To help us learn how homesteading affects our research, we look forward to the program upcoming at our October meeting. Long-time member LOLA WEBER will share her knowledge and experiences with this topic to help us celebrate FAMILY HISTORY MONTH. DON’T MISS IT!!!
LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/
SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS
2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW
DINING ROOM 7:00 PM
OCTOBER 11, 2018
Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Ever taken the time to visit the Mukilteo Lighthouse on the waterfront down from Everett? It’s been there since 1906 (Everett was founded in the 1860s). The area has been turned into a lovely little public park and if I lived closer I’d go often! Luck you Everett-and-nearby folks.
Thanks to a Norwegian-descended friend, I just became aware of a magazine titled Scandinavian Press. I was so impressed; I wish I had Scandinavian ancestry! I enjoyed the Fall 2017 and Summer 2018 issues and there were articles about Scandinavians winning Olympic Gold, Alfred Nobel and his Peace Prize, Jean Sibelius, composer, Denmark’s Virgin Islands, Finnish Independence History, Where Sweating is Spiritual (saunas), Viking Family Discoveries in America plus a dozen smaller, regular features and even recipes! One fun feature is “What’s It? Where’s It? The page shows four or five scenes from place in those five countries and invites readers to guess. Such fun!
The Summer 2018 issue carried a 2-page article on the opening of Seattle’s new Nordic Museum last May. Even without that heritage, I want to visit that museum!
If you are of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic or Finnish descent, you must at least check out this magazine! Click to www.scandpress.com to preview some sample pages of the magazine and to order your subscription. Or you can call for free: 855-675-7226. The magazine is published in Minot, North Dakota.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society is holding its annual Fall Workshop Friday and Saturday, October 12 and 13. The Friday session evening session at the library will feature Mary Kircher Roddy speaking about “Family Browse- Everything You Want to Know about Family Search and More”. She will also speak Saturday morning at Mt. Olive Church – “Bagging A Live One: Reverse Genealogy in Action and “A Decree of (Temporary) Divorce- My Life Without Ancestry.com” Lunch will be provided and two Saturday pm. sessions will be held from 1:00 – -3″45 with 6 various topics to choose from. See the YVGS website for more details on registration
Here’s a crazy question for you……. a “mystery” question, if you will.
How many museums are there in Washington State? Give a guess…..
The answer: LOTS! MANY! I don’t really know how many!! But two things I do know. Almost every town, from bitty to big, is proud of its heritage and has a museum of some sort. And a new Museum Listing Database is now posted on our WSGS website!
The initial list was compiled by EWGS member Duane Beck and then turned over to Donna Phillips who then turned it over to our WSGS most-capable webmanager, Heather Murphy and viola! It’s there for all to view.
That’s not all; if YOU know if a museum or historical site or fort or any some such that is not on the list, you can click to send that information to our webmanager and she will get the list updated asap.
WSGS offers this to you for your traveling planning and for hometown researching. After all, isn’t it the stuff and artifacts of the pioneers of that place that fill those museums???
Here are some things that Seattle Public Library and Seattle Genealogical Society are doing in October:
Faces of the Archives – SPL event calendar listing
https://www.spl.org/event-calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D129544501
Genealogy classes (not including above)
https://www.spl.org/event-calendar?trumbaEmbed=search%3Dgenealogy%26-index
TIP OF THE WEEK –
Washington State Library Awarded $280,000
This recent $280,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant will enable the Washington State Library’s Washington Digital Newspaper Project to add 100,000 pages of culturally and historically significant newspapers from Asian-American, African-American, and World War II-era publications to its free public archives.
The grant is the fourth National Endowment for the Humanities award for the Digital Newspaper Project. Under the State Library’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program, more than 300,000 pages of historic Washington newspapers have been added to the 13 million newspaper pages publicly accessible at the Chronicling America website of the Library of Congress.
The lesson to be learned, it pays to keep checking sites such as Chronicling America often because records are being digitized so rapidly.
DON’T MISS OUR 2018 FALL SEMINAR Cyndi Ingle, creator of Cyndi’s List, international lecturer, and author will be the presenter at our fall seminar. Topics for the 4 workshops are going to be: · Advanced Googling for Your Grandma For more information and online registration: http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/
IMPORTANT SGS MEMBERSHIP MEETING SGS members, the Membership Meeting is October 13, 1:00-4:00 pm. A topic of discussion will be revising the SGS bylaws. Hear from the SGS Board. The Second Saturday Series presentation that day will be The Homestead Act with Karen V Sipe. So celebrate with a visit to the Seattle Central Library, October 9th, 11 am until 3 pm, Fourth Floor-Room 1, for “Faces of the Archives: Genealogical Research Using Local Collections”. Seattle Genealogical Society will be there featuring two people from our Archives Committee, Mildred Stoliker and Fred Schack. Learn about genealogical resources at libraries, archives, and museums from any of a dozen participating institutions. There will be a half hour formal talk beginning at noon, by Paula Becker, historian and author. This event is free, registration is not required, but space is limited so plan to arrive early. During the entire month of October, there is a barrage of activities scheduled around Washington, and the Seattle area, to educate and entertain family historians such as yourself. A sampling:
For the complete list of October events visit the Washington State Archives website and check out Upcoming Events. Additionally, on Mondays in October, at the Seattle Central Library, are these classes:
BEGINNING RESEARCH TOOLS CLASS AT SGS
Location: SGS Library This class is a precursor to Heidi Mair’s online classes coming up in November. COMING UP IN NOVEMBER … Each of the four sessions will be conducted online using Zoom. To learn more or register, please visit:
JAPANESE GENEALOGY SEMINAR
Interest in genealogy, or tracing our personal ancestral lineage, is increasing due to in part to television shows such as Who Do You Think You Are?, Ancestor RoadShow, and others; DNA advertisements; and continuing conversations about immigration in the political arena. Many individuals are using advertised tools to make documentary and genetic discoveries about their own families. While each ethnic group presents unique challenges, this seminar will teach Nikkei what records exist and how they can build their own family trees. This seminar will open the door to their personal heritage and how that heritage fits within the wider scope of Japanese history in the United States and in Japan. Linda Harms Okazaki, newly back from her latest trip to Japan, will conduct the seminar and the Train the Trainer sessions. She is a nationally known Japanese-American genealogical researcher and lecturer. A charter member of the Nikkei Genealogical Society and past president of the California Genealogical Society, she is the founder and partner of Linda’s Orchard, LLC, a research company specializing in Japanese-American research. She is a bi-monthly columnist for the Nichi Bei Weekly, a board member of the Nichi Bei Foundation, and a research consultant for ProGenealogists, Salt Lake City. Registration will open 1 December 2018 at the Seattle Genealogical Society website: http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org 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 1 January 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 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 Tuesday, October 9, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, SGS will be at Faces of the Archives, with Paula Becker speaking from 12:00 pm- 12:30 pm, event is at the Seattle Central Library, 4th Floor Room 1, drop in to hear from many about resources available at the archives, libraries, and museums Saturday, October 13, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Membership Meeting & Second Saturday Speaker Series, business meeting, hear from the SGS board, discussion of revising bylaws, Karen V Sipe will present The Homestead Act for the Second Saturday Series 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 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 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
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Whatcom Genealogical Society Meeting Monday, October 8, 2:00 pm Bellingham Elks Lodge, 710 Samish Way. Evelyn Roehl of Kin Hunters will give a presentation on German research. Visitors Welcome! 360-966-3860 for more info.
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