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Author Archives: Charles Hansen
Tuesday Trivia
I think it was said in days of yore, “if it ain’t in the Sears Roebuck catalog, you don’t need it.” I’m old enough to remember pouring over a S&R catalog, especially the toy catalog at Christmas time! Bet you did too.
I bought this little paperback for 25-cents at a roadside junque sale. It’s been such fun browsing the pages……..but only in strong light and with a magnifying glass for it’s teeny print/pictures.
This 1909 catalog offered everything: Pianos, corsets, guns, sofas, typewriters, rocking chairs, “quick cures for dyspepsia,” violins, diamond rings, watchmakers’ tools, shoes (ohmygoshthewomensshoesAWFUL), and “the highest grade steel range” for $22.43 (plus postage? and you know how HEAVY they were).
Did I mention fishing hooks, men’s shirts, lamps, dishes, crucifixes, “Parisian depilatory” (for 58 cents), blacksmith tools…………… well,you get the idea.
A genuine stroll-through-time as I browse those 900-pages of goods offered in 1909 by Messrs. Sears and Roebuck.
Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State DNA Successes
Dear Genealogy Friends,
You are invited to attend our upcoming free genealogy event, on
Monday evening, December 10, 2018.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State is pleased to present our December meeting program
“DNA Successes–Despite Endogamy!”
presented by Lara Diamond, Genealogist/Blogger/Speaker
DATE: Monday, December 10, 2018
LDS Factoria Church Building
4200 124th Ave SE
Bellevue, WA 98006
(just off I-90 and I-405)
- Doors open at 6:30 p.m., for all to enjoy the extensive JGSWS Library’s genealogical resources and, available again, the LDS Family History Center computers and database programs!
- Free Wi-Fi available and come early to network with other attendees
- Presentation starts promptly at 7:15 p.m.
- Free admission and refreshments
ABOUT OUR PROGRAM: “”DNA Successes–Despite Endogamy!””
Genetic genealogy is much more complicated when dealing with endogamous populations than the general population, and many people get frustrated when trying to identify actual relatives from the mass of genetic cousins, who are actually related in many ways quite far back. Learn how you can have success when dealing with endogamy by examining stories from the speaker’s own family’s DNA, which include reuniting with branches thought killed in the Holocaust.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Lara Diamond is President of Jewish Genealogical Society of Maryland and has been researching her family for 25 years. She has traced all branches of her family back to Europe and most multiple generations back in Europe using Russian Empire-era and Austria-Hungarian Empire records. Most of her research is in modern-day Ukraine, with a smattering of Belarus and Poland. She leads JewishGen’s Subcarpathia SIG, is on the Ukraine Sig board and also runs several town-focused projects to collect documentation to assist all those researching ancestors from common towns. She blogs about her mostly Eastern European research at http://larasgenealogy.blogspot.com.
Please by clicking on
https://www.facebook.com/Jewish-Genealogical-Society-of-Washington-State-548090815567964/
Please visit our website at http://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.
Thank you very much and we look forward to seeing you, your friends and family members!
Karen vanHaagen Campbell
Secretary & Publicity, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State
www.jgsws.org
Monday Mystery
Did you know that if Benjamin Franklin had had his way, the turkey would be our national bird and symbol and not the eagle? Quoting from HISTORY News post by Christopher Klein, 16 Nov 2016:
“The story that Franklin proposed the turkey as the national symbol began to circulate in American newspapers around the time of the country’s centennial and are based on a January 26, 1784, letter in which he panned the eagle and extolled the virtues of the gobbler to his daughter, Sarah. In doing so, though, he was not delivering a critique of the Great Seal but a new medal issued by the Society of the Cincinnati, an association of Continental Army veterans. “For my own part I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country,” he wrote. The Founding Father argued that the eagle was “a bird of bad moral character” that “does not get his living honestly” because it steals food from the fishing hawk and is “too lazy to fish for himself.”
“In contrast, Franklin called the turkey “a much more respectable bird” and “a true original native of America.” While he considered the eagle “a rank coward,” Franklin believed the turkey to be “a bird of courage” that “would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his farm yard with a red coat on.” While the private letter was a spirited promotion of the turkey over the eagle, Franklin never made his views public, and when the chance had been given to him to officially propose a symbol for the United States eight years earlier, his idea was biblical, not avian.”
Olympia Genealogical Society’s December Meeting
In keeping with our annual tradition, Olympia Genealogical Society’s December program will consist of 10 minute presentations by several OGS members. This year’s topic is Genealogy’s Oddballs and Quirky Ancestors. It is always fun to hear these personal stories, and we’re sure to have some laughs!
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Joyce T. Ogden
jtogden@comcast.net
Friday Serendipity
Shall we have some plain ole fun today? I gather pondering-points and so today share some with you:
“There is a relation between the hours of our life and the centuries of time.” (Emerson)
“Only in understanding the past an we interpret and use the present for history is not made but unfolded.” (Benjamin Ide Wheeler, 1854-1927)
“I didn’t exaggerate….. I just remember big!”
“I’ve been working on my brick walls and think I’ve chipped off a few bricks.” (Donna Heine)
“When there is no one in the living world who remembers you, you disappear.” (movie Coco)
“All electronic devices hate people! But humans have the ultimate power….we can pull the plug!!” (Ron Tanner)
“We have intermarried all over the world…..so we are really a one-world family, so why not a one world family tree? We must realize this.” (Ron Tanner, works for FamilySearch)
“Do you realize you share much the same DNA as a banana? (Anna Swayne, formerly of Ancestry)
Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week
TIP OF THE WEEK –
CAUTIONS ON SHARING DATA
It is easy to become lackadaisical and accept research data you have found in a public family tree at face value. Remember to treat information you get from someone else’s family tree as a helpful hint to aid you in your own research. No matter how credible their source citation looks, until you have examined a source yourself, it is just hearsay.
Likewise, don’t put speculative information in your public tree, where it can be perpetuated by others. A good practice is to have two family trees. A tree you make public should only have substantiated data in it. Research you are still working on, not yet verified, should be in a private tree, your WIP (work in progress) tree, so to speak.
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GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday Evening E-News
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’sThursday EveningE-News EditionNovember 15, 2018 |
Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?We’d love to have you as a GFO Member! |
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For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. Be sure to check the complete GFO CALENDAR. |
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On #GivingTuesday, most non-profits are asking for monetary donations — and GFO would never turn those down — but this is our annual appeal for your TIME.This year we’ll be attempting a partial inventory of our books. We want to discover what’s missing AND get the books in the correct order on the shelves. People will work in teams, and there will be some book labeling for those who can’t stand to do shelf reading. Non-members can earn a free pass to the library so they can research on another day. We will bring in food to fortify us, so please give a few hours or make a day of it! |
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The job of the journalist and that of the genealogist are surprisingly similar: we both research the facts and the context of people. And then we tell their stories! Genealogists tend to focus more on the research. So what do journalists bring to the table?? Journalists add the reporting element that can help genealogist share their stories with others. Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Hallman, Jr., of The Oregonian knows a thing or two about journalism, and he is coming to the GFO to share his insights with us this weekend!Join us for this amazing GenTalk at the GFO this Saturday, November 17th at 2 p.m. All our GenTalks are free and open to the public. |
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Would you like to be a part of GFO’s Open House? |
GFO’s 2019 Open House is right around the corner. Mark you calendars for March 23rd through 31st!We are looking for presenters to give 50-minute sessions on any topic that may be of interest to beginning genealogists. Opening weekend: Saturday will be devoted to Irish research and is being planned by the Irish Special Interest Group. Sunday will be a Beginners’ Boot Camp. The closing Saturday and Sunday will be DNA Days planned by Emily Aulicino and team and will feature a very special guest. Stay tuned for more information. The theme on Wednesday will be finding biological family and additional participants are being sought. There will be panel discussions and presentations relating to questions about whether to search for biological family. There will also be resources available on topics such as how to make first contact. If you are an adoptee, a biological parent, or someone seeking a biological relation and would like to share your views or provide a presentation, please contact laurel.smith@gfo.org. There are lots of presentation spots open on Monday and Tuesday, as well as some on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Again, if you can participate by leading a session at GFO’s 2019 Open House, please send a message to laurel.smith@gfo.org. Presenters will be compensated with profuse gratitude! GFO will print and provide any handouts for attendees. We don’t know of any other genealogical organization that provides a 9-day event, packed with content, absolutely FREE to all attendees. But we need your help to make it happen! |
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Link up with these great Rewards Programs to donate to GFO when you shop! |
Through a one-time link, you can trigger an automatic donation to GFO every time you make purchases through the Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program, AmazonSmile, and Family Tree DNA. |
The best part is that linking your Rewards Programs will not diminish any benefits or rewards you already receive. As always, thank you for all you do for GFO! |
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SATURDAY, November 17thGenealogical Problem Solvers 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. GPS is a monthly support group where we help each other find information about a family line. We will learn to do a reasonably exhaustive search and develop research plans. The focus will shift depending on the needs of the group. Several experienced researchers have volunteered to help. Beginners and intermediate researchers are encouraged to submit problems to work on. For more information contact Katie Daly at GPS@gfo.org. GenTalk 2 – 3 p.m. Presenter: Tom Hallman, senior reporter for The Oregonian On March 4, 2018, you may have read “Della’s Lost Letter,” and wondered about the methods Tom used to locate her, and the other principals in the story. Learn how reporters find people for their stories (sound familiar, genealogists?) and get some writing/storytelling tips from a Pulitzer Prize winner. Tom Hallman Jr., a senior reporter for The Oregonian, was born and raised in Portland and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa in 1977. He’s worked at a car wash, a grocery store, a greyhound race track and was a volunteer at a VA hospital. He won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. SUNDAY, November 18thLibrary Work 9:00 a.m. – Noon There’s another work party at the GFO library today for those of you who can come. There’s lots to do and we’d love to have your help. Doors open at 9 and work usually wraps up around noon. Some people come for just an hour or so; others work the full time. You are welcome to do either. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there. Family Tree Maker Users’ Group 1 – 3 p.m. Join other users who want to work through the 2017 Companion Guide to Family TreeMaker. Bring your laptop with 2017 version of FTM installed – build 1-480 of FTM installed. Facilitated by Joyce Grant-Worley. Questions? Email FTM@gfo.org. French Canada Group 3:30 – 5 p.m. Sharing stories of our history. Come and join this group to learn more about French Canadian ancestry and Acadia. This group leader is Bob LaMarche. Send him a note at FrCan@gfo.org. WEDNESDAY, November 21stLibrary Closes at 1 p.m. THURSDAY, November 22ndLibrary Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday Please note, our Thursday Evening E-News will be sent out on Friday. |
Wednesday Nostalgia
As you probably know by now, I’m fascinated by names. Especially names from long ago. They cause me pause (why did the parents chose that particular name?) and cause me to laugh. (Sorry, ancestors.)
Here are some I’ve gleaned recently:
Zymetta Phillips b.ca. 1875, m. Joan Abston
Onesephorus Masch, had dau, Hannah, b, 1757, Boston
Aylett Waller, m. Miss Armstead
Lorcufo Phillips
Maphibosheth Marsh, original settler of NJ
Truman Derastus Phillips, b. 1731, PA
Zalmuna Phillips, 1804-1883, m. Eunice Cobb
Lerias Phillips, m. 1816 Elizabeth Smith
Please use the comment box below to share some of the more unusual names from your pedigree.