New Banner Photos Wanted

by Roxanne Lowe
Photo by Donna Potter Phillips, Spokane, WA

Have you noticed the Blog banner changes every time you visit? The photos are submitted by readers like you — and Donna Potter Phillips of Spokane (& weekly contributor to the Blog). We’re always looking for scenic photos of our beautiful state for the rotating photo gallery on the blog banner.

Guidelines for the photos are few:
•Landscapes, landmarks, and scenery photos are preferred. If, however, you have a perfect photo that includes people, please obtain their permission to post the photo.
•Photo must have been taken in Washington State (this is the Washington State Genealogical Society blog, after all!).
•Photo will be cropped to 1100 x 250 pixels, so keep that in mind. If in doubt, send it to us & we’ll figure it out.
•You may submit as many photos as you want.
•Final decisions on suitable photos will be made by the awesome WSGS Blog Team.
•There’s no prize if your photo is chosen – just the satisfaction that your photo is being showcased on a blog viewed by hundreds of enthusiastic genealogists.
•There’s no firm deadline to submit photos, just keep ‘em coming. We want to rotate lots of photos to keep the blog fresh.

To submit your photo, please email the image (jpg only, please); what, where, when, and by whom the photo was taken to WSGSBlog@wasgs.org.

Got questions? Email the blog team at WSGSBlog@wasgs.org.

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week National Nordic Museum

by Charles Hansen

TIP OF THE WEEK –
the NATIONAL NORDIC MUSEUM for FREE!
 

The Nordic Heritage Museum was founded in 1979 and in 1980 it occupied a leased space in the old Daniel Webster Elementary School building in Ballard. By May 2018 the museum had expanded, built and moved into a new 57,000 sqft building on NW Market St, and was  renamed the Nordic Museum. In 2019, by an act of the US Congress, the museum was designated the National Nordic Museum. If you haven’t seen the new museum, Thursday would be your chance to see it for free. It is one of many Seattle area museums that offer free entry on the first Thursday of each month.  

Here’s a list of history, culture, and heritage themed museums that participate in the free entry on the first Thursday of the month program: 

  • Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture – UW – 10 am – 8 pm 
  • MOHAI – South Lake Union – 5 pm – 8 pm 
  • National Nordic Museum – Ballard – 10 am – 5 pm 
  • NW African American Museum – SE Seattle – 11 am – 7 pm 

And these two museums are always free:

  • Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Pioneer Square –  10 am – 5 pm 
  • Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture – South Seattle – 8 am – 5 pm 

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

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

For Members –  to renew online log in at Members Home, go to your Member Profile, and then click the green “Renew Membership” button.  If you’d rather renew by postal mail, click print a membership application and send it together with your dues payment to SGS. Or better yet, stop by the SGS Library and renew in person!
 
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

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/

YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY September Meetings

by Charles Hansen

YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

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

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

German Interest Group of The Eastside Genealogical Society German Immigrant Waves

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

by Charles Hansen

CALLING FOR SPONSORS, EXHIBITORS and ADVERTISERS We are excited to announce that Registration is Now Open for our Annual Virtual Conference!

As we celebrate 45 years of legacy building we will be “Bridging the American Colonial Divide Resurrecting the Memory and Space of Black Patriots and History Makers”

We are excited to have our amazing sponsors and partners be a part of this event. Our partners and presenters will help us tell the often-overlooked stories of the 6,000 + African American ‘Men who served in the Revolutionary wars and other History Makers!

Register for the conference and over 60 sessions today! 

We offer exclusive sponsorships, exhibitors, and ad opportunities to expand the reach and drive booth traffic for every budget.  Purchase a la carte or contact us to create a custom-fit package tailored to your company’s personality, goals, and budget. Click the options below to learn more or purchase your spot today!

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