Category Archives: Society News
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Exploring the 1821 Irish Census
Steven W. Morrison
Genealogist and lecturer
Your Ancestor’s Occupation:
Exploring the 1821 Irish Census
Speaker at the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society’s
March 13th Zoom meeting
Virtual meeting doors will open at 6:30 pm
The speakers program will begin at 7:00 pm
The Public is invited to attend
For a link to join the meeting contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com
Please make a request for link 24 hours prior to event
Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society A Voyage Through Time March 2025
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society March 2025 Education Meeting
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Monthly Educational Meeting
Tuesday, March 11, 2025, starting at 6:00 pm
This month’s presentation will be a video presentation provided by MyHeritage: Researching Family History at Your Library with MyHeritage Library Edition presented by Daniel Horowitz. MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. Containing more than 19.5 billion historical records from all over the world, MyHeritage Library Edition leverages cutting-edge technology to make research fast and easy even across different languages, making it the most convenient genealogy product for libraries and institutions.
Discover the advanced technology behind the scenes and learn how to take full advantage of the search engine’s robust features to explore the lives of your ancestors from your local library or the convenience of your home with your library card. Don’t take our word for it: come to the session and see for yourself!
For this meeting MyHeritage has given a few door prizes that we will give away to in person and online attendees. We ask that online attendees login to the meeting with their first and last name so they can be entered into the random name picker tool.
This meeting will be hybrid and we encourage everyone who can to attend in person at our new meeting location:
University Place Library
3609 Market PL W.
University Place, WA 98466
and via Zoom for those unable to attend in person.
Attend virtually via Zoom:
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZIqduGpqjgsHtBNs9zc8CGna6R-KHlcz5so/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGuqToiG9CWth2DRpwAB4j4WevwiHZdgrd_sgy8GSMLQST4N7Rwf5lXHNvK
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Tri-City Genealogical Society March 25 General Meeting
Please join us for Tri-City Genealogical Society’s March General meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12. The presentation will be at the Richland FamilySearch Center located at 1314A Goethals Dr. Entrance is down the ramp from the parking lot that is to the north of Dairy Queen. The presentation will also be on Zoom so you can join in from the comfort of your own home. See below for the Zoom link.
RootsTech will be held from March 6 – March 8. There is an option to view many of the presentations online at no cost. To register for the online sessions please visit https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ . This month’s TCGS General meeting will be held on March 12 and will include a recap of the presentations that members found to be most valuable. Everyone is encouraged to participate.
Thank you to everyone who has already joined TCGS for 2025. For those who would like to join, the online application can be found at https://tricitygenealogicalsociety.org/q/join/join_renew/ and a printable application can be found at https://tricitygenealogicalsociety.org/q/wp-content/uploads/2023TCGSBrochure.pdf .
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Skagit Valley Genealogical Society AI and Genealogy
What’s the next best thing to March Madness? AI and Genealogy with Dave Obee, March 8, 2025 at 1pm at the Burlington Public Library presented by the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society! Dave will bring us up to date on how artificial intelligence programs are changing genealogical research (have you tried ChatGPT or FamilySearch “full text” search?), and how we can best use them. If you can’t make it to the Burlington Public Library, request a zoom link by emailing genealogy0715@gmail.com.
Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society My Irish Genealogical Journey
Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society
Monthly Meeting & Presentation – My Irish Genealogical Journey
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
1:00 pm
SVGS Library
6111 188 PL NE, Arlington, WA
You are invited to this free presentation at the SVGS library.
Everyone is welcome!
Kathie Webber, an active member at SVGS, will be giving an in person only presentation at our library. Our business meeting will follow the presentation.
Kathie’s Presentation: My Irish Genealogical Journey
Kathie’s goal has always been to learn more about her Irish family and where they came from. 75% of her family background is Irish. Along the way she has learned some better way to do things after taking some wrong turns. She will share some of those successes and mistakes.
Bio:
Kathie been doing genealogy for over 40 years. She has researched in Washington State, Massachusetts, California, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ireland. Her favorite notable ways to research include visiting cemeteries, family history centers, online research, facebook groups, and travel.
There will be a short break with refreshments. The monthly meeting will followat 2pm.
New England Interest Group – 1st Tuesday of the Month
The SVGS New England Interest Group (includes New York and Pennsylvania) meets at the SVGS Library on the first Tuesday of the month at 10am. This is a hybrid group. You may attend in person at our library or join via Zoom.
If you have not joined us yet and would like to receive emails in the future for this group or wish to attend via Zoom, please send an email to info@stillygen.org and request to be added to the New England Interest Group email list and receive monthly
Zoom invitations.
DIG – DNA Special Interest Group – 3rd Thursday of the Month
Also join us at the SVGS library from 1-3pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month for the DNA Special Interest Group (DIG). This group works together to develop a better understanding of DNA techniques and strategies for finding relatives, discuss and review new DNA developments and tools and help members with their research problems.
All DNA skill levels are welcome to attend.
If you have a specific DNA topic you would like to discuss or have any other suggestions for this group, please send an email info@stillygen.org
Also, if you have not joined us yet and would like to receive emails in the future for the DIG group, please send an email to info@stillygen.org and request to be added to the DIG email list.
For more information visit www.stillygen.org
Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Breaking The Silence: Closing the Books on Cold Cases
Mark your calendars!
You don’t want to miss this one!
Saturday, March 1
“BREAKING THE SILENCE: CLOSING THE BOOK ON COLD CASES”
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
The HIVE, 2904 E Sprague Ave. Spokane, WA
Presented by Lynda Keenan
How do genealogical skills help Law Enforcement solve Cold Cases? What is Genetic Genealogy? What tools are needed to help connect DNA evidence with Genealogical research? Come learn the answers to these questions and more!
DOORS OPEN AT 12:30 P.M FOR SOCIAL TIME
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society AI and Genealogy
Please join the Skagit Valley Genealogical Society on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 1pm for the last of our Winter Series, AI and Genealogy with Dave Obee, author, journalist, and genealogist. Dave has written a dozen books and has given more than 700 presentations at genealogy and history conferences. Can’t make it to the Burlington Library, request a zoom link by emailing genealogy0715@gmail.com.
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society the National Road: America’s First Federal Highway
