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| Using Real Estate Deeds Real estate deeds can be a gold mine of information about our ancestors, yet researchers often forget to check them. While the search process can initially seem daunting, once you figure out which indexing system a particular town or county is using, it’s not so bad. Learn how to tell a grantor from a grantee. What are metes and bounds? Which part of a deed are boilerplate phrases that you can safely skim over? What can you learn about family relationships from deeds? Learn all this and more from Al E. Fiacre, Jr.  Albert E. Fiacre Jr. Al is currently the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Godfrey Memorial Library. He has been involved with the library since 2003 and been a Board member since 2015. He also is the principal researcher on genealogical research requests received at the library. In 2018, he was the winner of the NGS’s competition for Best Genealogy and Family History; he similarly won the 2019 competition of the Connecticut Society of Genealogists for Best Genealogy. Prior to his involvement with Godfrey, Al was the CFO of 2 Connecticut banks, with an extensive background in financial management and securities. He holds a BA degree from Middlebury College and an MBA degree from NYU. When: Thursday, May 15, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Where: ZOOM & limited in-person (8) Cost: $20 members, $25 non-members Sign-up and 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 253-307-8033 or come into the library at 2102 E Main, Suite 105 Puyallup, WA 98372 A link will be sent to your email the Tuesday before class. |
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Category Archives: Society News
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Future Proofing Your Genealogy
GENEALOGIST, AUTHOR, BLOGGER
AFTER YOU’RE GONE:
FUTURE PROOFING YOUR GENEALOGY
Speaker at the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society’s
May 8th Zoom meeting
Virtual meeting doors will open at 6:30 pm
The speaker’s program will begin at 7:00 pm
The public is invited to attend however, non-members will not have access to the handout as per speaker’s request
For a link to join the meeting or to join the society for $20.00 per year contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com
Please make your request for the link 24 hours prior to the event
Whatcom Genealogical Society May 12 Ancestry DNA
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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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: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.
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Diseases Our Ancestors Faced
“This Saturday April 12, 2025, tiptoe through the tulips in the Skagit Valley and then come join SVGS at 1pm at the Burlington Public Library for Diseases Our Ancestors Faced and How Those Illnesses Changed Our World with Gregory C. Gardner, MD, MACP. Can’t make it to the Burlington Library, request a zoom link by emailing genealogy0715@gmail.com.”
