
soldier serving before and during the Civil War

Members $20 ~ ~~ Non Members $22 ~~~ At the Door $25
[Deadline for Members & Non Members special pricing is October 1st ]

Make Checks Payable to: NeWGS
Mail to: NeWGS – 195 South Oak, Colville, WA 99114
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Eastside Gen Society News Flash

by Charles Hansen

 

EGS

 

The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet on Thursday, September 10, 2015 in the Bellevue Regional Library, Room 1, 1111 – 110th Ave NE, Bellevue  98004 at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:30 pm for networking.

Topic:  A panel discussing “What I did on my family research vacation?” and then audience participation will be encouraged.

Also see our website for FREE genealogical help and other Special Interest Group meetings —  www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcegs/  .  Visitors are always welcome at all meetings.

Dorothy Pretare

EGS Publicity Chairperson

dpgen@comcast.net

425-277-0831

 

Skagit Valley Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen
 
Skagit Valley GS Skagit Valley Genealogical Society’s Educational Seminar
Responds to a Global “El-Nino” of Interest in Family History

MOUNT VERNON — Skagit Valley Genealogical Society (SVGS) is hosting its twelfth annual seminar, “Genealogy — All About Life” on Saturday, September 19, 8am-4pm at the Mount Vernon Senior Center, 1401 Cleveland. Guest speakers are two highly sought after speakers — professional genealogists Mary Kathryn Kozy and Jill Morelli. Topics include: Google’s Genealogy Tools, Top 10 Tech Tools for Genealogists, Researching Newspapers, and Writing Your Family History. Seminar admission is $40 for SVGS members and $45 non-members.“There are three global social trends that are creating a “genealogical El-Nino” for genealogical societies everywhere right now. First, the Baby Boomer generation is starting to retire by the millions. They are a population group that now has more free-time at their disposal.  Second, in Europe and the United States the popularity of television family history reality shows such as such as “Who Do You Think You Are?” are stimulating an interest in discovering one’s ancestry. And third, technology and software entrepreneurs are creating software “apps” to assist family historians with organizing and sourcing their discoveries and materials. An example of this trend is the RootsTech conference that attracts budding software designers as well as seasoned genealogists. Over 25,000 people, of all ages, attend the conference earlier this year. It was the second largest gathering of genealogists on the planet. Britain’s, “Who Do You Thing You Are?” conference being the world’s largest. These three current social trends are creating a “perfect storm” of interest in family history research. It is great to see a younger audience is now getting attracted to genealogy. Family research requires detective work and it is very stimulating and rewarding.” said Margie Wilson, SVGS genealogy librarian.

SVGS is bringing the best educators to our community so amateur family historians can break through research “brick walls.” This year to add excitement to the seminar SVGS is offering all attendees an opportunity to receive one of two door prizes:  A one-on-one consultation with a scientist/expert, who will explain how to interpret your genealogy DNA test results; or for beginning researchers, an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an expert family history researcher.

SVGS’ seminar will also be an opportunity to network with other genealogists, learn new skills from the experts, explore how to use the latest technology to improve your research, plus books and resources will be on-hand to expand your research horizons.

Questions: Kris LaRue (360) 770-0762 or svgsgenealogy@gmail.com. For details and online registration visit: skagitvalleygenealogy.org.

Kittitas County Gen Society News Flash

by Charles Hansen

 

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Genealogy Annual Potluck Picnic

Sunday Aug 16 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!

 

Careful Directions: Drive East 2 miles or more toward Kittitas-town, starting from Ellensburg SUPER 1 grocery at corner of South Main St(=Canyon Rd) at its intersection with Mountain View Ave(=Kittitas Hwy). After going East those 2 miles, Turn right (south) on No. 6 Road.  After a mile and a half on No. 6, you cross over Interstate 90 and reach a rural fire station at junction with Tjossem Rd.  Turn Left (East) on Tjossem Rd.  After less than a mile, Moe Rd comes in from the right/South. Then Christensens’ home, with a lot of big trees, lies in SE corner of intersection between Tjossem Rd and Moe Rd.

 

Kittitas County Gen Society News Flash

by Charles Hansen

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Kittitas Co WA Gen Soc does not have any early August Genealogy meeting

But put Sunday, August 16, at 4 pm, on your calendar for the annual society picnic, hosted again this year by Mary and Lew Christensen.  Final details will be sent later, but it’s a potluck at 60 Moe Rd = corner of Tjossem Rd.

 

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K.C.G.S library will be closed after Wed afternoon August 19, until Tuesday, September 8.  Plans include carpet cleaning with some furniture moved to Suite I temporarily.

Phone Mary C at 925-9104 if you’d like to help renovate our library by moving furniture

 

Information furnished by Tuck Forsyth,  Forsythe@fairpoint.net

 

University of Washington Genealogy Class

by Charles Hansen

The University of Washington offers a nine-month evening certificate program in Genealogy and Family History that prepares students to conduct their own genealogical research into family history with an understanding and appreciation of the social and historical context within which their ancestors found themselves.

 

The program starts each fall, meets one evening a week for three quarters, and culminates in a family history writing project in the spring.  The next program starts in Autumn 2015.

 

We would like to ask your help in spreading the word about the program to all those who might be interested:

 

Overview

Learn to do professional-level genealogical research into your family history. Work with an array of resources – including cemetery, military and naturalization records – to help you uncover fascinating stories about your ancestors. Conduct research that illuminates the political, economic and social context of your family’s past. Interpret historical documents and photographs. Develop interviewing techniques. Gain problem-solving strategies to overcome investigative roadblocks. Produce a substantial narrative of your family’s unique story.

Key Outcome

You will learn to use a range of research tools and techniques in both genealogy and history to explore and preserve your family’s past. Continue reading →

TriCity Genealogical Society Contest

by Charles Hansen

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information contact

TriCity Genealogical Society Susan Davis Faulkner

www.tricitygenealogicalsociety.org Phone: 509-554-1050

www.facebook.com/TriCityGenealogicalSociety denmother4@hotmail.com

The TriCity Genealogical Society to launch contest to prove that not all genealogical records are available online.

Beginning April 1 contest participants are encouraged to post scanned images of genealogical documents on the TriCity Genealogical Society Facebook page. Images can be of documents obtained by any method other than downloading. There are various methods to obtain documents including having them handed down by family members, ordering them from government agencies, and copying them from microfilm images just to name a few.

To enter the contest a participant needs to upload the document image to the TriCity Genealogical Society Facebook page. They also need to include how the document was obtained and how it fits into their family history research.

Each month an entry will be selected as the winning entry and a prize will be awarded. The contest ends March 31, 2016 and three entries will be selected as Grand Prize winners. Prizes include online subscriptions to Findmypast, Mocavo, Newspapers.com, Fold3 along with additional prizes.

Participants are limited to one entry per week. Membership is not a requirement.

It is the desire of the TriCity Genealogical Society to educate our community that not all genealogical records are available online while simultaneously celebrating computerized genealogy.

The TriCity Genealogical Society Facebook page is located at www.facebook.com/TriCityGenealogicalSociety. A link to the Facebook page can be found on the TriCity Genealogical Society website at www.tricitygenealogicalsociety.org.

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