Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized over 600 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 2023 award recipients and learn why they received the 2023 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.
Monica is among the 1984 “Founding Mothers” of WCGS, and has served on the board since. As corresponding secretary, she efficiently manages the society’s communications and promotes activities at the core of its purpose. With deep roots in Whitman County, she serves as the society’s primary researcher. Her sleuthing uncovers intriguing stories, which she generously shares in newsletter articles.
Monica was instrumental in establishing an endowment fund which allows the society to provide college scholarships to high school seniors demonstrating interest in family history. Her communication of fiscal matters enhances the financial business of the society.
In partnership with Monica, Don unfailingly provides behind-the-scenes support to WCGS. He assists in the society’s efforts to wrangle technology needed to accomplish its goals. He is generous with his time and expertise in any matter under consideration.
For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Info@wasgs.org. Please type “Volunteer Award” in the subject line.
Greetings from Whitman County Genealogical Society,
Over the summer many books from the WCGS library have been sent out but we still have some left. As promised I have compiled a list of what is left that we would like to find homes for. If you see any book/books you would like for your home library or organization’s library please reply to: whitmancgs@gmail.com with your choices to see if still available. Books are free and shipping costs are negotiable depending on how many books you want. Looking forward to hearing from you all!
Janet Damm, Whitman County Genealogical Society Librarian
Catalog #
Title
Author/Editor
16.929 sc
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print V.1
Schreiner-Yantis, Netti
16.929 sc
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print V.2
Schreiner-Yantis, Netti
929 am
Genealogical Research Methods and Sources
Amer. Soc. of Gen.
929 ba
Searching on location: Planning a Research Trip
Balhuizen, Anne Ross
929 bu
Research Guide to Loyalist Ancestors
Bunnell, Paul J.
929 cr
Genealogist’s Companion & Sourcebook (The)
Croom, Emily Anne
929 ea
How to Trace your Pedigree Ladies
Eakle, Arlene H.
929 ei
Red Book (The)
Eichholz, Alice
929 ev
Handy Book for Genealogists 7th Ed.
Everton
929 ev
Handy Book for Genealogists 9th Ed.
Everton
929 ho
Cyndi’s List
Howells, Cyndi
929 ke
International Vital Records Book
Kemp, Thomas Jay
929 ki
Handwriting of American Records for 300 Years
Kirkham, E. Kay
929 la
Cite Your Sources: A Manual for Documenting Fam. Hist.
Lackey, Richard S.
929 na
Guide to Gen. Res. in the Nat. Archives
Natiional Archives
929 ne
Circulation Library Catalog Vol.1
NEHGS
929 ne
Circulation Library Catalog Vol.2
NEHGS
929 st
Genealogical Evidence
Stevenson, Noel C.
929 st
Search & Research: The Researcher’s Handbook
Stevenson, Noel C.
929 we
Tracing Your Norwegian Roots
Wellauer, Maralyn A.
929.107 ng
NGS 1991 Conf.
NGS
929.107 so
South King Co. Surname Book 1983
South King Co. Gen. Soc.
929.11 sm
Immigrants to America Appearing in English Records
Smith, Frank
929.11 ya
Marr. of Some Amer. Residents & Guide to Documents Vol.1
Yates Publishing Company
929.11 ya
Marr. of Some Amer. Residents & Guide to Documents Vol.2
Yates Publishing Company
929.11 ya
Marr. of Some Amer. Residents & Guide to Documents Vol.3
Yates Publishing Company
929.11 ya
Marr. of Some Amer. Residents & Guide to Documents Vol.4
Yates Publishing Company
929.11 ya
Marr. of Some Amer. Residents & Guide to Documents Vol.5
Yates Publishing Company
929.6 pu
Dictionary of Heraldry & Related Subjects (A)
Puttock, A.G.
940.3 ne
Uncle, We Are Ready!
Newman, John J.
940.3 sc
Great War (The)
Schaefer, Christina K.
942 sm
Lives & Times of our English Ancestors (The)
Smith, Frank
943
Happy Days in Germany 1987
973
US Military
Neagles, James
973 me
Printed Sources: A Guide to Publ. Gen. Rec.
Meyerink, Kory L.
973.2 co
Complete Book of Emigrants (The)
Coldham, Peter Wilson
974 sa
Supplemental to Torrey’s, NE Marr. Prior to 1700
Sanborn, Melinde
974.8 la
Index to some Philadelphia Marr. 1745-1806
974.802 my
Quaker Arrivals at Philadelphia 1682-1750
Myers, Albert Cook
975.5 wh
Early Quaker Rec. of VA
White, Miles Jr.
977 in
Pathways to the Old Northwest
Indiana Historical Society
977.101
Ohio Valley Genealogies
Hanna, Charles A.
977.2 ar
Documentary Hist. of the IN Decade of the Harmony Soc. V.1
Arndt, Karl J. R.
977.2 ar
Documentary Hist. of the IN Decade of the Harmony Soc. V.2
Arndt, Karl J. R.
977.2 da
Marion Co. IN, Records Miscellanea
Darlington, Jane E.
977.2 ma
Indiana Way (The): A State History
Madison, James H.
977.8 mo
Guide to Co. & Municipal Rec. in Microfilm
MO State Archives
977.8
Death Records of MO Women 1850-53
978.1 an
KS Newspapers: A Directory of Newsp. Holdings in KS
Anderson, Aileen
978.1 ba
Diggin” Up Bones: Obits of Lakin & Harland Cem. V.1
Barnes, Betty
978.1 ba
Diggin” Up Bones: Obits of Lakin & Harland Cem. V.2
Barnes, Betty
978.1 ol
Ft. Scott, KS
Oliva, Leo E.
978.7
Wyoming Lynching of Cattle Kate 1889 (The)
Hufsmith, George W.
979.4 ba
California Pioneer Register and Index
Bancroft, Hubert Howe
979.4 ba
California Rancho Days
Bauer, Helen
979.4 ba
Riverside Co. CA Local History
979.5 la
Lane Co. (OR) Historian 1982, 1983 Spring & Summer
Based on all the current information, the WCGS board decided it is best to postpone our April 4 seminar. We have been in touch with both speakers about a date in the future that would work for both of them and have settled on Sat., Aug. 29 in the morning, using the same format as previously published. We have also contacted Bishop Place and put it on their calendar so the venue will be the same as previously published. It’s not too early to mark your calendar for this informative and, what we think, is an exceptional mini-seminar with very well-known and much in demand speakers. We thank both Bob and Steve for their flexibility in working with us to re-schedule their presentations at a later date. Monica Peters, WCGS Corresponding Secretary
For questions or more information contact WCGS President, Sue Kreikemeier at: 509-635-1303 or aerocraft@completebbs.com. Please RSVP to Sue or whitmancgs@gmail.com by March 28 to accommodate handouts & refreshments. The seminar is free, but donations are welcome at the door.
Directions: Turn off Bishop Boulevard onto Klemgard
Ave., follow Klemgard Ave. up the hill and turn left at the top. Do
not go into the front entrance, but turn right, continuing up the hill
and turn left at the white car ports. Find an appropriate parking
place, enter the building through the main doors and go straight ahead
to the Social Room.
BIOGRAPHIES
OF SPRING SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Robert
King’s biography includes the following:
Robert
E. King grew up in Pullman where he graduated from WSU with degrees
in Anthropology and History. He completed his Ph.D. at the
Univ. of Pennsylvania in Anthropology (specialty: Ethnohistory &
Archaeology) and since 1981 has worked for the Bureau of Land
Management in Alaska. He has been the BLM’s State Archaeologist
in Alaska for over 33 years, with his work taking him to much of the
state. He has a strong interest in federal land laws including
homesteading, and has spoken and written on this subject for several
years. Currently, he writes a guest monthly column on the
history of homesteading for the Homestead National Monument of
America’s electronic newsletter. Locally, he is best known in
Whitman County as a frequent contributor to the “Bunchgrass
Historian,” having authored over 30 articles in the past nearly
25 years on a variety of topics. He is also an avid genealogist
and has co-written several books on various families, with some of
his relatives settling in Whitman County in the 1870s. He
maintains homes in both Anchorage and Pullman.
Steven
Branting’s biography includes the following:
Since
2000, many of this country’s leading history, geography and
preservation organizations — including the American Association for
State and Local History, The History Channel and the Society for
American Archaeology — have honored Steven Branting for the depth,
scope and variety of his research and field work.
In
2009,
he
was nominated for the American Historical Association’s prestigious
William and Edwyna Gilbert Award, which recognizes outstanding
contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of
journal articles. Branting has written eight (8) books on the history
of Lewiston. Branting’s articles have appeared in, among others,
the Western
Historical Quarterly,
TheHistory
Teacher,
Idaho
Magazine, Nostalgia
and Idaho
Yesterdays.
The
Idaho State Historical Society conferred upon him the 2011 Esto
Perpetua Award,
its highest honor, citing his leadership in “some of the most
significant preservation and interpretation projects undertaken in
Idaho.” Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter awarded him that year’s
Outstanding Cultural Tourism Award for showcasing Idaho’s heritage.
In
2013, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
awarded Branting its coveted Historical Preservation Medal. In 2015,
Lewis-Clark State College selected him for the Marion Shinn Lifetime
Achievement Award, and in 2016 he was awarded the President’s
Medallion for his efforts to safeguard the heritage that the college
and community have shared since the 1890s.
During
2018, the Lewiston
Tribune
published 104 of his columns highlighting events and people who
featured greatly in the history of Lewis-Clark State College, which
was celebrating its 125h anniversary and for whom Branting holds the
office of “Institutional Historian,” the first since Henry
Leonidas Talkington in the 1940s.
Branting’s eighth
Lewiston book — The
Words That Were Our Names
— was released in October 2019.
For questions or more information contact WCGS President, Sue Kreikemeier at: 509-635-1303 or aerocraft@completebbs.com. Please RSVP to Sue or whitmancgs@gmail.com by March 28 to accommodate handouts & refreshments. The seminar is free, but donations are welcome at the door.
Directions: Turn off Bishop Boulevard onto Klemgard Ave., follow Klemgard Ave. up the hill and turn left at the top. Do not go into the front entrance, but turn right, continuing up the hill and turn left at the white car ports. Find an appropriate parking place, enter the building through the main doors and go straight ahead to the Social Room.
BIOGRAPHIES
OF SPRING SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Robert
King’s biography includes the following:
Robert
E. King grew up in Pullman where he graduated from WSU with degrees
in Anthropology and History. He completed his Ph.D. at the
Univ. of Pennsylvania in Anthropology (specialty: Ethnohistory &
Archaeology) and since 1981 has worked for the Bureau of Land
Management in Alaska. He has been the BLM’s State Archaeologist
in Alaska for over 33 years, with his work taking him to much of the
state. He has a strong interest in federal land laws including
homesteading, and has spoken and written on this subject for several
years. Currently, he writes a guest monthly column on the
history of homesteading for the Homestead National Monument of
America’s electronic newsletter. Locally, he is best known in
Whitman County as a frequent contributor to the “Bunchgrass
Historian,” having authored over 30 articles in the past nearly
25 years on a variety of topics. He is also an avid genealogist
and has co-written several books on various families, with some of
his relatives settling in Whitman County in the 1870s. He
maintains homes in both Anchorage and Pullman.
Steven
Branting’s biography includes the following:
Since
2000, many of this country’s leading history, geography and
preservation organizations — including the American Association for
State and Local History, The History Channel and the Society for
American Archaeology — have honored Steven Branting for the depth,
scope and variety of his research and field work.
In
2009,
he
was nominated for the American Historical Association’s prestigious
William and Edwyna Gilbert Award, which recognizes outstanding
contributions to the teaching of history through the publication of
journal articles. Branting has written eight (8) books on the history
of Lewiston. Branting’s articles have appeared in, among others,
the Western
Historical Quarterly,
TheHistory
Teacher,
Idaho
Magazine, Nostalgia
and Idaho
Yesterdays.
The
Idaho State Historical Society conferred upon him the 2011 Esto
Perpetua Award,
its highest honor, citing his leadership in “some of the most
significant preservation and interpretation projects undertaken in
Idaho.” Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter awarded him that year’s
Outstanding Cultural Tourism Award for showcasing Idaho’s heritage.
In
2013, the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
awarded Branting its coveted Historical Preservation Medal. In 2015,
Lewis-Clark State College selected him for the Marion Shinn Lifetime
Achievement Award, and in 2016 he was awarded the President’s
Medallion for his efforts to safeguard the heritage that the college
and community have shared since the 1890s.
During
2018, the Lewiston
Tribune
published 104 of his columns highlighting events and people who
featured greatly in the history of Lewis-Clark State College, which
was celebrating its 125h anniversary and for whom Branting holds the
office of “Institutional Historian,” the first since Henry
Leonidas Talkington in the 1940s.
Branting’s eighth
Lewiston book — The
Words That Were Our Names
— was released in October 2019.
We want to share with you a presentation given by one of our Whitman County Genealogical Society members, Joye Dillman.
Joye Dillman of Pullman will give a historical presentation on toys and games enjoyed by children before computer games and the internet at 6:30 PM, Wed., Nov. 20, at the Troy Historical Society. Joye’s presentation is titled “For the Fun of it: American Childhood Toys and Games.” She is a museum correspondent docent with the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, and a retired professor of human development at WSU. Attendees are welcome to bring their antique toys to add to the displays at the event. The society is located at 421 S. Main St., Troy, Idaho.
Bishop
Place Independent Living Social Room,
811 SE Klemgard, Pullman, WA
Saturday,
September 14, 2019
featuring:DAN OWENS and DULCE KERSTING-LARK
“Using the Public Library for Genealogy and Local History”
9:00 am:
The doors open.
9:30
am-10:30 am: Dan Owens will discuss the
resources in the Palouse Heritage Collection at Neill Public Library
in Pullman as well as working with public libraries, in general, when
doing genealogical research or learning more about local history.
This can be applied to researching in any area, not just our own
local area. In addition he will cover the ins and outs of
interlibrary loan.
10:30
am-10:45 am: Break and refreshments.
“Archival Power: Demonstrating the Importance of Primary Sources to Stakeholders and the Public”
10:45
am-11:45 am: Dulce
Kersting-Lark will discuss how working
with original source materials is a privilege, but it is also a
complex challenge. The nature of archives makes them both
authoritative and flawed. Creating a community repository in a border
town is just one of many challenges that we must make our users aware
of from the get-go. How we promote the value of primary source
material to the broader public is another. She will also speak to the
interesting and rewarding work she does at Latah County Historical
Society, as well as share information about the History Relevance
Campaign.
If you have
any questions or need more information contact WCGS President, Sue
Kreikemeier at:
aerocraft@completebbs.com
or 509-635-1303. Please
RSVP to Sue or whitmancgs@gmail.com
by
September 7 to accommodate handouts &
refreshments.
While
the seminar is free, donations are welcome at the door.
Directions:
Turn off Bishop
Boulevard onto Klemgard Ave., follow Klemgard Ave. up the hill and
turn left at the top. Do not go into the front entrance, but turn
right, continuing up the hill and turn left at the white car ports.
Find an appropriate parking place, enter the building through the
main doors and go straight ahead to the Social Room.
Bishop Place Independent Living Social Room, 811 SE Klemgard, Pullman, WA
Saturday, October 13, 2018
featuring:
“All About Heraldry and Its Use in Genealogy”
By Anthony (Tony) Durnford deGray Birch
“Digital Research – Tips, Tricks and Resources” By Lee Pierce
9:00 am: The doors open.
9:30 am-10:30 am: Anthony (Tony) Birch is a retired higher education administrator and long standing member of Eastern Washington Genealogical Society. He doesn’t claim to be a heraldry expert, but a family historian trying to make sense out of things he has inherited or found through research. His presentation will focus on heraldry, and how the genealogist/family historian can use heraldry to learn more about their ancestors. He will share examples of his ten-year search of his ancestors’ crests and coats of arms and what the many images, forms and colors mean.
10:30-10:45 Break and refreshments.
10:45 am-11:45 am: Lee Pierce is the archivist for the Eastern Region Branch of the Washington State Archives in Cheney, Washington. His mission is to collect, preserve and provide access to the records of local government agencies of the 11 furthest east counties of the state. He will be showing and telling about the digital archives and how best to use it, as well as other government resources that are available to researchers.
If you have any questions or need more information contact WCGS President, Sue Kreikemeier at:
aerocraft@completebbs.com or 509-635-1303. Please RSVP to Sue or whitmancgs@gmail.com
by October 6 to accommodate handouts & refreshments.
While the seminar is free, donations are welcome at the door.
Directions: Turn off Bishop Boulevard onto Klemgard Ave., follow Klemgard Ave. up the hill and turn left at the top. Do not go into the front entrance, but turn right, continuing up the hill and turn left at the white car ports. Find an appropriate parking place, enter the building through the main doors and go straight ahead to the Social Room.
BIOGRAPHIES OF FALL SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Anthony (Tony) Durnford deGray Birch’s biography includes the following:
BS and MS degrees from Oregon State University
MBA from University of Washington
40 years working in higher education, including 16 years as administrative vice-president of Clark College in Vancouver, Washington
Selected by his community college peers as Outstanding Chief Business Officer for the four-state Northwest Region in 1996
Came with his wife, Janette, to the Inland Empire in 2006
Longtime member of Eastern Washington Genealogical Society where he and his wife are “greeters”
He and Janette were honored in 2015 as Washington State Outstanding Volunteers
He and Janette have done the following:
Compiled seven books about their ancestors
Volunteered with Find-A-Grave for many small cemeteries in the Palouse area
Enjoyed a number of weeklong trips to the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, Utah
Lee Pierce’s biography includes the following:
Been in the archival field broadly since 1997
BA in history from Eastern Washington University in 1998
MA in history from Eastern Washington University in 2000
Worked for the Arizona State Historical Society Museum’s archives at Papago Park in Tempe
Worked as a freelance researcher and a freelance processing archivist
Began working at Eastern Region Branch of the Washington State Archives in 2005
Currently the Archivist at Eastern Region Branch of the Washington State Archives
Enthusiastic historian of the American military experience, most especially the period of the American War of Independence and from WWII to present
Writes fiction in his “spare time”
Member of the City of Cheney’s Historic Preservation Commission
Seminar reminder--
For those of you who have not yet registered for our spring
mini-seminar, but plan to attend, we encourage you to register
by April 14 so we can plan for refreshments, handouts and room
set-up. We have two excellent speakers in Prof. Horace Alexander
Young and Fr. Mike Savelesky. Please see the attached flyer for
seminar details as well as the bios of the speakers. It promises
to be an exciting and informative morning. The seminar is being
held at Bishop Place in the Independent Senior Living Social Room,
811 SE Klemgard, Pullman, WA. Driving directions are on the flyer.
Doors open at 9 AM and the program begins at 9:30, ending by noon.
For questions or to RSVP, e-mail whitmancgs@gmail.com or call
Sue Kreikemeier, 509-635-1303.
Hope to see you there. Monica Bartlett Peters
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