Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society (WAGS)
Zoom Meeting–Monday, November 9–2:00 p.m.
Special guest and DNA expert Emily Aulicino will virtually present “Finding Your Way Through DNA.”
Free to WAGS members–$10.00 for non-members. Contact treasurer@wags-web.org to receive your Zoom invitation or for payment.
Thank you,Susan RumbleWAGS
Each quarter, the Seattle Genealogical Society recognizes one member as our volunteer of the quarter. Our Volunteer for Fall 2020 Quarter is Julia Marconi.
Almost 10 years ago, Julia joined SGS and immediately volunteered for the front desk. Later she served on the Nominating Committee before becoming the SGS Director of Membership. During this tenure she helped “bring membership into the digital age”, performing more tasks online. She worked on the old website updating events and keeping it current. When a vacancy arose on the publications committee, she volunteered to layout and publish the Bulletin, while simultaneously serving as Membership Director. The semi-yearly Bulletin was rebranded as the Journal and eventually became an online publication. Julia has continued serving on the publications committee with the help of her husband, Bob, who has acted as editor of the Journal. Julia credits him with being “very good at catching small errors.”
Julia has attended and volunteered at many seminars and library events. She once gave a presentation on social media and genealogy. On occasion, Bob has provided the board with legal advice. Julia says her volunteerism has been rewarding. “I enjoy meeting other members, putting faces to names, and learning about everyone’s genealogical journeys.” She also values the relationships she has developed through countless board meetings. ”It’s been fun and I’ve learned a great deal.”
In addition to her work with SGS, Julia volunteers with the Assistance League of Seattle and co-manages their thrift shop in Wallingford. She also likes to read, garden, knit, and do other types of needlework, as well as watch reruns of Law and Order in all its incarnations.
Her genealogical interests focus mostly on Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. She is very interested in her Revolutionary War ancestors and has one ancestor who was “a big deal” during the War of 1812.
Her best story has also turned into a brick wall. While working on a project for her Certification in Genealogy and Family History at UW, she dug up an old family tree that her paternal great-aunt had drawn up years earlier. She found a name—listed as her great-grandmother’s son—that no living relatives recognized. It turned out her great-grandmother left her first husband (who had gone to prison) in Indiana and relocated to Chicago with this son. She met and married Julia’s great-grandfather and had two more children. Research into the mystery son revealed he was a victim of a little-known ship disaster on the Chicago River in 1915 (the Eastland disaster) in which more than 800 people perished. Fascinated, Julia continued.
Further research provided no concrete evidence of her great-grandfather before 1904, the year he married Julia’s great-grandmother, who recorded on his death certificate “don’t know” for his mother, father, and POB. His own wife knew nothing of his past! (or wasn’t saying). DNA research has revealed no one with the family surname other than immediate and known, close relatives. “Who was this guy? I really want to find out.” Well, now we do, too.
TECH TUESDAYS ARE BACK!
Need some assistance? In response to numerous requests, SGS is reinstituting Tech Tuesdays, the popular informal consult time on DNA, genealogy software, and genealogy-related technical issues. Everyone is welcome. Especially helpful for beginners.
These Tech Tuesdays sessions will be virtual via Zoom from 10am-11am on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. No appointment necessary. No guarantee we can solve your problem, but we certainly will try.
This service will be free of charge. Donations to SGS are always welcomed and appreciated.
Facilitators will vary.
The first session will be on November 10, 2020.
There will be no session on December 22, 2020.
EVERY WEDNESDAY!
You are invited to the “Brags and Bricks Social Interest Group” (formerly called “Kaffee Klatsch”) meeting every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST on Zoom.
Sue Jensen, the hostess, says, “We are a relaxed social group that discusses our genealogy research, or our intentions to do research, with a bit of fun thrown in. Come join the fun.”
As always, the link to join will be in the Calendar of Events on the SGS website: seagensoc.org.
SAVE THE DATE
“Help! I Tested My DNA and I’m Confused”,
Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State,
Bellevue, WA
Monday, November 9, 2020
7:00 PM PST
Gil Bardige will be the presenter for this online, virtual meeting. The “room will open” at 7 PM and the meeting will begin at 7:15 PM. Visit their website for more info and the meeting id.
https://www.jgsws.org
RootsTech Connect 2021 (Virtual),
hosted by FamilySearch International
February 25-27, 2021
This 2021 virtual conference is free. They do ask that you register. Something for everyone, no matter your age or experience:
Visit the website for more info and registration.
http://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS*
In consideration of COVID-19 social distancing recommendations, the SGS Library is closed until further notice and SGS in-person events have been replaced with online events.
** Go to the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links and for any last minute updates or changes to the schedule.
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2020, 11:00 am-12:30 pm,
Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), With Sue Jensen, hostess/facilitator – Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
** This workshop originally scheduled for Nov 1, 2020, will take place on Sunday, Nov 8, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, DNA Workshop SIG (Virtual), Is back! For now it will be online via Zoom. Watch for details. Chaired by Cary Bright and her new co-chair, Craig Gowens.
Saturday, Nov 7, 2020, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group, Discover the many ways to use Family Tree and FamilySearch. Featuring a different aspect of the website each meeting. There will be time for Q & A. Chaired by Lou Daly.
Saturday, Nov 7, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Digging Deeper: Researching Women’s History, Beyond census records and vital records, a wealth of information can be found about the experiences of our female ancestors in archives and other special collections. This workshop is aimed at learning how archives are arranged in order to locate information when researching women’s history. Presented by Lisa Oberg. Lisa is the Associate Director and the History of Science and Medicine Curator for Special Collections in the UW Libraries. This workshop is part of the Seattle Genealogical Society’s lecture and workshop series: Women’s Suffrage in your Family History. We thank the Washington State Historical Society for their grant in support of our project. For more information, see https://www.suffrage100wa.com/.
Tuesday, Nov 10, 2020, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcomed. No appointment necessary. Visit www.seagensoc.org Calendar of Events for the Zoom meeting link.
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020, 11:00 am-12:30 pm, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), With Sue Jensen, hostess/facilitator – Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Mac Computer Interest Group, sponsored by SGS and Fiske, this group meets every other month from October through June on the second Wednesday of the month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. via Zoom. Meetings are open to the public and address topics and resources helpful for those using MacIntosh (Apple) computers and the Reunion program in their genealogy research.
The link to logon will be sent to the MAC SIG email list. People wishing to attend should email dhettrick@earthlink.net to be added to the mailing list.
Co-Chairs: Lisa Marker and Diane Hettrick
Saturday, Nov 14, 2020, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, Family Tree Maker (Virtual), We’re back. Learn and share tips and tricks for using Software MacKiev™ With Rob Sexton.
Saturday, Nov 14, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Second Saturday: For the Record: Memoir, Oral History, And Writing Family Stories, author and archivist Claire Gebben leads participants through exercises and strategies for writing about the past, especially in the creation of memoir. This session guides you to the art, and heart of telling your story.
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020, 11:00 am-12:30 pm, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), With Sue Jensen, hostess/facilitator – Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Monday, Nov 23, 2020, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Quilting Your Family History, Cozy up with a quilt and a cup of tea, cocoa or coffee and learn about the role of quilts in family history. Kathy Emmel’s special presentation will feature 14 quilts she has made that showcase family history, stories and heritage, as well as celebrations, historical events and groups of people.
???? Saturday, 7 November, 10–noon PST. Family Tree Maker User Group. Q&A. For meeting invitations and discussion, join https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG
???? Monday, 9 November, 1–3 pm PST. Genetic Genealogy / DNA: Recap: Strategies for Research. For meeting invitations and discussion, join https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy
Wednesday, 11 November: Veterans Day –https://auburnwa.gov/vetsday. The local live event this year is all virtual.
Clark County Genealogical Society (CCGS) 3205 NE 52nd St Vancouver, WA 98663 360-750-5688 http://www.ccgs-wa.org/ HELP WANTED Our new website has been successful in bringing in about $350 from sales of publications. Because of this success, we need a volunteer to take charge of handling and shipping the Publications we are selling on our website. Please contact Eric Jordahl, Lowell Kenedy or Marcia Grubb if you are interested. gensoc@ccgs-wa.org UNFOCUSED MEETING We plan to have a Go-to-meeting UNFOCUSED meeting on Nov 5 at 1:30 pm. If someone is interested in joining us, send an email to ccgslibrarian@outlook.com. Put Unfocus in the subject line. You will receive an invitation when the meeting is set up. VOLUNTEER INDEXERS NEEDED We have made great progress in putting together local newspaper obituary and vital statistics information, working down a backlog of several years. Now we have a great need for volunteers to help index this information, so that researchers can use it. Many hands (and eyes) can make it lighter work! This should be somewhat easier than earlier indexing, as you can work from a digital image, rather than paper or books. All you need is a decent sized computer monitor. We’ll email you images and a pre-formatted spread sheet; on your computer screen, you can put an image of a page on one side, and a spreadsheet next to it, and transcribe information from the image to the spreadsheet. If you can help, please email Library Director Sharon Thiesmeyer at sharronT1@hotmail.com, and we’ll get you started. Thank you for helping with this important Research and Preservation project! CRAFT CLAN CRAFT CLAN is having a Virtual Holiday Crafts Bazaar on Saturday October 24 beginning at 10am. Sale includes handmade items, craft supply items, $2 vintage craft books, fabrics and scrapbooking shares. See our Facebook page for posted photos – CCGS Craft Clan. To join us – send your email address for GoToMeeting invite to Marcia at ccgslibrarian@outlook.com GENERAL MEETING GENERAL MEETING is Tuesday October 27th. We invite you to join us to honor and remember a dear friend and colleague, Steve Cornick who passed this past week. While he served CCGS in many ways, Steve was a great story teller and many of you may recall times at the old library table as he shared his family stories. Please save your GoToMeeting invitation email and join us to share your Steve remembrances. GENEALOGY GAMES AND FAMILY HISTORY FAIR ANNOUNCING Nov 5th introduction to Genealogy Games & Family History Fair a CCGS competition! Cash prize to be awarded for the winning oral presentation category of “bringing an ancestor to life.” Become a part of CCGS goal of bringing our CCGS and community together to explore and share family history stories. To learn more about the Competition, join our “All About” virtual meeting calendared for Thursday November 5th at 11 am. Send your email address for GoToMeeting invite to Marcia at ccgslibrarian@outlook.com CCGS FALL CLASSES All Classes Online: live from the Clark County Genealogical Society Library from 10am to Noon Tuition for each class is $12 for members and $15 for non-members. Registration may be made using PayPal or mailed with a check. Registration information is available from: https://www.ccgs-wa.org/activities/calendar/ Scottish Ancestors’ Emigration History: Marcia Grubb – Tuesday, November 3, 2020 When and why our Scottish ancestors departed their homeland often offers clues to where they next landed. Scottish history is complex and full of reasons sons left and families resettled in new lands. Internet Security Tips: Stephen Young – Tuesday, November 10, 2020 With Steve’s Intel career experience, he brings to this class practical and on-point internet security tips to assist your family history searches. The www is a vast helpful resource which may include some mysterious pitfalls. RESEARCH BOOK CLUB Come join the CCGS Research Book Club as we start a new book “The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox 3rd edition” by Lisa Louise Cooke. We meet on the first Monday of each month at Noon and will analyze this book one to two chapters at a time. For now, we are conducting our meetings virtually until we are able to meet in the library. Focus groups are free and open to CCGS members and non-members. If you would like more information or are interested in joining this group please contact Paula (facilitator) at gensoc@ccgs-wa.org LOCAL NEWSPAPERS Are you keeping local newspapers for us? If you’re keeping The Reflector, the Post-Record, or other smaller papers from our area, please contact Barbara Schrag at the.schrags2005@gmail.com, we’d love to pick up what you have for 2020. If you’ve been keeping The Columbian, there is no need to keep them any longer. We’re “clipping” obituaries, death notices and vital statistics daily from their e-paper, so won’t need paper copies for 2020. Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who’ve been saving newspapers for us over the years! CCGS CRAFT CLAN The CCGS Craft Clan started meeting just before Covid 19 closed everything down, and have had some virtual meetings in the meantime. They meet the 4th Saturday of the month at 10 a.m. Contact Marcia Grubb for more information, as well as log-in information. Her email is mlouise421 @ aol.com. RENEWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP Many thanks to our members who renew their membership promptly. Double thanks to those who include a donation along with their renewal. We do have ongoing expenses even though the building is closed to the public (rent, water, electricity, etc). Thank you for your patience and loyalty. Eric Jordahl, President If you would like to renew your membership or make a donation, please email gensoc@ccgs-wa.org CCGS IS CLOSED The CCGS building is currently closed to the public. All previously scheduled meetings and activities are cancelled or postponed. More detailed information will be forthcoming and available on the CCGS calendar as conditions change. http://www.ccgs-wa.org/calendar.html Your CCGS Board is working to share the Library with you without you leaving home! Clark County Genealogy on YouTube – Our content currently includes past classes and speakers that you might have missed. We are developing new content and hope to post regularly on topics such as “What’s that Library Resource?” “Memorable Family Stories”. “Spotlight on Focus Groups”. ZOOM makes Face to Face meetings come together from remote locations via your cell phone, iPad or Computer. Presenting meetings virtually with Zoom will be an effective “social distancing” way for more members to enjoy our great CCGS programs. ACCESS TO ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION FROM HOME Hello, all. As everyone is surely aware, CCGS is closed up tight for the duration of the pandemic. But there is a ray of light peeking through. If you have a library card with Fort Vancouver Regional Library you can access the Library Edition of Ancestry from home in your bunny slippers. Click or copy and paste this link: fvrl.org/resource/ancestry-library into your browser. That will take you to a page where there is a link to enter your library card number and password and be taken to the home page of Ancestry – Library Edition. Don’t have a fvrl card?? The normal procedure is to present yourself with picture ID and proof of residence at a library. Not a possibility with the libraries all shut down, however, you can apply for an eCard. Go to fvrl.org and apply for the eCard. That will get you access to many digital and electronic fvrl assets. Also, CCGS now has our own YouTube channel. Just go to YouTube.com and search for Clark County Genealogy and you will have the opportunity to subscribe and view three previously presented CCGS classes. More to come. All others who provide access to the communication tools for CCGS, please edit, copy and deseminate where appropriate. UPCOMING WEBINARS MEMBERS CAN NOW SUBSCRIBE TO LEGACY WEBINARS FOR HALF-PRICE!! The introductory price is normally $49.95 for a year subscription. Geoff Rasmussen has provided CCGS with our own discount code that allows a CCGS member to purchase a yearly subscription for ½ price. CCGS Members can email gensoc@ccgs-wa.org for the discount code. FRED MEYER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM As you may be aware, CCGS participates in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards Program. That means Fred Meyer makes a donation to CCGS every quarter. The amount we receive is based on purchases made by our members who have signed up and chosen CCGS from among the many non-profits registered with them. This past year, we have received over $400. There are currently twenty-six members who have designated CCGS as their preferred recipients. Neither your Reward points nor your Fuel points are reduced by participating. This is a win-win. If you have not yet signed up for this program yet, please consider doing so. Just click on www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards and click on Link Your Rewards Card Now. CCGS thanks you and so do I. Clark County Genealogical Society president@ccgswa.org AMAZON SMILE Amazon has a charitable giving program, similar to the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program. CCGS is already entered in their system as a potential recipient. There is no need for individual registration. All that is needed is for people to make their Amazon based purchases starting at the smile.amazon.com website rather than the normal amazon.com. Everything works exactly the same except at checkout the user will be prompted to enter in the name of the organization that will benefit. Just start typing in Clark County Gen . . and we will magically pop up as a choice.yer Community Rewards program. CCGS is already entered in their system as a potential recipient. There is no need for individual registration. All that is needed is for people to make their Amazon based purchases starting at the smile.amazon.com website rather than the normal amazon.com. Everything works exactly the same except at checkout the user will be prompted to enter in the name of the organization that will benefit. Just start typing in Clark County Gen . . and we will magically pop up as a choice. |
Join us for a virtual, informal social gathering via Zoom. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Sue Jensen, Director of the SGS Library, will be the facilitator.
HALLOWEEN FUN ONLINE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2020
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PDT
Interested in researching your female ancestors, but running into a dead end? Come learn through the stories of local Puget Sound women how to unearth the herstory of your female ancestors utilizing the variety of records created at the end of their lives. Lisa Oberg and Amber Brock will present, “Unearthing Herstories In Cemeteries”.
SAVE THE DATE
Native American Genealogy & Research – Webinar (Virtual),
Oklahoma Genealogical Society,
Oklahoma City, OK
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Rick Fogarty, instructor of Native American tribal genealogy and a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, will be the presenter at this online event. For additional information visit the website of the Oklahoma Genealogical Society:
https://okgensoc.org/index.php
Fund Raising Seminar (Virtual),
the South King County Genealogical Society,
Auburn, WA
October 24, 2020
This 2020 virtual conference will feature Diahan Southard presenting two sessions on DNA
Visit the website for more info and registration.
http://skcgs.org/
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS* In consideration of COVID-19 social distancing recommendations, the SGS Library is closed until further notice and SGS in-person events have been replaced with online events.
** Go to the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links and for any last minute updates or changes to the schedule.
Saturday, Oct 17, 2020, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm,
SGS 2020 Fall Seminar (Virtual) – with Blaine Bettinger, professional genealogist specializing in DNA evidence.
Saturday, Oct 31, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm,
Virtual Cemetery Tour with Lisa Oberg & Amber Brock – “Unearthing Herstories in Cemeteries”, virtual online – the link will be on the SGS website calendar of events.
Sunday, Nov 1, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm,
DNA Workshop SIG (Virtual), Is back! For now it will be online via Zoom. Watch for details. Chaired by Cary Bright and her new co-chair, Craig Gowens.
Saturday, Nov 7, 2020, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm,
FamilySearch Interest Group, Discover the many ways to use Family Tree and FamilySearch. Featuring a different aspect of the website each meeting. There will be time for Q & A. Chaired by Lou Daly.
Saturday, Nov 7, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm,
Digging Deeper: Researching Women’s History, Beyond census records and vital records, a wealth of information can be found about the experiences of our female ancestors in archives and other special collections. This workshop is aimed at learning how archives are arranged in order to locate information when researching women’s history. Presented by Lisa Oberg. Lisa is the Associate Director and the History of Science and Medicine Curator for Special Collections in the UW Libraries. This workshop is part of the Seattle Genealogical Society’s lecture and workshop series: Women’s Suffrage in your Family History. We thank the Washington State Historical Society for their grant in support of our project. For more information, see https://www.suffrage100wa.com/.
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2020, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
Mac Computer Interest Group, sponsored by SGS and Fiske, this group meets every other month from October through June on the second Wednesday of the month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. via Zoom. Meetings are open to the public and address topics and resources helpful for those using MacIntosh (Apple) computers and the Reunion program in their genealogy research.
The link to logon will be sent to the MAC SIG email list. People wishing to attend should email dhettrick@earthlink.net to be added to the mailing list.
Co-Chairs: Lisa Marker and Diane Hettrick
Saturday, Nov 14, 2020, 10:15 am-12:15 pm,
Family Tree Maker (Virtual), We’re back. Learn and share tips and tricks for using Software MacKiev™ With Rob Sexton.
Saturday, Nov 14, 2020, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm,
Second Saturday: For the Record: Memoir, Oral History, And Writing Family Stories, author and archivist Claire Gebben leads participants through exercises and strategies for writing about the past, especially in the creation of memoir. This session guides you to the art, and heart of telling your story.
Monday, Nov 23, 2020, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm,
Quilting Your Family History, Cozy up with a quilt and a cup of tea, cocoa or coffee and learn about the role of quilts in family history. Kathy Emmel’s special presentation will feature 14 quilts she has made that showcase family history, stories and heritage, as well as celebrations, historical events and groups of people.
The German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society (EGS)meeting
When: Friday, November 6, 2020 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm – Virtually
Topic: Heraldry in a Nutshell or Two: How a Coat of Arms came to be. What is heraldry and how does it relate to genealogy? Learn about the history of heraldry and what constitutes a Coat of Arms, its components and who can bear one.
Presenter: Gail Spangenberg-Parrish
A native of Pretoria, South Africa, Gail first learned of heraldry at the Bureau of Heraldry in Pretoria where she worked as an artist. Her knowledge of Coats of Arms was minimal but she soon learned and found the entire process fascinating. Gail has executed numerous Coats of Arms for various groups or private individuals both in the US and abroad. Some of her work is on display in South Africa, in both Western and Eastern Washington, California, Massachusetts, Washington DC, Germany and Thailand.
More information: https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/
Visitors are always welcome. To request an invitation, please use the Contact tab on our website, no later than November 1st.
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Olympia, An Origin Story by Chris Staudinger
What was Olympia before it was our state’s capital? How did it rise to power, and how was it betrayed? These questions and more will be answered in this virtual tour of historic Olympia. Chris Staudinger, operator of Pretty Gritty Tours in Tacoma, will tell the history of downtown Olympia’s bumpy beginnings, taking us down its streets and alleys and showing us cool things to do in downtown Olympia’s historic district. You’ll hear the tales of the indigenous hunters, railroad tycoons, brew masters, lawmakers, and artists that called Olympia home. Olympia Genealogical Society virtual meeting, Thursday, November 12, 7:00 pm events@OlyGenSoc.org or 360-754-6230
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