Jan 2017 KCGS is Mon Jan 9, not Jan 2,
7 PM 413 N Main Ste L, Ellensburg WA
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Jan 2017 program All members write, e.g. on 3X5 card, for one ancestor of ours:
Write our 2017 goal to learn more about that ancestor
2017 dues now due for 2016 members that have not paid yet.
Can mail $15 to KCGS, 413 N Main St, Ste L, Ellensburg 98926
“New” re-conditioned APPLE computer: in Suite M now,
Thanks to Dave Storla!
In addition, Bob Wieking (actually Nancy) will be providing our refreshments
O Canada: Children of a Common Mother, Heritage Weekend — April 21-23, 2017in the Skagit Valley.
We hope you can attend (registration is on-line beginning January 2) and also help us spread the word by sharing the PDFs with others and/or printing them out to post in your community.
There are activities on Friday evening and Sunday morning to complement the full day seminar on Saturday — Plus, the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival has activities that weekend that the rest of your
family can enjoy while you attend the genealogy seminar and history tour of Burlington. The O Canada theme is in honor of Canada’s 150th Anniversary of Confederation. The official holiday is July 1, but
we wanted to show our cousins coming from across the Pacific Northwest the Skagit Valley at its most brilliant — during tulip time. Look also for our announcement in the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival brochure.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you and your genealogy friends on the weekend of April 21-23, 2017.
Happy Holidays!
Margie Wilson, SVGS V-P
(360) 757-6224 / genealogy0715@gmail.com
SVGS website for registration on-line after Jan. 2, 2017: skagitvalleygenealogy.org
The Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) has announced its highly acclaimed Jamboree Extension Series Webinar schedule for 2017.
The webinars offer a wide range of topics to build skills, whether you’re a beginner or professional genealogist.
All live broadcasts of the webinars are free and are offered the first Saturday of each month (10:00 a.m.) and third Wednesday (6:00 p.m.). You can attend on your computer, tablet or smart phone.
For more information and registration, visit the SCGS webinar series website.
The next Northeast Washington Genealogical Society meetings are on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. 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 all you lovers of Pinterest this month’s CIG presentation is for you. Even if you aren’t a Pinterest lover you just might want to join us and see what all the excitement is about and how it relates to your genealogy research. Karen Struve, Vice-President of NeWGS will be sharing some useful tips to help you expand and share your genealogy through Pinterest.
We will take a lunch break at noon and then meet again in the LDS Lower Meeting Room at 1:30 p.m.
For our afternoon session our members and guests are encouraged to share special discoveries and successes they experienced recently. This will be an informal “round-table” format.
Perhaps you have something to share that would help another researcher break through their “brick wall”. This can be anything from a book you recommend to your experience obtaining hard to find documentation. Perhaps you have recently discovered a long sought burial location for your ancestor. The more we share the more we learn.
All visitors are welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society’s meetings.
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.
The German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet on Friday, January 6, 2017, from 1 to 3 pm in the Relief Society Room of the LDS Church at 10675 NE 20thSt, Bellevue, WA 98004 with doors opening at 12:45 pm for networking. For more information, kindly visit our website at https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/ . Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.
Topic: “Finding the German Village of Birth for Grietje (Wienenga) Bode”
Jill Morelli will share how she learned the name of the German village where Grietje was born in 1850. Ostfriesland is located in the extreme northwest corner of Germany and its isolation resulted in many differences of culture and customs from the more typically studied Palatine and Bavaria sections of the country. Come hear about this little known area of Germany, it’s relationship with The Netherlands, the people’s emigration patterns, and the cultural norms they brought to Midwest America. If you are Ostfriesen–even better!
Speaker: Jill Morelli is a professional genealogist who lives in the Pacific Northwest and lectures across the country specializing in methodology, 19th century Midwest and her Scandinavian and Northern German ancestors. She belongs to numerous societies, is currently President of Seattle Genealogical Society and shares her enthusiasm for her passion with whoever will listen. You can find her at http://genealogycertification.wordpress.com where she blogs about the lessons she has learned while being “on the clock” and her journey to become a certified genealogist.
The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet on Thursday, January 12, 2017 in the Bellevue Regional Library (Room 1), 1111 – 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 at 7 pm, with doors opening at 6:45 pm for networking.
Topic: “Maps and Genealogy”
Genealogists have many tools to describe what our ancestors did. Maps allow us to describe where they did it. This presentation will demonstrate how to build a custom ancestral map in Google Earth. Resources to build a custom map, like the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries and U.S. Geological Survey, will be discussed. Other online mapping resources, some directly applicable to Google Earth and some not, will also be discussed.
Presenter: Joe Flint
Joe has been doing Genealogy for about 16 years. He is a retired computer programmer and has a Bachelor degree in History from the University of Washington. (Go Dawgs!) He has been fascinated with maps since childhood and is eager to share the wonders of Maps and Genealogy.
Also see our website for FREE genealogical help and other Special Interest Group meetings. Visitors are always welcome at all meetings. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcegs/
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society
to present
“The Scandinavian Immigrant Experience”
BURLINGTON — The Skagit Valley Genealogical Society’s Saturday, January 14, 2017 meeting features the program: “The Scandinavian Immigrant Experience”. Guest speaker, professional genealogist, Linda Duffield, will discuss her research using the Pacific Lutheran University’s (PLU) archives and how to access this on-line information. SVGSmeets 1-3pm, Burlington Senior Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave., (Use the east entrance). For details: skagitvalleygenealogy.org.
PLU is home to a collection called the “Scandinavian Immigrant Experiences”. The collection, stored in their Archives, is accessible for research in person or using an on-line database and includes oral interviews, taped conversations, and photographs.
This presentation will assist the audience in how to navigate the on-line access to documentation of the 282 immigrants interviewed by Pacific Lutheran University students. Come learn how this resource can help family historians discover more about their Pacific Northwest Scandinavian ancestors.
Now is the time for genealogical societies and organizations to select their local outstanding volunteers and teams so they can be honored at the WSGS Annual Meeting on April 22, 2017 in Yakima. The annual meeting will be held in conjunction with the Yakima Valley Genealogical Society’s Spring Seminar.
Each year, the State Society recognizes local volunteers and teams nominated by their society or organization at the annual conference. In 2016, more than 20 local volunteers and four teams from 20 organizations were recognized for their support and dedication to their society and the researching public.
The process for this year’s Outstanding Volunteer Award program is much like last year’s – no significant changes. In addition to the traditional Outstanding Volunteer Award program, there are three other recognition awards: Outstanding Project, Outstanding Communication, and the President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement. Information about those awards will be forthcoming, but should not impact organizations’ Outstanding Volunteer Award nominations.
Letters to local societies and organizations, with additional details, have been emailed to society contacts. If you have not received that information, please contact Roxanne Lowe, WSGS Recognition Chair. The milestones for this year’s nomination process are:
• No later than January 15, 2017: Submit the name(s) of your honorees to the Recognition Committee.
• By February 15, 2017: Submit a narrative (approximately 150 words) explaining the accomplishments of your nominee and why you are honoring him/her. Include a good quality digital photograph (at least 300 dpi).
• April 22, 2017: Formal announcement and presentation of certificates at the Annual Meeting in Yakima.
Additional details and deadlines, plus indexes and narratives of accomplishments of past honorees, since 2003, may be found at the WSGS website here.
Please contact Roxanne Lowe at roxanne@thekeeffes.com if you have questions or suggestions.