Apr 22, 2019 Delivered to Governor.
Apr 26, 2019 Governor signed.
Chapter 148, 2019 Laws. Effective date 7/28/2019*.
Complete Senate Bill 5332 as passed by the legislature and signed by the governor.
Monday Mystery
Which genealogical society in the state is in the most northwestern corner? The Clallam County Genealogical Society!
This little-but-thriving group, organized first in 1981, owns its own building, and boasts a library of over 3,000 books. The main thrust of their collection is Clallam County materials and boy-oh-boy do they have a gold mine of information.
Now you may think genealogy in this far-northwest county would be mostly of Native Americans. Hardly. A dear friend who is fourth generation living there told how her Civil War widowed great grandmother came from the Midwest to Port Angeles in 1896. Think of that journey! By rail to Seattle and then by boat to Port Angeles as there were no roads. One reason might have been that President Abraham Lincoln had established Fort Worden nearby in Port Townsend and had set aside land in Port Angeles for Civil War soldiers.
The GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) had a very active post in Port Angeles beginning in 1889. In 1892, a soldiers’ colony from Michigan relocated to the area to work in the timber industry.
The 1900 population of Port Angeles was nearing 2500 souls. And they came from somewhere else, mostly.
Next time you think to visit the Olympic Peninsula, stop in at the Clallam County Genealogical Society. It’s worth your time for sure.
GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday E-News
| THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday Evening E-News Edition April 25, 2019 |
| Curious about the status of your GFO Membership? We’d love to have you as a GFO Member! |
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For more information visit www.gfo.org. Contact us at info@gfo.org or 503-963-1932. Be sure to check the complete GFO CALENDAR. Also, don’t miss the current issue of The Forum Insider |
| GFO Library Closed Saturday, April 27th |
| Please remember that we will be closed all day as we host the GFO’s Spring Seminar offsite. We will reopen for our regular hours on Sunday, April 28th, from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
| Seats Available for this Weekend’s Spring Seminar |
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Tony Burroughs’ Lessons Can Apply to Everyone Tony
Burroughs is one of the top experts in African American genealogy, but
everyone, regardless of ethnic heritage, will find valuable lessons in
his seminars. Do
you have southern roots? Your ancestors may well have interacted with
African Americans and landed in records detailing both. Do you have early colonial roots? Slavery existed in the north on a wider scale than many realize. This weekend, April 27 and 28, the GFO is proud to bring Tony Burroughs to town. |
| Register Now |
| Burroughs is bringing six lessons to the GFO Spring Seminar from which anyone can learn. Burroughs told Portland’s The Skanner newspaper, “People need to understand, ‘What is fundamental genealogy? What are the methods of genealogical research?'” Come learn from the founder and CEO of the Center for Black Genealogy. We have cut our usual seminar price in half for this event, thanks to generous support from The Skanner Foundation. Sign up now! |
| More Great Reasons to Attend Spring Seminar! |
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If
great genealogy lessons are not enough incentive, here are more
benefits you can get from attending this weekend’s Spring Seminar: New Members Special: 1-year membership gets 2 extra months free. 2-year membership gets 4 extra months free. Available only to attendees. Our Raffle has GREAT prizes! Here’s just some of what we have: * Roots Magic software – 2 copies * Family Tree Maker software – 2 copies * Free One-on-One Lesson in Family Tree Maker with Laurel Smith * History Geo – 3 months access – 2 subscriptions * Newspapers.com – 1 Year Access * Fold 3 – 1 Year Access * Virtual Genealogical Association – 1 Year Membership – 2 copies * GFO Membership – 1 Year * GFO Fall Seminar with Fritz Juengling – 1 Free Registration * Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers – 1 Free Membership Raffle tickets cost $1 for 1 ticket or $5 for 6 tickets. Books for Sale! The GFO will have surplus books on deep discount. Heritage Quest will bring their large library of genealogy books for sale, too. Bring a little extra cash and see what you go home with! |
| Just For Fun Survey Results: You’ve Got Deep Oregon Roots! |
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We had a great response to last week’s survey and boy were we suprised! 64.3% had ancestors who arrived in Oregon before 1899. 33.3% had 4th or 5th great-grandparents who were the first to come to the state. See the breakdowns below. |
| New Survey: Your Immigrants |
| This week’s survey asks: When did your first known immigrant ancestor arrive in North America?** |
| Take Survey |
| Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society Spring Workshop |
| The Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society is sponsoring a Spring Workshop with Pam Vestal on Saturday, May 18th, at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Sign-in is at 10:00 a.m., and the workshop lectures begin at 11:00 a.m. The workshop is $40.00 without lunch and $52.50 with lunch (soup, salad, roll, cookie, and beverage). Pam’s topics: ▪ Finding What You Need and Using What You Find ▪ Filling in the Stories of Our Female Ancestors ▪ Why They Left, Where They Went, Journey Tales For more information, see the full seminar description. You can also download a registration form. Or contact Georga at 541-296-2882 or georga.foster@gmail.com |
| GFO’s Book of the Week: First 300 Years of Trinity College, Dublin |
| Feature of the Week: The Book of Trinity College, Dublin, 1591-1891 Irish researchers take heed! This surplus book was printed in 1892 in Belfast, Ireland, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of Trinity College in Dublin. It includes illustrations of Queen Elizabeth, buildings on campus, and even a fold-out map of the college. Overall, this book is in average condition. Its pages are in fine shape, text and illustrations are immaculate, and are all still bound together securely. However, the cover is attached at the back, but not on the spine. The edges of the cover also show wear. This is a former library book which shows stamps inside and a library label on its spine. |
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The Book of Trinity College, Dublin, 1591-1891 was published by Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, Royal Ulster Works, London and New York. Our price: $25 – Pick up at GFO $35 – Shipped to you Contact booksales@gfo.org if you’d like to buy this piece of Irish history. |
| Please Help! We Need a Webmaster |
| Do you have any background in website management? Our talented volunteer webmaster is leaving, and we need someone to take her place. Web design skills are not needed since our website provider has a template we follow. But we do have hundreds of pages on our site since we offer so many indexes and resources. These need updating when our volunteers finish each project. Please contact president@gfo.org if you have any questions or wish to volunteer. Thank you. |
| This week at GFO … |
| Saturday, April, 27th The GFO will be closed all day. GFO Saturday Full-Day Spring Seminar 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Featuring Tony Burroughs. Join us at the Center for Self Enhancement (SEI), 3920 N Kerby Ave, Portland, OR 97227, USA. Registration Required. Sunday, April, 28th GFO Sunday Half-Day Spring Seminar 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Featuring Tony Burroughs. This half-day will be held at the GFO. Registration Required. The GFO will be open for it’s regular hours 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, May, 1st Learn and Chat 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. At Learn & Chat some of the learning comes from speakers with particular expertise but most of it comes from the sharing of experiences and knowledge of attendees who have developed methods that work for them. And if you have been doing genealogy for any length time, you have likely experienced the wonderful moments of exhilaration, the successes that you then share with others and that drive you to continue researching. Unfortunately those times can be few and far between. Join us to talk about your genealogy questions and help provide support to others. Facilitated by Jeanne Quan. DNA Q&A 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Lisa McCullough will be available to help answer your DNA questions, whether you are new and just getting started or have more complicated inquiries. Questions? dna_qa@gfo.org Open Late until 8:00 p.m. |
Friday Serendipity
Next after U.S. Federal Census Records, I think that U.S. military records can furnish us much information from one source. Military records offer evidence of service rendered and family connections (pension collecting). Military records are most effective when correlated with other sources.
This was Rick Sayre’s advice for the final talk of the day at the 2018 Montana Genealogical Society’s conference in Great Falls. He stressed that we must (1) Know America’s wars; (2) Know the records; (3) Know the law (laws governing military service and pensions).
For a desktop visual aid to help keep the wars straight in your mind, here’s a help:
List of Major American Wars
- The Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
- War of 1812 (1812-1815)
- Mexican – American War (1846-1848)
- American Civil War (1861–1865)
- Spanish-American War (1898)
- World War I (1914-1918)
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Korean War (1950-1953)
There are many resources, both in books and online, to assist your personal education of the specific war your ancestor might have been involved in. You might start with the Wiki at FamilySearch: www.familysearch.org/wiki
Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society Meeting
Seattle Genealogical Society GiveBig Day
May 8th is a BIG day!
The Seattle Genealogical Society is excited to be part of the
2019 GiveBig campaign!
#GiveBIG2019
What is GiveBig?
A coalition of non-profits that come together for one day of giving for the
Seattle community. We need member support more than ever!
Here’s how to show your support:
Donate
Show your financial support by donating to the
Seattle Genealogical Society.
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Tap into your individual networks to share the work that we do at SGS.
Forward this information to your family and friends and share
what you think is important about the SGS mission.
We are an all volunteer organization!
Volunteers maintain and update a 15,000 volume library that is open to the public. SGS
offers a variety of services and databases for those researching
ancestors from all over the world. We have classes, seminars,
publications, and knowledgeable volunteers to help in your genealogical
journey.
Make an IMPACT! Support us through GiveBIG, our community’s biggest day of giving of the year. Learn more at givebig.seattlefoundation.org
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society May Meeting
The Yakima Valley Genealogical Society will hold its monthly general meeting Saturday, May 4 at 10:00 AM at the library, located at 1901 S. 12th Avenue in Union Gap. The presenter will be Lynne Alvord speaking “My DNA Story”. Refreshments will be served. The public is welcome. Call 509-248-1328 for more information
Wednesday Nostalgia
For many women today, the United States Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, is still a viable and relevant organization. Besides monthly meetings these ladies contribute to service projects and honor and preserve the legacy of patriot ancestors.
American Spirit is the magazine published by the Daughters. In the Mar/Apr 2019, I gleaned these interesting tidbits about the organization.
There is a DAR Genealogy Preservation committee where volunteers categorize documents to make the retrieval process easier for documents submitted with applications.
The group offers helpful research publications such as: Massachusetts/Maine Revolutionary War Source Guide and North Carolina Revolutionary War Source Guide. You can order them in paper form or purchase them as a PDF download. Click to www.dar.org/darstore
American Spirit carries queries! Yes, they still do. The cost is $1.00 per word. Click the website (www.dar.org) for submitting information and any other information about this venerable patriotic organization.
Lower Columbia Genealogical Society May Meeting
Join us for our May meeting!!
Our speaker will be professional genealogist
STEVEN W. MORRISON,
presenting
ASSEMBLING YOUR PROOF…
HUNTING FOR HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES
LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/
SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS
2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW
DINING ROOM 7:00 PM
MAY 9, 2019
Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend!!
Tuesday Trivia
Who doesn’t like a pretzel? Ever given a thought as to the origins of the humble pretzel? Well, it was in Germany…………..
“The earliest recorded evidence of pretzels is their appearance in the crest of the German bakers’ guild in the year 1111….. pretzels were deeply integrated in both religion and German culture. As a result, German immigrants brought pretzels with them when then came to the U.S. in the 1700s. They were a staple food of the Pennsylvania Dutch.”
Don’t have to be German to enjoy a fresh hot pretzel from a fair or mall vendor these days.
(Thanks to Der Ahnenforscher, newsletter of the German Genealogy Group, www.GGG.org, based on Long Island. This bit was quoting an article in The Week in Germany, March 2019.)