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Italian Interest Group Eastside Genealogical Society Italian Municipal and Tax Censuses
 “Italian Municipal and Tax Censuses” |
| Description: This lecture examines Italian municipal and tax censuses as valuable genealogical resources. It provides an overview of censuses over time, including the riveli and catasti, highlighting their insights into family structures, property ownership, and community history. Participants will learn how to locate and analyze these records to enhance their family research. |
| ZOOM Meeting When: 21-Jun-2025, Saturday Time: 1:30 PM (PDT) Presenter: Suzanne Russo Adams |
 Speaker Bio: Suzanne Russo Adams, MA, AG®, is an Associate Professor of family history and the Director of the Center for Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University. An Accredited Genealogist® specializing in Italian research, she holds degrees in Family History/Genealogy and Sociology, as well as a master’s degree in History. With over 25 years of experience in the genealogy field, Suzanne has worked extensively in record acquisition, strategy, and content digitization for Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org. She is the author of “Finding Your Italian Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide”. |
| If you aren’t a registered member, you must request meeting access. Below is the link to request a meeting invitation. Please send me an invitation link |
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| Eastside Genealogical Society – Italian Interest Group P.O. Box 374 Bellevue, WA 98009-0374 |
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Draft Registrations for Civil War, WWI and WWII
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 S. 12th Avenue
Union Gap, WA 98903
Phone: (509) 248-1328
Email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
General Meeting will be held in the library.
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Speaker – Judy Schuster will be giving a presentation on Draft Registrations for the Civil War, WW1 and WW2.
Carla Adams
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Huge Spring Yard Sale
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 S. 12th Avenue
Union Gap, WA 98903
Phone: (509) 248-1328
Email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
Y.V.G.S. Huge Spring Yard Sale will be held in the Library Parking Lot
Date: Thursday, thru Saturday, May 8th, 9th, and 10th
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
To name a few items: Furniture, clothes, books, baby clothes,
kitchen items used in cooking, sewing items, arts & crafts,
office equipment, sports equipment, pictures, etc.
Carla Adams
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Italian Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society Sharing Time
 Share Your Italian Family Artifact, Document or Photo |
| Description: At our May meeting we invite you to share something related to your Italian family history or research. Perhaps you have an interesting family artifact or a photo from long ago. Or you may have found documents relating to your family’s past in Italy. Even if you don’t have keepsakes from your ancestors, you may wish to show us their Ellis Island passenger manifest or a photo of the Italian town where they lived. Feel free to be creative. We will all learn from this experience. Please share your item and tell us a little about the person it relates to, or how you discovered it, and what it means to your Italian family history. |
| ZOOM Meeting When: 17-May-2025, Saturday Time: 1:30 PM (PDT) |
| If you aren’t a registered member, you must request meeting access. Below is the button to request a meeting invitation. |
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| Eastside Genealogical Society – Italian Interest Group P.O. Box 374 Bellevue, WA 98009-0374 |
Heritage Quest Research Library Google Your Way to Genealogy Gems
Suz Bates has been researching her family history for over 50 years. After a full career in education, she now combines teaching skills with extensive genealogy research experience and training in work as a presenter, researcher, and consultant. Suz’ presentation specialty is step by step instructions for various researching, archiving, and technology skills for genealogists and family historians. When:Help Preserve Newspapers for Filming
| The Washington Digital Newspapers program of the Washington State Library has been working closely with Sound Publishing, the newspaper publisher that provides news on community activities in northwestern Washington. Due to a recent purchase of Sound Publishing by Carpenter Media, several regional publications & distribution offices have closed in Port Angeles, Everett, Whidbey and other areas. Bound newspaper issues ranging from the late 1890s through the early 2000s are in danger of being recycled. In some cases, we know there are bound volumes that have not been preserved on microfilm or other formats and may be the only copies left in existence. The State Library would like to eventually preserve these on microfilm, but they must find a new location for them before the end of June where they will be safe until they can be filmed. This is where they need your help! Below is the list of newspaper titles that will need to be re-housed by June 30. Action timeline By April 30th: Please email Shawn Schollmeyer with which titles your organization is interested in preserving and storing. She will provide further detail on the quantity of bound volumes and approximate date ranges. Forward this message to other preservation colleagues in your city or county who may be able to assist May Arrange to pick up titles by the end of May. If there are a large number of volumes we may be able to arrange a truck delivery via Sound Publishing in some cases. June All arrangements will need to be made before the end of June. Due to federal and state budget cuts there will be little to no capacity to make arrangements for you to pick up your titles and related archival press photos after this time. Sound Publishing can no longer house the materials after June. Email Shawn if you are interested in preserving one of the newspaper titles listed below: |
| Arlington Times East Bremerton Advertiser Northwest Guardian (JBLM Northwest Guardian) Shoreline Reporter Auburn Reporter East Bremerton News Northwest Navigator Silverdale Reporter Bainbridge Island Review Eastside Journal Oak Harbor News Snohomish Eye Bainbridge Review Eastside Week Paine Field South County Journal Bellevue American Everett Daily Herald Peninsula Daily News South Whidbey Record Bellingham Business Journal Everett Herald Peninsula Business Journal Southwest Seattle Burien Guide Bothell Citizen Forks Forum Peninsula Shopper Southwest Seattle Shopping Guide Bothell – Kenmore Reporter Island County Farm Bureau News Port Angeles Daily News Tacoma Daily Index Bremerton Patriot Island County News Port Angeles Evening News The Progress Burien Guide Journal Issaquah Reporter Port Orchard Independent Times Central County Press Journal American | Puget Sound Navy News Trident Tides Central Kitsap Reporter Central Kitsap Style King County Journal Renton Reporter Whidbey Crosswind Community Style Kent Reporter Redmond Reporter Weekly Central Kitsap Style King County Journal Renton Reporter Whidbey Crosswind Community Style Kirkland Reporter Reporter (Silverdale) Whidbey Examiner Coupeville Examiner Kitsap County Herald Sammamish Reporter Whidbey Island Record Covington Maple Valley Reporter Kitsap Daily Seattle Shopper Whidbey News-Times Daily Globe News Marysville Globe The Seattle Weekly Whidbey Record Times Daily Journal American Mercer Island Reporter The Seattle Weekly (Eastzone) Whidbey Today Daily News Journal News Advertiser Sequim Gazette Des Moines Midway North Kitsap Herald Des Moines – Normandy Park Tribune Northshore Citizen Des Moines Tribune |
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Sons of Union Veterans of CW Fort Walla Walla Camp 3
Sons of Union Veterans of CW. Fort Walla Walla Camp 3 to hold a quarterly meeting April 26 at Spokane Valley VFW 1435. Public welcome. Program by Mr Stan Wells-CW Flags. Details; at www.suvpnw.org Dept web site under FWW 3 events and info on the meeting. Time 11;30 to 3;00.
Thank you , Don Jameson Past Camp Commander, FWW 3 Cell phone if needed is 509 945 0549
Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Full Text Search
What in the World is “Full Text Search”
(Full-text search is a powerful technique that allows you to find specific information within a large collection of text by analyzing the content of the documents, rather than just matching keywords.)
Join us May 3rd to find out how this “magical” tool can help you!
Date: May 03, 2025
Time: 01:00 PM to 03:00 PM
Location: The Hive – 2904 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99202 Hybrid-Zoom meeting Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Pam Duce will be presenting:
“Family Search Full-Text Search: Experimental to Essential”.
Artificial Intelligence has advanced access to handwritten, narrative records like wills, guardianships, and land records.
Learn how to access and search these records through the FamilySearch Full-Text Search introduced at RootsTech 2024.
Examples showing the importance of these records and how you can help AI learn will also be shared.
Zoom link and Handouts will be available on the EWGSi.org website the day prior to this presentation. (please print your handouts at home.)
Cookies Coffee Free Table Raffles $50/50$
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Northern State Hospital Records
Please join the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 1pm for the second of our Spring Series, Finding Records of Family Members at Northern State Hospital with Northern State Hospital Researcher Amy Muia. Amy co-curated the Northern State Hospital exhibit at the Sedro-Woolley Museum, authored the Northern State Hospital Guidebook and served as the moderator at the Northern State Hospital Public History Days. Come learn the fascinating history of Northern State Hospital, the patients who lived and sometimes died there, and the community that cared for them. Can’t make it to the Burlington Library, request a zoom link by emailing genealogy0715@gmail.com.