BURNED COURTHOUSES
Larry Turner, President of Lower Columbia Genealogy Society, will share ways of finding duplicate information after a fire has destroyed courthouse records, at the Zoom meeting of the Society on June 9th, starting at 6:30 for chat and announcements. Program will start at 7: oo pm. The public is invited to join by contacting the following lcgsgen@yahoo.com for a Zoom link.
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society: The Emotional Roller Coaster of DNA Testing
10AM, Friday, June 17, 2022
At the Bainbridge Public Library and on Zoom,
Janice Lovelace will present: “The Emotional Roller Coaster of DNA Testing”
DNA Testing can prove otherwise unknown relationships. Such results can be totally unexpected and cause strong emotional ups and downs. How do you best handle previously unknown relatives or totally unexpected parentage? What about doner conception or non-responsive matches?
There are two ways to attend: Either come to the library prepared to mask, or pick up your Zoom invitation at our website, bigenealogy.org, on June 16, the day before the meeting and clicking on EVENTS. Janice will be speaking remotely.
Everyone Welcome! No membership necessary.
You know you’re Irish; that your ancestor came from Ireland, but do you really know HOW and WHY he or she emigrated? There was more than one type of Irish emigration:
Emigration from Ireland began as early as 1603, when people immigrated to areas such as continental Europe, the islands of the Caribbean, the British colonies, and other parts of the British Isles. Emigration increased during periods of civil or religious unrest or famine in Ireland as well as during various gold rushes in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. The period of greatest emigration began around 1780 and reached its peak from 1845 to 1855, when between one and two million people left Ireland because of the potato famine. The following categories of emigrants account for most people who emigrated from Ireland:
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society June Meeting
Tuesday, June 14 @ 6:00 pm via Zoom
Roxanne Lowe, President of the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society, will present “Writing Your Obituary”. “Your obituary is probably the most important thing that will ever be written about you. So why not write it yourself? No one knows better than you what you want to be remembered for. And wouldn’t it be great to be able to have the last word? Join Roxanne, a long-time genealogist and family searcher, for tips and examples of humorous, serious and poignant obituaries.” Social ½ hour starts at 6:00, Meeting starts about 6:30, Presentation begins about 7pm.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86718143644?pwd=S0FjYU5acVVKbDEyamdXWWZVekFjdz09
Meeting ID: 867 1814 3644
Passcode: 630507
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Book Club Meeting
Saturday, June 18 @ 3:00 pm via Zoom
Please join us as we discuss a genealogical murder mystery.
Switcheroo by Aaron Elkins involves anthropologist Gideon Oliver in a cold case from the 1960s.
Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Switcheroo-Gideon-Oliver-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B011C9LPK6/
Worldcat link: https://www.worldcat.org/title/switcheroo/oclc/1023169452
We will also discuss the direction in which we would like this group to go and choose future books.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81999213610?pwd=Qkk2WFZTZ2Rzdzc1Z0szN1AzdEZCUT09
Meeting ID: 819 9921 3610
Passcode: 479394
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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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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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!