Monthly Archives: March 2016

Bend Genealogical Society Spring Seminar

by Charles Hansen

Bend

Do you want to say, “WOW, I learned a lot from Lisa,” on April 23? Come to the BGS Spring Seminar for these presentations:
• Get the Scoop on Your Ancestors with Newspapers — Yearning to “read all about it?” Newspapers are a fantastic source of research leads, information and historical context for your family history. Learn Lisa’s approach to achieve success in locating news about your ancestors.
• Genealogy Podcasts 101 — Learn everything you need to know about how to find and listen to genealogy and history podcasts.
• Time Travel with Google Earth — Experience historic maps, images and videos coming together to create stunning time travel experiences in the free Google Earth program.
• Inspiring Ways to Capture the Interest of the Non-Genealogists in Your Family — Learn how to capture the imagination of your non-historian friends and relatives. Lisa’s projects are guaranteed to inspire your family to ask you to tell them more about the family tree!
SATURDAY – April 23, 2016  9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
At the Bend Golf & Country Club
Registration Required – Seating is Limited – See Registration Form for Cost
Call BGS at (541) 317-9553 for more information
Find the Registration Form Online at: www.orgenweb.org/deschutes/bend-gs
Visit Lisa’s website at: http://lisalouisecooke.com/
Lisa’s presentations are de-signed for both beginning & advanced genealogists.
April 23  Featuring Lisa Louise Cooke
Bend Genealogical Society – 2016 Spring Seminar
Spring Seminar
Saturday, April 23
At the Bend Golf & Country Club
61045 Country Club Dr., Bend, OR 97702
8:30 AM
• Check in and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea. Breakfast not provided.
9:00 AM – Seminar Begins
• Morning sessions
LUNCH
• Afternoon sessions
4:00 PM – Seminar Ends
Registration includes:
• Saturday Seminar, April 23, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Bend Golf & Country Club.
• Choice of Luncheon Salad and Coffee/Tea service all day.
• Seminar Syllabus

QUESTIONS?
Call BGS: (541) 317-9553
Email BGS: bgs@bendbroadband.com
Send payment and completed form to:
Bend Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 8254
Bend, OR 97708-8254
We will confirm registrations via phone or email.
Registration Form – 2016 BGS Spring Seminar
Name _______________________________
Address  _____________________________
Email   __________________________________
Phone  _________________________________
Amount Enclosed: $ _________
Lunch Choices (select one per person):
 Cobb Salad—Herbed breast of chicken, blue cheese, tomato, bacon, chopped egg and avocado
 Caesar Salad—Classic salad with grilled chicken on a bed of romaine
 Oriental Chicken Salad—Soba noodles, scallions, mandarin oranges, Napa cabbage seasonal blend with sesame dressing
Registration Deadline – April 19
After April 19, cost is $65 for all registrants
Registration Fee (per person)
 $50 – BGS Member
 $65 – Non-BGS Member
Checks payable to:
Bend Genealogical Society
Credit card payment is not available
Country Club

NOTE: A traffic circle is under construction at the intersection of Murphy & Parrell. You will need to use a detour this year to reach the Country Club. Coming from the south, exit Hwy 97 at Knott Road. Coming from the north on the parkway, there are various routes you can choose to reach the site. View detour map at: http://www.bend.or.us/index.aspx?page=1253Or call BGS for directions, if needed. We can email you the construction detour map.

Detour

Outstanding Volunteers and Teams Needed by April 1

by Roxanne Lowe

Societies and Organizations: The deadline for submission of your 2016 Outstanding Volunteer or Team is April 1. Here are the details:

  • Your society/organization can nominate up to 2 individuals and/or 1 team.
  • Nomination criteria is left up to the society – whoever you nominate is recognized by the WSGS as an Outstanding Volunteer.
  • Deadlines are:

o   April 1 – Send the name(s) to Roxanne Lowe at roxanne@thekeeffes.com; in turn, Roxanne will send the nomination form to the contact person.

o   May 1 — Submit the completed form and photo of the nominee(s)

o   May/June – Roxanne will draft the certificate & have the contact person approve it

o   June 18 – Awards will be presented at the conference in Tacoma. Certificates will be mailed to those not in attendance.

Additional information is on the website and Blog. Additionally, here’s a list of past award winners.

Honor those outstanding members and teams that help your organization be successful. If you’ve got questions, contact Roxanne Lowe, WSGS Recognition Chair.

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM OF OREGON Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

GenForum

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM OF OREGON Wednesday Evening E-News 30 March 2016

For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!

For a complete GFO CALENDAR go to www.gfo.org/calendar.htm.

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Apr.pdf.

Whale

Help the GFO not miss a whale of a deal, Wed, April 6th, at 10 AM! We need your help, oh my, oh my.

Did you say fabulous and extremely valuable books are being donated to the GFO? French-Canadian research galore?
We have a call to action for next week. We need as many volunteers as possible to help retrieve some 90 boxes of French-Canadian research books that are being donated by one of our elderly members.

Yep, you read that right!
WE MUST PICK UP the books from their current home in North Portland on Wednesday, April 6th, at 10 a.m., bright and early!!
If you can help in any way – from sitting and boxing the books, to bringing boxes to the pickup site, to showing off your burly muscles to move boxes already loaded with books – please email our fearless leader Laurel Smith at president@gfo.org. Continue reading →

Delma McLean Named Outstanding Volunteer in 2015

by Roxanne Lowe

Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized more than 450 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 2015 award recipients and learn why they received the 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.

Today we’re introducing Delma Roloff McLean, Yakima, Washington, who was nominated by the Yakima Valley Genealogical Society (YVGS). She was recognized for her dedicated volunteer efforts and positive attitude.

Delma McLean

Delma McLean

Delma has been a member of the YVGS since 1987, along with her husband Frank. She has served as a librarian and held a board of directors’ position.  She is currently YVGS’s hospitality chair where she gives “hospitality” a whole new meaning with the smile and warm hugs that greet members as they attend meetings.  Delma has been a constant presence at the society’s events – from yard sales and the Indian John Hill Rest Stop fundraiser to seminars, workshops and monthly meetings.

Besides her participation at YVGS, she is also active with the International Society of Germans from Russia, was a board position for six years.

Delma is an outstanding volunteer and has given the YVGS 100 percent of herself. She richly deserved being a recipient of a 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Roxanne Lowe, Recognition Chair, at Roxanne@thekeeffes.com.

Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

by Charles Hansen

JCGS Banner

It’s All Relative in Family Photos

Do you have photos of un-identified family members? Become a history sleuth, learn easy tricks to identify people, events, places and dates of photographs using fashion, photo processes, and online resources in this hands-on, interactive lecture, Saturday morning, April 16. Megan Friedel, Curator of Photography at History Colorado museum, originally the state historical society in Denver, will be presenting“Identifying Family Photographs” at the meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS), at Chimacum’s Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd..  The meeting is open to members of the public for a donation that helps pay for bringing future genealogy speakers to our area. At 9:30 A.M. over coffee or tea meet other ‘wanna-be history sleuths’ who are trying to identify their ancestors; 9:50 are announcements; and 10:00–11:30 is the lecture.

 

JCGS is delighted and excited to have Megan Friedel as our speaker. Megan has been managing History Colorado museum’s historical photography and moving image collections since 2013. Prior to moving to Colorado, she was the first photo archivist for the Massachusetts Historical Society, worked with the historical photography collections of the Oregon Historical Society and the University of Alaska Anchorage where she was Assistant Professor of Library Science and archivist for UAA’s Archives and Special Collections. Megan has been the curator of numerous exhibits and most recently in 2015, History Colorado’s award winning exhibit El Movimiento: The Chicano Movement into Colorado. She holds a B.A. from Amherst College, M.A. in History and an M.S. in Library and Information Sciences, both from Simmons College. She has a long association with Port Townsend where her parents reside.

 

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM OF OREGON Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

GenForum

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM OF OREGON Wednesday Evening E-News 23 March 2016

For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!

For a complete GFO CALENDAR go to www.gfo.org/calendar.htm.

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Feb.pdf.

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Don’t let time slip away now. Don’t forget to plan for our upcoming OPEN HOUSE!
We’ll be having our annual GFO Open House from Saturday to Sunday (that’s right, over a whole week of free genealogy classes and activities), April 9 – 17, 2016. Continue reading →

Rose Janke Named Outstanding Volunteer in 2015

by Roxanne Lowe

Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized more than 450 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 2015 award recipients and learn why they received the 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.

Today we’re introducing Rose Albertson Janke of Kelso, Washington, who was nominated by the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society (LCGS). She was recognized for her leadership, knowledge and dedicated volunteer efforts.

Rose Anderson Janke

Rose Anderson Janke

As a long-time society supporter, Rose was one of the four original founders of LCGS in 1963. She was instrumental in writing the charter constitution and bylaws of the society and has served as secretary, publicity chairman and historian.

Rose has assisted in the genealogy section of the Longview Library, donated many of her personal books to the society’s genealogy collection, and written several articles for the Society’s quarterly newsletter “The Key.” Rose also helped form a research group that spent fifteen years restoring the records of the pioneer Catlin Cemetery. A compilation of the results is now housed at the Cowlitz County Public Works Department which oversees the cemetery’s maintenance.

Rose is a valued and hard-working member of the LCGS and richly deserved being a recipient of a 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Roxanne Lowe, Recognition Chair, at Roxanne@thekeeffes.com.

Sneak Peek of Upcoming International Conference on Jewish Genealogy

by Charles Hansen

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

This summer, from Aug. 7 to 12, 2016, Seattle will host the 36th International Conference on Jewish Genealogy. This is a landmark event with leading genealogical experts and family researchers from around the world gathering at the Sheraton hotel in beautiful downtown Seattle.

To explain what the conference is all about The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State and the Seattle Sephardic Network will host a free Sneak Preview of this conference.  This Sneak Preview event is free and open to the public.  All are welcome!

Date and Time:  The Sneak Preview will take place on Monday, March 28, 2016, from 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Location:  the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island, 3801 E. Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040.

Please join us for:

  • A brief introduction to Jewish genealogy and its ongoing importance to Jewish history, culture and identity
  • Highlights of the upcoming conference, including a sneak preview of the keynote address by Dr. Devin Naar, chair of the University of Washington Sephardic Studies Program
  • A presentation about Seattle’s Sephardic community (the third largest in the nation) by members of the Seattle Sephardic Network
  • Videos and slides on how to get started on your family’s history
  • A Q & A session with conference organizers
  • Flyers and promotional material
  • Sponsorship and advertising opportunities
  •      Free Refreshments, including Kosher cookies!

For information about the conference, go to www.iajgs2016.org.
For information about JGSWS, go to www.jgsws.org.
For information about the Seattle Sephardic Network, go to www.seattlesephardicnetwork.org.
For directions to the Stroum Jewish Community Center, go to www.sjcc.org.
Questions? Comments? Contact co-conference chair Phyllis Grossman at Phyllis@iajgs2016.org

If you would RSVP for the sneak preview event, we’d love to have a head count!
Please email publicity committee member Karen Campbell at
KarenCampbellGenealogy@outlook.com

 

Thank you and we hope to see you Monday evening!

Serendipity Day

by Charles Hansen

I just discovered a brand new (to me anyway) most interesting website:  www.curiositystream.com.  The home page for this site boasts:  “Watch 1000+ nonfiction programs to grow curious minds. There are Trending programs, Science programs, Technology programs, Human Spirit programs, and Civilization programs. Some programs are only a few minutes long, others nearly an hour. Some are offered in several episodes. I just watched Scribes of Ancient Egypt (55 minutes long) and it was great.  If you are among those with curious minds who want to know more, perhaps CuriosityStream would be a website that tweaks your beak. The only downer is that it does cost $2.99 per month……… for unlimited watching. Good deal if you ask me.

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Here is another recommended new-to-me-too website. If you use it, would you please provide some feedback to me??

Hi everyone:      I didn’t know who to send this to, but I’ve just discovered a site that is new to me, and had a tremendous response.  So I sent it to a few of you, and maybe you can pass it along to more.  Free, no sign up required.

  It is http://www.wikitree.com/g2g .  Very cool!  In just 20 minutes I have had more response to my genealogy query on this site, than I’ve had on the Rootsweb/Ancestry family message boards, ever.

  I’m excited! Happy ancestor hunting! Jo

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