July to early August with South King County Genealogical Society
Happy Summer!
SKCGS Members would usually find the playback access code for Steven W. Morrison’s presentation at the end of this email. However, Steve unfortunately was at the hospital rather than speaking to us, so we have agreed to reschedule when he has recovered. You will find a code of the recording of the chat we had in Steve’s absence which was an interesting discussion.
*if you expected to find the code but do not see it, your SKCGS Membership has expired. Renew on our website: https://www.skcgs.org/support-skcgs/membership
Most of our small meetings continue through summer; our Speaker Series will resume in September. Write to Education@skcgs with suggestions or even better, volunteer to join the team planning our education year, contacting possible speakers, and arranging their talks.
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PROGRAM UPDATES
All meetings are online except the in-person Research Group and Genealogy Help at KCLS Auburn, Federal Way, and Renton Main library branches.
Live transcription (captioning) is available during our Zoom meetings by request.
Online meeting participants need to register for SKCGS Zoom meetings. Upon registration, Zoom will send a confirmation email with instructions on joining the meeting. https://www.skcgs.org
JULY to Early AUGUST 2026 MEETINGS & EVENTS
All meetings are Pacific Time (PT) zone
Register at https://www.skcgs.org for all meetings unless otherwise stated.
Saturday, July 4: Independence Day. No FamilyTree Maker meeting; KCLS closed.
No July SKCGS Board Meeting. Email Board@skcgs.org with concerns.
Wednesday, July 8, 2 – 3pm PT: WikiTree Users (Online). Topic: Leveraging the FamilySearch Family Tree to improve Wikitree Ancestor Profiles. Begin by improving the FSFT profile and ensure that all appropriate records are linked to each family member. Merge duplicate profiles if necessary, and unlink mistaken records. Then use Sourcer to create or improve the WT profile and the FSFT Sources tab to gather all the free source-cited records for each Wikitree profile. You can also link <WT<>FSFT profiles in both so researchers can jump back and forth. Wikitree Users collaborate to create the best collaborative tree on Earth. Join our free online group: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Wikitree-SIG.
Thursday, July 9, 11am – 1pm PT: Genealogy Help with SKCGS at Renton Main Library (In-person). 100 Mill Avenue S, Renton, WA.
Monday, July 13, 1–2pm PT: Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (Online). email group for meeting notices and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy. Topic: Collaboration with DNA Matches & Other Relatives. Bring your experiences and suggestions about where to find these groups.
- FamilyTree DNA groups: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-project
- DNA Group Projects: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:DNA_Group_Projects
- One Name Studies: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:One_Name_Studies
- Gedmatch Ancestor Projects: https://app.gedmatch.com/AP/ap_group_list1.php
- Ancestry.com group messaging. Click New to start a new group, name it, then type the names to put them in the group
- RootsChat (heavy UK use)
Thursday , July 16: EGS German Interest Group will celebrate its 40th Anniversary in our old location in Bellevue. Significant others are invited. Details: email GIG_Leader@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
Thursday , July Jul 16: Genealogy Help with SKCGS (In-person) Genealogy questions? SKCGS offers one-on-one help with a volunteer.
- 11am-1pm: Auburn Library: 1102 Auburn Way S, Auburn, WA
- 2-4pm: Federal Way Main Library: 34200 1st Way S, Federal Way, WA
Monday, July 20, 1–2pm: Tech Users Group (Online). Topic: Find Your Tribe. Back in the day, your local genealogical or historical society meetings were where you found your friends, research and even travel partners. Now that so much is virtual/online, where do we find like-minded folks with whom to collaborate? Bring suggestions. Start with SKCGS and your kin, then look at some of these sites:
- https://www.groups.io – search for genealogy, your surname or region of interest
- https://www.ancestry.com/boards/search/surname (topics & localities too)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Genealogy/
- https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/
- Facebook: search FB for surname, genealogy topics and locality groups
- https://discordgenealogy.com/
- Tech User Group shares knowledge and learns about technology tools, media, apps and websites. Join our free email group for meeting information and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/TUG.
Monday, July 27, 1–2pm: Genealogy Chat (Online) Meet up and chat about genealogy subjects and topics. We have no agenda; we just like one another.
Monday, August 10, 1:00 – 2:00pm PT: Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (Online). Topic: Research at Family Tree DNA if You Did Not Test There.
1. Test someone else! or upload for someone else with permission
2. Upload your autosomal raw data from another testing company
3. Get permission from a family member to see their kit results
4. Upload to Gedmatch and/or MitoYdna.org to compare results with FTDNA testers
5. Connect your DNA tests to your Wikitree profile for hints to matches; Geni profiles can also link.
6. Use public Y DNA Project data at FTDNA and/or Wikitree
7 Check mail lists at Groups.io, GoogleGroups, & Substack
We are genealogists who use DNA data as part of their research. Join the free email group for meeting notices and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy
Wednesday, August 12, 2–3 pm: WikiTree Users: Topic: Wikitree Goals through 2026. How can we help one another make our part of Wikitree the best? Let’s share profiles and learn together.mWikitree Users collaborate to create the best collaborative tree on Earth. Join our free online group: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Wikitree-SIG.
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