I apologize; the devil made me share this……….. but isn’t she darling!!
Author Archives: Charles Hansen
Wednesday Nostalgia
When I attended the Clark County Genealogical Society seminar in May, we also enjoyed a World War I display and entertainment. I took these two photos, one of a local lady and author of the book she’s holding and one was the daughter of another reenactor there. I show these today just to highlight the fashion. So relatively modest, so grown-up-style even for the girl, and so really girlish and feminine. So different from today, eh?
Tuesday Trivia
Pend Oreille County Trivia comes from Faith McClenny’s Museum News of the Pend Oreille County Historical Museum.
This fall we will commemorate 100 years since World War I ended in 1918. An interesting tidbit of little-known history is that a number of men from Pend Oreille County served for one year in the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division located at different places in Washington and Oregon. Over a million men, experienced lumberjacks and private sawmill owners, working in the cutting and milling of spruce lumber which was used in the manufacturing of wing spars and other parts for light weight military airplanes. The strong spruce wood did not splinter when hit by bullets. From the beginning of the war, the U.S. sawmills had been supplying the allies with spruce wood but when the U.S. joined the conflict, the demand jumped and the Army stepped in and created the Spruce Production Division. Soon after, production when from over 2 million board feet monthly to 22 million. And men from Pend Oreille County helped! (Paraphrased a bit.)
I know that spruce wood was also cut from land west of Port Angeles.
Interesting trivia history.
Monday Mystery
Why did she do it???
Within the last month, this bit was in our paper: “Authorities say a 30-year-old woman from Everett died after she drove her Jeep Cherokee through a barrier and off a dock at the Washington State Ferries terminal at Anacortes. A preliminary investigation found that Nicole Barney arrived at the ferry about 7:50 am, paid the ferry fare, then drove into the vehicle parking area. About 9:45 she drove off quickly and went off the end of the dock.”
Poor, poor dear soul. So sorry for her family. Why did she do it?
Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the WEEK
TIP OF THE WEEK – TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG
FamilySearch recently announced a milestone. Their online databases of digitized historical documents now contain more than 2 billion images! These are historical records from all over the world – including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America, the Pacific, as well as other regions.
And more images are being added weekly. In the quest to to become fully digitize, their microfilms are being scanned at a rate of 1,000 films per business day. If you haven’t used FamilySearch.org for research recently, it might be time to take another look.
One way to stay abreast of record collections that have recently been digitized or indexed at FamilySearch is by reading their online blog. Scroll down through the articles posted looking for articles titled similar to this, “New Records on FamilySearch: Week of June 4, 2018”. Read the full story and it will contain a list of new digitized collections or new indexed collections.
Here are some recent additions Washingtonians may be interested in :
WA, Western District, Naturalizations Records, 1853-1957 – newly indexed
WA, Pierce County Marriage Returns, 1891-1938 – newly indexed
WA, Soldier Home Records, 1891-1945 – newly digitized images-no index
The URL to get to the blog is :
https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/
SGS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL – IT’S NOT TOO LATE!
Join or renew your SGS membership for 2018-19. The fastest way is to use our new onine form and pay with a credit/debit card here: Online SGS Membership form
Or, print out a copy of our membership form and send it with your check to Seattle Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 15329, Seattle WA 98115-0329. Here’s the link: Printable SGS Membership form
Thanks for supporting SGS!
Seattle Genealogical Society News
JANICE LOVELACE,
VOLUNTEER OF SPRING QUARTER
Each quarter, the Seattle Genealogical Society recognizes one volunteer as our Volunteer of the Quarter. Our Spring Volunteer of the Quarter is Janice Lovelace, current Director of Education at SGS.
Janice has been an SGS member for over five years and a volunteer for most of that time. Janice brings a strong academic and teaching background to her volunteer work at SGS. She taught college-level social sciences for more than 30 years. Most of her teaching experience focused on Psychology and she also taught American Cultural Studies.
In 2012, Janice completed the Certificate in Genealogy and Family History at University of Washington (Professional and Continuing Education) and in 2013, she completed the Certificate in Genealogical Research at Boston University. Since 2013, Janice has been lecturing nationally at Genealogical conferences on a wide variety of topics and she is known as an expert on African-American genealogy. She authored National Genealogical Society’s course CGS: African American Roots: A Historical Perspective. Janice is also an instructor for Midwest African American Genealogical Institute. Janice’s presentations for SGS have been on the subjects of Beginning Genealogy, African-American Genealogy, How to Use Newspapers, and Using the Census, as well as many others.
Janice served as Vice President of the SGS Board of Directors for two years, then served on the Education Committee last year. She helped implement and plan the Second Saturday Speaker Series which launched in September 2017. One goal of the Speaker Series is to bring people to the library to learn about and use our space, increase member participation, reach out to the wider community and provide a variety of educational experiences on a consistent basis. The series has been popular, with an audience of 20 – 40 people at each presentation. Janice was recently elected Director of Education and hopes to continue building a consistent educational program for SGS. The Speaker Series will be on hiatus this summer but watch for upcoming presentations on the SGS website:
http://www.seattlegenealogicalsociety.org
In addition to her work as a teacher, lecturer, and volunteer for SGS, Janice has been on a variety of boards focusing on women’s and health issues. In her spare time, Janice enjoys gardening, growing and using herbs, cooking, spending time with grandkids, traveling, reading and writing. Two of her favorite and more recent trips were to New Zealand and Ireland. Janice enjoys photographing the natural beauty she observes on her travels.
If you have not been to one of our Second Saturday Speaker Series, join us at the SGS Library when the series resumes in September. Thank you Janice for your contributions to the continued excellence in our educational programs.
SEATTLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
INDEXING PROJECT
Many years ago, members of Seattle Genealogical Society made copies of pages of lists of students of the Seattle Central School in 1906-1907 and 1907-1908 school years. In most cases, each page contains the students in a particular class, for instance, Mrs. Tomas’s 1st grade class in 1906-1907.
We would like to make these handwritten lists available to researchers, which requires indexing of names to establish a searchable database. Our indexing project is to capture the names of all the students in a given class. Only the names of the students are to be indexed, so it will go very fast. The other information (parent name, address) will be viewable by researchers by viewing the page image. Since these lists cover years between census this data can be valuable to researchers.
We invite all who wish to participate in indexing from the comfort of your own home to join us in indexing this valuable set of records.
The project is available on the Crowd Source Indexing website and can be found by “Viewing All Projects” and selecting Seattle Geographical Location. For those new to indexing, simply register on the website, join the SGS group, find the available projects and you are ready to index. Please be sure to read the projects instructions before starting the project.
‘ASK THE EXPERTS’ EVENT AT SGS ON AUGUST 12
Seattle Genealogical Society (SGS) is partnering with the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (PS-APG) to host an “Ask the Experts” event!
This event will take place at the SGS library (6200 Sand Point Way NE) on Sunday, August 12, 2018 from 10 am – 2 pm.
Participants can sign up for a free 20-minute consultation with a professional genealogist. The professional will offer guidance on how to move forward with a research question, which might be just what you need to get past a brick wall!
Space is limited, and consultations will be assigned in the order received.
Please sign up by Sunday, July 29 using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/voi5DqEZQLFzcjI13
Eastside Genealogical Society September Workshop
Maureen Taylor, the nationally known “Photo Detective”,
is coming to Bellevue on September 15, 2018.
“Finding Family History in Your Picture Mysteries”
Her Three Presentations:
- 10 Easy Steps to Identify & Date Those Pictures in the Shoeboxes
- Google Images and Beyond
- Genealogical Clues in Family Photos
This event will be held on September 15, 2018 at the Vasa Park Ballroom, 3560 W Lake Sammamish Road SE, Bellevue, WA 98008. Doors open at 9 am with presentations from 9:30 am to 2 pm.
Private consultations with her are available afterwards.
This event is part of the Eastside Genealogical Society’s 40th Anniversary celebration. Thus, members, who register before September 1st, will have free admission.
Boxed lunches are available for $15, if ordered by September 1st.
Non-EGS Members and everyone after September 1st will be charged $25.
For more details about the presentations and lunch, see our website (Also, there are links to the digital files for the Color Poster and the Registration Flyer.) Of course, you can register for the event using our website.
Come and bring your friends for a fun day!
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society July Meeting
The Yakima Valley Genealogical Society will hold its July general meeting at 10:00 am. July 7th at the library at 1901 S. 12th Avenue. The public is welcome. The program will feature Richard Kyle speaking about Passport Records. Call 509-248-1328 for further information.
Friday Serendipity
My good friend Sue Miner who lived in New Hampshire, shared a photo she took of a sand sculpture on a nearby beach. It was titled “Ancestors.”
Do you see the faces sculpted into the sand? Sue explained that a special something is mixed into the sand to help hold it. Wouldn’t this be a sight to behold?
GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday Evening E-News
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’sThursday EveningE-News, Edition28 June 2018 |
| For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!
For a complete GFO CALENDAR click here. Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for May 2018, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy HERE. Simply scroll down at THIS page and click on the Insider 2018 May issue. |
Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?We’d love to have you as a GFO Member! |
German Seminar – July 7th, 9:30am – noon, at GFO’s Library |
|
|
|
Topic: German Church & Civil RecordsLearn how to read the old records. This class will detail the strategies that the experts use when reading old records. With a few tricks, some work and perseverance, a person can unlock these old records. We’ll also learn how to tap into the Meyer’s Gazetteer. Speaker: Fritz Juengling, PhD, AG®Dr. Juengling received his Bachelor’s degrees in German Studies and Secondary Education at Western Oregon University, his Master’s and Doctorate in Germanic Philology with minors in both English and Linguistics at the University of Minnesota. Germanic Philology is highly specialized, combining languages, linguistics, paleography and history. His graduate degrees required competence in English, German, Medieval Latin and two other modern languages. He chose Dutch and Norwegian. He also took courses in Old and Middle High German. He is an Accredited Genealogist® for Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Sweden through the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists, and certified by the Verband deutschsprachiger Berufsgenealogen. Dr. Juengling is a Research Consultant at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
New GFO Video Features Outgoing President Laurel Smith |
Have you watched the GFO’s newest video?It’s a quick, one-minute lesson courtesy of our library’s outgoing President Laurel Smith. “Get off the internet and into the books!” This advice helped Laurel break through one of her family history brick walls in a search for the immigration record of her great-grandmother. The video is on Facebook and on our YouTube Channel. |
Are you ready for so much fun!? Stillaguamish Valley’s NW Genealogy Conference |
|
|
Click the image above to find out how you can register today! |
Family Tree Maker Beginners Group – Schedule Change |
Mark Your Calendars!The Family Tree Maker Beginners Group is moving their upcoming meeting from July 15th to July 22nd. Whether you are considering a move to Family Tree Maker, just starting to use it, or have been using it for years, you will find value in two special interest groups focused on Family Tree Maker genealogy software. The Family Tree Maker Beginners Group meets quarterly in January, April, July & October, 1 – 3 pm, at the back of the GFO Library. These sessions are facilitated by Laurel Smith. Questions? Email FM@gfo.org. |
Early Bird Pricing for FGS 2018 Ends July 1st |
|
|
Click the image above to find out how you can register today! |
This week at GFO… |
SATURDAY, June 30thBeginners Boot Camp 9:30am – 6pm Registration for this event has closed, but we look forward to seeing you at the next Boot Camp tentatively scheduled for September 23rd! Look for more information and early registration later on our website’s “Seminars & Classes” page under the “Learn” menu. SUNDAY, July 1stManuscripts Work Party 9am – Noon Explore our manuscript, personal papers and Bible collection while we organize, scan and create finding aids. Drop by at the time that works for you. Questions? Send a note to manuscripts@gfo.org. MONDAY, July 2ndFree First Monday 9:30am – 5pm Come out each first Monday of every month and splurge on all GFO’s wonderful resources for FREE. Explore our online databases like Fold3, World Library Edition of Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, and many more. Our analog and microfilm collections total some 49,000 items. Don’t miss out! WEDNESDAY, July 4thLibrary Holiday Closure |