THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO DNA TESTING FOR GENEALOGY WEBINAR
This free Legacy Family Tree Webinar presentation will give an overview of the three main types of DNA tests available for family history purposes. It will explain how Y-DNA, Mitochondrial DNA and Autosomal DNA are inherited and how to use your DNA results to verify the accuracy of your family tree, connect with new cousins, break down brick walls and solve mysteries. You’ll receive practical advice, hints and tips on the best steps to take to succeed and demonstrate what can be achieved using success stories.
Wednesday, April 20, 2022: 11:00 AM
UNLOCKING STORIES OF FEMALE ANCESTORS THROUGH EFFECTIVE RESEARCH WEBINAR
This Legacy Family Tree Webinar will explore implementation of standard research methodology that may unlock previously “hidden” evidence of female ancestors’ stories. Today’s discussion includes two case studies of females born in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. An exploration of sources, beyond census and marriage records, was required to enhance their life stories. One subject was born into an affluent family who settled in north central Tennessee, and the second was enslaved from birth until Emancipation in western Kentucky.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022: 11:00 AM
WRINGING EVERY DROP OUT OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA WEBINAR
You will learn step by step how to utilize mitochondrial DNA testing at Family Tree DNA to get the most out of your results. We’ll look at little known methods to obtain information, even if your match doesn’t have a tree. In this Legacy Family Tree Webinar, we’ll discuss using resources such as Geni, WikiTree and others to break down mitochondrial brick walls. Last, there will be discussion of projects and using mitochondrial DNA in conjunction with autosomal DNA for a slam-dunk.
Steven Waltz Morrison, MPA, is the past president of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Olympia Genealogical Society. He holds an undergraduate degree from Western Washington University, and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Evergreen State College where he taught for seven years as an adjunct faculty. Recipient of 2016 Scholar Award from the American Society of Genealogists.
DIGGING UP NEW DIRT – Unearthing the REAL New England Immigrant Beginner
Do you believe that family associations know everything about their early New England ancestors? Well, guess again! Learn what nuggets you can uncover by rediscovering original records. So, with some surprising facts, sound analysis and a little historical context you may just uncover the real secret about your elusive ancestor.
When: April 7, 2022 – 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Where: ZOOM Cost: Members $20 – Non-Members $25 Sign up & Pay: Come into HQRL at 1007 Main Street, Sumner,WA 98390 or Call 253-863-1806 OR go to hqrl.com and sign up online.
Members must log in to the members page and go the hqrl store in order to obtain the discount.
Jennifer Warner has worked in both public and special libraries since 1990, most recently as a reference librarian. Her genealogy research roots began with her mother’s stories about family and where they immigrated from. Jennifer has been the editor of a Civil War Roundtable Newsletter for over 12 years. She is the President of the DuPage County Genealogical Society and is a member of 14 lineage societies. Researching Pennsylvania Ancestors Do you or your spouse have Pennsylvania ancestors and don’t know where to start? Pennsylvania has many resources available to you. We will go over how to start your research in Pennsylvania. We will discuss the many resources available to you online and in paper form.
WHEN: April 21, 2022, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM WHERE: ZOOM COST: Members $20 – Non-members $25 Sign up & Pay: Come into HQRL at 1007 Main Street, Sumner, WA 98390 or Call: 253-863-1806 OR go to hqrl.com and sign up online.
Members must log in to the members page and go to the hqrl store in order to obtain the discount.
General Meeting – April 2, 2022, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (in person), 1901 S 12th Ave, Union Gap, WA
Program – Allen County Public Library Genealogical Center and the Periodical Source Index Presenter – Richard Kyle The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is the second largest genealogical library in the country with over 1,000,000 items on the shelf. The APCL website offers research help and digital access to an extremely large amount of records and books that may not be readily available anywhere else. It also houses a huge collection of genealogical periodicals, newsletters and bulletins, some dating back into the 1800’s. The Periodical Source Index (PERSI) is an article index to this MASSIVE collection. PERSI used to be on a pay site. It has moved home and is now free to use. Come and learn how to use these resources.
This is where we all get hands-on experience doing whatever we learned at our General Meeting.
We are all logged in on our own computers and can help each other out - sort of like study buddies.
This is a tech support type of meeting. If anyone has questions on 1) Ancestry 2) FamilyTreeMaker or 3) RootsMagic - we will work on those.
We are also available to answer other types of tech questions like backups, scanning, cell phone or tablet apps, etc.
Sue Sheldon, President Mason County Genealogical Society PO Box 1366 Shelton, WA 98584 (360) 427-3119 (360) 490-5925 text https://www.wamcgs.org/ “Always Digging!” Zoom – Join – 713 559 4880
The Board of Directors of the South King County Genealogical Society (Washington State) invites you to take part in forming our five-year plan as we evaluate the ways we serve you and our communities. Both members and non-members are welcome to participate.
Just click the link included at the end of this email to open and then fill out the survey.
If you have problems with the survey, please let us know by sending a note to this email box.
This survey is anonymous unless you choose to add your name or contact information at the end of the survey.
As you probably remember, we released LiveStory, an incredible new feature that makes your photos speak, at RootsTech. The response has been enthusiastic: in the first two weeks, over a quarter of a million LiveStories were created by MyHeritage users. People are just loving this new feature and can’t get over how incredible it is to witness their ancestors and historical figures telling their stories!
We compiled some of our favorite responses — and some amazing examples of LiveStories — from social networks, blogs, and the media in this blog post. We also announced a competition inviting people to share their LiveStories for a chance to win a free MyHeritage Complete plan — details in the post. Be sure to let your friends and followers know so they can enter!
Have you created LiveStories for your own family members yet? Share them with us on social with the hashtag #mylivestory or by email to stories@myheritage.com.
Enjoy!
Daniel Horowitz Genealogy Expert
MyHeritage Ltd., P.O.Box 50, 3 Ariel Sharon Blvd., Or Yehuda, Israel 6037606, Israel, +972-3-6280000
Lisa Alzo, M.F.A. is an author of several genealogy Books and hundreds of Magazine articles. She is a contributing editor of Family Tree Magazine and a noted Webinar speaker. She has spoken at international conferences, webinars, historical and genealogical societies. An avid genealogist for more than 30 years, she specializes in Eastern European genealogical research, writing your family and using history to trace female and immigrant ancestors. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to one of Americas leading genealogists.
Schedule and Topics: 9:15 am Registration 9:30 am Introductions, Announcements 9:45am Session I Crossing the Pond: Successful Strategies for Researching Eastern European Ancestors 11:00 am Session II Immigrant Cluster Communities: Past, Present and Future 12:45pm Session III Murder, Mayhem, and Town Tragedy
Cost: $40 for CCGS members. $50 for non-members and at the door. Registration closes Tuesday, April 5th. Checks should be made out to CCGS and sent to the Research Center at 403 E. 8th Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362. One can use a credit card with the “Paypal” app available on our website, www.clallamcogs.org The seminar will be a Zoom presentation. All are welcome to watch at the CCGS Research Center: 403 8th Street, Port Angeles, WA, or Zoom it at home. To Zoom it at home participants will need the meeting number and Zoom passcode. The Passcode and Meeting Nos. will be sent out via Email upon receipt of funds.
For more information, call CCGS Tues-Fri:10am to 4pm or Saturday; noon to 4pm: 360-417-5000 or visit our website: www.clallamcogs.org
TIP OF THE WEEK – WEBINAR ON USING PERSI BY ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBARY Context is what changes genealogy from a collection of names and dates to our ancestors’ stories, and stories will get the attention of our otherwise disinterested family members. This webinar conducted by Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana addresses how to use the newly reconstituted PERSI database, searching by location to discover context for your genealogy research.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS7i1_omczw&t=3s The Allen County Public Library is an invaluable resource for genealogical research. PERSI (the Periodical Source Index) is the largest subject index to genealogy and local history periodical articles in the world. This one hour webinar comes highly recommended by your fellow SGS members.
Tech Tuesday at SGS is on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 10:00-11:00 AM. It’s virtual! Last time the discussions were about self-publishing and making changes in FamilySearch. Have a question? Have a problem? We are here to help. Bring it in.
Check the SGS website calendar for details and the Zoom link. The next two sessions are Tuesday, March 22, and Tuesday, April 11.
NANCY HEVLY 1931-2022 Sadly, on March 1, lifelong Seattleite, award winning journalist, and longtime SGS member, Nancy Hevly, passed away.
Nancy was a SGS member and donor for 25 years. She also was an active SGS volunteer most of that time; first serving on the Publications Committee, later as Chair of the Nominating Committee, and, since 2014, on the Archive Committee and as its Chair. She was a SGS Library Trustee from 2018-2021.
In retirement, Nancy earned her certificate in genealogy from the University of Washington. Prior to retirement, she had a long, distinguished career at the Seattle P-I, beginning as a Society reporter and ending as an editorial page writer and editor.
Those who knew and worked with Nancy at SGS describe her the same way, “She was a lovely person, someone you could count on, and she will be missed.” Our condolences to her family.
IT’S COMING! IRISH GENEALOGY: THE BASICS AND BEYOND SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2022
Don’t miss a chance for an all day, in-person seminar with presentations on Irish genealogical research by regional specialists Steven W Morrison and Jean A Roth.
Where:
Fairview Church
844 NE 78th St,
Seattle, WA 98115
March 19, 2022
Check in begins at 8:30 AM
Program begins at 9:00 AM
Topics
Intro to Irish Genealogical Research
Detours Around Irish Road Blocks and Stone Walls
Irish Records Online with Find My Past and Ancestry
Favorite Resources for Irish Genealogy
Irish Quaker Migration
Treasures of Online and Onsite Research
Cost is $50 with advance registration; $55 at the door. Free parking.
WRITE IT UP! “You should write that family story.” Sound familiar? But you hesitate and ask yourself:
Where should I start?
What is the best format?
Should I include resources and citations?
How much detail should I include?
Other people ask themselves the same questions. SGS wants to form a group where you can share your writing without fear and talk about writing to be shared with family as well as other genealogists. If this sounds interesting, send an email message to Education@seagensoc.org.
Does this article look like a rerun? It is. There was a typo in the email address last time. It has been corrected. We’d love to hear from all of you interested in joining a SGS Writing Group. SAVE THE DATEOlympia Genealogical Society, “DNA: Today’s Matchmaker” with Diahan Southard, Saturday, April 9, 2022 8:30 am – 3:30 pm PDT
Diahan will speak on issues like :
Making sense of your DNA results
What to do if your matches don’t have family trees
SGS 2022 Spring Seminar, Virtual, “Lands and Maps and Deeds, Oh My!” Friday-Sunday, June 3-5, 2022
The schedule:
Friday, 5:00 PM, keynote with Cyndi Ingle, “Pin Your Ancestors Down with Google Maps and Google Earth”
Saturday, 9:00 AM – noon
Angela Packer McGhie, CG
“Land Entry Files and Tract Books”
Rebecca Whitman Koford, CG, CGL
“Military Bounty Lands: Revolution to Mexican War”
Sunday, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Melinda Kashuba, PhD
“Using Migration Maps in Genealogical Research”
Kimberly T Powell
“Deed Book Indexing Systems”
Registration opens April 15. SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTSGood Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658 Hours : Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
As of March 11,2022, masks are optional in public areas of the Good Shepherd Center. Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting.
NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient.
All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted Wednesday, Mar 16, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Mar 19, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Mar 20, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance.
Tuesday, Mar 22, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Sunday, Mar 27, 2022, 1:00 pm, Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the third meeting of our new SIG. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Apr 2, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com
Sunday, Apr 3, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA WORKSHOP (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join.
Wednesday, Apr 6, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Apr 9, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series: Expanding Your German Research Beyond Ancestry and FamilySearch with Carolyn Schott.
Sunday, Apr 10, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group with Karen Knudson.
Tuesday, Apr 12, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Apr 13, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Apr 16, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Apr 16, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Wednesday, Apr 20, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Sunday, Apr 24, 2022, 1:00 pm, Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the third meeting of our new SIG. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
Tuesday, Apr 26, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Apr 27, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Apr 30, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:30 pm, DNA SIG with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens.To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join.
Are you interested in DNA but don’t really know what to do with your results? Would you enjoy discussing your finds with others? Then join us on the fourth Tuesday evening of the month at 7 pm. We plan to start each meeting by watching a short video and then discussing it, although this may change as time goes along. This meeting is virtual via Zoom, if interested in attending please email info@tpcgs.org to receive the Zoom meeting invite.
Our meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. The first half of each meeting we will work through training videos, watching and then pausing to talk about the section we just watched before moving on to the next section. The second half will be used 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. This meeting is virtual via Zoom, if interested please email publicity@tpcgs.org to receive the Zoom link.
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