LIV BIRGIT CHRISTENSEN LIVE
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2018
Join us on Sunday, February 18th from 10:00-11:30 AM to learn more about researching your Norwegian ancestors with Liv Birgit Christensen. Liv will be speaking live from Norway with examples of how to research your ancestors.
For 20 years, Liv has been doing research and helping others with their genealogy. Some areas of interest are the home counties of her grandparents, establishing provenance to family heirlooms, identifying persons and places in pictures and DNA. She is the administrator and contributor to many local and family Facebook pages.
Liv is the president of the organization “Friends of the Local/Baerum Library”. They work to make the politicians uphold and increase the library services in the municipality with 125,000 inhabitants. She says about travelling in Norway, “I always try to visit the local libraries and archives. In the ‘hunt’ for new knowledge from the archives, I have found much new material to include in my research, which gives the research a richer story.”
Not only does Liv speak Norwegian, English, German, and some French, she also understands Danish and Swedish. From 1968-1969, she lived stateside, in Atlanta, Georgia.
2ND SATURDAY SERIES
Our Second Saturday Series presentation this month will be “Using Academic Libraries for Genealogy Research” by Lisa Oberg. Academic libraries (college and university libraries) can feel intimidating, but scratch beneath the surface a bit and you’ll discover the millions of books, government documents, historical photographs, maps, atlases, journals, magazines, microfilm and newspapers in these collections can provide unexpected details for your family history research. Lisa Oberg will demonstrate how academic libraries can aid in your genealogical research and she will provide tips for searching library catalogs and databases.
Join us for this presentation Saturday, February 10, 2018 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm.
IRISH GENEALOGY SEMINAR WITH PRESENTERS FROM
THE ULSTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND
Here’s a great opportunity sponsored by the Irish Heritage Club and Seattle Galway Sister City Association. Finton Mullan is the executive director, and Gillian Hunt is a research officer of the Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast, Northern Ireland. They will be the presenters at the Irish Genealogy Seminar at Seattle Center, on March 18, 2018. It will be in the Upper Armory (formerly the Center House).
Welcome and registration starts at 9:30 AM. A full day of presentations start at 10:00 AM, ending with an opportunity for questions and answers at 5:30 PM.
Cost is just $35 per person, or $25 for registering before February 21, 2018. Cost is also $25 for current 2018 members of the Irish Heritage Club. Lunch is not provided. A small registration fee may apply. Check out all the details at :
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irish-genealogy-seminar-tickets-42301967323?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR IRISH WEEK
Volunteers are needed to help man the SGS Booth at the Seattle Center’s Irish Week Festival that takes place on Saturday, March 17 and Sunday, March 18. If you can help on either day, please contact Jean Roth at 206 782-2629 or jeanaroth@juno.com
SAVE THE DATE
SEATTLE’S 2018 IRISH FESTIVAL,
Seattle Center Armory,
Seattle, WA
Saturday and Sunday, March 17 & 18, 2018
FREE admission both days
This year the festival is actually on St Patrick’s Day. How fun will that be! More info :
http://irishclub.org/irish-festival-seattle/
IRISH GENEALOGY SEMINAR,
Seattle Center Armory,
Seattle, WA
Sunday, March 18, 2018
9:30AM – 6:00PM
See the feature article about this event in this issue of the eNews! You won’t want to miss speakers Finton Mullan and Gillian Hunt from the Ulster Historical Foundation, Belfast. Registration and more details at :
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irish-genealogy-seminar-tickets-42301967323?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button
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. Note there will be no Irish or German Interest Group meeting in March due to the Irish Week festivities that same weekend.
FEBRUARY
Friday, February 2, 10:15 am – 3:00 pm, Beginning Genealogy Class, All you need to bring is a pencil and a sack lunch! You are welcome to bring your laptop. The instructor, Linda Fitzgerald, will provide a handout of class materials.
Saturday, February 3, 10:15am – 12:15pm, Family Tree Interest Group, Lou Daly, leader of this special interest group exploring all the features of the tool Family Tree on FamilySearch.org
Sunday, February 4, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, DNA Workshop, Led by Cary Bright with first hour on a specific topic, and the second hour open for sharing DNA issues with focus on GenomeMate Pro.
Saturday, February 10, 10:15am – 12:15pm, Family Tree Maker (FTM) Users Group, leaders Reiley Kidd & Betty Ravenholt, this group meets the second Saturday of every even month, FTM is the tool long associated with Ancestry.com
Saturday, February 10 , 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series, “Using Academic Libraries for genealogy Research” with Lisa Oberg
Sunday, February 11, 1:30pm – 3:00pm, Scandinavian SIG, with Karen Knudson. Jill Morelli will give her talk “Finding your Nordic Parish of Birth” & be available for questions following the presentation.
Saturday, February 17, 10:15am – 12:15pm, Irish SIG, with Jean Roth
Saturday, February 17, 1:00pm – 2:30pm, German SIG, with Jean Roth
Sunday, February 18, 10:00am – 11:30am, Norwegian Webinar, with Liv Birgit Christensen
MARCH 1-15th
Saturday, March 3, 10:15am – 12:15pm, Family Tree Interest Group, Lou Daly, leader of this special interest group exploring all the features of the tool Family Tree on FamilySearch.org
Saturday, March 10 , 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series, “Using Academic Libraries for genealogy Research” with Lisa Oberg
