Category Archives: Society News

Eastside Genealogical Society German Interest Group October Meeting

by Charles Hansen

 

The German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society (EGS) will meet on Friday, October 6, 2017, from 1 to 3 pm in the Relief Society Room of the LDS Church at 10675 NE 20thSt, Bellevue, WA 98004 with doors opening at 12:45 pm for networking. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.

 

Topic:  German Village 1500-1850: Marriage, Religion & Inheritance – Have you ever wondered what life was like for your German ancestors? An overview of courtship, marriage, and religious differences impacting inheritance and family life.

 

Speaker: Janet O’Conor Camarata, a member of South King County Genealogical Society, has over 25 years of experience in genealogy. She is an instructor in genealogy at Pierce College, a seminar presenter and trainer in genealogy societies across Washington, who takes advantage of the latest technology and staying mobile with the latest computing tools.

 

For more information, kindly visit our website at ( https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/ ) .

Puget Sound Genealogical Society September Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Puget Sound Genealogical Society
Saturday Sep 23 10:30 – 12:30
at Kitsap Regional Library 1301 Sylvan Way Bremerton
PENNSYLVANIA STATE RESEARCH
with Jim Johnson. Discover the history of Pennsylvania,
its timelines, migration patterns and online database
collections.
Registration is required: call Genealogical Center
(360)475-9172
Jackie Horton, Publicity Chairperson

 

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society September Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Monthly Meeting at LDS Family History Center, Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Summer break is over and it’s time for the monthly meetings of the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical society to start again. Hopefully this summer has allowed you to break down some of the brick walls, and discover new ancestors that you didn’t know about last spring.

Our September meeting will be an informal question, answers and stories at the LDS Family History Center located on 12th and Pearl in Tacoma. Claudia Breland will be joining us to answer questions we may have about a research problem, and we will also be doing our annual show and tell. So bring your stories and your questions or just come and listen to other members talk about what they have found recently. Who know, maybe someone’s story will help you with your research.

Hope to see everyone there!

TPCGS monthly meetings are held September – May at Bates Technical College, South Campus, Building E, 2201 South 78th St., Tacoma. (September’s meeting is at the LDS Family History Center)  Meetings are from 6pm – 9pm.  In between the two talks, there will be a short business meeting along with a social time and light refreshments.  Find more information at www.tpcgs.org

Lewis County Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

Lewis County GS is pleased to announce a Cooperative Genealogy Project with the Timberland Regional Library System, alternating between the Chehalis & Centralia Timberland Libraries.
“Genealogy Help at the Library” will be 10:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Centralia Timberland Library …. Sat. SEPT. 9   &   Sat. OCT. 14
Chehalis  Timberland Library ….  Thurs. SEPT. 21 & Thurs. OCT 19
A Genealogy Workshop will be held Sat. SEPT. 30 from 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.
Topics:  Getting started or restarted, research, records & library research.
Genealogy specialists from both groups will help you begin or restart your Family Tree beginning with yourself and what you know about your parents & grandparents. Computers will be there for your genealogy helpers to start your amazing trail.
The Workshop will encourage you to bring your Brick Wall or other problems to get special one-on-one-help or a panel to solve your genealogy problems.
On-going educational opportunities in the area include; Locating and informing members of research libraries, special interest groups, record repositories and other societies programs.
Any person joining Lewis County Genealogical Society after September 1, 2017 will enjoy an extended Membership good thru December 2018 for the annual fee of $12.
The Lewis County Genealogical Society meets the 3rd Tuesday monthly, January thru December except July, August & December at
St Johns Lutheran Church   2190 Jackson Hwy, Chehalis at 6:30 p.m.
A Genealogy Program will be presented by a well known Genealogical Speaker follow the meeting at 7:30p.m. All meetings are open to the public.
Please Join us Tues. Sept.19 for Mary Kircher Roddys’ presentation of:
“The Ins & Outs of Indexes: Keys to Unlocking Probates, Deeds & More”
And Tues. October 17 for Jerri Thorpe McCoys’ presentation of:
“Using Land Records to Break Down Brick Walls”
 

Whatcom Genealogical Society Meeting

by Charles Hansen

 

Whatcom Genealogical Society will meet Monday, September 11 at 2 p.m. at the Bellingham Elks Lodge, 710 Samish Way, Bellingham,WA.

 

Program:  Share your summer research finds or something you have written about an ancestor – we would love to hear about them! Cindy Harris, our Education Chair, who plans all our wonderful programs, will be discussing things such as changes in the genealogy community, upcoming education opportunities, special interest groups, and the possibility of a field trip to Seattle to visit the Fiske Library.  Visitors welcome!

 

Sharon Neem

WGS Publicity Chair

TriCity Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

The End of Family History Library Microfilm Rental and How a Visit to the Richland Family History Center Could Help With Your Research

Have you heard that the Family History Library in Salt Lake City is ending their film rental program?  Find out why that is a good thing.  Also, some highlights on how a visit to the Richland Family History Center could help you with your research.
Heather Murphy
TCGS Blog Editor

Seattle Genealogical Society Presentation

by Charles Hansen

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A PRESENTATION

BY

CYNDI INGLE

NATIONALLY RENOWN GENEALOGIST

SATURDAY

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

1:00 – 2:30 P.M

SEATTLE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY

“The Hidden Web: Digging Deeper”

“When Google and traditional search engines don’t return useful information, don’t stop there. We will explore resources that are invisible to Google and hidden deep within web sites and proprietary databases. The “hidden web” lies buried within the collections for commercial web sites, libraries, archives, and museums. We will also talk about the importance of indexes that deep-link into websites online, thus uncovering hidden gems of information that may not be found easily through a search engine query.”

Please join us for this fascinating presentation

by one of our favorite local genealogists

Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) September Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Sept. 4, 2017
For Immediate Release
  The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) will meet Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, at the LDS church on Bainbridge Island, 8677 Madison Ave, from 10:00a.m. – 12 noon. Guest speaker, Michelle Roos Goodrum, will be speaking on “Cluster Research Using the FAN Principle (Family/Friends, Associates, Neighbors)” Free to members, a $5.00 donation is suggested for nonmembers. For more information go to http://www.bigenealogy.org or call 206-780-8009. BIGS is a 501c(3) non-profit organization.
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Thank you!
Sue Elfving
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society
Director of Publicity and Public Relations

TriCity Genealogical Society September Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Sept 2017

Dear Members and Guests:

I hope you will be planning on attending our upcoming September 13th program on Researching Probate Records by John Covey as this will be most informative.

Also, don’t forget that the Beginning Genealogy Class will start at 6:15 p.m. and this session will be a presentation on City Directories… You will want to attend both programs.

See the enclosed attachment. TCGS Sep 2017 Flyer

Thank you for supporting TCGS.

Sincerely,

Art Kelly
TCGS Program Chair/V.P.