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Read ‘Em or Weep in Jefferson County

by Roxanne Lowe
Mary Roddy

Mary Roddy

The Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) is hosting Mary Roddy for their Saturday, October 15, 2016, program. Mary will present “Read ‘Em or Weep.” Her program involves finding free and pay newspaper sites online and will show a method to do a ‘thorough searching in every newspaper every time.’ The public is welcome to this free program, but donations are gratefully accepted.

The program will be Saturday, October 15 at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road in Chimacum. 9:30-10 a.m. ‘meet & greet’; 10-11:30 includes brief announcements and the presentation. Visit the JCGS website for more information.

Mary Roddy is a Certified Public Accountant who has earned a certificate from the Genealogy and Family History Program at the University of Washington. She is an active member of the Seattle Genealogical Society and speaks frequently to groups in the Seattle area. Her background in accounting has influenced the way she uses spreadsheets and forensic research in her genealogy. Mary is a regular contributor to Your Genealogy Today and Internet Genealogy magazines as well as a webinar presenter with Legacy Family Tree Webinars.

Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

 

PUTTING YOUR ANCESTORS IN THEIR PLACE…AND TIME:

TIMELINES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND CALCULATORS

Jefferson Co GS

 

To understand an ancestor’s life, genealogists use timelines, chronologies, and online calculators to summarize a life and identify interconnected historical events. These methods are not to be missed as they can show us how ancestors are interconnected with each other; how their lives are connected to history; identifies discrepancies and inconsistencies; reveals additional areas for further research; and will ease the work of writing a memoir, a family history, or an obituary.

 

Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) www.wajcgs.org has invited Professional Genealogist, Janet Camarata, to be their speaker during a full-day Seminar on Saturday, September 17, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd, Chimacum. A donation of $10.00 for the full-day Seminar is suggested. Janet’s topic “Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place…and Time: Timelines, Chronologies and Calculators” will demonstrate how these methods worked to help understand a family’s mid-1800s migration from Kentucky to Missouri to Kansas. Members and friends of JCGS are invited to learn about Timelines and Chronologies in the morning, while in the afternoon Janet will present Calculating Our Ancestors’ Lives that compares the life of your ancestor with your own life using online tools for computing inflation, cousins, distance, weather, etc. Bring your own lunch; coffee/tea/water will be available. In addition Heritage Books will be on site offering for sale a large selection of genealogy books and other items for family history researchers.

 

Janet O’Conor Camarata tells her family’s stories using all the benefits of genealogy, history, the internet and the latest computing tools. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and is an experienced instructor.

 

JEFFERSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

PO Box 627,  Port Townsend, WA 98368

Contact for this release: Judy Tough 385-3065 or tough@olympus.net

 

Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

Jefferson Co GS

JEFFERSON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Contact for this release: Judy Tough 385-3065 or tough@olympus.net

PUTTING YOUR ANCESTORS IN THEIR PLACE…AND TIME:

TIMELINES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND CALCULATORS

 

To understand an ancestor’s life, genealogists use timelines, chronologies, and online calculators to summarize a life and identify interconnected historical events. These methods are not to be missed as they can show us how ancestors are interconnected with each other; how their lives are connected to history; identifies discrepancies and inconsistencies; reveals additional areas for further research; and will ease the work of writing a memoir, a family history, or an obituary.

 

Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) www.wajcgs.org has invited Professional Genealogist, Janet Camarata, to be their speaker during a full-day Seminar on Saturday, September 17, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd, Chimacum. A donation of $10.00 for the full-day Seminar is suggested. Janet’s topic “Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place…and Time: Timelines, Chronologies and Calculators” will demonstrate how these methods worked to help understand a family’s mid-1800s migration from Kentucky to Missouri to Kansas. Members and friends of JCGS are invited to learn about Timelines and Chronologies in the morning, while in the afternoon Janet will present Calculating Our Ancestors’ Lives that compares the life of your ancestor with your own life using online tools for computing inflation, cousins, distance, weather, etc. Bring your own lunch; coffee/tea/water will be available. In addition Heritage Books will be on site offering for sale a large selection of genealogy books and other items for family history researchers.

 

Janet O’Conor Camarata tells her family’s stories using all the benefits of genealogy, history, the internet and the latest computing tools. She is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and is an experienced instructor.

 

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.

 

 

Mary Stolaas Named Outstanding Volunteer in 2015

by Roxanne Lowe

Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized more than 450 outstanding volunteers and teams, nominated by their local society or genealogical organization for their service and dedication. These volunteers are the backbone of their local society, giving their time and expertise, to the organization and the field of genealogy. In the next month, you will be introduced to each of the 2015 award recipients and learn why they received the 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.

Today we’re introducing Mary Stolaas of Nordland, Washington, who was nominated by the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS). She was recognized for her dedicated volunteer efforts to expand and simplify local library resources.

Mary Stolaas

Mary Stolaas

As a retired librarian, Ms. Stolaas took on the job of reorganizing JCGS’s library of over 2,000 books and CD’s to conform to the Dewey Decimal System. Over the last few months, Ms. Stolaas has made the entire collection available online, using a program called “Library Thing.” As a result, JCGS members can now access the Library Things website and look for a resource by using a keyword to see whether the book or CD is available. Members no longer have to know the specific title or author to locate the book or CD. “Library Thing” also allows the user to search other libraries in its network, thus expanding the availability of genealogical resources.

Ms. Stolaas is a detail-oriented and respected member of the JCGS, and illustrates that she richly deserved being a recipient of a 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Roxanne Lowe, Recognition Chair, at Roxanne@thekeeffes.com.

Dave Sachi Named Outstanding Volunteer in 2015

by Roxanne Lowe

Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized more than 450 outstanding volunteers and teams, nominated by their local society or genealogical organization for their service and dedication. These volunteers are the backbone of their local society, giving their time and expertise, to the organization and the field of genealogy. In the coming months, you will be introduced to each of the 2015 award recipients and learn why they received the 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.

Dave Sachi

Dave Sachi

Today we’re introducing Dave Sachi of Port Townsend, Washington, who was nominated by the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS). He was recognized for his dedicated efforts to keep the local society members informed and involved.

Mr. Sachi has assumed the vital job of compiling the JCGS quarterly newsletters for the past few years. Under his guidance, the newsletter has increased from eight pages to twelve. Each issue features a calendar of events letting JCGS members know the subject and speaker for the general meetings and when the society’s different interest groups meet. Each issue also includes the president’s message about the society business, a member-written book review, a list of new resource books and/or CD’s in the library, a story on the history of the county, and/or a family history story contributed by a JCGS member.

Mr. Sachi is an appreciated, diligent member of the JCGS, and richly deserved being a recipient of a 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Roxanne Lowe, Recognition Chair, at Roxanne@thekeeffes.com.

Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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“I’ve Had My DNA Tested: What Now?”

Many people have had their DNA tested only to get confusing results and don’t know how to utilize them. Mary Kathryn Kozy, a knowledgeable and favorite speaker at the monthly meetings of Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS), plans to help all of us learn what DNA testing is, what it can (and can’t) tell you, and give you some help interpreting those results from your autosomal and/or Y-DNA testing.

Bring your DNA results to the JCGS meeting the morning of Saturday, May 21, 9:30 coffee/tea, 10:00 – 11:30 program, at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd, in Chimicum.

The public is invited to come and participate. In addition to helping people, Mary Kathryn will talk about 3rd party tools, contacting matches (aka “cousins”), and how to determine when more testing needs to be done. Donations for future JCGS programming will be gratefully accepted.  <www.wajcgs.org>

Seattle’s Mary Kathryn Kozy has been doing genealogical researching for over 35 years and in many different areas. She has served in multiple positions in genealogical societies on both local and state levels. Mary Kathryn is currently the Secretary of the Jewish Genealogical Society of WA State and speaks to many groups in the Puget Sound area. She recently completed her second bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and Systems, and is currently enrolled in the ProGen program with an eye toward certification.

Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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It’s All Relative in Family Photos

Do you have photos of un-identified family members? Become a history sleuth, learn easy tricks to identify people, events, places and dates of photographs using fashion, photo processes, and online resources in this hands-on, interactive lecture, Saturday morning, April 16. Megan Friedel, Curator of Photography at History Colorado museum, originally the state historical society in Denver, will be presenting“Identifying Family Photographs” at the meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS), at Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd..  The meeting is open to members of the public for a donation that helps pay for bringing future genealogy speakers to our area. At 9:30 A.M. over coffee or tea meet other ‘wanna-be history sleuths’ who are trying to identify their ancestors; 9:50 are announcements; and 10:00–11:30 is the lecture.

 

JCGS is delighted and excited to have Megan Friedel as our speaker. Megan has been managing History Colorado museum’s historical photography and moving image collections since 2013. Prior to moving to Colorado, she was the first photo archivist for the Massachusetts Historical Society, worked with the historical photography collections of the Oregon Historical Society and the University of Alaska Anchorage where she was Assistant Professor of Library Science and archivist for UAA’s Archives and Special Collections. Megan has been the curator of numerous exhibits and most recently in 2015, History Colorado’s award winning exhibit El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement into Colorado. She holds a B.A. from Amherst College, M.A. in History and an M.S. in Library and Information Sciences, both from Simmons College. She has a long association with Port Townsend where her parents reside.

 

Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

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A BROOK WITHOUT A SOURCE

 A Chinese proverb says: “To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root”. Family historians often hope to leave stories to their descendants about ancestors they have identified or have known. If you have never written a story about an ancestor, but wish you could, or if you have written stories but would like to make them better, come to a free presentation “Writing Family Stories: A Toolkit” given by Wendy Call, writer, author, editor, translator, and educator. She has been the winner of a national book prize for nonfiction, and served as writer-in-residence at twenty-two institutions including five national parks, a historical society, universities and colleges. In addition, she has completed research in archives in the United States, Latin America, and Europe and currently teaches creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University and Goddard College.

This presentation will be at the March meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogy Society (JCGS) on Saturday, March 19th, 10:00 a.m. – 11:30, in the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd. in Chimacum. Come early at 9:30 for the monthly meet and visit. Following the presentation at noon, there will be a writing workshop led by Wendy for only 15 people. Each person can receive individual attention. Cost of the workshop is $15. Participants are invited to bring a lunch; coffee & tea provided. Go to the JCGS website <www.wajcgs.org> for required workshop pre-registration before March 12 or to receive other information.

 

JEFFERSON COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY FEBRUARY MEETING

by Charles Hansen

JEFFERSON COUNTY GENEALOGY SOCIETY
PO Box 627
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Contact for this press release:  Judy Tough 385-3065 or tough@olympus.net
FOR RELEASE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14th, 2015.

“LIBRARY SCHOOL” FOR GENEALOGISTS

The ease of using the internet’s genealogy sites may have obscured the fact that there is a large storehouse of genealogical information collected by public libraries. Sara Scribner CG (Certified Genealogist (one of only two in WA), and as a librarian for 44 years learned how to assist family historians in their research quests. She will share helpful tips and three little used, but very effective, research opportunities available free from public libraries: JSTOR, LibGuides, and Ask-A-Librarian. The public is invited to this monthly meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) for this free presentation on Saturday, February 20, 9:30 a.m. for meet & visit; 10:00 for presentation in the Tri-Area Community Center located adjacent to the Chimacum Schools’ campus.  Visit <wajcgs.org>.

 

Sara

Sara Scribner, Genealogist CG, College Teacher, and Librarian, from Bainbridge Island, will speak to Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) meeting on February 20th, 10:00 a.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center. The public is invited to hear her presentation “Library School for Genealogists” free of charge.