Wenatchee Area Genealogy Society What I Learned at RootsTech
Outstanding Volunteer/Team Nominations Sought
It’s that time of year! Time for your society to honor your outstanding volunteers or teams with an Outstanding Volunteer or Team Award.
- No later than July 1, 2023: Submit the form and photograph of your honoree(s) to Info@wasgs.org. The narrative (approximately 150 words) should explain the accomplishments of your nominee/team and why you are honoring him/her/them. The photo should be a good quality digital photograph (at least 300 dpi).
- September 1, 2023: Formal announcement of the recipients will be announced.
A few special notes:
- Local societies can submit up to two individuals or one teams/projects for special recognition by WSGS.
- The Outstanding Volunteer/Team Award program is not a competition – it is locally driven. All nominees from local societies will be honored with an Outstanding Volunteer/Team certificate, but we want these awards to be special, so please don’t nominate your whole society (even though they are outstanding!).
- Posthumous awards may be considered.
- If your nominee is camera shy & doesn’t want to have a picture submitted, that’s fine. Also, if you’re unable to snap a picture of your whole team, we’re okay with individual member photos.
- Nominees may have received an Outstanding Volunteer award previously. Click here for a cumulative list of awardees (alpha by name and by society).
- Please honor the July 1 timeline for nominations. There is a lot of behind-the-scenes work, including reviews, to be done before the announcement on September 1.
- The nomination form is attached. Please complete one form per person or team.
Additional details and deadlines may be found at the WSGS website here.
Please contact Roxanne Lowe at Info@wasgs.org if you have questions or suggestions.
South King County Genealogical Society April to Early May 2023 Meetings & Events
APRIL – EARLY MAY 2023 MEETINGS & EVENTS
Goodbye, winter! Hello, spring! It’s a great time to refresh or learn basic research skills. This month, instructor Winona Laird offers a “Census Records” class – free for SKCGS members and $20 per class for non-members. More information at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes.
At the May 2023 General Membership Meeting, SKCGS will hold its annual election for the positions of President and Treasurer. The Nominating Committee is pleased to share the slate of candidates and invite additional nominations. Learn more at https://www.skcgs.org/home/nominees.
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PROGRAM UPDATES
- All meetings are online via Zoom except the in-person Research Group and Genealogy Help at the Auburn Library
- Live transcription (captioning) is available during our Zoom meetings by request
- Online meeting participants need to register for SKCGS Zoom meetings.Register at our website skcgs.org or use links below. Upon registration, Zoom will send a confirmation email with instructions on joining the meeting.
Saturday, April 1, 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.
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsdu6uqzgiGdDn7eCsOAgkvdOXktX127sz
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Subscribe to the free SKCGS FTM email list for meeting reminders and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG
Monday, April 3, 2023, 11:00am PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: Census Records (online via Zoom)
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes
Tuesday, April 4, 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, April 5, 2023, 6:30pm PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: Census Records (online via Zoom)
This is a repeat of the April 3rd class
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes
Friday, April 7, 2023, 12:30 – 2:30 pm PT
EGS German Interest Group (online)
“Researching the Eastern European German Diaspora”
Presenter Mark Rabideauwill focus on the populations of Germans in Eastern Europe scattered in former German communities. Visitors welcome and more information at https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com
Monday, April 10, 2023 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (online)
“Ancestry DNA: Use All the Tools (cont’d)”
Ancestry.com provides lots of powerful tools. This is a continuation of last month’s discussion.
Most important: link your test to yourself on your tree: https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Linking-an-AncestryDNA-Test-to-a-Tree?language=en_US
- Sort matches using the dots
- Filters, Searches, sorting
- Using “Common ancestor”, unlinked trees
- Using the Notes on each match page
- “Do you recognize them?” – make that work for you
- Shared matches with known cousins
- Messaging your matches – what to say?
- Tagging DNA matches in your tree, and adding DNA facts
- Quickly finding your DNA matches in the tree (view match)
- ThruLines
- Ethnicity Estimates
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIucuCvqTsqHNcN7wBEC0fB_3-TRYD1rZLm
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Subscribe to the free SKCGS Genetic-Genealogy email list for meeting reminders and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy
Saturday, April 15, 2023, 9:30am PT social time; 10:00am – 11:30am PT program
SKCGS General Meeting (online)
Carol Friedel presents “That Woman – Finding the Identity of an Adoptee’s Biological Parents”
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsf-6pqT0oHtUTjpgUbRRzwOQ0S8MWq9xx
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This meeting will be recorded for playback by members. A case study using a simplified approach to Y- and atDNA and some genealogy tips to tie everything together. I began this project for one reason—to pique my husband’s interest in my then new and consuming interest in genealogy—it worked. His father, long since deceased, was adopted. We had no information about his biological parents. This is a case study of how we moved from no information to standing in the church yard in England in which my husband’s 7th great grandfather was married in 1669. We’ll discuss how coupling available records with a simplified approach to Y- and at-DNA will head us in the right direction. As we all know, luck often precedes discovery; there are some strategies that increase the chances luck comes your way. We’ll go through some of those strategies that worked in this case study. I hope you’ll come on this journey with me and get to meet my husband’s grandmother—known in her lifetime as “that woman.”
Dr. Carol Gorman Friedel is a passionate amateur genetic genealogist. She’s been researching as well as attending lectures, classes, workshops, and courses since 2008 when she retired from practicing general dentistry. She is an administrator for two surname groups at Family Tree DNA (Gorman and Chatman). Carol belongs to several genealogical societies and is a member of the SKCGS Education Committee. She’s interested in learning more about this wonderful obsession we all share and in helping fellow genealogists as well as giving a hand to adoptees trying to find their biological parents.
Monday, April 17, 2023 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Technical User Group (online)
“How to Make FamilySearch Family Tree Work for You and New Website Features (cont’d)”
The Family Tree is a powerful tool; this is the second part of our discussion which began last month.
1. Create a free account
2. Create a profile for yourself, then add your parents and if necessary, grandparents
- Profile view, and Tree view (hints)
- Searching for records from the profile
- Source Linker
- Accessing linked sources and contributor/relatives/relationships
- Merging profiles
- Troubleshooting
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAucuigqj4uH92bWWD2uycX9Z1uSsRLY4K6
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Subscribe to the free SKCGS Tech User Group email list for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/TUG
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 ⋅ 6:00pm – 7:00pm PT
“Genealogist: Use Your Google Drive!”
Your Google Drive is valuable because of the ease of sharing and collaborating on many types of documents. Learn to make use of this powerful tool to improve your genealogy research. Please read https://skcgs.blogspot.com/2022/09/genealogists-use-your-google-drive.html in advance.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcuiorDwqG9Jtp3jCJlowKOay_8PWGh0l
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Friday, April 21, 2023, 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Research Group (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.org
Monday, April 24, 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!
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUud-uqpzoiGtEMxlqDBQ_fUeS8oZjScF71
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Subscribe to the free SKCGS email list for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Society
Thursday, April 27, 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, May 1, 2023, 11:00am PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: Newspaper Research (online via Zoom)
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes
Tuesday, May 2, 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, May 3, 2023, 6:30pm PT
Beginning Genealogy Class: Newspaper Research (online via Zoom)
This is a repeat of the May 1st class
More details at https://www.skcgs.org/meetings-events/classes
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SOUTH KING COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 582
AUBURN, WASHINGTON 98071-0582
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Upcoming April 2023
Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society DNA Match Overwhelm?
Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society
Presentation: DNA Match Overwhelm? Divide and Conquer! followed by SVGS Monthly Meeting
(The presentation and meeting this month will not be available via Zoom but we would love to see you in person at the library.)
Tuesday, April 11th
1:00 pm – SVGS Library 6111 188 PL NE, Arlington, WA
SVGS member Sue McNeil will be speaking in-person at our April 11th meeting. Our business meeting will follow the presentation.
Sue’s topic: DNA Match Overwhelm? Divide and Conquer!
Do you have thousands of DNA matches and do not know where to begin? Do you have a 3rd great-grandparent or closer you are struggling to identify? Do you have a known DNA match? Come find out how one or more known people on your match list and some colored dots can you help you begin to make sense of those matches.
Visit our website at www.stillygen.org
Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week EWGS SIGS
TIP OF THE WEEK –
THESE MAY INTEREST YOU
(PUN INTENDED)
The Eastern Washington Genealogical Society (EWGS) has a couple of special interest groups that should be of interest to a great number of people. These groups are for two icons of the genealogy world, Ancestry.com which obviously needs no introduction, and RootsMagic, a popular software program.
The Ancestry User Group meets on the 2nd Thursday of most months from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Pacific Time. It is a hybrid meeting; meaning you may attend in person or attend online, your choice.
The RootsMagic User Group meets the 3rd Monday of most months online via Zoom. Meeting time is 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Pacific time.
You do not have to be a member of EWGS to attend these user groups. For more information and instructions for joining these interest groups, go to their website and as you scroll down you will see on the left a link to “Spec. Interest Groups”. Click that. Get to the EWGS website using the link below:
Seattle Genealogical Society News
NEW AT THE SGS LIBRARY!
Beginning on April 1, 2023, a new subscription service, http:// historygeo.com, will be available at the SGS Library. This website is an online version of the Family Maps and Texas Land Survey Maps book series. Instead of looking at landowner maps township by township, you’ll have a single, interactive map containing over 12.3 million landowners among 30 states (all 29 of the public land states, plus Texas). A single click of a parcel of land will link to both Google maps and patents’ source documents at the Bureau of Land Management or Texas General Land Office. Also included is a collection of approximately 4000 maps from various sources showing landowners at a particular point in time. Sometime in April 2023, SGS will offer a class on how to use this website. Watch for it.
CONGRATULATIONS TO
CAROLYN LADD, JD, CG
Carolyn Ladd, JD, CG is the most recent SGS genealogist to receive the credential of Certified Genealogist, an achievement indicative of the attainment of the highest of standards associated with the field of genealogy. She joins other SGS members Trish Nicola, Carol Jenner, Jill Morelli and Stephanie O’Connell in the attainment of that goal. Carolyn, like Stephanie, is a graduate of the SGS online Certification Discussion Group, which since 2017 has instructed over 600 genealogists in strategies, tips and techniques for a successful portfolio, a prerequisite for attainment of the credential. We wish her a great genealogical journey!
If you want to know more about attaining the credential, go to https://bcgcertification.org. If you want to know more about the course, and perhaps sign up for the Fall 2023 course, go to https://theCDGseries.wordpress.com.
100 years ago: 26 March 1923
“Alice Gentle Laughs Over School Days” celebrates home town Opera singer Alice Gentle’s return to her Seattle and recounted recollections of old school times. The article noted that on the operatic stage she is “notably the lead of “Carmen”, “La Tosera”, “La Navarraise” and “Le Chemineau.” The article further explained that she was singing in “La Tosca” …with the San Carlo Opera
Company at the Metropolitan Theatre” and would appear at the Opera Comique in Paris
during the coming winter season.
“Alice Gentle Laughs Over School Days,”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 26 March 1923, p3 col 2.
* Watch each eNews! issue for “100 years ago”, our new anecdotal series. We will be running it for the duration of 2023, our centennial year.
SAVE THE DATE
Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State,
usually 2nd Monday meetings
usually 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Pacific Time
JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. The next meetinnalg is April 10, 2023, and the program is “Grandma Said What? Gathering and Verifying Your Family’s Oral History” with Sara Cochran. Program starts at 7:00 pm.
http://www.jgsws.org/meetings.php
Eastside Genealogical Society,
Bellevue Regional Library,
Bellevue, WA
Thursday, April 13, 2023
7:00 PM
Gregory D Luce of The Adoptee Rights Law Center PLLC will be giving this meeting’s lecture on “The Intersection of Adoptee Rights and Genealogy: Where, How and If You Can Get Your Records”. An adoptee himself, Gregory is also the executive director of Adoptees United Inc., a national nonprofit organization dedicated to equality for all adopted people.
This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. For additional info visit the EGS website and check their calendar:
https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/
International German Genealogy Partnership 2023 Conference,
June 9-11, 2023
Fort Wayne, Indiana
This is a conference not to be missed by anyone doing German genealogy research anywhere in the world. Attend in person or online. For more info and registration visit:
https://iggp.org
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302
4649 Sunnyside Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
206 522-8658
New Hours : Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
10:00 am – 3:00 pm ** Please call ahead to make sure our library will be open. We are short on front desk volunteers. *** The elevator in the Good Shepherd Center will be out of service for the next several weeks.
Masks are recommended inside the Good Shepherd Center. Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting.
NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient.
All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 10:15 am- 12:15 pm, FamilySearch SIG, with Lou Daly. Discover many ways to use the FamilySearch website in your research. Meeting includes instruction and time for Q&A. Email Lou to get on the email list: loudaly@nwlink.com
Sunday, April 2, 2023, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA Workshop, with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you need to be on the SGS DNA Interest Group email list. Contact Cary Bright at SGSDNASIG@gmail.com to join.
Monday, April 3, 2023, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, April 8, 2023, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday: Western Overland Trails, with Steven W Morrison, Following the Seven T’s. Please register in advance.
Monday, April 10, 2023, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Monday, April 10, 2023, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Board of Directors Meeting at SGS (Virtual), All SGS members are welcome to attend. Remember SGS has several board positions open. We need to fill them. Maybe you have the skills and time.
Monday, April 10, 2023, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Write It Up! SIG (Virtual), Join this group to share and discuss writing projects, resources, and ideas. To join or learn more, contact Alaine Keisling at keisling@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. Bring us your problem; we’ll try to help.
Saturday, April 15, 2023, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, IRISH SIG, with Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Notice there is a new Zoom link.
Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm, German SIG, with Carolyn Schott See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Notice there is a new Zoom link.
Monday, April 17, 2023, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Friday, April 21, 2023, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Family Tree Maker SIG, the FTM by Software MacKiev user’s group meets via Zoom on the 3rd Friday of each month. If you would like to attend and are not on the SIG e-mail distribution list, please send an e-mail to egsgenealogyhelper@yahoo.com no later than Thursday, April 20th to request the meeting ld.
Monday, April 24, 2023, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. Bring us your problem; we’ll try to help.
Saturday, April 29, 2023, 10:00 am-12:30 pm, DNA SIG, with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you need to be on the SGS DNA Interest Group email list. Contact Cary Bright at SGSDNASIG@gmail.com to join.
SVGS Zoom Team Named One of 2022’s Outstanding Teams
Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized over 600 outstanding volunteers and teams, nominated by their local society or genealogical organization for their service and dedication. These volunteers are the backbone of their local society, giving their time and expertise, to the organization and the field of genealogy. In the coming months, you will be introduced to each of the 2022 award recipients and learn why they received the 2022 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.
Today we’re introducing the SVGS Zoom Team that was nominated by the Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society (SVGS). The team was comprised of Karen Looney, Susanne Brown, Dana Carney, Flynn Kennedy and Pam Shoberg.
The Zoom Team began in 2020 after COVID brought a halt to SVGS’s “in person” meetings at their library. Pam Shoberg set up the Zoom account and created and hosted their initial weekly Thursday morning special interest group meetings.
Shortly thereafter, the society began providing presentations and resumed their “new normal” Zoom monthly general and board meetings. To date, these monthly meetings are hybrid meetings provided on Zoom with an option to attend in person and are hosted by education chair Dana Carney.
In 2020, Karen Looney and Flynn Kennedy began co-hosting the Thursday meetings. Later, Susanne Brown stepped in to co-host with Karen.
For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Info@wasgs.org. Please type “Volunteer Award.”
Let’s Talk About…Duff Green & His Mansion
Duff Green, 1791-1875, was an American teacher, military leader, Democratic party politician, journalist, author, diplomat and industrialist…….. and he lived in Vicksburg. He made a good part of his fortune as a cotton broker. He was sympathetic to the Confederate cause but was a realist…………
I quite love to learn the story-behind-the-story, especially in American history, and the story of Duff Green’s mansion is one such story. The above photos show it as it is today and was during the Civil War.
Duff Green built his mansion in 1856 high on a bluff using skilled enslaved labor and bricks that were fired onsite. The grand home survived the Siege of Vicksburg because Green designated it a “hospital” where both Confederate and Union soldiers were treated.
Our tour guide in this mansion was the current owner and her love of this old house was evident. This red-walled photo was of the dining room where dinner was a 6-13 course affair with “libations” served with each course. After dinner there would be a ball with very strict man-woman protocol. “Ladies might wear out their slippers dancing,” she said. And there is old Duff Green himself; he sired six children with two wives.
What I’d ask you to imagine here, as I did while there, is this: It’s summer and temps are nearing 100o. You’re dressed in this huge tight-busted-many-petticoats-and-skirts outfit going to dinner at the Green mansion. The windows are open (it’s HOT) and so there are bugs flying everywhere. The “necessary” (outhouse) was way out back of the house….and here you are in your voluminous garb. You must sit and smile for hours as your fellow guests chew their way through up to 13 courses with different “libations” served with each. And then you’ll dance for hours in that HOT room. No wonder they each wore gloves…… my hands would have been plenty sweaty.
Now doesn’t that just sound fun??????
Pioneer Pursuit Roundtable Scheduled for April 24, 2023
WSGS is sponsoring a roundtable presentation to inform genealogists and genealogical societies about the Washington Pioneer Pursuit Contest. The contest is designed to document family histories for every man, woman and child who lived in Washington Territory on or before Statehood was declared on November 11, 1889.
If you’re interested in learning more about the contest, including what resources are available, how to complete the forms and the review process, join us. There’ll also be plenty of time to get your questions answered. There is no pre-registration. Attendance is limited to 100 participants. The roundtable will be recorded and available on the WSGS website.
Monday, April 24, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82158112359?pwd=ZlJpak1pUjNjTDROcmFjckMxUlljdz09
Meeting ID: 821 5811 2359
Passcode: 840493
Phone: (253) 215-8782,,82158112359#,,,,*840493#
For more information, visit the Pioneer Pursuit webpage or email Info@wasgs.org.