This article that ran today in The Columbian, .  It is regarding the Clark County Genealogical Society historical tax records digitizing project.

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/mar/21/genealogical-society-digitizes-19th-century-tax-ledgers/

LEGACY GENEALOGY SOFTWARE USER GROUP

Mon, Mar 5, 2018: 10 am-noon

CCGS Education Center

If you use Legacy Family Tree Software for tracking your genealogy research, there is a Legacy Users Group that meets monthly to discuss tips, tricks and problems. You will always come away with some new ideas. The meetings are held regularly on the first Monday of the month. Members and non-members are welcome

 – GETTING STARTED TRACING YOUR FAMILY ROOTS CLASS

Tues, Mar 6, 2018: 10 am-12 noon – Free Class

CCGS Education Center

Are you clueless about unraveling the mysteries in your family tree? This class will get you started with your research. Topics include collecting information from the family, family group sheets, pedigree charts, genealogy database programs and best practices for research. This free introductory class is taught by CCGS president and expert genealogist, Brian Runyan.

OVERCOMING BRICK WALLS CAUSED BY RECORD LOSS

Wed, Mar 07, 2018: 11 a.m.- 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Many old records have been lost due to climate, poor storage, and war. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will give tips about finding alternative records if you know where to look. For instance, Federal records such as the census, and cemetery records both local and national are just two of the many record types to check to find ancestors who lived in areas where records were destroyed or lost.

– SCANDINAVIAN ROOTS FOCUS GROUP

Thu, Mar 8, 2018: 10-11:30am

CCGS Education Center

If you want to discover your Scandinavian roots, attend this monthly meeting and learn how to conduct your research. Meet with other like-minded individuals who have discovered their ancestors going back many generations. Geographic areas include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. This group meets regularly on the second Thursday of the month, September-May. Members and non-members are welcome.

SECRETS IN THE ATTIC: BREAK DOWN BRICK WALLS WITH HOME SOURCES

Fri, March 09, 2018: 11 a.m.-12:30 PM

CCGS Education Center

Solve genealogical mysteries with clues located in family sources. You’ll get inside tips on what to look for in this Legacy Family Tree webinar. Photos and examples show where to find hidden details about your ancestors’ lives in the things they left behind, including old documents and letters, and unidentified photographs.

 IRISH RECORDS RESEARCHING CLASS

Tues, Mar 13, 2018: 10 am – 12 pm

CCGS Education Center

Are you one of over 50 million Americans with Irish heritage? Come learn about all of the new resources available in the last two years, plus a few often overlooked sources. Instructor and Irish genealogy research expert Barbara Schrag encourages students to bring your laptop or tablet and “bookmark” sites as we explore them together.

THE CASE OF THE BROKEN LINK: DECODING THE URL

Wed, Mar 14, 2018: 5-6:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Web site addresses appear to be long, complicated, and mysterious. How can you track down a new URL for a broken link or a broken bookmark? What happens when your source citation for a web site contains a URL  that suddenly disappears? This Legacy Family Tree webinar will break down this technical topic to help you easily hunt for the URL you need.

 – RESEARCHING MILITARY RECORDS CLASS

Tues, 20 Mar 2018: 10 am-12 pm

CCGS Education Center

Military events and records often hold surprising family clues beyond an individual’s service records. Even from our earliest American settlements, the need for defense produced military records, thus providing useful family search resources. Learn useful tips for researching these sources from expert genealogist and CCGS board member, Marcia Grubb.

FROM BALTIMORE TO BURLINGTON: NEIGHBORS REVEAL MAN’S HOME

Tues, Mar 20, 2018: 5-6:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

A Maryland resident claimed an 1816 Vermont birth to Vermont-born parents, but no known records provide proof. Studying his ties to his neighbors and associates who shared close geographic, vocational, political and religious proximity brings a Maryland man home to his Vermont family. Learn how the presenter in this Legacy Family Tree webinar analyzed, correlated, and assembled common and lesser-known records to build a persuasive case.

HANDS-ON WITH MYHERITAGE DNA

Wed, Mar 21, 2018: 11 am-12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Whether you upload your raw DNA data to MyHeritage or are ready to move forward with the results from your MyHeritage DNA test, this webinar will guide you through your ethnicity estimates, DNA matches and more. On hand to walk Geoff Rasmussen through his personal results is MyHeritage’s Director of DNA, Yoav Naveh.

INTRODUCTION TO DNA TESTING IN GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY

Fri, Mar 23, 2018: 11 am-12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

DNA is an increasingly important tool that can help us discover amazing things about ourselves and our families. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will provide a brief refresher of human genetics and review the different types of DNA tests available today. There will be an in-depth discussion of autosomal DNA tests and how these tests can be used to solve genealogical problems when evidence from traditional records in scarce.

 – GENEALOGY ENTHUSIASTS MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Tue, Mar 27, 2018:  10 am to noon

CCGS Education Center

Viking Roots Revealed: Hear how CCGS member Kay Cooke identified the leaves on her Norwegian and Swedish family trees. With scarce information, she discovered name changes, scoured the internet, searched foreign parish records, befriended Scandinavian genealogists, connected with cousins, and eventually, walked in her Nordic ancestors’ footsteps.

FORMULATING A DNA TESTING PLAN

Wed, Mar 28, 2018: 11 am – 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

DNA testing can be expensive, but DNA evidence is a component of exhaustive research when it is available. In this Legacy Family Tree webinar, Dr. Blaine Bettinger explains how to identify some of the ways you can minimize costs while maximizing results by formulating a DNA testing plan early in your research.

“The good things you do and throw in the river of life, will be returned to you in the desert of life.” Sa’adi

Graphic-YOUR STORY, YOUR BOOK

Thursdays: Jan 25, Feb 1 & 8-10-noon; Feb 15-12-2 pm

Beginning Thursday, January 25, there will be a four-week workshop session at CCGS called, Your Story, Your Book. Each two-hour weekly class will focus on a different topic. By the end of the fourth session students will have learned everything from the fundamentals of gathering and writing content, editing and proofing, formatting a book for publishing, and getting your book printed for approximately $2.50/each. Cost is $48 for members and $60 for non-members. Call to register at 360-750-5688.

QUALITY, TIME AND COMPLETION: DEVELOPING A RESEARCH PLAN (PART ONE) WEBINAR

Wed, 10 Jan 2018: 5-6:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

This Legacy Family Tree webinar session will focus on the effort to balance time, quality and completion of a research project. The first segment will look at the process from research concept to logistics including the conflicting issues between the researcher and previous research. This will include the movement from basic data collection, evaluation and analysis to the development of a direction and specific actions.

Graphic-“FIND YOUR SCANDINAVIAN ROOTS” FOCUS GROUP

Thu, 11 Jan 2018: 10:30 am to 12 pm

CCGS Education Center

Clark County Genealogical Society and Focus Group member, Kay Cooke, will talk about walking in the footsteps of her Norwegian and Swedish ancestors during the summer of 2017. She will touch on the genealogy research conducted, the extensive help received via the internet and from friends and family, and the route traveled in the scenic lands of her roots.

FULL CIRCLE: TRACING THE DESCENDANTS OF A SLAVEHOLDING ANCESTOR WEBINAR

Fri, 12 Jan 2018: 11 am to 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Descendants of former slaveholders come from all walks of life. DNA and renewed interest in family history research continue to unearth this phenomena for thousands of people every day. In this Legacy Family Tree Webinar, learn how to confirm slaveholding ancestors and the tools needed to trace and identify living descendants of their formerly enslaved.

FINDING THOMAS’ FATHER: AN 18TH CENTURY PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA CASE STUDY WEBINAR

Tues, 16 Jan 2018: 5-6:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Thomas Stone left few records when he died in 1791 in Prince William County, Virginia. No document or reference names his parentage. Finding Thomas’s father took thirty years. Using indirect evidence and helped by technological advances, Thomas’s father has been found. Land records make the case. This Legacy Family Tree webinar demonstrates the process of creating a proof argument to identify Thomas’s father.

INTRODUCING THE GENI WORLD FAMILY TREE WEBINAR

Wed, 17 Jan 2018: 11 am – 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Geni is the best platform for collaborative genealogy, which makes it absolutely the best place to build your family tree. In this Legacy Family Tree Webinar, you’ll learn how to take your genealogy to the next level using Geni’s unique tools.

Graphic-GENEALOGY ENTHUSIASTS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Tue, Jan 23, 2017:  10 am to noon

CCGS Education Center

If you interested in genealogy, come to the Clark County Genealogical Society’s (CCGS) monthly membership meeting. The program is “Paper and Spit,” the title of Don Anderson’s 2017 book about his journey to find his birth parents. Born in Oregon during the era of sealed adoption records, Don started his journey knowing very little. Follow along as this engaging and energetic speaker describes the process that he used to discover his first parents, utilizing a combination of traditional genealogy and DNA. Learn what to say when making first contact with newly discovered relatives.

FINDING JAMESTOWN ANCESTORS WEBINAR

Wed, 24 Jan 2018: 11 am – 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Explore numerous sources that can further genealogical research to help individuals identify a qualifying ancestor in order to join the Jamestown Society. This Legacy Family Tree Webinar covers planning research, finding source documents, helpful websites, business records, and common research pitfalls in genealogical research and how to avoid them.

NAVIGATING THROUGH NEW YORK CITY’S BOROUGHS FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH

Wed 08 Nov 2017: 5-6:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Many people can trace their origins to the Empire State. Between the American Revolution and the Civil War, several key urban cities along the eastern seaboard grew in population, the most populous of which was New York City. This Legacy Family Tree webinar offers a unique perspective into the countless genealogical sources and historical records that can be found in New York City.

SCANDINAVIAN ROOTS FOCUS GROUP

Thu, Nov 9, 2017: 10-11:30am

CCGS Education Center

If you want to discover your Scandinavian roots, attend this monthly meeting and learn how to conduct your research. Meet with other like-minded individuals who have discovered their ancestors going back many generations in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. The November meeting topic will be “What is new in Swedish Genealogy Research.” The presentation will include extensive material from a Swedish workshop sponsored by the Swenson Center of Augustana College in Salt Lake City. This focus group meets regularly on the second Thursday of the month, September-May. Members and non-members are welcome.

USING NON-POPULATION SCHEDULES FOR CONTEXT AND EVIDENCE

Fri 10 Nov 2017: 11 am-12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

We are familiar with the decennial censuses, but the non-population schedules can also provide evidence and context for your family history. Using basic analytical skills and correlating tools, we will investigate five different records sets which shed light on many aspects of our ancestors lives and enrich our stories of them.

SECRETS OF THE CENSUS

Tue, Nov 14, 10am-12 noon

Instructor Barbara Schrag

CCGS Education Center

Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced researcher, you can always learn more about what the census has to tell you. This class will focus on details of the United States Federal Census. Instructor Barbara Schrag will also touch on census research in Canada, Ireland and Great Britain.Class is $12 for CCGS members and $15 for non-members. Pre-registration is requested as classes may be canceled with insufficient advance registration.

BRITISH AND IRISH RESEARCH: THE DIFFERENCES

Wed 15 Nov 2017: 11 am – 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Ireland was England’s oldest colony, but the records are not always the same in each country as their history and relationship to each other are different. We all know about the terrible loss of Irish records, but there are great treasure troves of surviving records which don’t exist in England – records about war, rebellion, security and land control. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will examine the differences in records and research techniques between Britain and Ireland, why Irish records were created, or destroyed, and how they can be used to unlock your past.

RESEARCH IN FEDERAL RECORDS: SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

Tues 21 November 2017: 5-6:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Federal records offer genealogical gold with direct references to our ancestors and rich contextual background information. But it can be daunting to explore record groups that are not readily available online. The wide array of tools includes paper finding aids, preliminary inventories, online indexes, web guides, and published articles, as well as the National Archives Catalog. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will offer a framework and several case studies that highlight the integration of multiple research tools.

General Membership Meeting: RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHING GERMAN ROOTS

Tues 28 Nov 2017: 10 am – 12 noon

CCGS Education Center

Tom O’Brien, a frequent speaker at Portland area genealogy groups, will give tips and resources for researching German ancestors. After looking at reasons why our ancestors may have chosen to leave their homeland, we’ll look at the constant boundary changes and other events that influenced the lives of our ancestors. Tips for locating the records created by our ancestors will also be given.

UNDERSTANDING ALABAMA

Wed 29 Nov 2017:11 am-12 Noon

CCGS Education Center

Alabama presents the budding genealogist with both unique challenges and unique opportunities. Explore the records and repositories you’ll need to consider. Learn Alabama’s place in classic southern migratory patterns, and the reasons for it. In this Legacy Family Tree webinar, discover opportunities for African American research not found in other southern states.

THE WPA: SOURCES FOR YOUR GENEALOGY

Wed 18 Oct 2017: 11 am – 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

The Works Progress Administration left behind a legacy that is used by family historians today. This Legacy Family Tree webinar presentation will discuss the WPA, projects under the WPA that are relevant to genealogy, and how you can research some of those records today.

General Membership Meeting: UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF DNA TESTING

Tues 24 Oct 2017: 10 am – 12 noon

CCGS Education Center

How can DNA testing help me discover my ancestry? Which test should I take? Which company should I use? Speaker Lisa McCullough will cover the basics of DNA and DNA testing and will explain how it can help further your genealogy research. Lisa has a B.S. in engineering and has taken two week-long classes focused on DNA. She leads a DNA Q&A special interest group that meets twice monthly at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon.

MIDWESTERN & PLAINS STATES LEVEL CENSUS RECORDS

Wed 25 Oct 2017: 11 am – 12:30 pm

CCGS Education Center

Many Midwestern and Plains states have superb state census records. Learn about the indexes, the many personal details these censuses include, locating the censuses, and alternate sources. This Legacy Family Tree Webinar includes specific examples from these enumerations, with an overview of state censuses for Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, and where to find them.