After having to cancel last month’s TCGS meeting due to the weather, the forecast for this Wednesday’s March meeting calls for sunshine all day! Please come for a special open house tour of the Richland Family History Center.
Hope you can join us!
Linda Stephens, TCGS Editor
Tri-City Genealogical Society
Family History Center Open House
Wednesday – 13 March 2019
7:00 PM
Upcoming educational program we are offering on Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in partnership with Skagit Valley Genealogical Society. The topic of the program is “Evernote for Genealogists” and will be presented by Janet O’Connor-Camarata. This event is free and open to the public. I’ve attached a flyer with more information. Please feel free to forward or post on any wall you wish! We appreciate your help in getting the word out, because we would like as many people as possible to benefit from our programs.
Please contact me with any questions or feedback. Thank you for helping us spread the word about these free and valuable community resources.
Hope to see you there!
Kathleen Headden, Reference Librarian
Burlington Public Library
820 E. Washington Ave.
Burlington, WA 98233
360-755-0760, ext. 7906
The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) will meet Friday, March 15, 2019, at the Bainbridge Island Public Library on Bainbridge Island, 1270 Madison Ave, from 10:00a.m. – 12 noon. The topic for the Monthly BIGS Meeting will be “Preserve and Digitize Over-sized Items” The presenters are Mary Hammer and Maggie Cogswell, Preservation and Imaging Experts from the Washington State Archives. This program offers a special opportunity to learn from the professional experts. Parking is available in the 2 library parking facilities, accessed from High School Ave and Madison Ave North. Free to members, a $5.00 donation is suggested for nonmembers. For more information go to http://www.bigenealogy.org or call 206-755-9283. BIGS is a 501c(3) non-profit organization.
Sue ElfvingBainbridge Island Genealogical SocietyDirector of Publicity and Public Relations
LEGACY FAMILY TREE GENEALOGY SOFTWARE USER GROUP
Mon, 4 Mar 2019: 9:30-11:30 am
CCGS Library
If you use Legacy Family Tree Software for tracking your genealogy research, there is a Legacy Users Group that meets monthly to discuss tips, tricks and problems. You will always come away with some new ideas. The meetings are held regularly on the first Monday of the month. Members and non-members are welcome.
GENEALOGY RESEARCH BOOK CLUB
Mon, 4 Mar 4 2019: 12-1:30 pm
CCGS Library
There are many “research rich” books of genealogical historical collections, as well as “how to” books on methods, collection and data storage of genealogy research. This group delves into one book at a time and discusses how to make the best use of it. Join this casual group as they delve into their favorite topic of books on family history discovery and sleuthing. (Brown baggers welcome!)
GETTING STARTED TRACING YOUR FAMILY ROOTS
Tues, 5 Mar 2019: 10 am – 12 noon
CCGS Library
FREE CLASS
This class starts your family tree research with a begin at the beginning strategy. Topics will include collecting information from the family, family group sheets, pedigree charts, genealogy database programs, and best research practices. Taught by highly regarded genealogist and CCGS member, Elsie Deatherage.
WEBINAR: A GUIDE TO THIRD PARTY TOOLS FOR DNA TESTING
Wed, 06 Mar 2019: 11 am-12:30 pm
CCGS Library
DNA testing companies boast helpful internal tools, but there are many excellent third party tools that can help provide answers. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will provide an overview of all the available third party tools as well as practical hints and tips on how to get the most out of them.
UNFOCUSED GENEALOGY DISCUSSION GROUP
Thu, 7 Mar 2019: 1-3 pm
CCGS Education Center
There’s no meeting agenda, no special topic, just a group of curious people bringing genealogy research notes, questions, brick walls, etc. to share with the group. Get ideas for the next steps you should take in your research.
WHAT’S NEW ON THE FAMILY SEARCH WEBSITE?
Tues, 12 Mar 2019: 10 am-12 pm
CCGS Library
Join Alice Allen to learn about the constantly changing and improving FamilySearch.org website. Find out what’s new and pick up tips and tricks to make your own Family Searching experience a successful one! Advance registration requested as class may be canceled with insufficient registrations. Walk-ins are accepted subject to available seating.
SCANDINAVIAN ROOTS FOCUS GROUP
Mon, 18 Mar 2019: 2-3:30 pm
CCGS Library
If you want to discover your Scandinavian roots, attend this monthly meeting and learn how to conduct your research. Meet with other like-minded individuals who have discovered their ancestors going back many generations. Geographic areas include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands. This group meets regularly on the second Thursday of the month, September-May. Members and non-members are welcome.
RESEARCHING ANCESTORS IN TENNESSEE RECORDS
Tue, 19 Mar 2019: 10am – 12 pm
CCGS Library
If you looking for ancestors in Tennessee records, ace genealogist Bea Ritter will tell you how to conduct a search. For illustration, she uses examples from visits she made to 10 counties on behalf of her own family search effort. You’ll take away guidelines to search for your own Tennessee ancestral roots. Advance registration is requested to guarantee reservation. Walk-ins subject to available seating.
WEBINAR: ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILY’S STORY OF MIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH
Wed, 20 Mar 2019: 11 am – 12:30 pm
CCGS Library
African-Americans throughout the South moved to Midwestern cities in search of opportunities and work. This Legacy Family Tree webinar will help researchers understand how to look for clues in both places and with all connected family members.
THIRD THURSDAY EVENING HOURS
Thurs, 21 Mar 2019: 6-9 pm
CCGS Library
Do you find it hard to get to the Clark County Genealogical Library during daytime hours? Come in on Third Thursday to tap into our richest resource: knowledgeable librarians who can help you with your family history search. We won’t do it for you, but we will provide guidance. One librarian has Scandinavian research expertise. The library has over 10,000 books and resources, and free access on our computers to Ancestry.com and AmericanAncestors.com. Bring your own computer and use our free wifi.
GENEALOGY ENTHUSIASTS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Tue, 26 Mar 2019: 10 am to noon
Fort Vancouver Visitor Center, 1501 E. Evergreen Blvd., Vancouver, WA
At the height of activity for the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, American wagon trains began rolling west. At Fort Vancouver, the Native American and Hawaiian populations were permanent residents with fur traders, clerks and officers of the HBC. Mary Rose, executive Director of the Friends of Fort Vancouver, will talk about the changes that took place at the Fort and the community. Internationally, “Oregon” would be declared a U.S. Territory up to the 49th Parallel. By 1849, the U.S. Army was at Vancouver to reinforce America’s claim.
WEBINAR: FREE GENEALOGY TOOLS FOR YOUR IPAD/IPHONE
Wed, 27 Mar 2019: 11 am -12:30 pm
CCGS Library
There are several new applications and a few old ones which can help you capture, reference, and share your family history on the go. Come find out how to use the latest and greatest tools for your preferred Apple mobile device at this Legacy Family Tree webinar.
SGS MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MARCH 9, 2019, 12:30 PM
The meeting will start at 12:30 PM, followed at 1:00 PM by the Second Saturday Speaker Series presentation “Finding Your Female Ancestors” with Lisa Oberg.
Topics at this membership meeting will be the proposed bylaw changes and the SGS Board election. The following incumbent candidates have been nominated to serve as the SGS Board in 2019-2020.
The following incumbent candidates have been nominated to serve as the SGS Board in 2019-2020.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
President: Jill Morelli
Treasurer: Karen Knudson
Secretary: Amandalei Bennett
Education: Janice Lovelace
Library: Sue Jensen
Membership: Christine Schomaker
Operations: Rob Sexton
Publications: no candidate
Technology: David Rimmer
Volunteers: Heidi Mair
In
addition, there are no candidates for Vice President, Director of
Publications, and the Nominating Committee. Nominations will be accepted
for all positions at the 3/9/19 Membership Meeting (12:30 PM). The
slate, biographies, and the annual Board ballot will then be mailed
along with the ballot addressing the changes to the ByLaws. Both ballots
must be received by April 30, 2019.
URGENT!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR IRISH WEEK!
Volunteers are needed to staff the SGS Booth, pass out brochures, and answer questions at the Irish
Week Festival at Seattle Center Armory on Saturday, March 16 &
Sunday, March 17. Each volunteer will be scheduled for a 2 hour stint in
the booth. If you can help on either day, please contact Jean Roth at
206 782-2629 or email volunteers@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org CORRECTION FORJEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF
WASHINGTON STATE MEETING
The place and time for this meeting were reported incorrectly in the eNews! on 2/15. This meeting will be at the Downtown Bellevue Public Library and will start at 6:30 pm on Monday, March 4. See the entry in SAVE THE DATE for complete info.
FAMILY TREE @ FAMILY SEARCH
MEETING There are some fantastic enhancements coming to FamilySearch.org, including the possibility of creating a PRIVATE family tree that no one else can touch.
Come hear about these exciting new items. There will be time to go over any questions or problems you may have. Lou Daly is the leader of this interest group. The next meeting will be Saturday, March 2, 10:15am-12:15pm, at the SGS Library. SAVE THE DATE
Using MacKiev’s Family Tree Maker Software,
With Mark Olsen,
Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State,
Downtown Bellevue Public Library, Room 1, **
1111 110th Ave NE **
Bellevue, WA 98004
Monday, March 4, 6:30 pm **
Doors open at 6:15 pm, presentation starts promptly at 6:30 pm. ** Please note, there is a change of venue, date, and time for this meeting only Ulster Historical Foundation, USA Lecture Tour 2019
Lake City Center, 1916 N Lakewood Dr,
Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 1:00pm-8:30pm
Enjoy this all day Irish & Scots-Irish Research Seminar with presenters Finton Mullan and Gillian Hunt from the Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast. Register by February 20th for the early bird price of $35. It will be $50 after that.
For more information on the USA lecture tour, or the Spokane area Coeur d’Alene, ID stop in particular, visit their website: https://www.ancestryireland.com/lecture-tour-2019/IRISH WEEK!
MARCH 9 – 23, 2019
SEATTLE, WA
You don’t need to be Irish to join in the fun. The main events will be the weekend of March 16-17 at Seattle Center. For a full list of activities and venues, see the brochure link below. Don’t forget the seminar on Irish genealogy, “Beyond the Basics in Irish Genealogy”, on March 23.
http://irishclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2019-Program.pdf
Beyond the Basics in Irish Genealogy,
Fairview Christian School,
844 NE 78th St,
Seattle, WA 98115
Saturday, March 23, 9:00 am – 5:00pm
Finishing Irish Week, don’t miss this Irish genealogy workshop with regional specialists Steven W Morrison and Jean A Roth. Organized by the Irish Heritage Club of Seattle. More information and registration at this link
The ABCs of DNA Genealogy,
With Janet O’Conor Camarata,
Mercer Island Library,
4400 88th Ave SE,
Mercer Island, WA
Thursday, March 28, 7-8 pm
Genealogist
Janet O’Conor Camarata provides tips and tools for selecting and
interpreting DNA results from a variety of health and ancestry DNA
providers, like Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe and more. Designed for
the non-technical, genealogy oriented audience. Please register. Sponsored by the Friends of the Mercer Island Library, in partnership with Mercer Island Historical Society.
Registration link: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/5c350f9b48fd702a009916d9
Olympia Genealogical Society,
Beyond the Basics: Genetic Genealogy In Practice
Olympia, WA
Saturday, March 30, 8:30am-3:30pm
Seminar presented by Blaine Bettinger, the Genetic Genealogist. Additional information and registration at :
https://olygensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=4
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Unless otherwise indicated all programs will be at the SGS Library, 6200 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. Check the SGS Web Site for additions, changes, and corrections. Programs may be canceled or postponed because of inclement weather.
MARCHSaturday, March 2, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm,
Family Tree Interest Group, Lou Daly is leader of this special interest group exploring all the features of the tool Family Tree on FamilySearch.org Come learn about the proposed changes coming to Family Search and Family Tree.
Sunday, March 3, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, DNA Workshop, with Cary Bright. Q&A first hour, while focus second hour in on Genome Mate Pro.
Saturday, March 9, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm,
(FTM) FAMILY TREE Maker Users Group, co-leaders Reiley Kidd & Jess Ramey, meets on the 2nd Saturday of every odd month (Jan 2019, Mar 2019, May 2019). Family Tree Maker is the genealogy software long associated with Ancestry.com
Saturday, March 9, 12:30 pm-1:00 pm,
Seattle Genealogical Society Membership Meeting, important meeting – discuss proposed bylaw changes and board nominees
Saturday, March 9, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm,
Second Saturday Speakers Series – “Finding Your Female Ancestors” with Lisa Oberg
Saturday, March 30, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm,
DNA SIG , this group meets quarterly at Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, 8008 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115, co-chaired by Cary Bright & Herb McDaniel. For more info contact SGSDNASIG@gmail.com
TPCGS will hold our monthly meeting this Tuesday, March 12th, at Bates Community College, South Campus.
6:00 pm Member Networking and Sharing6:30 – 8:30 pm Business Meeting and Program
PROGRAM: German Lexicon and free German websites. Meyer’s Orts- und Verkehrs- Lexicon includes all place names as they were designated during the time of the German Empire (1871-1918). It is an invaluable tool in doing German research. The online version is important in locating the place where the records of your ancestors were recorded. The locations of the microfilmed/digitized records of the Family History Library are based on this Gazetteer.
The free German web site https://compgen.de/ is a gold mine for German research. This web site of the Society for Computer Genealogy, Inc. is divided into two sections: 1) information (history, archives, links to regional family history groups and repositories and 2) databases for records of people and places. Translation into English allows non-German speakers to take advantage of a massive amount if information.
SPEAKER: Sue Foster (nee Ursula Kaiser), who immigrated at age 10 to the U.S. after her father died as a German soldier during World War II. She has researched her family tree to the early 1600s. She was a Family History Center Director from 1990 to 2004. In 2007 she received her bachelor’s degree in Family History from Brigham Young University. From January 2017 through June 2018 she served as a patron helper in the International Zone of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializing in German research. Reading old German documents, printed or handwritten, is her specialty.
Hope to see everyone there!
TPCGS monthly meetings are held September through June from 6 pm to 9 pm, usually at Bates Technical College, South Campus, Building E, 2201 South 78th St., Tacoma.
Guests are always welcome, so bring a friend! For more information check our website at www.tpcgs.org.
Please note that we hope to reschedule to cancelled Timelines presentation by Cyndi Ingle in the fall.
Jane Irish Nelson, TPCGS Webmaster
| Family Tree Maker Road Show Adds Second Session! (If Enough People Sign Up) |
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Pardon this extra email during your weekend. You blew us away with your response to the Family Tree Maker Road Show, snapping up all the tickets in just one day. We listened! Your response has been so overwhelming, we’ve added a second session and increased seating at the first. Session 1 runs from 1-3 p.m. and is ALMOST full. If it does fill up and you hit the wait list, try registering for Session 2. Session 2 runs from 4-6 p.m. — But this is conditional. We need at least 20 people to sign up for session 2 for the FTM gurus to stay for a second presentation. Lots of elbow room (so far) here! |
| Session #1: Register for 1-3 p.m. |
| Session #2: Register for 4-6 p.m. |
| The folks behind FTM are coming to the GFO library for a 2-hour interactive presentation on Wednesday, March 6th. (It’s not just a lecture; there’s lots of time for questions.) Mark Olsen is the Family Tree Maker Ambassador to historical and genealogical societies around the world, working to support their members as they use Family Tree Maker. He’ll show new features in Family Tree Maker, how to move to its current version, and how to get a free update. Kiara Neilsen teaches classes regarding the use of Family Tree Maker DNA, and how to use DNA results to further genealogical research. “If you have received your DNA results and thought, ‘Now what?’ Charting Companion 7 is a great place to start. Pierre Clothier is the creator of Charting Companion and will join in with us in a live webcast to show off the amazing DNA edition charts both those tied to your DNA findings and your Family Tree Maker trees.” Plus, a little birdie tells us that you might find some discounts available. Registration is open now! Did you already sign up and now want to change to a different session? Go ahead and sign up for the second one and then email education@gfo.org. |
| Saturday, March 2 EWGS Looking Forward (EWGS Meetings) 12:30 pmSpokane Public Library Auditorium – Downtown Spokane Member, Barbara Brazington will lead a discussion on where the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society is going in the future. As you are aware, there have been major changes in how we conduct family history research in just the last few years. In that light, at the March meeting we will be holding focus groups to find out what your ideas are for where you think the society should be a year from now, even five years from now. Four topics will be presented for discussion: Membership – i.e., what do you want from membership in the society? Logistics – i.e., what are your ideas on the meeting schedule, location, time, format, etc.? Resources – i.e., how can the Society take advantage of modern technology to offer educational opportunities and resources? Community – i.e., in what ways can the Society partner with other community groups that benefits both? Brainstorming at its best. |