Author Archives: Charles Hansen

Italian Interest Group Eastside Genealogical Society Italian Municipal and Tax Censuses

by Charles Hansen

FREE WEBINAR
“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
Kerri Tannenbaum 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

by Charles Hansen

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

by Charles Hansen

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

by Charles Hansen
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

by Charles Hansen
Google Your Way To Genealogy Gems You won’t know all the hidden genealogy gems until you start “googling” for genealogy. Learn some tricks of the trade for effective online research that includes state, county, local, international websites and databases, including online government sites and more. 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:
Thursday, May 1, 2025
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Where:
ZOOM and Limited In-Person (8)

Cost:
$20 members/ $25 non-members Sign-up & Payment:
ZOOM
Go to hqrl.com and click on the HQRL Store (sign in as a member to get the discount)
In-Person (8 only)
Call HQRL at 253-863-1806 or come into the library located at:
2102 E Main, Ste. 105, Puyallup, WA 89372 COMING SOON!

USING REAL ESTATE DEEDS!

join us on Thursday, May 15, 2025, as Albert E. Fiacre, Jr. guides us through the process of finding and using real estate records to learn about our ancestors.   . FYI: We now have T-shirts available online at www.bonfire.com/nourish-our-roots/
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Help Preserve Newspapers for Filming

by Charles Hansen
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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Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Full Text Search

by Charles Hansen

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

by Charles Hansen

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.

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA SIG Y-DNA

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group Meeting
Tuesday, April 22, Starting at 7:00 pm via Zoom

We will discuss the Y-DNA offerings DNA company FamilyTreeDNA, their offerings, and take a virtual tour of the website.

Calendar reminder: TPCGS DNA Special Interest Group Meeting

Every month on the Fourth Tuesday beginning at 7:00 PM Pacific Time

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.

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