Saturday, March 2
EWGS Looking Forward (EWGS Meetings)
12:30 pmSpokane Public Library Auditorium – Downtown Spokane
Member, Barbara Brazington will lead a discussion on where the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society is going in the future.
As you are aware, there
have been major changes in how we conduct family history research in
just the last few years. In that light, at the March meeting we will be
holding focus groups to find out what your ideas are for where you think
the society should be a year from now, even five years from now.
Four topics will be presented for discussion: Membership – i.e., what do you want from membership in the society? Logistics – i.e., what are your ideas on the meeting schedule, location, time, format, etc.? Resources – i.e., how can the Society take advantage of modern technology to offer educational opportunities and resources? Community – i.e., in what ways can the Society partner with other community groups that benefits both? Brainstorming at its best.
The Yakima Valley Genealogical Society will hold its monthly general meeting and program on Saturday, March 2 at 10:00 at the YVGS library located at 1901 S. 12th Avenue, Union Gap, Washington . Sue Ericksen will present “Navigating the YVGS Website” Snacks will be provided and the public is invited to attend. Call 509-248-1328 for further information.
CIVIL
WAR PARLOR TALK presented by the Washington Civil War Association at
the Olympia Genealogical Society’s March meeting. Join us on Thursday,
March 14 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at the Thurston County Courthouse,
Building 1, Room 152. www.OlyGenSoc.org or Kathy Erlandson 360) 754-6230
Thank-you JOYCE OGDEN, PUBLICITY
======================================================== Joyce T. Ogden jtogden@comcast.net
Everybody loves chocolate! Well, almost everybody. Chocolate seems to be the universally favorite candy flavor, doesn’t it?
On our recent trip in the West Indies, I learned something about where chocolate comes from. First off, it’s cacao and cacao trees only grow along the equator.
The cacao pods grow right on the branches of fairly good sized trees:
See the green vines and long brown pods? Did you know that vanilla comes from pods produced by the Vanilla Orchid flower and vines? Nice growing partnership, don’t you think?
At 3:30 today was the public hearing in the Senate Ways and Means committee. TVW Archive here: Bill number 5332 starts at 1:20. Only one person testifying in favor of the bill, a coroner that wants the increased fee for certified certificates. The Health department issues 500,000 certificates a year so local governments will get about $1,000,000 more in income from their $2 increase in fees. The other $3 goes to the state for their state crime lab. They still say genealogist have agreed to the informational death certificates without a cause of death.
I don’t really care about the increase in the fee for a certified copy, nor the removal of the social security number if the certificate has that, I want a true copy of the record I am looking for.
Does your city have an official tree? Does any city where your ancestors lived have such? Is Spokane really unique in that arena?
It was explorer David Douglas who, in 1826, identified and named the pinus ponderosa or Ponderosa Pine. Now it’s The Official Tree of the city of Spokane.
Using Wikipedia, I found this factoid:
During Operation Upshot–Knothole in 1953, a nuclear test was performed in which 145 ponderosa pines were cut down by the United States Forest Service and transported to Area 5 of the Nevada Test Site, where they were planted into the ground and exposed to a nuclear blast to see what the blast wave would do to a forest. The trees were partially burned and blown over.
WE
ALL NEED HELP WITH OUR RESEARCH, AND THEREFORE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR
MARCH MEETING
WITH
ADVICE BEING PROVIDED BY TRACY
REBSTOCK FROM
THE WASHINGTON
STATE ARCHIVES.
COME AND SEE HOW MAPS AND LAND RESEARCH CAN HELP WITH YOUR GENEALOGY
AND FAMILY HISTORY. SHE WILL BE SHARING DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND
WHERE THEY CAN BE LOCATED.
If
you’re coming to Sacramento in June for the International German
Genealogy Partnership conference, have you left some free time to
explore the California wine-growing regions?
In 2016, the state grew 4 million tons of wine grapes, including more
than 110 varieties. And it’s all for the visiting with a short road trip
from Sacramento, or by signing up for the pre-arranged day-long adventure tour to the wine country.
You could even combine your German heritage research with a visit to San Benito County, where German and French immigrants planted the first grapes in the mid-1800s.
Some wine and cheese would help everyone relax at the end of a busy
conference day. We’re planning Connections 2 Discoveries sessions to
link you with others interested in similar topics. Keep checking the
website for updates.
But that doesn’t mean you can’t make it up as you go. If you connect
with others during the day, invite them to gather in a quiet spot.
Sorry, wine and cheese are not included in your conference registration.
<smile>
Review the program for the weekend, decide which programs are of interest and then register.
Contact the hotels for your reservation. All conference sessions are in the Hyatt Regency – the Marriott is only a couple blocks away.
Have questions? Email the conference team. Need to update your registration? Contact the help desk for assistance.
We look forward to seeing you in 4 short months!
Your
hosts, the Sacramento German Genealogy Society and the International
German Genealogy Partnership, encourage you to learn more about the products and services offered by conference sponsors.
We thank them for their support.
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