Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Educational Program

by Charles Hansen

I’d like to let you know about an upcoming educational program we are offering on Saturday, November 10 from 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. in partnership with Skagit Valley Genealogical Society. The topic of the program is SVGS Annual Meeting & Brick Wall Troubleshooting. 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.

SVGS 11.10.18 Meeting Flyer

Hope to see you there!

 

Kathleen Headden, Reference Librarian

Burlington Public Library

820 E. Washington Ave.

Burlington, WA 98233

360-755-0760, ext. 7906

Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington November Event

by Charles Hansen

 

 

Dear Genealogy Friends,

 

You are invited to attend our upcoming free genealogy event, on
Monday evening, November 12, 2018.

 

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.

flyer for 11-12-18 speaker Molly Burrard

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

 

“Preserving Memories:  How to Organize and Turn Your Family Memorabilia into a Personal Archival”
By Molly Bullard, Speaker and Owner of Seattle Photo Organizing

 

DATE: Monday, November 12, 2018

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!
  • Free Wi-Fi available and come early to network with other attendees
  • Presentation starts promptly at 7:15 p.m.
  • Free admission and refreshments

 

ABOUT OUR PROGRAM: “Preserving Memories:  How to Organize and Turn Your Family Memorabilia into a Personal Archival Project”

Molly Bullard, founder of Seattle Photo Organizing, will teach you how to sort through your memorabilia, explain photo scanning settings for do-it-yourself digitizers, and lead you step-by-step through the process of backing up your digital ancestry archive. You will learn how to organize your materials in order to scan them so you can create your own family archive. This will allow you to simplify, remember, and share your memories with your family.

 

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Molly Bullard is the founder of Seattle Photo Organizing, a company that specializes in transforming diverse collections of archives into accessible memories. In 2005, Molly recognized the potential for this niche market and for the last twelve years has built a business that is dedicated to bridging the technology gap so that her clients can easily access, remember, and share their legacy.

 

Molly is recognized as an expert in the field and has been highlighted in The Seattle Times, Seattle Magazine, King5 News, New Day NW, CBC Radio, and various guest blogs. She has presented to Ignite Seattle, the Seattle Genealogical Society, the Association of Personal Photo Organizers (APPO), and teaches monthly classes to clients throughout Seattle and Bellevue on topics such as: How to Organize Your Loose Pictures, Organize Your Digital Pictures on PC and Mac, and How to Create Digital Photo Books.

 

 

Please visit our website at http://www.jgsws.org 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
Secretary & Publicity, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State
www.jgsws.org

Lower Columbia Genealogical Society November Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Join us for our November meeting!!

Our speaker will be STEVEN MORRISON

presenting

“QUAKERS ON THE MOVE” “Visualizing US Quaker Migrations”

How do you find Quaker families? Follow the meetings. Learn how to use Quaker meeting data and maps to locate YOUR ancestors!

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Wednesday Nostalgia

by Charles Hansen

In rural southeast Spokane County there are three cemeteries with nearly the same name: Mica Cemetery, Mica Peak Cemetery, and Mica Creek Cemetery. They all date back 100 years ago. One is weed-overgrown and two are dry-mowed tidy. This is wheat farming country, big time.  Since they’re all on Elder Road, on the way to Lake Coeur d’Alene, of course I had to stop and roam around.

And of course the stories behind the stones captured my mind. Little baby boy Homer Jay Kidwell  was only three years old when he died that cold winter of 1913.  His baby brother or sister apparently died without even a name at the age of only one month in that hot summer of  1906. Think of the expense and effort to place a tombstone on the grave of those little boys! Sigh.

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week

by Charles Hansen

TIP OF THE WEEK –
RESEARCHING AT REPOSITORIES

October is American Archives Month. If you feel you’ve already found everything you can at the usual genealogy websites, don’t overlook what genealogy resources are available to you at the state archives, as well as at local, university, and historical society libraries.

Study the library website and search their online catalog and indexes to get a feel for their genealogy collections. Need ideas for records to consult? Run a search of the FamilySearch.org  online catalog for your ancestors’ county or town, then browse the record categories to see the types of record collections available.

“OUT OF THE ARCHIVES” is a newsletter published by the Washington State Archives. It is designed to educate you on how to access and best use the collections available to you, through them. To read back issues, or subscribe, use this link :

https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/newsletter-archive.aspx

Seattle Genealogical Society News

by Charles Hansen

HURRY … YOU CAN STILL REGISTER FOR
“SHARPEN YOUR ONLINE SLEUTHING SKILLS”

It’s not too late to register for our 2018 Fall Seminar, “Sharpen Your Online Sleuthing Skills ”,  featuring Cyndi Ingle, creator of Cyndi’s List, international lecturer, and author. For online registration go to:
http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org

Please note that after October 14, 2018, a late registration fee applies and we can no longer accept lunch orders for the seminar.

SGS HAS BECOME A FamilySearch AFFILIATE LIBRARY
THIS IS HUGE!

 

A notice is posted on our website and it was reported in the eNews! , but some members and patrons missed the item, so it bears repeating. SGS is now an affiliate library of FamilySearch! This is huge. Here’s the backstory and what that means for you.

We as genealogists have benefited from the LDS Mormon Church’s dedication to family history. For decades they have microfilmed historical records from all over the world. They currently have 2.4 million rolls of microfilm in their holdings and they have made much of this available to the general public through their Family History Library in Salt Lake City,  their Family History Centers scattered around the globe, and FamilySearch.org, their online genealogy website. All of this, free of charge.

Microfilm is now outdated so their goal is to get all their holdings digitized by the year 2020. They state they are digitizing at a rate of 1,000 rolls of microfilm each day. Over 1.1 million rolls of their microfilms, amounting to billions of records, have already been digitized and made available online at any Family History Center. Most of these are also available at any FamilySearch Affiliate Library, such as our SGS Library. And nearly 840,000 of these rolls are available online through FamilySearch.org to everyone, everywhere, even from the comfort of home.

If you come into our library and use our patron computers, or even your own laptop, you will have access to many of the record collections that FamilySearch.org  must restrict you from accessing at home. This home viewing restriction is due to contractual agreements between FamilySearch.org and the record collection’s owner.    Do you remember running into these 3 icons while doing a FamilySearch.org  Search Records, or Search Catalog? Here’s what the icons mean :

  • A Camera means the record has been digitized, and can be reviewed online by anyone logged into FamilySearch.org. Just click on the icon, and the digital image will open.
  • A Camera with a Key above it means access is restricted. This image can only  be viewed at a Family History Center or an affiliate library. The SGS library is now an affiliate library.
  • A Microfilm reel icon indicates it has not been digitized yet, and is only available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, or possibly at a Family History Center that currently has a copy of that microfilm roll.

Come into the Seattle Genealogical Society Library during our normal business hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, or Sunday, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Our front desk volunteer will be glad to help you get started enjoying the benefits of SGS becoming an affiliate library of FamilySearch.org.

SAVE THE DATE
SGS 2018 Fall Seminar, 
“Sharpen Your Online Sleuthing Skills”, 
with Cyndi Ingle of Cyndi’s List,
Fairview Christian School,
844 NE 78th St,
Seattle, WA
Saturday, October 20, 2018 

 

Topics for the 4 workshops are going to be:

  •   Advanced Googling for Your Grandma
    ·Back to Basics: Research Planning and Execution Online
    ·    Maintaining an Organized Computer
    ·    Ten Resources I Use Everyday: Misc Tips for the Online ResearcherFor more information and online registration: http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/

Japanese Genealogy Seminar,
sponsored by Seattle Genealogical Society,
February 2-3, 2019 

Registration will open December 1, 2018.  Registration is free, but the Seminar and the Train the Trainer sessions are limited to 40 individuals. The registration for the One-on-One sessions will open January 1, 2019. Lunch will be provided for a fee on the first day only.

For more information contact Jill Morelli, President of SGS, at  president@seagensoc.org

This program is generously funded under the Heritage Grant program by 4Culture, a King County arts support agency.
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Unless otherwise indicated all programs will be at the SGS Library, 6200 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. Check the SGS Web Site for additions, changes, and corrections. Programs may be canceled or postponed because of inclement weather.

OCTOBER

Saturday, October 20, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, “Sharpen Your Online Genealogical Sleuthing Skills”, with Cyndi Ingle of Cyndi’s List fame. This is the SGS Fall Seminar and will be held at Fairview Christian School in Seattle. The SGS library will be closed on this day so volunteers may attend the seminar.

Saturday, October 27, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Irish SIG, with Jean Roth
Saturday, October 27, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, German SIG, with Jean Roth

Saturday, October 27, 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm, Digging Deeper Workshop: Researching Washington’s World War I Honor Roll,  with Lisa Oberg, at the University of Washington

Sunday, October 28, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Beginning Research Tools with Linda Fitzgerald,  supplies provided,  free class, but please phone the library by Saturday, October 27 to register so we have a headcount and can plan accordingly.

NOVEMBER

Saturday, November 3, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Canadian SIG, come join David Robert, group leader, for help researching your Canadian ancestors.

Saturday, November 3, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Family Tree Interest Group, Lou Daly is leader of this special interest group exploring all the features of the tool Family Tree on FamilySearch.org

Tuesday, November 6, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Intro to Genealogy & Family History – Online, 1 of 4 part series with Heidi Mair, each Tuesday in November, registration required

Saturday, November 10, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Family Tree Maker (FTM) Interest Group, with Reiley Kidd & Jess Ramey

Saturday, November 10, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series 

Sunday, November 11, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Scandinavian SIG, with Karen Knudson, Swedish and Norwegian Workshop – bring your laptops and your research. We will have resources available to help you with your hunt for your Scandinavian ancestors.

Tuesday, November 13, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Intro to Genealogy & Family History – Online, 2 of 4 part series with Heidi Mair, registration required

Wednesday, November 14, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Ask the Genealogist at the Shoreline Library,  a volunteer will assist you with your research problems

Saturday, November 17, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Irish SIG, with Jean Roth
Saturday, November 17, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, German SIG, with Jean Roth

Tuesday, November 20, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Intro to Genealogy & Family History – Online, 3 of 4 part series with Heidi Mair, registration required

Tuesday, November 27, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Intro to Genealogy & Family History – Online, 4 of 4 part series with Heidi Mair, registration required

 

Tuesday Trivia

by Charles Hansen

Sue Erickson is a whizzbang of a gal. She’s been active with the Yakima Valley Genealogical Society forever, active with the YVGS Library forever, and past president of the Washington State Genealogical Society.

She recently shared with the WSGS Board a Pulled Pork BBQ Lunch. The BBQ sauce was without-enough-words-to-compliment-it GOOD. She explained that it was her grandmother’s recipe. Aren’t we blessed that she shared it with us? Here tiz:

Bar-B-Que Sauce

2 14 oz bottles of Catsup

1 12 oz bottle of Chile Sauce

1/3 C prepared mustard

1 ½ C packed brown sugar – or to taste

1 T dry mustard

2 T ground black pepper

1 ½ C wine vinegar

1 C lemon juice

½ C A-1 Steak Sauce

Dash Tabasco

¼ C Worcestershire

2 T Soy Sauce

2 T salad oil

1 12 oz beer  (optional)

Makes about ½ gallon and keeps indefinitely in the refrigerator.

Monday Mystery

by Charles Hansen

Who built the Peace Arch at the border north of Bellingham?

The builder was none other than Washington’s famous Sam Hill, businessman, road builder and philanthropist. The Arch was built between 1914 and 1921 and was one of the first structures built with earthquake resistance in mind. The name Peace Arch denotes the friendly relations between Canada and the U.S.

If you’ve driven I-5 north, heading for Vancouver, Canada, you’ve gone through the checkpoint at this famous place. It sits in a lovely park; did you ever get out and walk around in that park?

(From Washington Curiosities, by Harriet Baskas, 2008.)

Lighthouse Plans and Maps 1793-1939

by Charles Hansen

For all of you Lighthouse affectionatoes out there!  The NARA online catalog now includes Lighthouse Plans and Maps, 1793-1939, Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, RG: 26.  These include architectural drawing, maps and much more info on Lighthouses in the U.S.  If one of your ancestors was a Lighthouse Keeper, don’t miss browsing through this collection.  Sign up for the NARA Newsletter for regular updates on collections added to the NARA Online Catalog.  https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog