The Whatcom Genealogical Society will meet Monday, June 13 at 2 pm at the Pioneer Pavilion, 2007 Cherry Street, Ferndale, WA. Our Education Chair, Cindy Harris, will attempt to answer all your technology questions regarding your computers, websites, genealogy software, etc. We look forward to seeing you there. Visitors are always welcome!
Clallam County Genealogical Society
Saturday, June 11 at 10:00 am
Presents: SARA COCHRAN
“WHO NEEDED IT ANYWAY? GETTING AROUND THE MISSING 1890 CENSUS”
What happened to that 1890 Federal Census?
Sara will relate the story of the missing Census records. She will tell how to find other record sets using techniques when a Census is not available, including those 10 years between the Federal Censuses.
Sara has researched her family tree for over 25 years. Her journey has taken her to nearly every State in the USA and several countries worldwide, including Ireland, Britain, and Italy. She presently resides in California. She earned her Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University and is active in several local and national societies. As a Registrar of NSDAR, she helps prepare lineage society applications. She is a researcher, lecturer, blogger, and much more.
She will be speaking via Zoom and all are invited to listen. There is no cost, however, donations to CCGS are appreciated.
You are welcome to watch the presentation at the CCGS Research Center located at 403 E. 8th Street, Port Angeles or to catch the program at home.
To watch at home, the Zoom codes and handouts are available by e-mailing the Society at clallamresearcher@gmail.com or by calling the Society for more information at 360-417-5000 Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm, or Saturday noon to 4pm. Visit us on Facebook or at the website; www. clallamcogs.org.
BOARD ELECTIONS – RESULTS
Congratulations to Alexis Scholz, Vice President; Melanie Hinds, Secretary; and, MaryLynn Strickland, Member at Large. We are grateful for the talented individuals leading our society into the future.
JUNE – EARLY JULY 2022 MEETINGS & EVENTS
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Skcgs.groups.io is the SKCGS online discussion and collaboration arena where:
PROGRAM UPDATES
Saturday, June 4, 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT
Family Tree Maker Users Group (virtual)
Question & Answer. Each month, we will learn about using the features of FTM. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 6:30pm PT
SKCGS Board of Directors Meeting (virtual)
All SKCGS members are invited to attend; only Officers and Directors may vote. Write to Board@skcgs.org for the meeting link.
Monday, June 13, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genetic Genealogy/DNA Interest Group (virtual)
Success Stories
This group is for genealogists who use DNA data as part of their research. Mystery matches, helping adoptees and other NPE situations, and brick walls broken. Bring your stories to share. Join for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Genetic-Genealogy
Friday, June 17, 2022, 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Research Group (in-person)
For SKCGS members
Kent Family History Center 12817 SE 256th St., Kent, WA
Seating is limited
RSVP REQUIRED to Winona at w.laird@skcgs.org
Saturday, June 18, 2022, 9:30am PT social time; 10:00am – 11:30am PT program
SKCGS General Meeting (virtual)
“DNA Clustering: Automating Shared Matching” presented by Alec Ferretti
This talk will demystify autoclustering, by demonstrating how it is simply a more visual method of automating shared matches. Case studies will be used to show how autoclustering is valuable, but is essentially the same strategy genealogists have been using for years.
Alec Ferretti is a New-York-City-based professional genealogist, who works for the Wells Fargo Family & Business History Center, researching family histories for high net worth clients. He serves actively on the Board of Reclaim the Records, a nonprofit dedicated to wrangling public records from obstinate government agencies.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from Zoom
Save the email – it contains your link to join the meeting
Link to register for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pdeusrzgtHtfspFFaUtePn2g71-0a7Ue9
Monday, June 20, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Technical User Group (virtual)
US State Digital Archives
See: Washington State Digital Archives: https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/
TUG is for sharing knowledge and learning about technology tools, media, apps and websites. Join for meeting invitations and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/TUG
Monday, June 27, 2022 ⋅ 1:00pm – 3:00pm PT
Genealogy Chat (virtual)
Meet up and chat about genealogy subjects and topics. We have no agenda; we just like one another! For meeting invitations and discussion, join https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Society
Saturday, July 2 , 2022, 10:00am – 12:00pm PT
Family Tree Maker Users Group (virtual)
Question & Answer. Each month, we will learn about using the features of FTM. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG for meeting link, meeting reminders and discussion.
Tuesday, July 5, 2022, 6:30pm PT
SKCGS Board of Directors Meeting (virtual)
All SKCGS members are invited to attend; only Officers and Directors may vote. Write to Board@skcgs.org for the meeting link.
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SOUTH KING COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 582
AUBURN, WASHINGTON 98071-0582
TIP OF THE WEEK –
NYC RECORDS GO ONLINE!
This tip comes from Jill Morelli, past president of SGS, and her source for this tip is the March 16, 2022, blog by Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist. And by the way, we are so excited to have Judy Russell lined up for our fall seminar!
Do you have New York City connections? In March 2022, the NYC Municipal Archives launched free online access to millions of NYC historical vital records – birth, death, and marriage. Finally! In the past, we only had the index on Ancestry, and while helpful, it was a derivative record and did not contain all the information available on the originals.
If you want to read more about the launch of this record set, Judy Russell (our Fall Seminar speaker) discussed it in her daily blog The Legal Genealogist: https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2022/03/16/nyc-vitals-online/
In mid-March, 9 million records were available online with another 4 million yet to be digitized and uploaded.
The record set is a little hard to find, so bookmark it if you plan to spend much time there: https://a860-historicalvitalrecords.nyc.gov
The easiest way to access the records for your ancestor is to find the index entry at Ancestry. Make note of the certificate number. Now, go to the NYC site and enter that certificate number.
The site has a Browse All tab: just insert your certificate number.
The site has a Search tab: here you can search by certification or by name.
In both cases you can search on a particular borough.
The site does warn us that 25% of all births before 1909 were never reported.
Happy Hunting!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE
SGS ARCHIVE COMMITTEE
While the SGS Library isn’t open to the public on Thursday, it certainly isn’t empty. Thursday is the day you’ll find the Archive Committee there working. Our Archive Committee is down to two members, Bernice and Ingrida, and they could use some help.
So what do they do, you ask. Do you like to play detective? Do you like history and family stories? Drop by the SGS Library on any Thursday between 10am – 3pm to meet with the SGS Archive Committee Volunteers and they will show you what they do with the donated materials that come in on an ongoing basis. They will gladly explain what is required to properly organize records for digitizing the family collections that are donated by the public. They look forward to working with you.
If you are interested in this volunteer position or you have questions, you are also welcome to reach out to Ingrida via email at volunteers@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org. Leave your contact information there and she will get back to you soon.
SGS MEMBERS – IT’S TIME TO RENEW –
TAKE PART AS WE ENTER THE SOCIETY’S
100TH YEAR
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? 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.
PLEASE NOTE THESE
IMPORTANT UPDATES
It’s almost here – our virtual, online spring seminar is only 3 days away. It runs June 3 – June 5, 2022. If you haven’t registered and you’d like to attend, register now. Just click this link: Register for the SGS 2022 Spring Seminar Please register by June 1, 2022.
The physical SGS Library at Good Shepherd Center will be closed to visitors on Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4, 2022 so that everyone may attend and enjoy our virtual, online seminar. Also note the FamilySearch SIG with Lou Daly has postponed their regular meeting time to accommodate the seminar. Instead of meeting on Saturday, June 4, they will meet Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Another important reminder, the SGS Membership Meeting is scheduled for 12:30 pm, Saturday, June 11, 2022, following the FamilySearch SIG, and preceding the Second Saturday Speaker Series presentation with Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal. Elizabeth is the author of the family history lifestyle blog Heart of the Family™, and her mission is to help others make the past part of their present.
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 June 13, 2022, and the presentation, “Finding Relatives in the Forverts (Jewish Daily Forward)” with Michael Morgenstern, will begin at 7:00PM. Registration is required.
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 : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
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, June 1, 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.
Friday, June 3, 2022, the SGS Library will be closed
Saturday, June 4, 2022, the SGS Library will be closed ** FamilySearch SIG postponed
Wednesday, June 8, 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, June 11, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Postponed from Saturday, June 4, to allow all to enjoy the SGS Spring Seminar. Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com
Saturday, June 11, 2022, 12:30 pm-1:00 pm, SGS Membership Meeting, Hope to see all returning and new members of SGS at this meeting. Meet the new board. Hear what’s happening in our new space. Stay on for our ever popular Second Saturday Speaker Series which starts at 1:00 pm.
Saturday, June 11, 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, “Second Saturday: How to Use eBay, Etsy, and Other Shopping Sites for Family History”, with Elizabeth Swanay O’Neal.
Tuesday, June 14, 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, June 15, 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.
Friday, June 17, 2022, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Family Tree Maker SIG, with the Eastside Genealogical Society. You must be on the email list of attend a meeting; send your request to egsgenealogyhelper@yahoo.com
Saturday, June 18, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Saturday, June 18, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, June 19, 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 to be determined – stay tuned.
Wednesday, June 22, 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, June 25, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:30 pm, DNA SIG with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens.To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join.
Sunday, June 26, 2022, 1:00 pm, Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is one of our newer SIGs. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
Tuesday, June 28, 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, June 29, 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.
Walking with Ancestors
July 4th 2022
Presented by the Twin River Genealogy Society
Starting time: 8:30am first group, (16 per group) and 10:30am is the last group.
Also joining us is Steven Branting, Local Historian.
We will be at the Normal Hill Cemetery Division 2, Lewiston ID. Please bring a lawn chair.
The People we will be visit:
William Harvey
George Evans Stonebraker
Miles and Nellie Smith
Mary and William Stewart
Several Sisters from St Stanislaus
Mary and Frank Stevens
The Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society invites you to attend our Legacy Family Tree Special Interest Group meeting to be held virtually via Zoom on Tuesday, June 7th at 7:00 pm. The links for the 1st and 3rd Tuesday meetings are included below.
This week we will be viewing four short videos done by Geoff that are free and available from the Help tab in Legacy by clicking to the QuickTip Videos icon. The direct link to each video is listed below its title:
Legacy QuickTip: How to make a list of ancestors in Legacy from ___________?
How to Record a Cremation
How to Add a Bookmark in Legacy
Creating a Custom Report, Hashtags, DNA and more
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.
I hope to see you this coming Tuesday, June 7th!
Regards,
Tim Ward
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.
Congratulations to all the amazing individuals and team who contributed mightily to their local societies! After a three-year hiatus to WSGS’s Outstanding Volunteer Recognition Program and a global pandemic, it’s time to honor those who kept our local societies together and moving forward.
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society
Clallam County Genealogical Society
Eastern Washington Genealogical Society
Eastside Genealogical Society
Grays Harbor Genealogical Society
Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island
Jefferson County Genealogical Society
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society
Mason County Genealogical Society
Northeast Washington Genealogical Society
Olympia Genealogical Society
Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists
Seattle Genealogical Society
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society
South King County Genealogical Society
Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society
Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
Congratulations to all!!