| 15 July 2025 Dear SGS Members, What are you doing for your genealogy this summer? Here are few ideas. Join our Vice President at the SGS Library tomorrow (6pm, Wed July 16) for research! Sign into seagensoc.org as a member and watch one of the great recorded videos of a presentation you missed? Visit a cemetery or a historical society you’ve never been to before. Renew your SGS membership because your forgot to a few months ago? Talk to your elders or cousins to add family details to what you already know. Join our SGS Facebook Networking group for questions and conversation? Spend a few hours organizing your files? Review our Special Interest Groups and join a new one? I just finished a big genealogy project and am planning a new one. I will research my second great grandfather’s brother, who was one of Seattle’s earliest inhabitants. He had no children who lived to adulthood, so he has no direct descendants to tell his story. We have some surprises for you that we are working on at SGS. For one, our SGS logo at the top of this message may be new to you. This logo lost its gold years ago due to concerns over the costs of yellow ink. The Board is re-introducing it because there is no ink to purchase for delivering this message! Have a great genealogy-filled summer! Kathy Weber President of the Board president@seagensoc.org |
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Jennifer Warner has worked in both public and special libraries from 1990-2019, most recently as a reference librarian from 2001-2019. She has also been doing genealogy for over 42 years. She has been the editor of a Civil War Roundtable Newsletter for over 12 years. Jennifer has been active and continues to participate in many genealogical and lineage societies including the Du Page County Historical Museum. She loves helping people learn about their heritage. When: 
In Memory Carolyn L. Harkness, a devoted wife, loving homemaker, and cherished member of her community, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2025, in Puyallup, Washington, at the age of 83. Carolyn was involved at HQRL for over 25 years. She was a member of the management team for most of those years. She contributed on the management team as the Class coordinator, Volunteer coordinator, and Office Manager at various times during her years of volunteer work. She also took on special projects and assisted on many other projects at HQRL. She could always be counted on to support our fund-raisers (e.g. Autumn Quest, Summer Quest, Books on the Road). She was also the internet research person.
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