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Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society Voting Records
Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society
Join us on Election Day!
Presentation: Voting Records: Genealogy’s Best Kept Secret and SVGS monthly meeting
Tuesday November 8, 2022,,1:00 PM Pacific
Zoom Meeting: Society Library or Virtually
Online via Zoom, via phone, and in-person at the SVGS Library 6111 188 PL NE, Arlington.
The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society is now providing monthly meetings at the library and via Zoom. Pam Vestal will be speaking virtually at our November 8th meeting. Our business meeting will follow the presentation.
Pam’s topic: Voting Records: Genealogy’s Best Kept Secret
Looking for a date of birth or death? When and where your ancestor became a citizen? Where he disappeared to or where he came from? Voting records may have the answer. These often-overlooked gems can be packed with genealogical information, and you won’t believe what they can tell us about our ancestors!
Pam’s Bio:
Pam is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists and has been a speaker for the Federation of Genealogists, the National Genealogical Society, our own Northwest Genealogy Conference and many others. She is the owner of Generations Genealogy, LLC and can be found on her website at www.generationsgen.com.
You are invited to watch free (donations to the society are always appreciated) Zoom presentation at the society library located at 6111 188 PL NE, Arlington, Washington. If you prefer to watch virtually, a Zoom link to join the meeting using your computer or by phone can be found on our website.
www.stillygen.org
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society DNA Research and Sourcing Tips
Terry Mattison will present the program, DNA: research and sourcing tips, for the Thursday, November 10th, Zoom program for the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society. The Zoom meeting will open at 6:30 PM for announcements and to welcome guests. The program will start at 7:00 PM. The public is invited to join. For the Zoom link to attend the program
contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com
South King County Genealogical Society Meetings & Events
NOVEMBER – EARLY DECEMBER 2022 MEETINGS & EVENTS
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PROGRAM UPDATES
- All meetings are virtual except the in-person Research Group and Genealogy Help at the Auburn Library
- Live transcription (captioning) is available during our Zoom meetings by request
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 6:30pm PT
SKCGS Board of Directors Meeting (virtual)
All SKCGS members are invited to attend; only Officers and Directors may vote. Write to Board@skcgs.org for the meeting link.
Friday, November 4, 2022, 12:30 – 2:30 pm PT
EGS German Interest Group (virtual)
“Using German Newspapers” by Carol Whitton, CG®
Learn how to read German newspaper print and find those newspapers in the U.S. and Germany.
Visitors welcome and more information at https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com
Registration is required:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrf-mgrjsvH9eP9utBbi3_KMUp1y-u5H1e
Saturday, November 5, 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT
Family Tree Maker Users Group (virtual)
Question & Answer. Each month, we will learn about using the features of FTM. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion.
Monday, November 14, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (virtual)
“Use DNA Painter Tools to Answer Your Research Questions”
This group is for genealogists who use DNA data as part of their research. DNA evidence, like all genealogical evidence cannot stand alone. So we use DNA and other research to answer questions about who is related to whom genetically, and how can we support that conclusion? Subscribe for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy
Friday, November 18, 2022, 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Research Group (in-person)
For SKCGS members
Kent Family History Center 12817 SE 256th St., Kent, WA
Seating is limited
RSVP REQUIRED to Winona at w.laird@skcgs.org
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 9:30am PT social time; 10:00am – 11:30am PT program
SKCGS General Meeting (virtual)
Dave Obee presents “In Search of Home: Migration into, out of, and within Canada”
Understanding the flow of people will help you understand how your family fits in the history of the country. In some cases, records are available in Canada and in other countries, but in other cases researchers will need to consider social history and traditional migration routes to understand the lives of their ancestors. Includes a look at the social history of the arrival of the railway, which helped bring massive development to the four western provinces.
Dave Obee is a journalist and genealogical researcher who has written a dozen books and given more than 700 presentations at conferences and seminars in Canada, the United States and Australia since 1997. He is a columnist for Internet Genealogy magazine, and has been awarded an honorary degree by the University of Victoria for his work as a genealogist, journalist and historian. He is the author of books on immigration to Canada, and the Canadian census.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom
Save the email – it contains your link to join the meeting
Link to register for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIscemgpj4qGtLGeXpzlBKTv8pvDRaoSNvU
Monday, November 21, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Technical User Group (virtual)
“Helpful Browser Extensions for Genealogy”
TUG is for sharing knowledge and learning about technology tools, media, apps and websites. Subscribe for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/TUG
Monday, November 28, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genealogy Chat (virtual)
Meet up and chat about genealogy subjects and topics. We have no agenda; we just like one another! For meeting invitations and discussion, join https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Society
Friday, December 2, 2022, 12:30 – 2:30 pm PT
EGS German Interest Group (virtual)
“Beyond the Nutcracker: German Christmas Traditions” by Claire Gebben
Learn about those traditions brought to the US by the German immigrants and the current ones in Germany.
Visitors welcome and more information at https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com
Registration is required:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsfu-trj0vG9NNobUkwXRvDei-wujsWHY-
Saturday, December 3, 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT
Family Tree Maker Users Group (virtual)
Question & Answer. Each month, we will learn about using the features of FTM. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion.
Volunteers Needed (in-person)
SKCGS partners with the King County Library System in Auburn by offering a Genealogy Help Desk (GenDesk) to assist library patrons with ancestor research. GenDesk is available monthly on the fourth Thursday from 11 am to 1 pm (except November). We have materials to help anyone coming to the desk and we use our own genealogy research skills to show how to research and make progress on genealogy questions. And we are LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS to help with this project! If you would like to volunteer once a month, help others, and improve your own skills, let us know! Having a tablet or laptop to bring with you is valuable, but library computers are available to use as an alternative. We’d love to hear from you. You don’t need to have an advanced skill level to help. E-mail outreach@skcgs.org with some information on your research skill level.
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SOUTH KING COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 582
AUBURN, WASHINGTON 98071-0582
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society Destination Canada
On November 18, 2022 BIGS Presents
At 10AM, Friday, Nov 18, 2022, on Zoom,
Dave Obee will present:
“Destination Canada”
When we say he wrote the book on this subject, we mean it. Dave is a distinguished British Columbian journalist and genealogist. In 2010, he published the book “Destination Canada: A Genealogical Guide to Immigration Records,” He will tell us how to find the more than 7 million people who arrived in Canada between 1815 and 1930. They came from Europe, Asia, and even from the United States.
Many sources such as ship passenger lists, border crossing records, and naturalization and citizenship documents can be found online. Other sources exist, of course, and we’ll learn about how to find information from those as well.
So, please join us on November 18th at 10AM for this informative presentation. The Zoom link will be available on our website bigenealogy.org on November 17th, the day before the meeting. Everyone Welcome! No membership necessary.
Heritage Quest Research Library and the Fire
| Dear members, patrons and valued friends of Heritage Quest Research Library, Many of you may have already heard the devastating news surrounding the fire this morning in Sumner, Washington and I am sure you have a million questions regarding the library’s viability and future. Let me begin by stating “We are still here, and we will get through this.” In the short term as we have yet to be allowed in the building, we will be closed for the next week or so. There is much to get through with all the intricacies involved in a fire. We are hoping for minimal damage, considering the fire was just next door and there was a fire wall between the businesses. We have sustained some water damage, but again we hope minimal. We will continue to move forward making the best possible decisions regarding the future of HQRL. We hope for your continued support and patience as we get through this stressful time. My sincerest regards, Jo-Anne Huber Director |
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society November Legacy Family Tree SIG
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society
Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Nov 1st, 2022, 7:00 pm
This month’s meeting will be a little different as we have exhausted the longer free Legacy Family Tree videos, so I will be picking 2 – 3 topics from the paid videos to discuss. We won’t be watching the paid videos, but I will review them and try to channel my inner Geoff to discuss and demonstrate the topics live via zoom and my Legacy family file.
I hope to see you on Tuesday November 1st!
Our meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. The link to the reoccurring Zoom Meeting is located at the bottom of this page.
The purpose of this Special Interest Group is for open discussion of topics related to using Legacy. This could include any questions or problems we are having with the program or tips and features we have discovered. If you think of something you would like to bring up, please write it down so you can share it with the group.
1st Tuesday of Month Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82495661568?pwd=dy85YmluVzF5aEU4SzFTcTUrVDlTUT09
As always if a hyperlink is not active just copy and paste it into your browser.
Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Heritage from the Heartland Indiana
Saturday, November 5
EWGS Monthly Meeting
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
A Hybrid Meeting at Shadle Public Library
Our “Heritage From The Heartland” series continues with
Indiana – Hoosiers in the Heartland
Presented by Allison DePrey Singleton
Acting Genealogy Services Manager at Allen County Public LibraryHoping to see each of you at this excellent presentation!
There will be several great raffles…
so bring a couple bucks to enter!
And…if you don’t already have your “Ugly Sweater” ready for December’s contest, you may be able to get one at this meeting!
Can your library become a Family Search Affiliate Library?
OK so what is a Family Search Affiliate library? Probably all of you have went to a Family Search Center and ordered microfilm to be sent to the Family Search Center, then went back a while later and view the microfilm. Today Family Search has digitized all that microfilm and stopped sending microfilm to the Family Search Centers. Some of those digitized microfilms are restricted to being viewed at only at Salt Lake City, A Family Search Center or an Affiliate Library. Spokane has four Family Search Centers close by, but staffed by volunteers and varying hours, so having the public library with regular hours is better.
In 2018 Spokane passed a bond issue to remodel several libraries and build three new branch libraries. The Special Collections (genealogy is one of them) were put into storage till the remodeling at the Downtown Branch was completed, estimated at 2 years. We closed out our meetings and cut down our collection to only have local reference materials go to storage, a few books went to other libraries, but the biggest amount went to Salt Lake City for digitization. We contacted the head of the Spokane Public Library Special Collections about becoming a Family Search Affiliate library while they were remodeling hoping to have it all in place when the library remodeling was finished (actually they are still working on some of the finishing touches). He was able to get permission from the library to become an Affiliate library, but he knows nothing about genealogy, so he kept wandering around Family Search looking for how to become an Affiliate Library. Central Library opened July 11th with a ribbon cutting, and still not an Affiliate Library. The new historian in the Inland Northwest Special Collections room was now tasked with contacting Salt Lake City to check out what was needed to become an Affiliate Library, she filled out the application waited a few days and was accepted. Next question? Only have the Central Library be an Affiliate Library, or should all the branches also be an Affiliate Library? The Genealogy collection along with a lot of other inland northwest books are at the Central Library, but we are meeting at the Shadle Branch Library for our monthly meetings and the free parking. So I said at least Central and Shadle. The IT department came back saying it was easier to include ALL the branches as Affiliates, so all the open branches now have Family Search, Two branches are still being remodeled and are expected to be done by the New Year. It took the IT department longer to do the connection to Family Search than to do the paperwork and get permission to be a Family Search Affiliate.
Click here to learn how to be a Family Search Affiliate Library.
Note after volunteering at the Downtown library for more than 25 years, I still have trouble calling it the Central Library, but the remodeling was amazing, and the Inland Northwest Special Collections room is wonderful.
Clallam County Genealogical Society Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree
Clallam County Genealogical Society
Saturday, November 12 10:00 am-noon
Diane Henriks
Finding Descendants in your Family Tree
The featured speaker for the November Society meeting of the Clallam County Genealogical Society will be Diane Henriks. Her topic is Finding Descendants in your Family Tree. She will describe the process of ‘fanning out’ to find descendants in a family, both living and past, a means to help you break down some of your most difficult brick walls.
Diane is a Los Angeles based speaker, author and investigator. Her specialty is finding descendants in family trees and brick wall research. She is known as the “Descendant Detective”. She has given her presentations and workshops to many notable societies, written several genealogies, and has assisted in investigations of both civil and criminal cases.
To hear this intriguing speaker, contact CCGS. Phone: 360-417-5000
We will send you the Zoom meeting number and passcodes. You can always join us at our Research Facility meeting room: 403 E 8th St., Port Angeles.
There is no charge for this program and all are welcome to attend.
For more information: WWW.clallamcogs.org or drop in and see our beautiful research center. We are open Tuesday-Friday, 10am to 4pm and Saturdays, noon to 4pm