 October 2023 Meeting Special Webinar  Welcome to Italian GenealogyLet’s explore the world of Italian genealogy together, one person at a time. ZOOM MEETINGTOPIC: 9 Types of Italian Military Records and Where to Find Them presented by Ann Tatangelo WHEN: Saturday, 21-Oct-2023 TIME: SPECIAL TIME 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PDT) 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Italy time) The history of the military in Italy is complex due to the fact that Italy wasn’t even a country until 1860 And was dominated by several foreign nations until Garibaldi led his army to victory and the Unification of the country (well, most of it) in 1860.Since my personal research focus is south Italy I am going to concentrate on that for the history part. But the presentation will apply to the whole country.I plan to cover Italy’s military history, its divisions, the Leva and other lists, the role of the military, service and discharge records, and Military Tribunals. I’m looking forward to meeting you all and hope there will be time for questions.  Presenter: Ann Tatangelo BIOAnn Tatangelo has had three different surnames and lived in three different countries. Born Ann Kenyon in Lancashire, England, she emigrated to Canada with her husband Geoff Livesey in 1967. After Geoff’s death in 1998, she met Vincenzo Tatangelo who introduced her to his home in the ‘wonderland’ or Paese della meraviglia of Sora, Italy where she fell in love with the culture, the food and the history.Ann’s earliest experiences and adjustments to life in Italy, brought her face-to-face with Italian life, death and even the early days of a blossoming Italian pop star, which she recounted in her first book Annoying the Saints: Stories of MyLife in Italy. After permanently relocating to Italy, she soon began researching her husband’s family tree to keep busy and discovered a love and talent for sifting through genealogical records that evolved into Angel Research and Genealogical Services. Twenty years after founding Angel Research, Ann has compiled her insight into the various legal documents and genealogical hurdles of the area into two easy-to-read handbooks for the Provinces of Frosinone and Latina that will allow amateur genealogists from all over the world to connect their ancestors in Italy. Zoom Meeting Request Form COUNTDOWN TO THE MEETING:  Days Hours Minutes Seconds Eastside Genealogy Group – Italian Interest Group 2410 East Helen Street, SeattleWA, United States of America |
Fort Walla Walla Camp 3 Dedication Ceremony
Fort Walla Walla Camp 3 is holding a dedication ceremony on Aug 19 at 1100 for a new CW Union marker stone for James W Fox. Public invited. At Methow Cemetery — NW of Pateros, WA at 935 State Hyway. 153. Details at www.suvpnw.org under events of Ft Walla Walla Camp 3. Or Don Jameson cell 590 945 0549
Thanks for any help. regards, Don Jameson, Camp Commander of FWW 3
Let’s Talk About….. Codfish
In April 2023, I was blessed to take a deep dive into the history, geography, geology and culture of the far northeast corner of America, the Canadian Maritimes and the St. Lawrence River and Seaway. Con su permisio, as they say in Spanish, I would like to share with you some of what I learned in these blog posts over the next couple of months. Hope you benefit and enjoy!
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, has a 400-year history of cod fishing. Today, cod is important for fish-and-chips on both sides of the Atlantic. “Yesterday” these fish could weigh up to 200 pounds and now they’re usually four-to-five pounds (so explained the guide).
“Yesterday” there were literally millions of these fish in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In 1497, John Cabot’s sailors wrote home to Italy that there “were to may fish we could take them up by the baskets full.” Another English report: “We could hardly row a boat between them.” Jacque Cartier in 1524 echoed those sentiments and soon the word spread all over Europe, especially to Catholic countries.
Good Catholics in those days did not eat meat on Fridays or on the many special holy days, but they could eat fish. The fishing frenzy was on.
Besides being so abundant, cod live in shallow waters, near the bottom, and are easily fished from small dories with hand-held lines. It was easy to make a living as a cod fisherman. Cod are not an oily fish, so they would dry easily. Salted and spread upon the rocks to dry, salted cod would keep up to two years and fueled many long voyages.
People of that day felt surely that the supply was inexhaustible. But as the technology for catching and processing cod improved, the supply was nearly exhausted. By 1992, the Canadian had closed down cod fishing (except for recreation).
Today most of our cod comes from Iceland.
Who remembers fish sticks back in 1958?? They were cod and still are, I believe.
Columbia County Genealogy Conference September 15-17, 2023
 The Friends of the St. Helens Public Library in cooperation with the Columbia County Museum Association is pleased to announce registration has opened for its third biennial Columbia County Genealogy Conference: Rivers of Wonder, September 15-17. This free conference will be available both online and limited to eighty in-person attendees per day. You can select your desired type of attendance by day. On Friday and Sunday, speakers Dave Sprau, Lee Van Duzer, and GFO member Tricia Oberndorf will lead sessions to show how to understand our ancestors in their own time by examining their professions and professional relationships. On Saturday, GFO’s Laurel Smith will lead a total of five sessions discussing how to build successful searches on FamilySearch and adding those results to an existing record to build stronger profiles within FamilySearch. In addition, she will highlight techniques to differentiate between people and whether FamilySearch or Ancestry will provide a better result based on the question asked of it and type of answer needed. Links to daily schedule, session descriptions, and speaker backgrounds, provide additional detail.More information Click Here |
Pioneer Pursuit Index
If you are like me none of my ancestors was in Washington Territory before Washington became a state in November of 1889, but we estimate over 350,000 people were in Washington Territory in 1889.
There is a lot of pioneers in our Pioneer Pursuit Index ( https://wasgs.org/cpage.php?pt=110 ) and you may be related to one of them and not know it without checking the index.
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Introduction to Genealogy Class
Introduction to Genealogy Class
Presented by the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society, Orting Branch Pierce County Library, and Orting Valley Senior Center
Tuesday, August 15 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Want to learn how to start mapping out your family tree? Join us at the Orting Valley Senior Center to begin the journey of exploring the pages of your past.
Event Location: Orting Valley Senior Center, 112 Varner Street SE, Orting, WA 98360
Registration required: https://calendar.piercecountylibrary.org/event/8715907#
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Chat
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Genealogy Chat
15 August 2023 at 7:00 pm
Do you have thoughts, ideas, questions, or comments about anything related to genealogy? Then this is for you. Please plan to attend, share, and expand your knowledge of all thing’s genealogy from the comfort of your own home.
Everyone is welcome and the more you participate the better the chat becomes. We look forward to seeing and chatting with you!
Topic: TPCGS Genealogy Chat 3rd Tuesday Each Month
Time: 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club Meeting
Saturday, August 19 at 4:00 pm via Zoom
Please join us as we discuss a fictional genealogical book, The Death Certificate by Stephen Molyneus.
More information at:
Amazon: The Death Certificate
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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Let’s Talk About….. Peggy’s Cove & Lighthouse
In April 2023, I was blessed to take a deep dive into the history, geography, geology and culture of the far northeast corner of America, the Canadian Maritimes and the St. Lawrence River and Seaway. Con su permisio, as they say in Spanish, I would like to share with you some of what I learned in these blog posts over the next couple of months. Hope you benefit and enjoy!
A short bus ride from Halifax, Nova Scotia, is the little fishing/lobstering village of Peggy’s Cove. Peggy’s Cove was named by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who explored Nova Scotia in the early 1600’s. He named the region, St. Marguerite’s Bay, after his mother. Marguerite’s Cove, was the name originally given to the cove. (Wikipedia)
The famous lighthouse, perched on a huge outcropping of granite rocks, was a delight to visit. I was fascinated as much by those rocks as the lighthouse itself. You’ll see in the photo that there was a bagpiper there playing for us tourists.
On the left top, is the watercolor painting that I purchased from a local artist. On the bottom right is our ship’s painting activity lady’s watercolor of that lighthouse and on the left is my pitiful attempt to duplicate it.
Here’s the funny postscript to the story. I had the business card of that artist fellow and called him to share the photo of the three lighthouses. He was thankful and polite, of course, but said that at that very moment there was a lady from Olympia standing in his shop! What a small world indeed.
To further that “small world” realization, I had the best ice cream cone I’ve ever had from a shop there in Peggy’s Cove and the young lady scooping the ice cream was from South Africa!
South King County Genealogical Society August Meetings-Events
We’re pleased to announce the return of Beginning Genealogy Classes starting September 4. Instructor Winona Laird will provide practical advice for researchers of all skill levels. A new topic is presented each month, September through March, and classes are conveniently offered online in the daytime and evening. Free for SKCGS members; non-members may attend for $20 per class. Find more information at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes/bgc
Also, the free online program “Introduction to Genealogy” hosted by King County Library System featuring Winona Laird continues each month through December. The August 16, 2023 topic is: “Vital Records, Birth, Marriage, Death and Adoption.” For details, visit https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes/kcls
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AUGUST – EARLY SEPTEMBER 2023 MEETINGS & EVENTS
Monday, August 14, 2023 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (online)
Topic: Useful “3rd Party” DNA Sites for Collaboration & Analysis
What might be useful depends upon your research objective. We’ll discuss what you want to know and tools available to help you toward your goal.
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Monday, August 16, 2023 ⋅ 7:00pm – 8:00pm PT
Introduction to Genealogy: Vital Records, Birth, Marriage, Death and Adoption (online)
Hosted by King County Library
Join professional genealogist, Winona Laird, from South King County Genealogical Society for a series of programs to help you along on your genealogical journey. King County Library will email a Zoom link no later than 24 hours before the program start time. If you do not see an email, check your Junk or Spam folder. If you need assistance, please contact Jennifer at jwooten@kcls.org.
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Monday, August 21, 2023 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Technical User Group (online)
Topic: Password Managers: Convenience Plus Security
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Thursday, August 24, 2023 ⋅ 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
Monday, August 28, 2023 ⋅ 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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Saturday, September 2, 2023, 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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Monday, September 4, 2023, 11:00am PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: Non Population Supplemental Census Records (online)
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes/bgc
Tuesday, September 5, 2023, 6:30pm PT
SKCGS Board of Directors Meeting (online)
All SKCGS members are invited to attend; only Officers and Directors may vote. Write to Board@skcgs.org for the meeting link.
Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 7:00pm PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: Non Population Supplemental Census Records (online)
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes/bgc
Friday, September 8, 2023 ⋅ 12:30-2:30 PM PT
EGS German Interest Group (online)
“Wanting to travel to German archives? Hold up! Finesse and Know How Required!” by Annette Unrau.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/p323wpt4
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