The next meeting of the Kittitas County Genealogical Society (KCGS) will feature Erik Bakke speaking on Special U.S. Census Records, like Mortality Schedules. The meeting will be Monday, Nov. 7, 2016 beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the KCGS Library, 413 N. Main Street, Suite L, Ellensburg. Visitors are welcome. For more information, visit the KCGS website.

October 3, 2016 General Meeting:
Judy Clayton will present “Mysteries and Discoveries from DNA Testing

Kittitas Co Genealogical Society Meeting Mon Oct 3 7PM 413 N Main St, Ellensburg WA & Bob Wieking (actually Nancy) will be providing our refreshments

[Background explanation for Judy’s DNA talk]

In KCGS library are more copies of solution to 200 year mystery of origin of Abe Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks.

It’s okay to merely appreciate the mystery and the surprise answer. But the background in cellular DNA testing is that there are 3 different kinds of DNA birth parent tests now:

• First we had the test like Candace Hooper used to find out why her genetics were so different from her apparent “Hoopers.” That tests the similarity of the Y-chromosome that boys get from their Dad’s Dad’s Dad’s Dad’s Dad etc.
• Nowadays AUTOSOMAL-DNA is a generally useful DNA test for similarity anywhere among your genetic ancestors for about 4 or 5 generations back.  Ancestry.com mostly uses Autosomal DNA tests of the similarity of your 22 non-sex chromosomes (to other people’s test results).  It’s more reliable, for more lines and for further generations, if multiple siblings (close relatives) all get tested, because any one person could happen to receive an abnormally low percentage of DNA from a particular ancestral line.  AND ANCESTRY.COM DNA TESTS tell us more if we attach to the test-results-section, a simplified ancestry.com of our family tree.  If the DNA correlation to another sample is low, Ancestry.com may only report it to you if both you and the other submitter list the same people among their online tree.
• Your genetic father only contributes, to your cellular make-up, a tiny bit of DNA from the cell nucleus.  All the rest of each of your body cells’ makeup came directly from your birth mother (and from her mom’s mom’s mom).  And one of the non-nuclear inclusions in your cells is/are called Mitochondria, which give us our energy.  But for DNA studies Mitochondia have some of their own DNA, unrelated to your chromosomal DNA in your cell nuclei.  So if our family history mystery concerns “Who was the mother?” mt-DNA (mitochrondial) is a useful genetic test for the similarity to possible maternal lines.  Abe Lincoln’s mother’s mitochondrial DNA happened to be of an unusual type; so her maternal genetic similarities were extremely certain.

Genealogy Annual Potluck Picnic

Sunday Aug 14 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!

No Sept 2016 meeting because of Labor Day and Rodeo-County Fair conflict

Our October 3, 2016 7pm meeting will have a program related to DNA-genealogy, by our member Judy Clayton.

Our November 7, 2016  7pm meeting will have a program on special censuses, such as Mortality schedules of the US federal censuses, by our member Erik Bakke.

(& Mon Dec 5 is Christmas dinner 208 NRubySt)

Annual Christmas Dinner by the Methodists:

Monday Dec 5^th at 6 pm at Methodist Church 208 N. Ruby St Ellensburg, for members and guests who pay about 2 weeks ahead of time.

Monday before Thanksgiving, November 21 is the final deadline to sign up.

Make check to KCGS and mail to 413 N. Main St, Suite L, Ellensburg WA 98926

Genealogy Annual Potluck Picnic

Sunday Aug 14 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!

No Sept 2016 meeting because of Labor Day and Rodeo-County Fair conflict

Our October 3, 2016 7pm meeting will have a program related to DNA-genealogy, by our member Judy Clayton.

Our November 7, 2016  7pm meeting will have a program on special censuses, such as Mortality schedules of the US federal censuses, by our member Erik Bakke.

Annual Christmas Dinner by the Methodists:

Monday Dec 6^th at 6 pm at Methodist Church 208 N. Ruby St Ellensburg, for members and guests who pay about 2 weeks ahead of time.

 
Subject: July Edition of Kittitas Kinfolk

The summer is passing too quickly and the Fourth of July holiday was met with booms and sparkles. And the newsletter is finally ready for your summer reading.

Janet O’Conor Camarata

Stepstone Genealogy

camarata2@gmail.com

206-335-9577

Kittitas Co Genealogical Soc events:

June 25 Meeting is a field trip 8:50 AM (we depart at 9AM) Sat June 25 from parking lot on Water St in Ellensburg WA, behind our KCGS library. We’re visiting Wanapum Heritage Center, whose prime-mover, for years, has been our KCGS-member Angela Neller.  Their phone is 509-766-3461, if you want to meet us there at Priest Rapids Dam & website

http://www.grantpud.org/community/the-wanapum/wanapum-heritage-center

for directions and explanations.  Bring a brown bag lunch to eat there

The society will furnish beverages for lunch—bottled water, lemonade, ice tea. Hope to see you on Saturday.

Kittitas Co Genealogical Soc events:

June 25 Meeting is a field trip 8:50 AM (we depart at 9AM) Sat June 25 from parking lot on Water St in Ellensburg WA, behind our KCGS library. We’re visiting Wanapum Heritage Center, whose prime-mover, for years, has been our KCGS-member Angela Neller.  Their phone is 509-766-3461, if you want to meet us there at Priest Rapids Dam & website

http://www.grantpud.org/community/the-wanapum/wanapum-heritage-center

for directions and explanations.  Bring a brown bag lunch to eat there

Usual meeting time Mon June 6 at 7pm

Come see movies of construction of the Wanapum or Priest Rapids dams at

Library 413 N. Main St Suite L, Ellensburg WA

No meeting in July, as 4^th would be our meeting night.

Genealogy Annual Potluck Picnic

Sunday Aug 14 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!

No Sept 2016 meeting because of Labor Day and Rodeo-County Fair conflict

Our October 3, 2016 7pm meeting will have a program related to DNA-genealogy, by our member Judy Clayton.

Our November 7, 2016  7pm meeting will have a program on special censuses, such as Mortality schedules of the US federal censuses, by our member Erik Bakke.

Annual Christmas Dinner by the Methodists:

Monday Dec 6^th at 6 pm at Methodist Church 208 N. Ruby St Ellensburg, for members and guests who pay about 2 weeks ahead of time.

Kittitas Co Genealogical Soc events:

June 25 Meeting is a field trip 8:50 AM (we depart at 9AM) Sat June 25 from parking lot on Water St in Ellensburg WA, behind our KCGS library. We’re visiting Wanapum Heritage Center, whose prime-mover, for years, has been our KCGS-member Angela Neller.  Their phone is 509-766-3461, if you want to meet us there at Priest Rapids Dam & website

http://www.grantpud.org/community/the-wanapum/wanapum-heritage-center  for directions and explanations.  Bring a brown bag lunch to eat there.

Usual meeting time Mon June 6 at 7pm

Come see movies of construction of the Wanapum or Priest Rapids dams at

Library 413 N. Main St Suite L, Ellensburg WA

Next Kittitas Co. Genealogical Society meeting May 2^nd is

A Field Trip to the CWU library , which has an archives–different from the State Archives on the CWU campus.  CWU library is the huge 4 story building on south side of 14^th Ave in Ellensburg WA, a block East of D Street (Wildcat Way). Entrance on East side of that CWU library.

Meeting will be by 3^rd floor desk, but we can meet at 6:45 PM in CWU library lobby.

Easiest parking if you can walk easily is SW corner of 14^th and D St (Wildcat Way), or get dropped off, or take your chances getting parking at the CWU library lot.

Those archivists actually did attend our April meeting and should be ready for us.

Speaking of Family History Center, starting May 1, their new hours will be Wed 10-noon, and BY APPT ONLY at 7pm (if Thurs evening inconvenient).  Thurs 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm and every week evening hours Thurs. 7 pm- 8:30 pm. For appointments and questions call Director Christine Fowler 509-306-9279.  We will be open this summer.  As of now, the only week for sure closed is 4^th of July week.  KCGS member Tuck Forsythe works Wed 10-12 shift, but rarely during the summer.  You pump up your skills&spirit, just by coming in to experience Chris Fowler’s infectious enthusiasm!

 Special announcements:

Wed Apr 27 our KCGS library will not be open only 10 AM – noon so that afternoon, Mary can attend county archive-librarians association CAMAH meeting.

 June Meeting also a field trip Sat June 25th to KCGS member Angela Neller’s new interpretive museum at Priest Rapids Dam on Columbia River.  Angie spent 5 years planning this great new museum.  Car Pool at 9 AM in parking lot on Water Street behind our KCGS office. BRING A SACK LUNCH.

 7 pm June 6^th (would have been our meeting night) President Diane Huckabay will show movies of Priest Rapids (or other) dam construction, preparatory to our field trip there 9AMJune 25^th, 2016.

 Friday May 13^th from 2 pm to 5 pm at the 420 Building (SE corner of Pearl and 5^th in Ellensburg) President Diane Huckabay will show us how to learn digital indexing of 1890s newspapers currently stored in our KCGS library.  She needs to train more of us to help make an index to genealogical events in 1897 Ellensburg newspapers.

 August 14 at 4pm annual KCGS picnic at Mary and Lew Christensens’s home (also her childhood Mary Lou Rizer’s home) 60 Moe Road (directions coming later).

 No Sept meeting because of Labor Day and County Fair

Oct program Judy Clayton

Nov program Erik Bakke on Special Censuses

5 Dec 6 PM Annual KCGS Dinner (if you pay your fee early) at Methodist Church

 PLEA TO TELL Tuck Forsythe, Treas, who returned 2016 KCGS membership payment a month ago in a self-­addressed-stamped envelope (it was just cash with no name)  Whom should I credit with 2016 dues?

Tuck’s email  : forsythe (at) fairpoint.net

Or KCGS, 413 N. Main St, Suite L, Ellensburg WA 98926-3083

or  Tuck’s phone message 509 925 2356

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Kittitas Co.GenealogicalSoc meets

Mon Mar 7, 2016 – 7 PM

at 413 N Main St in Ellensburg WA

March program is “The Cantelon Epic, 1000 years of Family History.”

Mary Christensen has been working on this for years and finally it was time to really do something with it.

 Bonnie Jaroslaw will be providing cookies for that meeting. And Mary Christensen will bring some beverages

Donna: I Googled this term and came up with nada; bet it’s a family name-story and sounds like a quite good one!