Tag Archives: Seattle Genealogical Society

Leilani Lucrisia Named Region 1 South Representative

by Roxanne Lowe
Leilani Lucrisia

Leilani Lucrisia

Leilani Lucrisia has been appointed Region 1 South Regional Representative by WSGS Mikal McKinnon. In his announcement, President McKinnon expressed his appreciation to Leilani for her willingness to serve. Her experience and enthusiasm will a great asset on the Board.

Leilani is an active member of the Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society in Arlington where she served as newsletter editor. She has also been a member of the Northwest Genealogy Conference planning committee, responsible for the fabulous Syllabus. She is also a member of a genealogy society in Marysville and the Seattle Genealogical Society.

In a recent move by the WSGS Board, Region 1 (Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties) was split into two regions to ease geographical issues. Leilani, the Region 1 South Representative, will be assisting societies in part of Island and Snohomish Counties, including Comeford (Marysville) Camwood (Stanwood), Sno-Isle (Lynnwood) and Stillaguamish Valley (Arlington).

The Board is still in search of a volunteer to serve as the Region 1 North Regional Representative which encompasses Island (part) Skagit, Snohomish (part), Whatcom and San Juan Counties. More information on the responsibilities of a Regional Representative, click here or email WSGS Vice President Donna Potter Phillips at Donna243@gmail.com.

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

 

TIP OF THE WEEK –
 No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, but …

If you’re not familiar with the LDS annual Washington Family History Fair, it’s an entire day of free classes taught by qualified instructors.  The day consists of five one-hour sessions. You have several classes to choose from for each session. There are approximately 40 classes in all, plus an Exhibitor Gallery. Classes run the gamut from beginner to advanced. Registration, classes, and parking are all free!  Sounds almost too good to be true, but I attended last year and was impressed.

Pre-registration is encouraged and available on-line. If you want a printed syllabus or a boxed lunch, those are available for a nominal fee and you order those during pre-registration. Classes are on a first come, first served basis. Pre-registering will help them plan for the size of the room they need for each class as well as the number of syllabuses to print.

Our new SGS President, Jill Morelli,  and SGS members, Jean Roth, Mary Kircher Roddy, and Steve Morrison will be presenting.  Refer to the “Agenda and Schedule” on the website to check out the class descriptions and/or information on any of the numerous instructors.

This year the Family History Fair 2016 is at the Bellevue South Stake Center, behind the temple at 15205 SE 28th Street, Bellevue, WA 98007, on Saturday, November 12, from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm.  Doors open at 8:00 am for check-in or day-of-event registration.

Full details are available on the website for :

•Registration
•Agenda and Schedule
•Instructor Biographies
•Class Descriptions
•Exhibits
•FAQ

Here’s the link to the website :

wafamilyhistory.com/2016/index.html

**  note that LDS members abstain from coffee use and out of respect for that belief, coffee will not be served at the event

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

 

OUR NEW SGS PRESIDENT,
 JILL MORELLI
 

The Seattle Genealogical Society Board is happy to announce that Jill Morelli has agreed to assume the role of President of the Society for the remainder of the 2016-2017 year. You may know Jill from her role as Publications Director of the Society from 2012 to 2015, as well as the many programs she has been involved with and the numerous presentations she has given to the Society. She has devoted the interim time to writing her portfolio for certification as a certified genealogist which has only recently been submitted for review. While the outcome is yet unknown, she is now free to devote her time to the Society and the needs of the membership. The position has been vacant since the election last spring. Please welcome Jill.

“Washington on the Western Front”
WW I Exhibit Hosted at UW in the Allen Library

Currently on display in Special Collections at the Allen Library on the UW campus  is an exhibit concerning World War I titled “Washington on the Western Front: At Home and Over There”.  On Friday, November 11, Armistice Day (Veterans Day), Special Collections will be having an Open House from 1:00-5:00pm.  All are welcome to attend and parking is free that day.

A Color Guard from Ballard Eagleson VFW Post 3063 will open the event. In addition to guided gallery walks of the exhibit, two documentaries about the influenza epidemic of 1918 and the creation of American cemeteries in France will be shown.

Continue reading →

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

 TIP OF THE WEEK – HeinOnLine Wants to Give Back
 

Since it’s launch in 2000, HeinOnLine,  an internet database service by William S. Hein & Co., Inc., a Buffalo, NY publisher specializing in legal materials, has won award after award.  Now they just got a huge shout out from Judy G Russell, the Legal Genealogist.

William S. Hein & Co., Inc. describes their newly launched collection,  Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law,   as “monumental, unique, (and) culturally significant,”. Judy concurs.  She calls it “fabulous”. This collection is all known legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world.  And it’s free to everyone! You will need to register for access, but that’s a simple process.

To read more about William S. Hein & Co.  and the collection, check out Judy’s latest blog entitled “Shining a Light” at :

www.legalgenealogist.com/2016/10/13/shining-a-light/

If you are interested in using the collection, you can register for access at :

https://home.heinonline.org/slavery/

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

* WANTED *
 PHOTOS FROM 2015 FALL SEMINAR

Did you attend last year’s Fall Seminar or one of the special Sunday sessions with Dr. Thomas W. Jones? Did you take any photos?

We need one or two good pictures from this event for our 4Culture grant application. These annual $3000 grants are key to our financial success, and our seminars are one of the reasons that 4Culture continues to support SGS.

Please contact secretary@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org if you have a photo to share.

KUDOS TO JOHN

This past week SGS volunteer, John Harley, installed three smoke detectors in the SGS Library. We’d like to thank John for his invaluable and expert help. Our Library had been without any smoke detectors. We all feel safer now.

SGS HALLOWEEN OPEN HOUSE
 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30th, 1:00-4:00pm

Come to the SGS Library for some tricks & treats, plus a tiptoe through some fascinating tombstones. At 2:00pm Jean A Roth, a descendant of Salem Witch Trials families, will present “Dead Men Tell No Tales; Or, Do They?”

Continue reading →

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

TIP OF THE WEEK – DID YOU HAVE ANCESTORS in
 19th CENTURY, WHITMAN COUNTY, ANYONE?
 

The Whitman County Genealogical Society(WCGS) has published a new book :

“Whitman County, Washington Territory:
Gleanings from Selected Newspapers
with Every Name Index (1877-1886)”

As described by WCGS, their “243 page spiral bound book with laminated covers compiled by Mary Bybee Simonsen in cooperation with WCGS, contains 194 pages of gleanings, plus an index of over 5,000 different names.  There were many newspapers in Whitman County from 1877-1886, but most gleanings were extracted from the Palouse Gazette, the Washington Democrat (both Colfax, W.T. newspapers), and the Palouse News (a Palouse City, W.T. newspaper), plus a few other area newspapers.  The extractions were done from microfilm at Washington State University Holland Library in Pullman, WA.  Every readable issue of these newspapers during this time period was reviewed for possible gleanings.  Most gleanings are from records, such as births, marriages, divorces, deaths, and land records, plus other interesting items related to the area.   Some articles, especially land records, were too faint to read, so the gleaning was edited.  Full articles may be read at a facility having these microfilmed newspapers.”

The book sells for $25 or it is also available on CD in PDF format for $15; taxes and shipping included. Contact address for WCGS : PO BOX 393, Pullman, WA 99163.  See WCGS pages posted on the Washington State Genealogical Society Blog for additional information and order form at:
https://wasgs.org/blog/tag/whitman-county-genealogical-society/

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

Seattle

FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING  

This is a reminder the SGS Fall Membership Meeting will be held Saturday, October 1st, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm. in the Seattle Genealogical Society Library. Due to circumstances beyond our control, scheduled guest speaker, Cyndi Ingle, famous for her website Cyndi’s List, will not be available to speak at this meeting. However, Ann Wright, Director of the Library, will give an account of major developments in the SGS Library.

There will be a pre-meeting social hour with coffee, tea, and light snacks beginning at noon. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow SGS members,  the current Board of Directors, and fellow researchers. Perhaps you’ll find someone who can provide a clue or two for your own family history!

DR. ANNA HENDERSON CHAVELLE

January 28, 1933 – September 15, 2016

SGS member Dr. Anna Henderson (Chipman) Chavelle passed away suddenly at the Aljoya residence, where she made her home with her wife Christine Knutson.  She was born in Seattle and received both her undergraduate and M.D. degrees from the University of Washington.  Her family medical practice was first in Wallingford, then in the Greenlake area of Seattle.

Dr. Chavelle had served as Chief of Staff and on the Board of Northwest Hospital, and had been a President of the Washington State Family Physicians, as well as the Washington State Medical Association.  She was preceded in death by her brother, William Henderson and is survived by her spouse Christine Knutson, her daughter Judith (David) Nielsen, her granddaughters Anna and Victoria, her sister Elizabeth Gordon and sister-in-law Diana Henderson, as well as six nieces and nephews and thirteen great nieces and nephews. There will be a Celebration of her Life at the Seattle Yacht Club on October 9th from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M.

Her full obituary can be seen at: www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=181596870

Continue reading →

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.

Seattle Genealogical Society October Seminar

by Charles Hansen

seminar

The author of the best new book on using DNA for genealogy is giving a seminar in Seattle 9 am Sat Oct 15th

 

For brochure or to sign up, see:

http://www.seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/content/seminars

 

Speaker and author Emily Aulicino is the Regional Coordinator for the International Society of Genetic Genealogists (ISOGG) for Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. She teaches genetic genealogy classes at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon in Portland and manages 13 different DNA projects through Family Tree DNA. Ms. Aulicino is the author of Genetic Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond.[which Tuck has order for KCGS libreary] She also teaches weekly classes on writing childhood memories and family stories.

Our seminar features 5 sessions. The morning sessions will have two track options – beginner and advanced. Choose which track to attend based on your interest and level of knowledge in genetic genealogy. Members of the SGS DNA Special Interest Group will assist with the presentations. We’ll break for lunch, and then come together again for the final three sessions.

 

 

Saturday, 15 October 2016
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

$40 for member/$50 for non-members
Boxed lunch for $12 – sandwiches and gluten free salad options
Registration deadline is October 8th, $50/$60 after deadline

Further questions can be directed to Sandra Stark
seminar@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org(link sends e-mail)

Fairview Christian School
844 NE 78th Street
Seattle, WA

Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
Welcome at 9:00 a.m.