On February 7, 2019 The Senate Law and Justice Committee offered up this substitute bill: Click Here for the whole bill.
The substitute bill still locks birth records for 100 years, and death, marriage and divorce records for 25 years. Informational death certificates will NOT have a cause of death.
Certified copies will be $25, informational copies will be $13. Multiple copies have their own costs.
In the hearing today they asked if genealogists approve of the changes in the substitute bill. It was then voted on and the 4 democrats voted yes, and the 3 republicans voted no. Minority position to not support the bill. There is no date set yet for the full senate to vote on the substitute bill, so contact your senator to let hem know if you agree with the substitute bill or to vote against the substitute bill. Click here to send your thoughts to your senator.
The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) will meet Friday,
February 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 “Mapping an Ancestor: Using Geography and Maps in Family Research.” The presenter is Janet O’Conor Camarata, a
noted and popular NW genealogist, educator, and technology specialist.
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.
Thank you! Sue Elfving
Bainbridge Island Genealogical SocietyDirector of Publicity and Public Relations
We are sorry to have to cancel the free
genealogy meeting set for this Monday evening, 2/11/19, due to the
continued snowy and icy conditions and the likely chance of more snow
tomorrow and Saturday.
We have rescheduled Mary Kathryn Kozy’s talk to Monday, April 8, 2019, and invite you to join us then. Attached is the updated flyer for her talk.
Also attached is the flyer for our Monday evening, March 4, 2019 free genealogy meeting.
We are hosting Mark Olsen, of Family Tree Maker. Please note that his
talk is on the first Monday of March and the location for this one
meeting has changed to the Downtown Bellevue Public Library.
Would it be possible for you to post the attached flyers on your bulletin board, calendar and/or website for upcoming events?
Our upcoming events, on 3/419 and 4/8/19, are free to the public.
If it would help for me to mail you color paper copies of the flyers, I’d be happy to – just let me know!
The descriptions of our March and April topics are:
3/4/19 – “Using MacKiev’s Family Tree Maker Software”
Mark OIsen, Family Tree Maker Ambassador, will
join us in-person, to walk us through the newest features, tips, and
upgrades in Family Tree Maker 2017, as well as answering the questions:
Do I need to upgrade? How do I upgrade? What’s
new in version 2017? Mark will also discuss options to synchronize your
FTM trees with your trees at Ancestry.com. Other topics and features to
be addressed include: FamilySync™, Photo Darkroom™, FamilySearch
Integration, Color Coding, DNA Basics in conjunction
with Charting Companion 7 (a partner product), Saved Filtered Lists,
Sync Weather Report, Moving to FTM 2017, Using FTM 2017 for the first
time, Upgrading to FTM 2017 from prior versions, moving trees over to
the new version, and the FTM 2017 Free Update.
This program will be a live, interactive presentation. Come meet Mark
and bring your questions to the meeting!
A raffle for free Family Tree Software will be
held! You’ll be able to purchase Family Tree Maker Software, at a
deeply reduced price, before and after this presentation, from 6:15-6:30
p.m. and 8:30-8:45 p.m.
4/8/19 – “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!
GSSWI has cancelled the Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 presentation about the DAR due to the weather conditions.
The DAR presentation will has been moved to March 11, 2019.
Hope to see you then.
Maureen MacDonald President, GSSWI
Nominations
for the WSGS Awards program opened on Feb. 1, 2019. Information on how
to recommend a volunteer, team, communication or special genealogist
are available on the WSGS website, www.wasgs.org . Applications for awards are open until March 30th.
Does Your Society need Financial Assistance?
Applications for Grants and Educational Assistance are now open! Details are available for both programs on the WSGS website, www.wasgs.org . Applications are open until March 30th!
Do you have a little something like this in the box of “old stuff” from Great Aunt Gertrude?? Any idea what it was used for?
All during the 1800s, women had long hair and when they brushed their hair, and long strands clogged the hairbrush, they’d pull it from the brush and stuff it into boxes like the one above. So what for, you ask?
During the 1800s, women would then take that hair and fashion it into astounding art such as the one above. Hair keeps its color but does become brittle with time. So such masterpieces were kept under glass.
Think of the time such intricate work took! And the ladies did not have those magnifying lights like we use today for crafts.
Greetings SVGS Member(s) and the Genealogy Community:
The SVGS board of directors has decided to cancel the Saturday,
February 9 monthly meeting at the Burlington Public Library. Snow and icy conditions are predicted for Friday night (Feb. 8) and
Saturday morning (Feb. 9) creating potentially hazardous driving
conditions due to very cold overnight temperatures.
So we will now look forward to seeing you next at the Sat. March 9
meeting from 1-3pm at the Burlington Library for “I Remember Mama –
I Just Don’t Remember Her Maiden Name.” Mary Kircher Roddy is the
guest genealogist/speaker. She will discuss how to trace the female line
in your family tree and how to get around the challenges of not knowing
your female ancestor’s maiden name.
Until then, be safe out there on the roads and Happy
Researching!
My sweet little Tika has her own Facebook page (Tika Thinks) which she tends well even without thumbs to type. Her hero is Crusoe the Celebrity Dachsund whose YouTube videos are a hoot.
What has this to do with genealogy today? Absolutely nothing…….. BUT our doggers have enriched our lives since Day One. To that I’m sure you would agree. What sort of dear beastie did your ancestor have???
The companion bill to the Senate Bill 5332 on closing vital records is House Bill # 1550. The house has had the first reading of that bill and it does not have a scheduled date for public hearing. If you hit on comments and fill in your address it will bring up your representative and you can send him a comment on the bill.
Health Care and Wellness Committee members. I did not find their E-Mails, Sorry
Cody, Eileen (D) Chair 303 John L. O’Brien Building (360) 786-7978
Macri, Nicole (D) V Chair311 John L. O’Brien Building (360) 786-7826
Schmick, Joe (R)Minority Member 426B Legislative Building (360) 786-7844
Caldier, Michelle(R)AsstMinority Member122H 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
Perhaps this will be a “mystery solved” post for you all. Have you, like me, seen small stones places atop of tombstones or other grave markers? Know why that is and how the custom began? Apparently it’s an ancient Jewish tradition to put a small stone on a grave as a token of remembrance. Case in point, the grave of Oskar Schindler in Jerusalem:
When you next visit a cemetery and observe small stones on graves, or think to leave one yourself on the marker for a loved one, remember why this is. And perhaps remember Oskar.
You are free to copy articles to any non-commercial web site or message board or printed publication you wish. Don’t bother to ask permission, just do it.
