Seattle Genealogical Society News

SGS is so pleased to have Judy Russell for our SGS 2022 FALL SEMINAR. And the format for this virtual seminar will be a little different. It will be 4 lectures, totaling 6 hours, spread over two days. Saturday, September 17, 2022, Judy’s presentations will run from 9am until noon. Then Sunday, September 18, 2022, she will speak from 1pm-4pm. Her program includes:

What’s in a Name: Name Changes and the Law
“No Person Shall … Gallop Horses In the Streets” – Using Court Records To Tell the Story of our Ancestors’ Lives
No Vitals? No Problem! – Building a Family through Circumstantial Evidence: A Family for Isabella
Copyright Mythconceptions

Judy G Russell, The Legal Genealogist, is a genealogist with a law degree who writes and lectures on topics ranging from using court records in family history to understanding DNA testing. An internationally-known lecturer and award-winning writer, she holds credentials as a Certified Genealogist® and a Certified Genealogical Lecturer℠ from the Board for Certification of Genealogists®. Her blog is at:
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/

Registration is now open.

Register for the SGS Fall SeminarSeminar link and syllabus will be emailed to all paid registrants on Friday, September 16, 2022.

If you have any questions, contact registrar@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org

PLEXIGLAS SNEEZE GUARDS
ACHOO, ACHOO!

We still have these sneeze guards and would like to find them a new home. Know anyone in need of them? Ask around, please.

Just after we closed our SGS library due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions we obtained funding from the Federal Government through a Seattle 4Culture grant to purchase items we would need to reopen the library when it was deemed safe to do so. We used a large part of the grant funds to purchase one-quarter-inch clear Plexiglass ‘sneeze guards’ to use throughout the library in order to provide safe working conditions for our volunteers and patrons. While we still use a few of the sneeze guards, we would like to re-home what we no longer need. The sneeze guards range in size from about 2′ to 2.5′ by 6′. We also have a couple of larger odd-shaped guards. All have ‘feet’ running along one or more edges to help keep them upright.

If you are interested in providing a new home for the sneeze guards, please contact our SGS Library Director at library@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org

SAN GENNARO FESTIVAL 2022

Seattle’s only Italian Street Fair is back – September 9th – 11th – Georgetown,
1225 S Angelo St, Seattle, WA 98108

Friday, Sept 9, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Saturday, Sept 10, 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
Sunday, Sept 11, 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Admission is free and the fair is family friendly.

10 food booths
40 exhibitors
Arts & Crafts & Music

Musical performers include Rebecca Peterson, opera soprano. She is scheduled to appear 11:30 AM, Sunday, September 11, 2022, but the schedule could change so check https://www.sangennarofestivalseattle.org/information for schedule updates or more information on the festival in general.

RENEW OR JOIN SGS

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Not a member yet? Join online today and enjoy discounted class and Seminar fees, free research requests, special interest groups, and access to exclusive SGS publications and databases. Find out more about membership at Join SGS.

Take part as SGS enters it 100th Year!

SAVE THE DATE

Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State,
2nd Monday meetings
usually 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST

JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. The next meeting is Monday, Sept 12, 2022 at 7:00 pm. The presentation will be “A Multiracial Jewish Family in Early America” with Laura Arnold Leibman.

http://www.jgsws.org/meetings.php

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 this summer.

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

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 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, September 13, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 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, September 17, 2022,
9:00 am-12:00 pm, the SGS Fall Seminar with Judy Russell,  the first day of the virtual seminar
Sunday, September 18, 2022,
1:00 pm-4:00 pm, the SGS Fall Seminar with Judy Russell,  the second day of the virtual seminar

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 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, September 27, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 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.

Clark County Genealogical Society Celebrates 50th Anniversary

Aug31 by Charles Hansen

The Clark County Genealogical Society was incredibly fortunate to have three pre-anniversary announcements in The Columbian. This fabulous story and coverage appeared on the front cover of Sunday’s Life Section.

It is hard to give myself credit, but I worked with The Columbian to tweak their interest. One never knows what a paper will do, and we were soooo lucky!

Kay Cooke

CCGS Publicity volunteer

https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/aug/27/clark-county-genealogical-society-has-been-digging-into-our-roots-for-50-years/

Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers Introduction to Family Search

Aug31 by Charles Hansen

Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Census Controversies

Aug31 by Charles Hansen

YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY September Meetings

Aug31 by Charles Hansen

YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

General Meeting – Saturday, September 3, 2022 at 10:00 AM

1901 S 12^th Avenue, Union Gap, WA 98903

Ellen Allmendinger will be speaking on “Institutional Records”.

Writers’ Group – SIG – Wednesday, September 7, 2022 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM

1901 S 12^th Avenue, Union Gap, WA 98903

YVGS Yard Sale – Friday, Saturday, Sunday, September 16, 17, 18, 2022

Time: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

1901 S 12^th Avenue, Union Gap, WA 98903

German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society German Immigrant Waves

Aug31 by Charles Hansen

The German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society (EGS)meeting

When: Friday, September 9, 2022 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm PDT (Virtually)

Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/4sksdsma

Topic: “German Immigrant Waves”

The 1700s “Pennsylvania Germans” were a different breed than the “German Americans” who immigrated in the 1800s. This presentation shows the differences in geography, economic class, religion, and aspirations of – as well as sources about – the two great waves of German immigration as well as reviewing “the basics” of German genealogy.

Presenter: James M. Beidler

He is interim executive director of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, author of four commercially published books, including The Family Tree Historical Atlas of Germany. Beidler also writes “Roots & Branches,” a weekly newspaper column and blog (at www.roots-branches.com ), and is a German Life magazine columnist.

More information: Visitors are always welcome. Our website is https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/

African American Historical and Genealogical Society Bridging the American Colonial Divide

Aug31 by Charles Hansen

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Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Making Sense of Supplemental Census

Aug24 by Charles Hansen

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Janet O’Conor Camarata, speaking on Making Sense of Supplemental Census, will be the program

Lower Columbia Genealogical Society will present at the

Thursday, September 8^thZoom meeting.

Meeting will open at 6:30 pm for greeting guests, and announcements. The program will begin at 7:00 pm

The public is welcome to join. Contact the following for a Zoom link, lcgsgen@gmail.com

Janet O’Conor Camarata is an active genealogist in South King County, Washington with 30 years genealogical research. She loves her subject and has a number of genealogical subjects for programs to present to various groups and organizations.

Let’s Talk About: Coats of Arms

Aug23 by Donna Phillips

I‘ve posted before about Coats of Arms and do we believe them….. or deserve them….today? Here’s a story that I just HAD to share:

“At the town of Stirling began the great wood of Caledon where roamed a number of white bulls, with crisp and curly manes, like fierce lions….and more wild than any other beasts. As soon as any man appeared before them, the bulls would rush forward without fear of hounds, sharp lances or other weapons.

“It is said that King Robert Bruce went hunting in this wood and, having only a small party with him, narrowly escaped with his life. One of the bulls, after being sorely wounded by the hunters, rushed fiercely on the King who had then no weapon in his hand to defend himself from the impact.

“Then a man of great spirit, who was nearby, leapt before the King and, grappling with the bull, cast it to the earth with great force and held it there while the remaining hunters slew it with their weapons. The man who rescued the King was called thereafter TURN-E-BULL and awarded with rich lands by the King.”

This story is retold in a 20-page booklet titled, I Save the King: The Story of the Turnbulls, by R.E. Scott, 1977. Author Scott cites The History of Scotland, published in Latin in Paris about 1626.

Working on a history of Cyrus Turnbull, for whom Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge (south of Cheney near Spokane) was named (although he never owned land there and only “squatted” for six years), I found a reference to this story. Tracking it down, I found that a copy was held by a library in Michigan. Inquiring of them, a most kind librarian found a copy online for me!

Note the lesson there, dear readers. About helpful librarians, I mean. But back to the question: Do you “believe” in a family today having/boasting of a coat of arms from yore???

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree SIG

Aug22 by Charles Hansen

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society

Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Sep 6th, 2022, 7:00 pm

This week we will begin reviewing a medium length video presented by Daniel Horowitz that is free and available from the Legacy Family Tree Webinars site. The direct link to the video is listed below its title:

Top 10 Secrets to Using MyHeritage

Top 10 Secrets to Using MyHeritage

Please take some time this week to review the “FREE” videos available on the Legacy Family Tree Webinars site and bring your list of videos you would like to review back to the group next Tuesday.

We hope to see you this coming Tuesday, Sep 6th!

Our meetings are held on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. Links to the reoccurring Zoom Meetings are located at the bottom of this page, one for the 1^st Tuesday and one for the 3^rd Tuesday of each month.

The first half of each meeting we will work thru training videos, watching, and then pausing to talk about the section we just watched before moving on to the next section. The second half will be used for open discussion of topics related to using Legacy. This could include any questions or problems we are having with the program or tips and features we have discovered. If you think of something you would like to bring up, please write it down so you can share it with the group.

1^st Tuesday of Month Meeting Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82495661568?pwd=dy85YmluVzF5aEU4SzFTcTUrVDlTUT09

3^rd Tuesday of Month Meeting Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87839130000?pwd=dGdHY2wrZ0d1bDNRTEQ4Uk15OVk0Zz09

As always if a hyperlink is not active just copy and paste it into your browser.