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There are now over 800 of you regularly reading the WSGS blog! We’re busting our buttons with pride and pledge to you to keep up the good work. We do it happily for YOU.
We welcome your comments, kudos and even complaints.
Today let’s check our memories to answer some Washington “mystery” questions:
See how many you can answer, with or without Google’s help. Test yourself! Answers next week…..
TIP OF THE WEEK –
COUNTY LINES ON GOOGLE MAPS
In the eyes of genealogists, a shortcoming of Google Maps is that they do no display county lines. A few days ago, in Dick Eastman’s blog titled “Displaying County Lines on Google Maps”, he introduces a couple of tools by Randy Majors to overcome the problem. The first will overlay county lines on Google Maps for the US, UK, or Ireland. The second is a tool that will display historical county lines on a Google Map for locations in the US, as of a certain date that you provide. Check out these tools for yourself at :
https://www.randymajors.com/p/countygmap.html
https://www.randymajors.com/p/maps.html
WATCH YOUR MAIL …
2018 FALL SEMINAR BROCHURE IS
COMING TO YOUR MAILBOX VERY SOON!
We are excited, honored, and very fortunate to be hosting Cyndi Ingle as the speaker for our 2018 Fall Seminar. Cyndi is the owner and creator of Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites, a categorized index of over 336,000 online resources. Her award-winning site helps millions of visitors worldwide.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 20, 2018. The seminar will be at Fairview Christian School, 844 NE 78th St, Seattle, WA from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Cost: $55 for SGS members, $65 for all others. Lunch will be available by pre-order. Fill out your seminar brochure right away and get ready to enjoy a fascinating series of lectures by one of genealogy’s prominent teachers.
There are two ways to register. Fill in your registration form and mail it back, or you may Register online for the SGS 2018 Fall Seminar
SGS MEMBERSHIP MEETING,
OCTOBER 13, 2018
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Please join us for our October Membership Meeting! Hear from the SGS Board. The business meeting will be followed by a presentation from our Second Saturday Series.
FGS DIRECTOR’S AWARD GOES TO CDG SERIES
SGS president, Jill Morelli, was so pleased to have her Certification Discussion Group series recognized nationally by FGS (the Federation of Genealogical Societies). She was informed that the CDG series has been awarded a Director’s Award. “Totally unexpected”, she said. Jill thanks all the people that helped make this possible – Angela McGhie, Cari Taplin, the SGS Board, Christine Schomaker, and others.
If you are working toward certification as a professional genealogist, or simply want to learn more about the CDG series, or want to put your name on the waiting list, visit:
theCDGseries.wordpress.com
SAVE THE DATE
“Using Online Historical Jewish Newspapers for Genealogical Research”,
Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State,
LDS Factoria Bldg,
4200 124th Ave SE,
Bellevue, WA
Monday, September 17, 2018
7:15pm
Doors open at 6:30 pm for all to enjoy the extensive JGSWS library’s genealogical resources. Free Wi-Fi, admission, and refreshments. Come early to network with other attendees. Presentation starts promptly at 7:15 pm.
“A Day of Discovery with Lisa Louise Cooke”,
Puget Sound Genealogical Society,
4131 Pine Rd NE (at the Bremerton Elks),
Bremerton, WA
Saturday, September 22, 2018
8:30am – 3:30pm
Cost is $50 for PSGS members / $55 for non-members. Lunch is included and will be catered by the Bremerton Elks. For more information and the registration form see www.pusogensoc.org/psgs/seminar2018
“Harvest Your Family Tree”,
The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society Conference 2018,
Kelowna, BC
Friday, September 28 – Sunday, September 30
There will be plenty to see and learn at one of Western Canada’s largest genealogy conferences – eleven speakers on 31 topics. Featuring Louis Kessler, programmer,
genealogist, member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG) will be speaking about Double Match Triangulation, the program he developed for autosomal DNA analysis. His program won third place at the 2017 RootsTech Innovator Showdown.
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.
SEPTEMBER
Monday, September 24, 10:30 am – 7:00 pm, SGS Volunteer Recognition Day, the Board of Directors will host a Volunteer Appreciation Day for all 2017-2018 volunteers. Refreshment and a raffle. Stop by for an hour, or stay for the whole day! No need to RSVP.
Saturday, September 29, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, DNA SIG, this group meets quarterly at the Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, 8008 35th Ave NE, Seattle. Co-chaired by Cary Bright and Herb McDaniel. For more information
contact SGSDNASIG@gmail
OCTOBER
Saturday, October 6, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Canadian SIG, come join David Robert, group leader, for help researching your Canadian ancestors.
Saturday, October 6, 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
Sunday, October 7, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, DNA Workshop, with Cary Bright, First hour focuses on questions that group members bring; second hour focuses on Genome Mate Pro
Saturday, October 13, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, October Membership Meeting & Second Saturday Speaker Series, short business meeting, hear from the SGS board, followed by a presentation
Sunday, October 14, 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.
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 A Roth
Saturday, October 27, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, German SIG, with Jean A 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
Thurston County Home front During World War 1″ will be the topic of Jennifer Crooks’ presentation to the Olympia Genealogical Society’s October meeting. She is a local historian specializing in early 20th century and History Writer for ThurstonTalk.com. Join us on Thursday October 11 at 7 pm, Thurston County Courthouse, 2000 Lakeridge DR SW, Olympia in Building 1, Room 152.
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Joyce T. Ogden
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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’sThursday EveningE-News, EditionSeptember 13, 2018 |
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 call our library at 503-963-1932. Be sure to check our complete GFO CALENDAR. |
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October is National Archives Month!Got questions? Well, we’ve got answers! Our Manuscripts Committee will be available all day on Twitter to lend you advice concerning your personal or professional archives. We specialize in digitization of manuscript collections, rehousing tips, and more! Tweet your questions to us at (@GenForumOregon) using the hashtag #AskAnArchivist all day on October 3rd and watch for replies. |
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Oregon’s Archives Crawl theme this year is about how archives are “Changing Attitudes” within societies.Archival representatives from various repositories around Oregon will be at the following locations in downtown Portland, Saturday, October 20th, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Our very own Manuscripts Committee from GFO will be at the Multnomah County Central Library. Come see some of our latest and greatest featured items! This event is totally free and open to the public of all ages. |
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Lessen Your Parking Woes While at GFO |
Did you know GFO has Daily Scratch-Off Zone G Parking Permits available for $1 each at our reception desk? Can you imagine!? All-day parking for less than the cost of a cup of coffee! That’s a pretty sweat deal. So come on down, and don’t let the pressures of paid parking keep you from the biggest genealogical library collection in the Pacific Northwest! |
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Water Leak Spurs Fast Action at GFO Library |
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It’s a good thing we are open until 8pm on Wednesdays. Torrential rains overwhelmed the Ford Building’s pipes after 6pm last night. Water started gushing out of a pipe in the ceiling, hitting the floor, but not our equipment or valuable collection. Fast action by Judith, Laurel, and Barbara helped protect our microfilm scanner from splashing. Special thanks to Jane, our Disaster Preparedness chair, for having plastic sheeting in the emergency supply kit! Planning matters! |
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Board Member Recruitment Committee Needed by October 9th |
GFO’s Board of Directors needs your help!To help us prepare for new terms starting next July, we need to have a dedicated Recruitment Committee to help us find the best candidates for the upcoming available seats. Our bylaws require non-board members to serve in this role. Seats coming available: Vice President, Director-At-Large, and Treasurer. We also have need for one, maybe even two, new Endowment Committee members. Actual board member nominations are due by the March 2019 All Members Meeting. As part of the Recruitment Committee, you’ll help find just the right candidate nominations to fill these positions. Interested? Inspired? Know you can find the absolute greatest people to fill these rolls? Email president@gfo.org today! |
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Publication Printing Cost To Raise Some Membership DuesGFO’s Board of Directors recently learned that we are losing money on members who elect to receive our publications in print. While they pay more for their annual dues, it’s still not enough to cover the cost of publishing and postage. GFO individual digital membership currently costs $45 per year, which includes emailed copies of the GFO’s monthly publications. Until now, print members have paid an additional $12. The Board has voted to increase the extra fee for print members to $20 starting January 1, 2019. This will allow us to break even on those who receive print copies of The Forum Insider and the Bulletin. If you’re a print member and you’d like to avoid that price hike, we encourage you to renew early, before January 1, 2019. After that date, individual print member dues that will rise from $57 per year to $65 per year. In another vote, the Board has decided that all Student Members may now receive all our digital publications with their memberships. |
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FRIDAY, September 14thMexican Ancestry Group 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Find your Hispanic ancestors from Mexico, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California! This Special Interest Group (SIG) pertains specifically to Mexican ancestors from Mexico and the American Southwest (New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California). Beginning and intermediate researchers are welcome. Some subjects will include online parish records, Hispanic genealogy societies, Family History Library/FamilySearch.org. Ancestry.com, solving genealogical problems, methodology for organizing your research, etc. Of course this group will also be about sharing our research experiences, and having fun. If you know of any other people interested in Hispanic genealogy, tell them about the group. They don’t have to be a GFO member to participate. For questions or comments, please email Vince at sw@gfo.org. SATURDAY, September 15thAnalyze Your Ancestor’s Handwriting 2 – 3 p.m. What personality traits may your ancestor’s handwriting reveal? Do two signature samples belong to the same person? This presentation will use the handwriting of famous people to illustrate principles of handwriting analysis. Attendees are encouraged to bring samples of their own ancestors’ handwriting for our expert’s opinion. Joyce Brizendine is a professional handwriting analyst, certified by the International Graphoanalysis Society and by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation. She has taught and lectured about handwriting analysis, and appears periodically on AM Northwest. SUNDAY, September 16thLibrary Work Party 9 a.m. – noon There’s another work party at the GFO library today for those of you who can come. There’s lots to do and we’d love to have your help. We begin work at 9 a.m. If the front door is not unlocked, please come around to the side door and knock. Work usually wraps up around noon. Some people come for just an hour or so; others work the full time. You are welcome to do either. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there. Family Tree Maker Users’ Group 1 – 3 p.m. This month, Geoff Smith leads our lesson in how to use FTM sources and citations. Join other users who want to work through the 2017 Companion Guide to Family TreeMaker. Bring your laptop with 2017 version of FTM installed or build 1-480 of FTM installed. Questions? Please email Joyce Grant-Worley at FTM@gfo.org. French Canada Group 3:30 – 5 p.m. We will share our major ancestral lines and also play “Saints and Sinners,” discussing some of our more colorful and noteworthy ancestors. If you have French Canadian and/or Acadian roots please join us! You are likely to meet some cousins there. The group leader is Bob LaMarche. WEDNESDAY, September 19thLearn & Chat 10 a.m. – noon Lori Washburn presents: “Know Before You Go: Bring Cash!” Changes in access to public records, the effect of digitalization and budgets. What’s available and where? Are there fees? 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 – 3 p.m. Lisa McCullough leads a discussion on various DNA related subjects, with each meeting focused on a particular subject. General questions are welcome at the end of each planned discussion. Send questions or comments to Lisa at dna_lm@gfo.org. |
Are you coming?
A reminder that registration closes at midnight on September 20th!! This promises to be our biggest conference ever and certainly is the largest genealogy conference in Western Canada. People are flocking from all four Western Provinces plus even Australia! If you are interested in Family History, don’t miss out.
Besides having many interesting and informative sessions; a large Marketplace full of unique merchandise, information and piles of great used books; we are providing a FREE lunch and all-day refreshments! We also have over 100 Door Prizes including hotel packages, DNA Kits, Genealogy Software, Website Subscriptions and so much more! What’s not to love? You may even meet a distant cousin or finally make that big breakthrough on your elusive ancestor!
Be sure to join us for a fun and informative weekend! Much more information, registration and payment via Interac e-transfer (or by cheque) at: https://kdgswix.wixsite.com/kdgs
Claire Smith-Burns
Kelowna & District Genealogical Society
Director, KDGS Family & Local History Resource Centre, Librarian@KDGS.ca
“Harvest Your Family Tree” Conference 2018, Conference@KDGS.ca
Might can you identify the “Triangle of Fire”….. as it pertains to Washington history?
The great Washington history website, www.historylink.org, gave me a super article on this topic: “Triangle of Fire: The Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound (1897-1953)”
The triangle of forts included Fort Worden (Port Townsend), Fort Casey (Whidbey Island) and Fort Flagler (Marrowstone Island). I’ve visited these places……. all have beautiful walking beaches. (smile)
I think we, as Washington residents and tourists in our own state, need to understand fully about WHAT it is we’re looking at and walking around upon. HistoryLink will further your education in that department.
Canadian Research
Saturday, November 3
Canadian Research (Seminar)
Country Homes Christian Church, 8415 N Wall, Spokane, WA
Genealogical research in the Pacific Northwest often leads to cross-border connections, because our relatives seemed to think that the grass was greener on the other side. Or maybe it was love, or economic opportunities.
Presenter Dave Obee — a Canadian journalist and genealogical researcher, will give five presentations on researching your Canadian connections.
Dave has written a dozen books and given more than 600 presentations at conferences and seminars in Canada, the United States and Australia since 1997. He is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of the Times Colonist in Victoria, British Columbia.
In 2012 Dave was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by the University of Victoria for his work as a historian, genealogist and journalist. In 2017 Dave was awarded the annual Bill Good award, which recognizes a B.C. journalist, leader or educator who has made a significant impact in journalism and in the community at large.
He is a member of the board of Canada’s History Society, and is a member of the services consultation committee at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.
Dave is a columnist for two magazines, Internet Genealogy and Your Genealogy Today. He is the author of Counting Canada: A Genealogical Guide to the Canadian Census, and Destination Canada: A Genealogical Guide to Immigration Records. Dave is also the co-author (with Sherry Irvine) of Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide, published by Ancestry in 2007.
Dave’s talks in Spokane will deal with immigration, the census, war records, Internet resources and more. While in Spokane Dave plans to do more research into his family connections here – connections that he will include in his talks.
ADMISSION: $20 Members $25 for non members
Lunch will be provided for PRE-REGISTERED guests. Sorry, NO REFUNDS!
PRE REGISTER BY OCTOBER 15, 2018
NOTE: Mail in Registration form will be soon be available. Please check back.
You can register NOW online. Don’t forget to select your choice of sandwich when you register. Use the pull-down menu to select from a beef, ham or turkey sandwich.
Preregister Here by October 15th https://ewgsi.org/eventListings.php?nm=283
