Jewish Genealogical Society April Free Event

by Charles Hansen

Dear Genealogy Friends,

You are invited to attend our upcoming free genealogy event, on
Monday evening, April 8, 2019.

We would also appreciate it if you could help us publicize this event using this email or our flyer, attached above, by emailing it out, posting it on your bulletin board or calendar, and/or website, or handing out flyers to or sharing this email with those you think might be interested.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State is pleased to present our April meeting program

“Breaking Down Brick Walls”

presented by Mary Kathryn Kozy, Genealogical Lecturer

 

DATE: Monday, April 8, 2019

   LOCATION:

LDS Factoria Church Building
4200 124th Ave SE

Bellevue, WA 98006

(just off I-90 and I-405)

•        Doors open at 6:30 p.m., for all to enjoy the extensive JGSWS Library’s genealogical resources,
                 including FREE access to the FHC computers and genealogical websites!

•        Free Wi-Fi available. Come early to network with other attendees!

•        Presentation starts promptly at 7:15 p.m.

•        Free admission and refreshments

ABOUT OUR PROGRAM: “Breaking Down Brick Walls”

Everyone has them: family lines that seem to have defied every effort to push them back farther in time. (Don’t have a brick wall yet? Just wait. You probably haven’t been doing family history long enough!) This presentation will discuss how you might be adding to that wall yourself, brick by brick, with some common research mistakes. We will also discuss several simple steps you can take to reevaluate where you are in the research process. Using the Genealogical Proof Standard, we will walk through methodologies that, when applied to your problem, may give you greater insight. Who knows? Perhaps looking at your genealogical problem with a fresh perspective will cause that brick wall to come tumbling down in 2019!

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Mary Kathryn Kozy has been working on her own family history for almost 40 years, since she first became interested as a young teenager. Over the years she has researched families in the United States from the Midwest to the Deep South, and from both Western and Eastern Europe. She started her own family history website in November 1996 and has continued developing it. She has served in multiple positions in several local societies and on the state level. She currently supports the USGenWeb project, serves as a part-time LDS Family History missionary, and speaks to many groups in the area. Mary is married, the mother of three wonderful children, and is now a grandma of three. She holds bachelor’s degrees from UW in both Zoology and Information Technology & Systems and has completed two certificate programs with the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. She has also completed the ProGen program with an eye toward certification as a professional genealogist.

Please    by clicking on
https://www.facebook.com/Jewish-Genealogical-Society-of-Washington-State-548090815567964/

Please visit our website at http://www.jgsws.org/membership.php to join or to donate to JGSWS to help support the incredible speakers and workshops we bring to you, to view library listings, download handouts, or for more information.  JGSWS is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. Membership dues and donations are tax deductible.

Thank you very much and we look forward to seeing you, your friends and family members!

Karen vanHaagen Campbell
President & Publicity, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State

President@JGSWS.org

www.jgsws.org

Senate Bill 5332 will have Public Hearing in House

by Charles Hansen

Click here to keep up on Senate Bill 5332

Mar 22 Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Health Care & Wellness at 9:00 AM

Health Care and Wellness Committee

Cody, Eileen (D)
Chair		303 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7978
Macri, Nicole (D)
Vice Chair		311 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7826
Schmick, Joe (R)
Ranking Minority Member		426B Legislative Building(360) 786-7844
Caldier, Michelle (R)
Assistant Ranking Minority Member		122H Legislative Building(360) 786-7802
Chambers, Kelly (R)426 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7948
Davis, Lauren (D)369 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7910
DeBolt, Richard (R)425A Legislative Building(360) 786-7896
Harris, Paul (R)426A Legislative Building(360) 786-7976
Jinkins, Laurie (D)320 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7930
Maycumber, Jacquelin (R)425B Legislative Building(360) 786-7908
Riccelli, Marcus (D)434A Legislative Building(360) 786-7888
Robinson, June (D)332 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7864
Stonier, Monica Jurado (D)331 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7872
Thai, My-Linh (D)424 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7926
Tharinger, Steve (D)314 John L. O’Brien Building(360) 786-7904

Here is the Roll Call Vote in the Senate that passed the bill on to the House:

Roll Call
SB 5332
Vital statistics
3rd Reading & Final Passage
3/4/2019
Yeas: 33 Nays: 15 Absent: 0 Excused: 1

Voting Yea: Senators Bailey, Billig, Braun, Carlyle, Cleveland, Conway, Darneille, Das, Dhingra, Frockt, Hasegawa, Hobbs, Hunt, Keiser, King, Kuderer, Liias, Lovelett, McCoy, Mullet, Nguyen, O`Ban, Palumbo, Pedersen, Randall, Rivers, Rolfes, Saldaña, Salomon, Takko, Walsh, Wellman, Wilson, C.

Voting Nay: Senators Becker, Brown, Ericksen, Fortunato, Hawkins, Holy, Honeyford, Padden, Schoesler, Sheldon, Short, Van De Wege, Warnick, Wilson, L., Zeiger

Wednesday Nostalgia

by Charles Hansen

Chocolate. Milk or dark, or when all else fails, white, chocolate is almost everybody’s go-to candy. Who can resist?

Continuing with my Chocolate Education, this is Part 4 in my series.

That sweet lady is holding a bowl of dried, roasted cacao beans. After they are pulled from their pods (Part 3), they are spread out on trays to dry and they hot-dry roasted in a big swirling copper pot. The result is crunchy dry beans. She’s offering them to us to taste. Ever had a crunchy coffee bean? Tasted something like that but again with only a faint chocolate flavor.

Next week, Part 5, the end of my Chocolate Saga.

Tuesday Trivia

by Charles Hansen

Ever attended RootsTech in Salt Lake City? Or ever thought about it? In a nutshell:

RootsTech is a global family history event where people of all ages learn to discover, share and celebrate their family connections across generations through technology. At RootsTech, there is something for everyone, no matter your experience in family history or your skill level in technology.

Family history enthusiasts attended more than 200 breakout sessions throughout the four-day conference. Other RootsTech activities included more than 200 displays in the expansive exhibition hall.

The genealogy learning at RootsTech cannot be matched by any other conference anywhere and anytime. The vendors’ hall brings anybody with anything to offer genealogists together in one place so one can ask questions and evaluate if you want that particular product. Or not.

F.Y.I. RootsTech 2020 will be 26-29 Feb; 2021 will be 3-6 Feb; 2022 will be 9-12 Mar; and 2023 will be 1-4 March.

Wouldn’t you like to come?? Click to www.rootstech.org for all the needed information.

German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society

by Charles Hansen

The German Interest Group of The Eastside GenealogicalSociety (EGS) will meet on Friday, April 5, 2019, from 1 to 3 pm in the Primary Room of the Latter-day Saints Church at 10675 NE 20th St, Bellevue, WA 98004 with doors opening at 12:45 pm for networking. Enter through the double wooden doors on the right side of the Chapel. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.   

Topic: “Google Tools for German Research” – Google is known for general web searching. It has several additional features specifically helpful for German Research, e.g. searching images, maps, online books, YouTube videos and translation tools unfamiliar to many of us. If you have a certificate from a foreign country, Google can help translate it. If you want to read a newspaper from the last century, check Google for availability. Can’t find where you ancestor lived? Google maps will help locate the place and can show what it looks like today. Want to read county histories or a biography of an ancestor? Check Google books. Google tools beyond basic search can make the life of genealogists easier and more interesting. 

Presenter:  Janet Camarata is a genealogical seminar presenter, educator and trainer in genealogy societies, libraries, retirement centers and senior centers across Washington and supported genealogy by volunteering in a variety of ways – presenter, educator, newsletter editor, program coordinator, publicity and past-president of South King County Genealogical Society (SKCGS).  She is also an instructor of a year-long, 6-week series of classes, “Genealogy: Discovering Your Ancestors” at Pierce College and Puget Sound Genealogical Society that addresses both topics – genealogy and technology support research in today’s world. Janet is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists, a graduate of the University of Washington Genealogy and Family History program, and a master’s degree from Antioch University.   

For more information about our Group, kindly visit our website at https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/  .  

Tri-City Genealogical Society March Meeting

by Charles Hansen

After having to cancel last month’s TCGS meeting due to the weather, the forecast for this Wednesday’s March meeting calls for sunshine all day! Please come for a special open house tour of the Richland Family History Center.

Hope you can join us!

Linda Stephens, TCGS Editor

Tri-City Genealogical Society

Family History Center Open House

Wednesday – 13 March 2019

7:00 PM

Skagit Valley Genealogical Society April Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Upcoming educational program we are offering on Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in partnership with Skagit Valley Genealogical Society. The topic of the program is “Evernote for Genealogists” and will be presented by Janet O’Connor-Camarata. This event is free and open to the public. I’ve attached a flyer with more information. Please feel free to forward or post on any wall you wish! We appreciate your help in getting the word out, because we would like as many people as possible to benefit from our programs.

Please contact me with any questions or feedback. Thank you for helping us spread the word about these free and valuable community resources.

Hope to see you there!

Kathleen Headden, Reference Librarian

Burlington Public Library

820 E. Washington Ave.

Burlington, WA 98233

360-755-0760, ext. 7906

Monday Mystery

by Charles Hansen

Big question today: Were our ancestors smarter than we are?

Not talking about intelligence, but just plain ole smarts.

Reason I ask: Just got back from a trip involving air travel. Day after I got back I read this in my Sunday paper that the TSA folks just shared that 4,239 firearms were found in carry-on bags coming through airport checkpoints in the U.S. last year, an increase of about 7% over the number found in 2017. And nearly 9 out of every 10 of those firearms were loaded and more than a third had a round chambered!!!

Factoids like that do make me wonder. Yah, our ancestors went over Niagara Falls in barrels but that never hurt anybody but them.

Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society

by Charles Hansen

  The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) will meet Friday, March 15, 2019, at the Bainbridge Island Public Library on Bainbridge Island, 1270 Madison Ave, from 10:00a.m. – 12 noon. The topic for the Monthly BIGS Meeting will be “Preserve and Digitize Over-sized Items”  The presenters are Mary Hammer and Maggie Cogswell, Preservation and Imaging Experts from the Washington State Archives. This program offers a special opportunity to learn from the professional experts. Parking is available in the 2 library parking facilities, accessed from High School Ave and Madison Ave North. Free to members, a $5.00 donation is suggested for nonmembers. For more information go to http://www.bigenealogy.org or call 206-755-9283. BIGS is a 501c(3) non-profit organization.

Sue ElfvingBainbridge Island Genealogical SocietyDirector of Publicity and Public Relations