Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club

Saturday, January 20 starting at 4:00 pm via Zoom

Please join us as we discuss a fictional genealogical book, Ghost Swifts, Blue Poppies and the Red Starby Nathan Dylan Goodwyn..

More information at: 

Amazon: Ghost Swifts, Blue Poppies and the Red Star

WorldCat: Ghost Swifts, Blue Poppies and the Red Star

We will also choose future books. 

TPCGS Book Club Zoom Meeting

Every month on the Third Sat beginning at 4:00 PM Pacific Time

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Genealogy Chat

Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Genealogy Chat

Tuesday, January 16th starting at 7:00 PM via Zoom

Our conversation starter this month is “Where do you keep your main family tree, on paper (in file folders or binders), on your computer (using programs such as Legacy, Roots Magic, Family Tree Maker), or in the cloud (Ancestry.com, MyHeritage, FamilySearch)?

This is a monthly opportunity to connect with others and talk about anything and everything genealogical. The value of this meeting increases with the participation of each person that attends and contributes to the conversations. This is your chance to celebrate the breaking down of a brick wall in your research or ask questions of others that can help you find records or relatives. Everyone, members, and guests are welcome and encouraged to attend and participate.

Date & Time: Every month on the Third Tue, from 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM Pacific Time

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Let’s Talk About…. Women Who Married Aliens Lost Citizenship??

Bet you didn’t know this American history tidbit!

In 1907, Congress passed the Expatriation Act, which decreed, among other things, that U.S. women who married non-citizens were no longer Americans. If their husband later became a naturalized citizen, they could go through the naturalization process to regain their citizenship. 

But none of these rules applied to American men who they chose a spouse. And he wasn’t eligible for citizenship, she could be denied!

WHAT? You’re saying? And rightfully so. Sounds terrible, doesn’t it? 

Once American women got the right to vote in 1920, they started lobbying lawmakers, pushing them to recognize that their citizenship should not be tethered to that of a husband.

To shorten the sad story, laws did evolve and by the 1940s women born in the U.S. no longer had to limit their marriage prospects to native-born men or naturalized citizens.

Consider your family tree….. did this “trouble” affect any of your grandmothers??

(Thanks to a 2017 post by Tanya Ballard Brown on the NPR website, Code Switch.)

South King County Genealogical Society January Meetings


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JANUARY – EARLY FEBRUARY 2024 MEETINGS & EVENTS

Saturday, January 6, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT
Family Tree Maker Users Group (online)
Special guest Mark Olsen from Family Tree Maker
will be talking about Family Book Creator, a plugin for Family Tree Maker which turns your research into a detailed personalized book with just a few clicks.

Come and join us and get your questions answered on how to use Family Book Creator.  
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Subscribe to the free SKCGS FTM email list for meeting reminders and discussion:  https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG

Monday, January 8, 2024, 11:00am PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: County Histories (online)
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes/bgc

Monday, January 8, 2024
1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (online)
Topic: Time for a Fresh Start? Taking Stock of Progress on Your Research Questions
What are your research questions, and how do you measure your progress?
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Subscribe to the free SKCGS Genetic-Genealogy email list for meeting reminders and discussion:  https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy

Wednesday, January 10, 2024, 7:00pm PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: County Histories (online)
Repeat of the January 8th class
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes/bgc

Monday, January 15, 2024
1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Technical User Group (online)
Topic: Where Am I? Creating a Plan
Do you want to travel this year?  Attend conferences? Focus on writing? Let’s bring our calendars, put our heads together and get to work.
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Friday, January 19, 2024, 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Research Workshop (in-person)
For SKCGS members
Kent FamilySearch Center
12817 SE 256th St., Kent, WA
Seating is limited
RSVP REQUIRED to Winona at w.laird@skcgs.orgSaturday, January 20, 2024, 9:30am PT social time; 10am – 11:30am PT program (online)
South King County Genealogical Society & Eastside Genealogical Society present
Angela Packer McGhie “Document Analysis: Digging into the Details”
Learn to analyze documents by studying the background and context. Assess the reliability of the source and the information it contains. Compare the information with details from other records. See these principles in action as we look at two different documents and analyze them using a set of questions provided. Use your knowledge and the questions provided to assess the documents you are researching. This session will walk step-by-step through analyzing two documents to:
• assess the characteristics affecting the reliability of documents
• demonstrate detailed background analysis
• seek the law that influenced the creation of the document
• look at the legal terminology used in the document
• compare to other documents of the same type
• investigate the provenance of a document
• determine who the informant was and if they provided primary information

Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA has a passion for teaching genealogy. She is the Education Director of the National Genealogical Society and a trustee of the Board for Certification of Genealogists. Angela enjoys teaching at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research, as well as other genealogy conferences and institutes. Angela serves as trustee for the BCG Education Fund and was the first administrator of the ProGen Study Program.
The program will be recorded for playback by SKCGS Members. Guests welcome! Register at https://www.skcgs.org


Monday, January 22, 2024
1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genealogy Chat (online)
Meet up and chat about genealogy subjects and topics. We have no agenda; we just like one another!
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Thursday, January 25, 2024 11:00am – 1:00pm PT
Genealogy Help with SKCGS at the Auburn Library (in-person)
Genealogy questions? SKCGS offers one-on-one help with a volunteer
1102 Auburn Way S
Auburn, WA 98002
Registration not required. In-person event. Safety guidelines and current protocols followed. More information at King County Library, email kcls-auburn@kcls.org

Friday, February 2, 2024
12:30-2:30pm PT
EGS German Interest Group (online)
Topic: Practical Advice for Family Research in Pomerania presented by Dr. Klaus-D. Kohrt
Learn how to find where your ancestors lived, which records have survived and where to find them both in archives and online.

This seminar will cover the tools provided via the website of the Pommerscher Greif and how they will lead you to sources in various archives and demonstrate what and where to find on the internet or how to contact organizations holding the original records. The focus of the presentation will be on (Protestant) church books and civil registers and explain the organizational structures of the Protestant church and the civil administration in Pomerania until 1945.
For meeting registration, visit https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/

Saturday, February 3, 2024, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT
Family Tree Maker Users Group (online)
Question & Answer. Each month, we will learn about using the features of FTM.
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SOUTH KING COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
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Let’s Talk About…. Trivia & Jokes


What’s at the end of a rainbow?  (The letter W.)

Did you gift a Slinky for Christmas? This toy was the brainchild of Richard James, a mechanical engineer, who invented it in the 1940s.

What do you get when you cross a cat with a lemon? (A sour puss.)

People who scuba are a divers group of people.

Pet shop customer: “Do any of your dogs go cheap?”  Owner: “Sorry, all our dogs go woof.”

Proper listening is the foundation of proper living. (Plutarch)

Dalmatian puppies are born without spots? T or F?  (T)

Why are income taxes due on April 15th…the same day the Titanic went down?

If swimming if so good for your figure, why do whales look the way they do?

Why is it called baby-sitting when all you do is run after them?

Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society Basics of Y-DNA Testing

You are invited to the free presentation at the SVGS library.

Everyone is welcome! 

Presentation – Follow the Y: Basics of Y-DNA Testing

(This presentation and meetings will not be available via Zoom)

Tuesday, January 9th

1:00 pm

SVGS Library

6111 188 PL NE, Arlington, WA

Society member Sue McNeil will be our speaker. 

Sue’s topic: Follow the Y: Basics of Y-DNA Testing

The following will be covered:

  • Why is a Y-DNA test beneficial?
  • Who do you need to test?
  • Which level of testing is right?
  • What will the results look like?

There will be a short break with refreshments. The monthly general meeting and board meeting will follow.

Also, the DNA Interest Group-DIG meets at the SVGS library on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1pm. (January 18th this month)

For more information visit www.stillygen.org

Tri-City Genealogical Society A New Strategy for Brick Walls

  Please join us for Tri-City Genealogical Society’s January General meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday January 10.  The presentation will be on Zoom so you can join in from the comfort of your own home or join us 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.  See below for the Zoom link.

  The presentation will be by Kim Richardson https://www.apgen.org/profiles/kim-richardson who is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists among other affiliations.  Kim will be speaking on A New Strategy for Brick Walls.

  Ever feel like you are engulfed by a pile of research? Do you ever think to yourself, “If I could just get organized, I could solve this mystery?” If so, this presentation is for you!

  This session explains why complex genealogy problems feel overwhelming and how to overcome it through a new way of organizing. (Don’t worry, it’s not you, and you’re not alone!) You CAN master the “thought chaos” caused by all that data swirling around in your mind. All you have to do is interact with the research in a new way and engage in activities that transform you into a problem-solving dynamo. The presentation shows you how and demonstrates a technique that:

·         teaches you to handle information in a new way to see more links and relationships

·         allows you to see all your research at one glance

·         organizes your research for you (yes, really!)

·         simplifies all the data

·         shows you any gaps, errors, and conflicts

·         automatically creates a narrative outline (and eliminates writers’ block!)

·         helps you plan and brainstorm your way to success

  Biography as provided by the speaker:

  Kim Richardson accidentally became a genealogist when her grandmother and grandaunt asked for help researching a few ancestors. She loved learning about those ancestors and has been researching nearly daily since that time, including professionally. Kim’s favorite genealogy activity is empowering others to break through barriers to achieve their genealogy goals. She discovered why complex genealogy problems feel overwhelming and created a tool called Brick Wall Buster Cards to conquer confusion and solve tough problems.

  Kim graduated from Mississippi State University. She retired from service to the State of Mississippi after 25 years as an advocate for victims of violent crime and working in highway traffic safety programs. She continues to work in a professional capacity conducting genealogy research and teaching others that they can solve genealogical brick wall problems. She has researched for Who Do You Think You Are? and Finding Your Roots. She also wrote the “Mississippi Research Guide” for Family Tree Magazine.

Topic: TCGS General Meeting Wednesday January 10 at 7 p.m.

Time: Jan 10, 2024 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society Get Organized to Write Your Family Stories

Friday, January 19 @ 10AM
on Zoom
Annette Burke Lyttle
will present
Get Organized to Write Your Family Stories

Sharing our family stories with others is critical, so those stories don’t get lost. But it can be very daunting to know how to get started. Learn some ways to organize your space, your time, your ideas, and your research results that will make it easier for you to write them up.

Annette Burke Lyttle owns Heritage Detective, LLC, providing professional genealogical services in research, education, and writing. She speaks on a variety of genealogical topics at the national, state, and local levels and loves helping people uncover and share their family stories. She is coordinator of the Fall Virtual Intermediate Foundations course for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. Annette leads Best Practices Study Groups for a number of organizations, providing in-depth education on the genealogical research process in an interactive setting. She is president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and editor of The Florida Genealogist

So, please join us on January 19 at 10AM on Zoom
Everyone Welcome! No membership necessary but registration is required.

Register now on our website: bigenealogy.org

Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Immigration Records

Yakima Valley Genealogical Society

General Meeting

Saturday, January 6, 2024

10:00 p.m. 

Y.V.G.S. Library

Speaker: Head Librarian Linda Lantis

Subject: Immigration Records

Linda will be giving a presentation on “Immigration Records.” 

Come and learn about what information you will find in the 

hundreds of books in the library. How immigration records 

will help with your research.

Yakima Valley Genealogical Society

1901 S. 12th Avenue

Union Gap, WA 98903

Phone: (509) 248-1328

Email: yvgs@yvgs.net

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week Civil War Regiment Research Tip

 TIP OF THE WEEK –
FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT
AN ANCESTOR’S CIVIL WAR REGIMENT
 Do a national search in newspapers for the name of an American ancestor’s Civil War regiment. Letters from other soldiers in the regiment were often printed by their various hometown papers. Coverage of what the regiments were doing is often surprisingly detailed, if a bit profuse in the descriptions of their heroics. This can give you a greater picture of what your ancestors’ experiences in the war may have been like. Remember to compare them against other sources.