Our monthly PSGS Program this month will be “No OMPF?  No Problem!”  with Sara Cochran.

Join us on Wed, Nov 19 at 1pm (PT).  

This will be hybrid. Join us in person at the Sylvan Way Library or on Zoom. No cost and open to the public.  The Zoom link will be posted the day before on our website (psgsociety.org) and our Facebook page.

Researching 20th Century veterans is especially difficult as a fire destroyed millions of Official Military Personnel Files in 1973. This program will look at other ways to find the stories of the WWI and WWII veterans in our families.

Our monthly PSGS Program this month will be witches! Join us on Wed, Oct. 22 at 1pm (PT).  Our topic:   “The Witches of Salem: There are no Witches – Are there? Of course not!” with Jerri McCoy. 

 This will be hybrid. Join us in person at the Sylvan Way Library or on Zoom. No cost and open to the public.  The Zoom link will be posted the day before on our website (psgsociety.org) and
our Facebook page.

We of the twenty-first century are very much aware that hags do not fly across the moon on brooms. But in 1692 Charity and Mercy and plain good sense were all thrown into the fire of zealotry. Like Autumn brush fires, the witch hunt would swell and burn through Salem Village and neighboring towns. How were witches Identified? What happened to them? And who were those that were executed that terrible year in Salem? Come learn a little bit about them and their accusing neighbors.

Our monthly PSGS Program this month will be “Alienation of Affection:  Divorce in the US” with Christine Cohen.  It will be on Wednesday, Sep. 24 at 1pm. Social time starts at 12:30pm. The program will be hybrid with in person at the Sylvan Way Library and on Zoom.  The Zoom link will be posted the day before on our website (psgsociety.org) and our Facebook page.

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”.

Upcoming Puget Sound Genealogical Society Program.  Our August Program will be on Wednesday, August 27 at 1pm.  It will be “Western Trail- Following the Seven T’s ” with Steven W. Morrison

The major trails from the Midwest to the west will be covered in this session. The principal routes will include the Oregon and California Trails, the Mormon migration, the Santa Fe Trail, and more. These were the OVERLAND RIVERS which helped populate the West.  Social time starts at 12:30. Program will start at 1:00pm.

This will be hybrid with in person at the Sylvan Way Library (1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton, WA) and on Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted on our website and Facebook page on Aug 26.

For details see www.psgsociety.org.

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.