Dear GIG Friends,

New Books

Dorothy will bring the new book, “Trace Your German Roots Online – A Complete Guide to German Genealogy Websites” by James Beidler, to the May GIG meeting so you can see it.  You may want to try the possible 15% discount from Lisa Louise Cooke by using this discount code      GENEALOGYGEMS15       http://www.shopfamilytree.com/trace-your-german-roots-online?utm_source=linkconnector&utm_medium=affiliate&cid=affiliate

There is another book to be published shortly that may interest you, too.  “German Census Records, 1816 – 1916: The When, Where, And How of a Valuable Genealogical Resource” by Roger Minert.           http://www.familyrootspublishing.com/store/product_view.php?id=3145

Free webinars about German research on Wed, May 18th:

1)  “Mining the Über-sites for German Ancestors” by James Beidler at 11 am but free for 7 days afterwards   http://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars.php

2)  “Translating Latin Records of German (and other) Catholic Churches” by Jean Wilcox Hibben at 6pm but must watch live unless you are a member.  http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/jes-index.html    You must register here to obtain the weblink to watch it live.

Some websites & articles:

“German Civil Registration” Guide by Ancestry at http://c.ancestry.com/cs/media/social-research-german-civil-registration.pdf?o_xid=63231&o_lid=63231&o_sch=Email+-+Programs

“German Resource Spotlight: Archion.de ” about German Protestant church books  http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2016/03/15/GermanResourceSpotlightArchionde.aspx

“German Resource Spotlight: The German Genealogy Facebook Group” details at   http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2016/03/23/GermanResourceSpotlightTheGermanGenealogyFacebookGroup.aspx

Upcoming Genealogy Talks, Conferences, etc. 

Seattle Genealogical Society Spring Seminar

“Finding Solutions To Your Toughest Research Problems, Utilizing Migration Routes, Civil War Records And Online Techniques” & the speaker is William Dollarhide.  Sat, May 21 from 9:45am to 3:30pm at the Fairview Christian School. For more details go to  http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/2016springseminar-info

For those researching in Eastern Europe, Lisa Alzo & Thomas MacEntee are doing the “Eastern European Boot Camp” on Sat, May 14th, 8 am- 11:30 am PDT. For more details about viewing later & the special $9.95 sale price go to http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e6b48e8de3ee2e5430b75a4d5&id=63c88f8a29&e=eaf0e894bf

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Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State presents 2 speakers in one evening on Monday, May 9, 2016:

THE JOURNEY OF ALBERT LEVY by Ashley-Rae Bobman AND
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE SEATTLE SEPHARDIC COMMUNITY by Isaac Azose