Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Making Sense of Supplemental Census

by Charles Hansen

Making Sense of Supplemental Census

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 8th Zoom 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

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

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 1st and 3rd 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 1st Tuesday and one for the 3rd 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.

1st Tuesday of Month Meeting Link:

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

3rd 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.

Clallam County Genealogical Society Researching Civil War Veterans

by Charles Hansen

Saturday, September 10th at 10:00 AM– Clallam County Genealogy

Virginia Majewski, PLCGS, will present “Finding Civil War Veterans”.

The Story of your Civil War Veteran is part of the story of America.  Researching the Civil War Veterans who lived in Clallam County, Virginia examined and discovered the diverse records of the men who fought in the Civil War and the Indian Wars.  In this presentation she will discuss her methodology, the available records and their locations. 

She will discuss our local history, and we can learn how Civil War Veterans changed the course of history on the Olympic Peninsula.  She plans to publish her research.

Virginia has been doing genealogy for most of her life. Born in Yakama, she is a fourth Generation Washingtonian and descendant of a Pioneer family.  She has served as President of the Washington State Genealogical Society and of the Clallam County Genealogical Society.  Her presentations are always well received.  They are interesting, organized, and educational.  In the past she has lectured on several topics including Mennonites, death records, etc.

Join us by Zoom or live at the CCGS Research center, 403 8th Street in Port Angeles, WA.

for more information or for Zoom access codes: 360-417-5000. Log onto Zoom at 9:45 AM.

There is no charge to attend this lecture.

Question:  Do you know how many Civil War Vets came to live on the Olympic Peninsula?

                We will collect names and guesses in the 15 minutes prior to the lecture.  The closest guess will be the winner of one of our famous CCGS Raffle Baskets.

Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society DNA Doubleheader

by Charles Hansen

Save the Date: October 21, 2022

BIGS Presents a Special Diahan Doubleheader

At 10AM, Friday, Oct 21, 2022, on Zoom, Diahan Southard will present two programs:

“DNA Ethnicity in 2022” to be followed by

“Me and My 1,000+ DNA 4th Cousins”

We are celebrating Family History Month with a special two-presentation program by Diahan Southard, a leading voice in the field of consumer DNA testing and author of Your DNA Guide.

Program details to follow. A Zoom link will be available on our website the day before the meeting. Everyone Welcome! No membership necessary. Save that date!

Let’s Talk About: Heritage from the Heartland

by Donna Phillips

Betting you have ancestral ties back into the above show “heartland” states. Am I right? And would you like to know more……. and up-to-date research “more” about these states? The Eastern Washington Genealogical Society is giving you the chance to learn more about researching in the heartland of America. Meetings are the first Saturday of the month, both in person and via ZOOM. Interest piqued and want to know more? Click to www.EWGSI.org for all the news.

Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA SIG

by Charles Hansen
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group Meeting   Tuesday, August 23 at 7:00 pm Pacific via Zoom   Please join us as we discuss the use of DNA in genealogy.   TPCGS member Judith Line will present Autosomal DNA Matches: What do I do now? We will also discuss whether we want to begin studying Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne.  

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82725316888?pwd=MDc3UEZrUVJNbmxmK2ZORmw5YzdDdz09

Let’s Talk About: Elvis Presley the Man

by Donna Phillips

Did you light a candle or shed a tear today, August 16th, ……. the 45th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death?

We “all” loved or hated Elvis. In 1958 I recall hurrying home from Sunday evening youth group to see Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show! Only from the waist up, of course. 

What did you really know about Elvis the man??

1. He had a twin brother, Jesse, who died at birth.

2. His full name was Elvis Aaron (his father was Vernon Elvis).

3. His favorite sandwich was peanut butter, bacon and banana.

4. His home/mansion, Graceland, was originally a church when he bought it.

5. His first hit? Heartbreak Hotel in 1956.

6. He earned a Black Belt in karate in 1960.

7. He married Priscilla in 1967 in Las Vegas; Lisa Marie was their only child.

8. His first movie was “Love Me Tender.”

9. He made 24 albums.

10. He was reading The Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus at the time of his death.

One last Elvis story:  My father was in Sacred Heart hospital in about the year 2000 and when I went to pay for parking, the attendant said it would be free if I could tell him the date of Elvis’s death. “Easy! I said. Everybody knows he’s NOT dead!”  The fellow laughed and let me pass. 

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week Save your own copy

by Charles Hansen

TIP OF THE WEEK –
 SAVE YOUR OWN COPY

You are probably a member of a paid or free genealogy site that allows you to create a link to an image of a record of genealogical importance to you and attach it to a member in your family tree. Do not depend on the link to that image being available to you forever. It is recommended that you always download a copy of the image that is important to you; save a copy on your own media so you will always have the image for your personal use. That way, if something happens and you don’t have access to that site any longer, or the site doesn’t have access to that record set any longer, you still have a digital copy of your own. 

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

THE SGS 2022 FALL SEMINAR

SGS is so pleased to have Judy Russell for our 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 to noon. Then Sunday, September 18, 2022, she will speak from 1pm to 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 reistrans on Friday, September 16, 2022.

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

PLEXIGLAS SNEEZE GUARDS

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.

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, Aug 17, 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, Aug 20, 2022, 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.

Sunday, Aug 21, 2022,  1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New,  Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance. Topic this month is “Using Timelines to Solve Genealogical Problems”. 

Tuesday, Aug 23, 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, Aug 24, 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.

Wednesday, Aug 31, 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.

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.