Category Archives: Z-2017 Past Meetings & Seminars

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society June Meeting

by Charles Hansen


Army Medicine during the American Civil War 1861-1865
Saturday, June 3
Army Medicine during the American Civil War 1861-1865  (EWGS Meetings)
12:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Spokane Public Library Auditorium, Downtown Spokane
Presenter: Mike Inmann

Mike Inman is a retired Firefighter living in Spokane with his wife MJ and has been reenacting for 26 years.  He does reenacting and living history including the frontier army of the 1880’s focusing on Forts Sherman and Spokane as well as portraying a surgeon 1861-1865 with the Washington Civil War Association.  Mike has an extensive library for research to questions and some details of ancestors who fought in the Civil War.  Mike also has a vast array of equipment including original medical instruments that he displays and allows people to handle so they can get a hands on experience, for example, of what an actual Civil War period amputation saw feels like.  He not only reenacts throughout the Pacific Northwest but has attended many Civil War reenactments back east as well as participated in filming for Civil War oriented movies.  Mike strives to educate or as he likes to say, “de-Hollywood the American Civil War” as well as entertain through both a presentation and a question and answer period.

The program is designed to give both military and civilian medical history involving the armies of the Union and Confederacy.  But the presentation can go in any direction the audience wants such as drug use, medical procedures, nursing activity, field hospital organization, statistics, etc.

Go to “Download: Meeting Handout.” to obtain the presenter’s handout.

Cookies & Social Time: 12:30 PM.  Meeting starts at 1:00 PM
Download: Meeting Handout.

Eastside Genealogical Society German Interest Group June Meeting

by Charles Hansen

The German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society (EGS) will meet on Friday, June 2, 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. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.

 

Topic:  “Using WIKIs in Germanic Genealogical Research”  – Come learn what is a WIKI, how WIKIs can help your research and see demos of Germanic research completed on various WIKI sites.  I was surprised by what I learned and you may be, too.

 

Presenter:  Dorothy Pretare started collecting family history in 1995 and joined EGS in 2000.  She has been their Publicity Chairperson since 2007 and is an active member in three of their SIGs, including the leader of the German Interest Group.   Dorothy is also a member of South King County Genealogical Society, Seattle Genealogical Society DNA Group, Germanic Genealogy Society in MN and Polish Genealogical Society of MN.  In 2008, she visited her ancestral villages in old East Germany and present day Poland.

 

For more information, kindly visit our website at https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/  .

 

TriCity Genealogical Society May 24 Meeting

by Charles Hansen 

Hello Members and Guests:
Don’t forget our TCGS May 24th meeting!  We will be having another genealogy book sale that night as a few more books have been added. Please bring an ample supply of one dollar bills for the book purchases as we will not be able to give you any change.
See the enclosed attachment about our May 24th meeting as The Benton County Coroner will be giving a presentation.
Also, at 6:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., we will have our Beginning Genealogy Class which will be a presentation on Death Records.
I hope to see each of you there and please invite someone to come to our meeting.  Thank you for your continued support.
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Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

“SHOW AND TELL” AT THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The theme for the SGS Membership Meeting coming up on June 3, is WWI, The Great War.  SGS President Jill Morelli will be giving a presentation on “The Great War and Its Stories: Jacob Schomber, Cpl., Co. I, 8th Artillery”. This will demonstrate step-by-step how she gathered information from online sources and sites for this soldier who lived in Issaquah. Record availability, record location, and building the story will all be covered.

SGS members are welcome to join in the “Show and Tell”. Please bring any WWI artifacts that belonged to your participating soldier to share with the group.

This should be a fun meeting. Hope to see you there, Saturday, June 3, 1:00-2:30 pm.

Remember it’s that time of year again and you can renew your membership or join Seattle Genealogical Society online at:
http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/content/join

REMINDER FOR OUR 2017 SGS SPRING SEMINAR!

Late registration is still available for the 2017 Spring Seminar, “Voices from the Past”, featuring Lisa Alzo, International Lecturer and freelance writer. It’s this Saturday, May 20, from 9am-4pm, at Fairview Christian Church, 844 NE 78th St, Seattle, WA 98115

For more information and online registration:
http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/2017-spring-seminar

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TriCity Genealogical Society May Meeting

by Charles Hansen

On Thursday, May 18th at 7:00 p.m. at the Richland Public Library, Mayumi Tsutakawa will give a presentation on Executive Order 9066 that sent 120,000 Japanese Americans to concentration camps during World War II. Mayumi will highlight her family’s 100 year old history against the backdrop of this dramatic American story. This event is free and is hosted by the Friends of the Richland Public Library. See the May 2017 edition of The Entertainer (page 8) for more information

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Puget Sound Genealogical Society May Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Puget Sound Genealogical Society
Wednesday, May 24, 1-2 p.m
at Kitsap Regional Library 1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton
WORLD WAR II HEROES:
Telling Their Stories
with Mary Kircher Roddy. Learn how to find and
access multiple sources to uncover the experiences
of World War II heroes.
Everyone welcome and bring your own Hero’s information
 Mary Roddy
Jackie Horton, Publicity Chairperson

Clark County Genealogical Society Norwegian Research

by Charles Hansen

GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR NORWEGIAN RESEARCH

Tues, May 16, 10am-12 noon

Clark County Genealogical Society Education Center

 

This class will guide the researcher through the process of searching for key ancestral information in FamilySearch, then locating and interpreting the original Norwegian parish records in Digitalarkivet. While researching her own ancestry, instructor Kathy Solheim has developed disciplines in both search and interpretation of the original Norwegian church parish records.

Classes are $12 for CCGS members and $15 for non-members. Drop-ins welcome on space available basis. To register in advance call the CCGS library, 360-750-5688.

A Day with NEHGS: Researching Early New England Ancestors

by Charles Hansen

 

A Day with NEHGS: Researching Early New England Ancestors
$ 125.00

Saturday, June 10, 2017 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Bellevue Club, 11200 Southeast Sixth Street, Bellevue, WA
Registration includes five lectures, lunch, and an evening reception

From before the end of the Revolutionary War through the 19th century, thousands of New England families moved westward into Kentucky, Ohio, Missouri, and other areas. Despite the harsh journey across the Rockies, many if their descendants went even farther West seeking new land, industry, gold, and opportunity. Today, many families in the Pacific Northwest can claim New England heritage.

Spend the day with NEHGS and learn how to trace your early New England ancestors. Discover essential resources for 17th-c. New England research, understand early settlement and migration patterns, learn how to research your patriot ancestors, and more.

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