Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society morns former President Lynda Pheasant
International German Genealogy Partnership 2023 Conference
| Early bird Q&A about IGGP conferenceCheck out the list of both on-site and virtual speakers at #IGGC2023, now posted on the website. You’ll see for yourself the amazing range of topics they’ll cover. Still not sure about whether to attend? Then join us on Monday, Feb. 20 when IGGP President Ingeborg Carpenter and 1st Vice President Kent Cutkomp will talk about the exciting program of speakers and other activities coming at IGGP 2023. We’ll also answer your questions.And then you still have time to get your ticket to attend in-person or virtually before the early registration deadline passes on March 3.We are offering two sessions:Monday, Feb. 20 at 11 a.m. Eastern. Register here.Monday, Feb. 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern. Register here.You’ll receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link. If you need to cancel your registration, use the link in the email as attendance is limited.Contact us at info@iggp.org. |
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| The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library is available for research when you attend the IGGP conference, in-person or virtually. |
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Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Research in Michigan
Please Join us in Michigan!
Saturday, March 4
Genealogy Research in the Great Lakes State
12:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Hybrid Meeting at Shadle Park Library, Spokane, WA
Continuing our Heritage from the Heartland Series: Michigan
Genealogy Research in the Great Lakes State
Guest Speaker: Jessica Trotter
From Indigenous peoples, to France, to Britain, to a state now filled with “Yoopers” and “Trolls”
Michigan has been a destination and pass through state for a large swath of travelers and immigrants. This presentation will offer a quick geography and history lesson and a detailed
discussion on researching Michigan genealogy.
Social time at 12:30 P.M. meeting begins at 1:00 p.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Chat
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogy Society Genealogy Chat
Tuesday February 21st, 2023 via Zoom
The Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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 all from the comfort of your own home.
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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German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society
The German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society (EGS) meeting.
When: Friday, March 3, 2023 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm PT (2 hours earlier)
Zoom Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/2trmcmbd
Topic: “Introduction to CompGen Website and Databases”
Dr. Georg Fertig, Chairman of The Computer Genealogy Society (CompGen), will join us at 10:30 AM, PT, from Germany, to give us an introduction to the organization’s website. He will describe the databases available, and show how to use them – in English, of course.
Presenter: Dr. Georg Fertig
Dr. Georg Fertig is a professor of economic and social history at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Halle (Saale), Germany. In addition, he is involved in several historical and genealogical groups including serving as chairman of the Working Group on Historical Demography and chairman of The Computer Genealogy Society (CompGen). His most recent book, co-edited with Sandro Guzzi-Heeb, on “Genealogien”, includes contributions in German and English and is available at https://journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/rhy/issue/view/602/203/ .
More information: Visitors are always welcome. Our website is https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/
South King County Genealogical Society National Register of Historic Places
Saturday, February 18, 2023, 9:30am PT social time; 10:00am – 11:30am PT program
SKCGS General Meeting (online)
Horace H Foxall, Jr. presents “The National Register of Historic Places – Beyond the Nomination Form”
Register in advance for this meeting:
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. This meeting will be recorded for playback by members.
Horace will present information on how the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form can help you find information on historical sites that are listed on the National Register. Properties listed in the Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. Information on these registration forms such as historic significance, context and bibliography can assist in finding genealogical and historical information that can be useful with brick walls research. Horace will also present information on the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund and the grants that can be applied for by individuals or organizations.
Horace worked for Seattle District, Corps of Engineers, for 30 years; 7 years in Planning Branch and 23 years in the Design & Military Branches. In his position as the Seattle District Historical Architect and Program Manager of the Corps of Engineers National Center of Expertise (CX) for Preservation of Historic Structures and Buildings, Horace was responsible for Corps of Engineers technical assistance and coordination of national Historic Preservation Projects and Programs. He also assisted the Army and other Department of Defense agencies in developing historic preservation projects and programs.
In February 2011 Horace was appointed to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation by President Barack Obama and also appointed the Board of Directors for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, Natchitoches, LA – May 2005 to 2019. He also has received four mayoral appointments for the City of Seattle since 1978 and three re-appointments. He served as a commissioner on the Seattle Planning Commission, Seattle Landmark Preservation Board, and Seattle Design Commission and was a member of the Board of Historic Seattle Preservation and Development Authority. Horace served 10 years on the Washington State Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
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Let’s Talk About…Gateway Arch In St. Louis
I’ve been to St. Louis and took the tiny tram to the top of the Gateway Arch several times but it’s always a thrill. From the viewing window at the top, look how teeny the cruise ship looks! (Ship nearest the bridge.)
Arch Trivia:
- The cost to build the Arch in 1967 was the same as the Louisiana Purchase, $15,000,000.
- The Arch sits on the smallest national park in the U.S., only 98 acres.
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the park in 1935.
- Construction on the Arch was begun in 1965 and was finished in only two years.
- The Arch is 630-feet high and there is 630-feet between the ends of the Arch legs.
- The purpose of the Arch was to commemorate Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase and all the pioneers settling the United States.
- To go to the top, only 5 people can squeeze into the little tram cars for the 5-minute ride to the top.
- You get 10-minutes up there and then it’s back down.
- Then they sell you a $20 photo!!
Next trip to the Midwest, you MUST visit the Gateway Arch …. with or without the official photo.
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LeeRoy Kind Named One of 2022’s Outstanding Volunteers
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 LeeRoy Kind of Marysville, Washington, who was nominated by the Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society (SVGS).
As a volunteer, LeeRoy enjoys training patrons: 1) how to do research on their own and, 2) how to use the SVGS library. He became a volunteer in 2009, and served as parking lot attendant coordinator and speaker monitor for the Northwest Genealogy Conference. In his earliest days with SVGS, he digitized obituaries and entered data from area newspapers for SVGS’s online Death Index. More currently, he has been the driving force behind the Weller Funeral Home Card Digitization Project.
In LeeRoy’s opinion, one of the most important things to remember when doing research is that we’re not going to find everything we’re looking for the first time we type a name into a database. It’s “…a continual search.”
LeeRoy was born in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota and moved with his job at Hewlett- Packard from Detroit to California and finally to Marysville, Washington where he has lived since 1982.
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…Rock Island Arsenal
When our cruise ship was near Davenport, Iowa, I learned about the Rock Island Arsenal. I had heard about the Black Hawk War but had no idea that disputes over ownership of this place sparked that conflict.
Located on an island in the Mississippi, it was established as a government site in 1816 first as a defensive fort and then, in the 1880s, a government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the U.S. Still in use, and even as being designated as a National Historic Landmark, the arsenal still produces ordinance (bullets), artillery, gun mounts, small arms, aircraft weapons sub-systems, grenade launchers and a host of associated components. Some 250 military personnel work there along with 6000 civilian workers.
Back to the Black Hawk war. In his autobiography, Black Hawk wrote: “When we arrived (to our tribal summer camp) we found that the troops had come to build a fort on Rock Island…We did not object, however, to their building their fort on the island, but were very sorry, as this was the best one on the Mississippi, and had long been the resort of our young people during the summer. It was our garden, like the white people have near their big villages, which supplied us with strawberries, blackberries, gooseberries, plums, apples and nuts of different kinds.”
Did you know that Abraham Lincoln served in the Illinois Militia in 1832 in this conflict…..”he never saw action.”
Last but not least, Rock Island holds a Confederate cemetery; nearly 2000 prisoners, including Union Colored Troops who served as guards, are buried there.
AND, last of all, the Rock Island Arsenal Museum was established on July 4, 1905. It is the second oldest US Army Museum after the West Point Museum.
Think of all the Jeopardy trivia you just learned! 🙂