 MAY HAPPENINGS |
| NOURISH OUR ROOTS A $10,000 Matching Contribution March 1 through June 1 Hooray! We are almost halfway there! Our members have given our matching fund drive a good start as they have generously donated toward our goal of $10,000. It has been fun watching the thermometer in the library inching up every week. An easy way to donate is online at the Heritage Quest Research Library website. Copy and paste this link https://hqrl.com/cpage.php?pt=5 for quick access. You can also donate in-person at the library, by a phone call to the library (253) 863-1806, or by mail to Heritage Quest Research Library, 2102 East Main Avenue, Suite 106, Puyallup, WA, 98372.. With your help, we remain confident that our goal of $10,000 will be reached by the first of June. (Remember your contributions are tax deductible) AUTUMN QUEST You spoke, “It’s time to have an in-person Seminar!” We listened. Because of Covid and the fire, it has been too many years since we’ve had our annual Autumn Quest Seminar. We’re starting over, so every type of position is open. It takes a lot of hands to plan such an event. (Choosing the speaker and topics, Finding a location and arranging catering, Registration, Marketing and Promotion, Silent Auction, Raffle Prizes and Ticket Sales.) Autumn Quest is a daylong seminar. It’s a great way to meet and socialize with other researchers. It has also been one of our main sources of income in the past. Please attend this, our first meeting, at 1:00 pm on Saturday, May 17th. Let’s make this event a reality. QUEST CONNECTIONS Great opportunity to express your creativity Beth Scott. our newsletter editor for two years, has stepped down. We will sorely miss her eye-catching, creative and informative newsletters. Thank you, Beth, for a great job. While we wait for a new editor, you can contact Sara McGlothlen at saleemcg@gmail, or Carmen McIntyre at camway@outlook.com with your submissions and ideas for the June newsletter. (cut and past the links). MANAGEMENT TEAM POSITIONS Calling all members and prospective members Would you like a say in and a vote on the operation of the library? If so, then join our Team! Our meetings are held every third Wednesday of the month and can be attended in person or by Zoom. Open Management Team positions are Management Team Secretary Bookstore Manager Newsletter Editor IT Tech |
| UPCOMING MAY EVENTS May 1 Thursday – 11 am to 12 noon Google Your Way to Genealogy Gems Presenter: Suz Bates Suz Bates will show you state, county, local and international websites and databases, including online government sites to support your genealogy research. All our classes can be attended in person or by Zoom. Sign up online or at the library. Members $20 and Non-members $25. Call the library at (253) 863-1806, if you have any questions. May 10 Saturday – 10:00 am to 3 pm Nordic Fest “A celebration of all things Scandanvian” Host: the Auburn chapter of the Vesterdalen Lodge Sons of Norway Messiah Lutheran Church 410 H Street NE Auburn, WA 98002 HQRL will have a promotional booth at Nordic Fest this year. May 15, Thursday – 11 am to 12 noon Using Real Estate Deeds Presenter: Albert E. Fiacre, Jr. Join Albert E Fiacre, Jr. to learn about the information available in real estate deeds. All our classes can be attended in person or by Zoom. Sign up online or at the library. Members $20 and Non-members $25.. Call the library at (253) 863-1806, if you have any questions. May 17 Saturday – 1 pm Autumn Quest Planning Meeting Heritage Quest Research Library classroom May 21 Wednesday – 12 noon Management Team Meeting Members are welcome to attend the monthly Management Team meetings and the quarterly Board of Trustees meetings. BY THE WAY Have you checked our Education Blog lately? (The Blog is listed on the HQRL home page menu) Contributor: Heid Geise, Education Coordinator If not, you are missing out on some valuable information. Thank you Heidi, for an outstanding job as our Education Coordinator! MAY BOOKSTORE SPECIALS These three books – 50% off The Ultimate Search Book, Worldwide Adoption, Genealogy & Other Search Secrets By Lori Carangelo $32.50/Now $16.25 A wealth of hard-to-find data. No other resource comes close to the scope of this book. This is an idea book that substitutes for an expensive private investigator. Following the Paper Trail, A Multilingual Tranlastion Guide By Jonathan D. Shea & William F. Hoffman $23.75/Now $11.50 This book shows researchers’ actual documents in 13 European languages. Each language section begins with a page showing the alphabet in print and cursive form. Languages covered are Germanic (German, Swedish), Romance (French, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish), Slavic (Czech, Polish, Russian), and other (Hungarian, Lithuanian). Tracing your Female Ancestors Volume II, More Research Resources By Gena Philibert-Ortega $9.00/Now $4.50 A follow-up release to Tracing your Female Ancestors first edition. A toolkit of tried and tested strategies and resources for locating those difficult-to-find female ancestors.  |
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