The Pacific Northwest Historians Guild has made available the presentations from its recent annual 2021 conference, including Mossback’s keynote talk, “Nazis, Lynchings, and the Lash Law: Why the Northwest Must Face — and Embrace — Its Dark Side.” You can find all the talks and panels on YouTube.
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South King County Genealogical Society A Day with Judy Russell
LAWS, LEGACIES & LOSERS
A Day with Judy Russell, The Legal Genealogist
VIRTUAL EVENT
Saturday, June 5, 2021
9:00am – 4:00pm PDT
$35 SKCGS Members / $45 Non-Members
Price goes up $5 after April 30, 2021
Secure credit card payment & online registration:
https://south-king-county-genealogical-society.square.site
OR Download registration form, print and mail with check:
http://skcgs.org/seminar.html
South King County Genealogical Society is pleased to present guest speaker Judy Russell, JD, CG, CGL
Seminar topics:
9:00AM “FINDING THE LAW”
10:45AM “WHERE THERE IS – OR ISN’T – A WILL”
1:00PM “ROGUES, RASCALS AND RAPSCALLIONS: THE FAMILY BLACK SHEEP”
2:30PM “DNA AND THE GOLDEN RULE: THE LAW AND ETHICS OF GENETIC GENEALOGY”Full page flyer:
http://skcgs.org/graphics/Seminar-21.jpg
Meeting link and syllabus will be emailed the week of the seminar
COME JOIN US FOR A FUN DAY WITH JUDY. WE’LL ALSO HAVE DOOR PRIZES!!
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Tina Lawson
Publicity Team
So. King County Genealogical Society
Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers David Obee Presents
South King County Genealogical Society April Happenings
Monday, April 12, 2021, 1pm-3pm PT
Genetic Genealogy/DNA
This month’s topic is Triangulation. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion. This is a virtual meeting with closed captioning available. Dial-in (audio only) is also available.
Saturday, April 17, 2021, 9:30am PT Social time, 10am-Noon Program
General Meeting & Speaker
“Solving Genealogy Problems with Timelines” presented by Beth Foulk
When you create a personal timeline of an ancestor’s life, it is easy to see facts, relationships, and stories emerge that were never before apparent. Learn how to create a timeline and the many uses for them in genealogy research and analysis.
For meeting reminders and link, go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/society
This is a virtual meeting with closed captioning available. Dial-in (audio only) is also available.
Monday, April 19, 2021, 1pm-3pm PT
Technical User Group
The Technology User Group is for sharing knowledge and learning about technology tools, media, apps and websites.
Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/TUG for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion. This is a virtual meeting with closed captioning available. Dial-in (audio only) is also available.
Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 6pm-7:30pm PT
KCLS & SKCGS Presentation
“Extra! Extra! I found it in the Newspapers”
Presented by Winona Laird of South King County Genealogical Society (rescheduled from last month)
Newspaper records include announcements, obituaries, anniversaries, legal notices, letters to the editor, social columns filled with personal news of the daily experiences and lives of your family and their neighbors. Learn to access a variety of historical newspapers to see your ancestors as part of a larger community.
Register at: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/606752361eedf0240080ec21
The library will send the Zoom link on the day of the event.
Monday, April 26, 2021, 1pm-3pm PT
Genealogy Chat
Meet up and chat about genealogy subjects and topics. We have no agenda; we just like one another! Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Society for meeting link, discussion and meeting reminders. This is a virtual meeting with closed captioning available. Dial-in (audio only) is also available.
Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State Changing Borders
| The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State proudly presents “The Changing Borders of Eastern Europe” presented by Hal Bookbinder, Genealogist, Author, and University Professor |
| DATE: Monday evening, April 12, 2021, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Pacific Time, via Zoom This free online meeting will be open between 6:30-7 p.m. Pacific Time for chatting. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., and the featured presentation will start at 7:15 p.m. Registration for this meeting is required: To register for this Zoom meeting, click on this link or copy it into your web browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcO2hqjkpGd2uCVlIv2_n5S3rXo0cE1Uv 2) You will be prompted to enter your name and email address and, when you hit enter, you will automatically be sent an email with the Zoom meeting link. |
| ABOUT OUR PROGRAM Our speaker, Hal Bookbinder will trace a millennium of border changes in Eastern Europe and the impacts of these changes on our Jewish ancestors who lived in Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Bessarabia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. An ancestral town may have been under the rule of several countries over time. Recognizing which governments were in control at various times can help in understanding the environment in which ancestors lived, events that stimulated migration, languages in which records were kept and likely locations where these records might be found. As the Russian Empire expanded west in the 17th and 18th centuries, millions of Jews found themselves within the Empire and Russia found that it needed to deal with a people it had tried to exclude for hundreds of years. | |
| Along with the changing borders, town names, record-keeping, and archive locations might change. This overview will help researchers in determining where records might be located, their format and languages. Hal Bookbinder is a pro at making Eastern European history and our Jewish roots come alive! | |
| ABOUT OUR SPEAKER Hal Bookbinder writes and lectures extensively on diverse genealogical topics, including border changes, migration, citizenship, safe computing, Jewish culture, and Jewish history. He has identified over 4,000 relatives reaching back to the mid-1700s in modern Ukraine. Other roots reach into adjacent areas of Moldova, Poland, Belarus, and Russia. He has served as president of the Jewish Genealogy Society, Los Angeles (JGSLA) and president of the IAJGS and has been honored with IAJGS’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Professionally, he is a retired healthcare IT director and currently a university instructor. He also directs an addiction recovery-to-work training program. Hal and his family reside in the Los Angeles area. Check out his articles on safe genealogical computing at http://www.tinyurl.com/ComputingArticles. | |
| Please visit our website athttp://www.jgsws.org to join or to donate to JGSWS to help support the incredible speakers and workshops we bring to you, to view library listings, download handouts, or for more information. JGSWS is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. Membership dues and donations are tax deductible. JGSWS, P.O. Box 53102, Bellevue, WA 98015 |
Legacy 24 hour Genealogy Marathon
Art Kelly shared this link with me. Linda
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Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society’s April Meeting
The Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society’s April meeting will take place on Zoom on Monday, April 12, at 2:00 p.m. New England genealogist Kathleen Kaldis will present Sense of Place: Local Landmarks and Genealogy. This will be a fun and light lecture on using current local landmarks to discover clues and context about your ancestors’ FAN clubs. It gets exciting when you can connect names in different states–Kathleen will show us how it played out with her ancestors.
Register at WAGSLibrarian@gmail.com, and you will soon receive the Zoom information. The Zoom info will also appear on our website: www.wags-web.org.
Susan Rumble
WAGS
New Additions for MyHeritage Deep Nostalgia
I have great news — we’ve released 10 additional “special” animations for Deep Nostalgia™ today, doubling the number of animations available and allowing you to see your ancestors express a wider spectrum of gestures and emotions, for example, dance, blow a kiss, smile wholeheartedly, nod approval, and more. The special animations are available to subscribers on the Complete plan.
Deep Nostalgia™ has taken social media by storm, and since its launch 5 weeks ago, 72 million animations have been created!
Please share this wonderful news with your audience and on all your social channels. You can find a complete overview of the special animations in the blog post.
Here are some examples of the special animations:
Dance 2:
Kiss:
When you animate a photo, the initial animation is selected by default so as to match the pose and angle of the person in your photo perfectly. That initial animation is always one of the first 10 general animations and is never one of the special animations. The special animations need to be selected manually.
Selecting a special animation is not available from the landing page, which is only meant for quick animation and sharing, and is only available from the “My Photos” section of the website and the “Photos” section of the MyHeritage mobile app, where in both locations more advanced functionality is at your disposal.
I hope you enjoy seeing your ancestors move with these new animations!
Enjoy!
Daniel Horowitz Genealogy Expert
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Conference Week Tips for NGS Member Orgs
  Delegate Workshop Registration  Register for SLAM!  Register for NGS Live!  Register for Focus on Societies  Download the Prospectus Now Did you know NGS has a Facebook group for genealogy organization leaders?Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/ngsmemberforum to join.  Founded in 1903, the National Genealogical Society inspires, connects, and leads the family history community by fostering collaboration and best practices in advocacy, education, preservation, and research. We enable people, cultures, and organizations to discover the past and create a lasting legacy. The Falls Church, Virginia, based nonprofit is the premier national society for everyone, from the beginner to the most advanced family historian. |
Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week Google Scholar
TIP OF THE WEEK –
GOOGLE SCHOLAR One tip that came out of Pam Vestal’s Second Saturday presentation on March 13, 2021, is the use of a little known feature of Google, Google Scholar. Found at https://scholar.google.com, Google Scholar focuses on searching scholarly literature found on the internet. It will display results found from academic publishers, universities, professional societies, etc. It will find doctoral dissertations, theses, academic papers, and more.
Our upcoming SGS Second Saturday presentation will be Steve Morrison presenting “Digging Up New Dirt – Unearthing the ‘Real’ New England Immigrant”, on April 10, 2021. It’s virtual. All are welcome. The link can be found on the SGS website Calendar of Events.