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Friday Serendipity
Patty Olsen is the Regional Representative for Region 4, Washington State Genealogical Society. She does a bang-up job and shares wonderful little snips from time to time. Here is a poem she spotted recently and shared:
Lord, help me dig into the past and sift the sands of time
That I might find the roots that made this family tree of mine.
Lord, help me trace the ancient roads on which my fathers trod
And led them through so many lands to find our present sod.
Lord, help me find an ancient book or dusty manuscript
That’s safely hidden now away in some forgotten crypt;
Lord, let it bridge the gap that haunts my soul when I can’t find
The missing link between some name that ends the same as mine.
— Curtis Woods
Tri-City Genealogical Society Civil War Books
Please be advised that the Richland Family History Center now has a 130 volume set of “The War of the Rebellion Official Record of the Union and Confederate Armies”.
This set of books is in the basement of the Richland Family History Center and will only be there for a limited time. So, please take the opportunity to research these books as soon as you can.
Hours of operation:
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Monday, Friday, Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Telephone: 946-6637
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GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Thursday Evening E-News
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’sThursday EveningE-News EditionOctober 18, 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 the complete GFO CALENDAR. |
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Historic Columbian Cemetery’s Fall Harvest Festival this Saturday |
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Come on out and show your support. Visit GFO’s table at Historic Columbian Cemetery’s Fall Harvest Festival!The GFO will join community groups attending along with local vendors. The cemetery will also have presentations starting at 11 a.m., including a historical cemetery tour, local authors, a presentation about the mural wall project, as well as a mock natural burial to introduce the community to this new burial option in the urban Portland area. |
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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.
GFO’s very own Manuscripts Committee will be showing off treasures from our collection at the Multnomah County Central Library. It’s free, open to the public, & all ages are welcome. |
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Raffle Table Volunteers Needed! |
GFO needs volunteers to help staff the Fall Seminar Raffle TableHOW? Email Sharyle Kingston at vicepresident@gfo.org WHEN? Saturday, November 3rd, WHY? Because we need you! BONUS: Sneak snippets of Cyndi Ingle’s presentations between breaks! Thanks for all you do to support the GFO. |
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Great Lakes Region Meeting November 10th |
The next Great Lakes Region Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting is coming up.Saturday, November 10th, Also, we will check in with our database (find it here). After that, we’ll make time for sharing research and developing some solutions to your genealogy conundrums. Questions about the meeting or the group? Email Lynn at greatlakes@gfo.org. We hope to see YOU on November 10th at GFO. All GFO’s SIG meetings are FREE & open to the public. |
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GFO Needs You! |
Please Run for a Board Position to Help Keep Us Going Strong! |
The GFO is an ALL-volunteer organization. No paid staff. No paid director. Yet we keep our library open every day of the week, publish weekly news updates, monthly newsletters, quarterly magazines and continue growing our fabulous collection. GFO’s Board of Directors guides how we get all this done. We’re asking you to join our board! Terms run for two years and won’t begin until July 1, 2019, but now is when we need to know if you are willing to help. Three positions are opening up: Sharing your skills could be a real benefit to the organization. Please consider serving on GFO’s board! Please reply to president@gfo.org if you are interested or would like to know more. |
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The Lost & Found Corner … |
Flash Drive #1Do you recognize this furry little fella? If you do, we’ve got your flash drive. It’s got a lot of great images we’re sure you’re missing. If this is yours, please ask for Flash Drive #1 at GFO’s reception desk. |
Flash Drive #2Are you searching for JANET DUFFY or ELMER CUMMINGS? If these names sound familiar, we’ve got your flash drive. If this is yours, please ask for Flash Drive #2 at GFO’s reception desk the next time you’re in the library. |
Claddagh RingThe Claddagh ring (Irish: fáinne Chladaigh) is a traditional Irish ring which represents love, loyalty, and friendship (the hands represent friendship, the heart represents love, and the crown represents loyalty). Are you missing your ring? We have one at the reception desk, but just like Cinderella, if you want to claim it, it’s got to fit. |
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Visit the Oregon Historical Society on Us |
GFO Members … We’re pleased to offer you another NEW benefit.You can now check out Cultural Passes from the GFO to visit the Oregon Historical Society (OHS). As an affiliate of OHS, the GFO receives two annual membership cards. We’d like to share this benefit with you. We’ve turned the cards into Cultural Passes which you can check out one day and return the next. Just ask at our reception desk if you’d like to visit the Oregon Historical Society. And please remember, if you want to join OHS, as a GFO member, you are entitled to $10 off OHS annual membership dues. |
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SATURDAY, October 20thGenealogy Problem Solvers 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. This month, the Genealogy Problem Solvers (GPS) will attempt to unravel a complicated series of relationships and dramas in order to learn the parents of Harry E. Mitchell. The GPS team will review records from 1880 to 1930 in locations across the United States, including West Virginia, Kentucky, Iowa, Minnesota, and Washington, in an effort to solve a brick wall that has puzzled a GFO member, searching for any information about her grandfather, for over five years! GPS is a monthly support group where we help each other find information about a family line. We will learn to do a reasonably exhaustive search and develop research plans. The focus will shift depending on the needs of the group. Several experienced researchers have volunteered to help. Beginners and intermediate researchers are encouraged to submit their problems for consideration. For more information contact Katie Daly at GPS@gfo.org. Italian Group noon – 2 p.m. The Italian Special Interest Group is dedicated to promoting Italian family history and genealogy through education of attendees in methodologies of sound genealogical research and by providing the necessary tools and expertise to be successful. Facilitated by Keith Pyeatt. GenTalk – Digging for Ancestral Gold 2 – 3 p.m. Presenter: Laurence Overmire, author Digging for Ancestral Gold: The Fun and Easy Way to Get Started on Your Genealogy Quest Discovering your family’s unique story is like solving a puzzle. You’ll fit together bits and pieces from relatives’ memories, old records, and photographs to create a picture of the past. When you’re a beginning researcher, the prospect of diving into your roots can seem overwhelming. Laurence will walk you through the basics of genealogy research: what records to look for, how to organize, and more. Before you know it, you’ll be well on your way on the fun and rewarding journey of discovering your roots. SUNDAY, October 21stLibrary Work Party 9:30 a.m. – noon Hey there volunteers – we need you this Sunday! We’ve fallen behind on labels again, and need YOUR help to catch up. There’s another work party at the GFO library for those who can come. Doors open at 9 and 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. Come and pitch in, then stay for one of the afternoon presentations. P.S. There will be donuts! Family Tree Maker for Beginners 1 – 3 p.m. This is a beginning class for Family Tree Maker users and for those considering a purchase. It will be repeated quarterly. French Canada Group 3:30 – 5 p.m. The topic will be research and social media tools we are all using. Feel free to bring in the names of resources you use – websites, social media groups, books, etc. Sharing stories of our history. Come and join this new group to learn more about French Canadian ancestry and Acadia. The group leader is Bob LaMarche. |
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Educational Program
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.
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
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
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
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
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 :
Seattle Genealogical Society News
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