TIP OF THE WEEK –
NASE RODINA QUARTERLY
A resource for Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Bohemian, Rusyn, and German-Bohemian genealogy, Nase Rodina “Our Family” is a Quarterly published by the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society. You can find it in the SGS Library. We have copies dating from 1989 to Dec 2017. If you have Bohemian (Czech), German-Bohemian (Bohmisch), Hungarian, Moravian, Ruthenian (Rusyn), Silesian, Slovakian, or Jewish ancestry this is a resource for you. Stop in and check it out.
TIP OF THE WEEK –
FAMILYSEARCH COMMUNITY RESEARCH GROUPS
Here’s another great educational opportunity from the folks at FamilySearch.
It has recently created a new tool for you to get genealogical research help in the comfort of your own home. So if you can’t make it to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, use the area groups within the online community to find the research help that you need. And of course, it’s free! You do need to join FamilySearch, but that is free also.
Come get involved and make the research groups more valuable for everyone! Find answers, post questions, browse, find or create or join a group, help others.
Get help – you can:
Give help – share your knowledge and skills:
There are numerous community research groups in three main categories:
For more information about how to sign up and use the site, see this link:
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups
TIP OF THE WEEK –
HISPANIC READING ROOM
If you are researching Hispanic ancestors of Spain, Portugal, the Caribbean, or Latin America, are you aware there is Hispanic Reading Room at the Library Congress and the room has a website? The reading room is open to the public, but before you head off that way, why not check out the excellent materials available to you on the website. It is in English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
The website is at:
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/
TIP OF THE WEEK –
GET THE MOST FROM ANCESTRY DNA
If you have not linked a public family tree to your Ancestry DNA results you are not utilizing the most powerful feature of Ancestry DNA. If you have a public family tree in Ancestry, be sure to link it to your DNA results. If you don’t have one, create one from scratch or upload one as a gedcom file. Without a linked family tree, Surnames, Maps, and Locations tabs will contain no information. You also need a linked public family tree for the DNA Circles function to work. The larger your tree, the more dynamic your results will be, but even a few generations is better than no tree at all.
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TIP OF THE WEEK –
SGS Bulletins – Past and Present
The Seattle Genealogical Society, founded in 1923, is an educational organization devoted to promoting interest in family history, preserving records, and furthering genealogical research – not just for Seattle, but nationally and worldwide.
The SGS Bulletin, published by the Seattle Genealogical Society since 1952, provides a wealth of information for genealogists and local history researchers. The SGS Bulletin includes transcriptions of genealogical records from the Seattle area and beyond, along with articles about genealogy research and methodology.
Thanks to Art Kelly from the Tri-City Genealogical Society for this tip
TCGS has a new way for members to ask questions about general genealogical topics. If you have a general question or topic of interest that you would like to see addressed there are a couple ways to submit it. At our monthly meetings a container and note cards will be placed in the back of the room. Simply write your question on the card and put it in the box. If you would like a direct reply, please put your name and contact information on the card. You can also submit by sending an email to tcgseducation@gmail.com. (Read the blog article for more details.)
Today’s question:
“How do I get a legal birth certificate when an adoption was sealed? I have proof that both the biological and adoptive parents are deceased?”
TIP OF THE WEEK – Yearbooks at SGS
Did you know SGS has an extensive collection of Seattle area schools yearbooks?
If you are looking for local school annuals, come check out our assortment. We have some from Broadway High School. Also known as Seattle High School, Broadway was Seattle’s first building constructed specifically to be a high school. We have Roosevelt High School annuals from 1923 through 1988!
Some other alma maters you’ll find on our shelves include:
* Eckstein Junior High/Middle School
* Franklin High School
* Garfield High School
* Queen Anne High School
* University of Washington “Tyee”
* West Seattle High School
Stop by. Browse the shelves. We are open:
Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Sunday, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
TIP OF THE WEEK – VOOM IN, VOOM OUT, RESET
Do you realize you can zoom in and zoom out on any web page using just your keyboard? No need to have a touch screen or a touchpad.
This works on virtually any operating system – Windows, Mac OS, or Chrome OS. On a Mac, the Command key takes the place of the CTRL key; otherwise, it is the same.
You’ll be using the control key (marked CTRL) , the plus key (marked +), and the zero key (numeric 0).
To zoom in, just hold down the CTRL key and tap the + key at the same time. Each tap will increase the size of the font/images on the web page in front of you.
To zoom out, just hold down the CTRL key and tap the – key at the same. Each tap will decrease the size of the font/images on the web page in front of you.
To reset everything on the web page to its original default size, hold down the CTRL key and tap the 0 once.
Easy to remember, too. Use plus to zoom in, minus to zoom out, and zero to reset to the original default. Try it now.
