Puget Sound Genealogical Society May Classes

Apr29 by Charles Hansen

Classes: “Getting Started in Family History Series” presented by Cheri Hudson Passey (Legacy Family Tree Webinars) -Classes are on Saturday and start at 10:30am.
These events are hybrid. In person at the Sylvan Way Library in Bremerton and on Zoom. Zoom link will be posted on our website (psgsociety.org) and our Facebook page the day before.

May 3: Home Sources, Forms, and Family Stories

May 10: Documents, Vital Records, and Census Records

May 31: Cemetery & Church Records, Online Research: Finding Family on the Internet, and Researching On Location

Program: May 28 (Wed), 1pm. ” Inspire the Next Generation” with Sue Schlichting.

Who’s going to take over the family history quest when you’re no longer able? Getting the younger generation interested in their family history is important work. Learn creative ways to get young people engaged in their own history research.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society April classes

Apr5 by Charles Hansen

Coming up in April from Puget Sound Genealogical Society. We will have the final two classes of Janet’s current series. April 5 will be “What to Do With What We Have” and on April 26, the class will be “Writing Your Research Results”. Both classes will start at 10:30am. Our Program this month will be “Dark as a Dungeon: Researching Mining Records” with Peggy Clemens Lauritzen. This will be on Wed, April 23 at 1pm.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society March Events

Mar19 by Charles Hansen

Here are the March events for Puget Sound Genealogical Society:

Mar 26 (Wed), 1pm: Program- Homesteading: Land for All with Christine Cohen

Mar 29 (Sat), 10:30am: Class – Social History and Church Records with Janet Camarata.

Both will be hybrid. In person at the Sylvan Way Library, 1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton and on Zoom. Zoom link will be posted on our website and our Facebook page the day before.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society Events for January 2025

Jan14 by Charles Hansen

Puget Sound Genealogical Society events for January

Jan 22: Getting to Know PSGS- A Social Event. 1pm-3pm. In person only. Come learn more about our Society. Chat with others about Genealogy. Discover our upcoming classes and programs for 2025. Refreshments will be served. Open to the public. (No cost)

Jan 25: PSGS Class-Analysis Process and Analysis Tools with Janet Camarata. 10:30am. Janet will be continuing her series using a variety of lesser- known sources. This is a hybrid event. Join us in person at the Sylvan Way Library (1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton) or on Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted on our website and Facebook page on Jan 24.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society Classes

Nov18 by Charles Hansen

Nov 23 (Sat) Class: Discovering Your Ancestors with Janet Camarata. This class will be on Genealogical Proof Standard and Military Records.

Dec 7 (Sat) Class: Discovering Your Ancestors with Janet Camarata. This class will be on Immigration and Naturalization Records. Also, participants can share their research.

Classes are 10:30am – 12:30pm.

Nov Program, Nov 20 (Wed): What Is Forensic Genealogy Really? With Janice Sellers. 1pm-2pm.

These will all be hybrid. In person at the Sylvan Way Library, 1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton, WA and on Zoom. Zoom link will be posted on our Facebook page and our website the day before each class and program.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society Timelines & Chronologies & Land Records

Oct22 by Charles Hansen

PSGS Program:

Oct 23 (Wed), 1pm. “Your Ancestor’s Occupation – Exploring the 1821 Irish Census” with Steven Morrison. A short business meeting will follow the program. This will be hybrid with in person at the Sylvan Way Library and on Zoom.

PSGS Class:

Oct 26 (Sat), 10:30am. “Timelines & Chronologies and Land Records” with Janet Camarata

This class will be hybrid. You can join us in person at the Sylvan Way Library in Bremerton or on Zoom.

*Zoom link posted the day before on our website and Facebook page. If you are a PSGS member, the link will be emailed to you 2 days prior.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society Divorce in the United States

Sep24 by Charles Hansen

The PSGS Program is Wed, Sep 25th….Hybrid style. In person at the Sylvan Way Library and on Zoom. Social time and Zoom doors open at 12:30pm. The Program is from 1pm-2pm..

Our speaker will be Christine Cohen. She will be presenting her topic on “Alienation of Affection: Divorce in the United States”.

Divorce is not just a 20th Century phenomenon. At first, granted by the State Legislature and then by the Courts, these are public records. The case files can include marriage date and place, names and ages of children, current and former residences, and affidavits by the spouses about their marriage and reason for divorce. Clues are in the Census, City Directories, Military Pensions, County Histories, County Courthouses & especially in Newspapers. This could be the reason for a “lost spouse”.

The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84756295862

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Puget Sound Genealogical Society Finding Religious Records

Jun22 by Charles Hansen

Our June PSGS program will be on Wed, June 26 at 1pm. It will be “Get Me to the Church on Time: Finding Religious Records” with Janice Sellers from the Heritage Quest Research Library. This program will be ZOOM only. The link will be posted on June 25.

Puget Sound Genealogical Society Discovering Your Ancestors

May31 by Charles Hansen

Saturday, June 1, 2024 10:30am – 12:30pm ZOOM ONLY

Zoom doors open at 10:15am .

Genealogy Series I: Discovering Your Ancestors

By Janet O’Conor Camarata

Genealogy is an enriching and rewarding way to discover our own families through their written records, photographs and artifacts. Tracing our ancestral roots expands our understanding of history and how they lived in earlier generations. The individual pieces of the family jigsaw puzzle consists of vital records, censuses, land records, immigration, naturalization, military records, church histories, taxes, court and courthouse records, DNA and much more. The tools and techniques used by genealogists today are extensive and include the Internet, specific genealogy programs and websites, i.e. Ancestry and FamilySearch. Learn in a computer environment the resources available online and off-line to investigate the various jigsaw puzzle pieces that document your ancestors’ lives.

Class #1 (of 6) Basic Forms – Accurate Data Formats – Vital Records: Death, Marriage and Birth

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Puget Sound Genealogical Society You Can Do the DNA

May11 by Charles Hansen

DNA MONTH with Diahan Southard

Series: You Can DO the DNA

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Monday, May 13, 2024

Ancestry SIG

Hybrid – 10:30am-12pm

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