Join members of the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society (GHGS) for one-on-one consultations on Saturday, Nov. 12, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Hoquiam and Montesano libraries. This special event is co-sponsored with GHGS and the Hoquiam and Montesano Timberland Libraries. No appointment needed.
Found these three books in a going-to-the-dump pile and rescued them!
Will send them to you for postage.
Garden of the Sun: History of the San Joaquin Valley: 1772-1939 by Wallace Smith, 2004
Collected Poems of Robert Service, “poet-bard of the Yukon”
The Fountain & the Mountain: The University of Washington Campus, 1895-1995, by Norman J. Johnston
The Washington State Genealogical Society is excited to announce a year-long contest to document the family histories of every man, woman and child living in Washington Territory on or before it became a state on November 11, 1889.
Beginning today, genealogical societies and individual genealogists can start researching and documenting Pioneers and two subsequent generations for inclusion in the Pioneer Pursuit Collection. We intend to make the histories accessible online at the end of the contest, October 31, 2023.
It is estimated there were nearly 350,000 people living here in 1889. Together, we can uncover the family histories of those Pioneers — and win a cash prize. For more information about this important undertaking, including forms, examples and resources, please visit the Pioneer Pursuit web page.
| Dear members, patrons and valued friends of Heritage Quest Research Library, Many of you may have already heard the devastating news surrounding the fire this morning in Sumner, Washington and I am sure you have a million questions regarding the library’s viability and future. Let me begin by stating “We are still here, and we will get through this.” In the short term as we have yet to be allowed in the building, we will be closed for the next week or so. There is much to get through with all the intricacies involved in a fire. We are hoping for minimal damage, considering the fire was just next door and there was a fire wall between the businesses. We have sustained some water damage, but again we hope minimal. We will continue to move forward making the best possible decisions regarding the future of HQRL. We hope for your continued support and patience as we get through this stressful time. My sincerest regards, Jo-Anne Huber Director |
One good picture says it all:
Starting in early September, the stores are already stocking Halloween stuff and I for one do not like that. By October the offerings include 100 different “ghoulish goodies.” It’s always fun to find something really different.
I spotted this Mickey Mouse Pumpkin Lamp in a thrift store! Was only $22. Now this is my kind of Halloween decoration.
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society
Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Nov 1st, 2022, 7:00 pm
This month’s meeting will be a little different as we have exhausted the longer free Legacy Family Tree videos, so I will be picking 2 – 3 topics from the paid videos to discuss. We won’t be watching the paid videos, but I will review them and try to channel my inner Geoff to discuss and demonstrate the topics live via zoom and my Legacy family file.
I hope to see you on Tuesday November 1st!
Our meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 7:00 pm until 8:30. The link to the reoccurring Zoom Meeting is located at the bottom of this page.
The purpose of this Special Interest Group is 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
As always if a hyperlink is not active just copy and paste it into your browser.
Saturday, November 5
EWGS Monthly Meeting
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
A Hybrid Meeting at Shadle Public Library
Our “Heritage From The Heartland” series continues with
Indiana – Hoosiers in the Heartland
Presented by Allison DePrey Singleton
Acting Genealogy Services Manager at Allen County Public LibraryHoping to see each of you at this excellent presentation!
There will be several great raffles…
so bring a couple bucks to enter!
And…if you don’t already have your “Ugly Sweater” ready for December’s contest, you may be able to get one at this meeting!
WSGS is just about ready to announce a new project — where you can win a cash prize! We’ve been working behind the scenes for more than a year on a project that will be fun, challenging and rewarding! Watch for the big announcement coming soon. Maybe even next week!!
The above iconic image is from the Civil War. But clear up to today, it’s the same: In war, young men die. (Col. Blake, M*A*S*H, “and rule #2, doctors can’t change rule #1.”)
Many, if not most, of us have ancestors that participated in a war. Have you searched out all you’d like to know about a certain conflict?
World War I lasted from 28 Jul 1914 to 11 Nov 1918; the U.S. entered the war on 6 Apr 1917
World War II lasted from 1 Sep 1939 to 2 Sep 1945; the U.S. entered the war on 7 Dec 1941
There are literally dozens of resources for you to learn about your ancestor’s service. You might start with this book (less than $5 via Amazon):
Fold3 is the premier collection of Military Records. This is a subscription website but they periodically do offer specials. From this website you can find information and links to records on these conflicts:
YouTube has hundreds of “war documentaries” and thousands of books have been written about these “American conflicts.”
Bottom line, if you want to know more, go find out. The resources are out there.
OK so what is a Family Search Affiliate library? Probably all of you have went to a Family Search Center and ordered microfilm to be sent to the Family Search Center, then went back a while later and view the microfilm. Today Family Search has digitized all that microfilm and stopped sending microfilm to the Family Search Centers. Some of those digitized microfilms are restricted to being viewed at only at Salt Lake City, A Family Search Center or an Affiliate Library. Spokane has four Family Search Centers close by, but staffed by volunteers and varying hours, so having the public library with regular hours is better.
In 2018 Spokane passed a bond issue to remodel several libraries and build three new branch libraries. The Special Collections (genealogy is one of them) were put into storage till the remodeling at the Downtown Branch was completed, estimated at 2 years. We closed out our meetings and cut down our collection to only have local reference materials go to storage, a few books went to other libraries, but the biggest amount went to Salt Lake City for digitization. We contacted the head of the Spokane Public Library Special Collections about becoming a Family Search Affiliate library while they were remodeling hoping to have it all in place when the library remodeling was finished (actually they are still working on some of the finishing touches). He was able to get permission from the library to become an Affiliate library, but he knows nothing about genealogy, so he kept wandering around Family Search looking for how to become an Affiliate Library. Central Library opened July 11th with a ribbon cutting, and still not an Affiliate Library. The new historian in the Inland Northwest Special Collections room was now tasked with contacting Salt Lake City to check out what was needed to become an Affiliate Library, she filled out the application waited a few days and was accepted. Next question? Only have the Central Library be an Affiliate Library, or should all the branches also be an Affiliate Library? The Genealogy collection along with a lot of other inland northwest books are at the Central Library, but we are meeting at the Shadle Branch Library for our monthly meetings and the free parking. So I said at least Central and Shadle. The IT department came back saying it was easier to include ALL the branches as Affiliates, so all the open branches now have Family Search, Two branches are still being remodeled and are expected to be done by the New Year. It took the IT department longer to do the connection to Family Search than to do the paperwork and get permission to be a Family Search Affiliate.
Click here to learn how to be a Family Search Affiliate Library.
Note after volunteering at the Downtown library for more than 25 years, I still have trouble calling it the Central Library, but the remodeling was amazing, and the Inland Northwest Special Collections room is wonderful.