Monthly Archives: August 2017

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

DICK EASTMAN, POPULAR NEWSLETTER AUTHOR,
COMING TO SGS SEMINAR THIS FALL

Eastman’s On Genealogy Newsletter by Dick Eastman is a vastly popular, widely read site. I’m sure most of you have read his Free Standard Edition and gleaned a lot of useful information from it. And I’m also sure many of you subscribe to his reasonably priced Plus Edition. It costs about $.38 a week, as either $19.95 a year, or $5.95 per quarter. The Plus Edition has more articles and no advertising.

Since you enjoy his newsletter so much, come see him live at the fall seminar. Mark it on your calendar. Save the date.

 

DOUBLE DATING AND OTHER WOES

“In 1752, England changed her calendar, too” is a little rhyme I made up to help me remember the year England and her colonies, including here in America, switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. This was much later than most other countries.

As a quick recap, there was a Roman calendar, a Julian calendar, and finally the Gregorian calendar. Many countries switched over to the Gregorian calendar between 1582 and 1701, but as mentioned, England didn’t switch until 1752. I thought this date thing was pretty straight forward, but soon learned it could be rather sticky.

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BOTO to NW Genealogy Conference

by Roxanne Lowe

Buy one (registration) and take one (youth) free!

If you know a teenager who might be interested in a great start to genealogy and you’re registered for the Northwest Genealogy Conference, the organizers of the conference want to help you develop that interest! New to the many benefits of the NWGC is a complimentary youth registration (ages 13-17) with one full paid registration. (Does not include extra syllabus or meals.)

Email nwgc@stillygen.org for further information. Let’s get that younger generation interested!

Kenyatta Berry Ready to Come to Arlington

by Roxanne Lowe

Photograph by Roberto Valladares

Noted genealogist and TV personality Kenyatta Berry will be a featured keynote speaker at the upcoming Northwest Genealogy Conference. Ms. Berry was recently interviewed by the Arlington Times about her love of genealogy and a sneak peek at what she’s got planned for the Arlington conference. An online and audio version of the interview is available here.

Professional genealogists Daniel Earl and Diahan Southard will also be keynote speakers during the August 16 through August 19 event.  Click here for more information and registration.

Tuesday Trivia

by Charles Hansen

I’ve been typing the life story of a dear couple of 90-year-old friends of mine who are legally blind. Yes, they full well realize that they should have done this sooner but alas, they didn’t. (Are YOU taking notes here?) He was from the logging/lumbering area in the north Idaho panhandle and I must admit that I’ve learned much more about that industry than I would have ever guessed. Did you know that in these deep piney woods of the Pacific Northwest, which is latticed with streams and lakes, that lumber camps would be built on a stream site for only 2-3 years or until they had cut down all the nearby trees. Then they would pick up and move the mill ten miles or less to another site and begin the process all over again. They land they logged was purchased by a timber company and when the mill and men moved on, the “logged cut” acres were then sold to settlers and homesteaders. Railroads were vital to the hauling of the timber and then to the settling of the area. Small towns already established by a nascent logging camp would grow when the railroad arrived for not only would they be improved as supply centers for the people already established around them but they would be the collecting centers for the products shipped out. ​​And these same values would cause new communities to be established. ​
(Did you have ancestors involved in the timbering or logging industry in the Pacific Northwest?)