Whatcom Genealogical Society Meeting Monday, June 13, 2 pm, at the Bellingham Elks Lodge, 710 Samish Way, Bellingham, WA. Program will be “Becoming America: A Study of Immigration” with Janice Lovelace. What conditions existed for your ancestors to leave their home countries and make a journey to a new place? What conditions existed to encourage settlement in the Americas, especially the United States? Visitors Welcome! Contact: 360-733-8300.
Thank you!
Sharon Neem
WGS Publicity Chair
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an optional extra ‘land conference’ the day before the cruise (no overlap with cruise topics)Preliminary program
Click here to download a provisional program – updated to 24 May 2018
This is fairly complete at this stage, but a few topics need to be finalised and the timing of some talks may change.
Anybody remember having curtain tie-backs like this? Pretty fancy, eh?
I wanted to know more so I asked Grandma Google. She sent me to this website: http://www.patternglass.com/Form/Tieback/Tiebacks.htm
We might use curtain tie-backs today but I’d bet they’re not like these!
Do you by any chance remember the address of where you lived as a child? Say in the first, second or third grade? I do: 311 Great Jones Street, Fairfield, California. My Dad was stationed at Travis AFB there. I Googled that address and wow! it’s still there and looking good!
Back where the garage is, Dad build a playhouse for us and even added house numbers: 312 Great Jones Street.
Why don’t you try asking Google to see if you can view a photo of your old home??? Fun exercise.
Okaydokey, a real mystery question today: Where is this????? You’ve likely been there a dozen times………
P.S. This was all/partly a CCC project in the 1930s!
WSGS Vice President and Region 7 Representative Donna Potter Phillips presents Charles Hansen from the Eastern Washington Gen Soc (& WSGS Blog Master) with an Outstanding Volunteer Award.
Thirty local genealogical society members were honored for their outstanding volunteerism at the WSGS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Washington, on 26 May 2018. Nominated by their local societies, these individuals and teams spent countless hours supporting their local organizations, researching, cataloging, inventorying, teaching, and inspiring others. We are proud to announce the 2018 Outstanding Volunteer Awards:
Jessica Moskowitz Anderson, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State
Robert Barnes, Eastside Genealogical Society
Lisa & Phil Bartlow, Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society
Joyce Boster, Whidbey Island Team Club Improvements, Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers
Lawrence Clay, Tri-City Genealogical Society
Trudy Hayrynen Davis, Lower Columbia Genealogical Society
Max Graham, Kittitas County Genealogical Society
Stan Graham, Mason County Genealogical Society
Anne Grimm, Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society
Charles Hansen, Eastern Washington Genealogical Society
Cathi Hepworth, Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society
Thomas Hull, Kittitas County Genealogical Society
Janis Keough, Whidbey Island Team Club Improvements, Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers
Reiley Kidd, Seattle Genealogical Society
Lake Chelan Museum, Chelan Valley Genealogical Society
Barbara Mattoon, South King County Genealogical Society
Karen Mitchell, Clallam County Genealogical Society
Elise Willens Morse, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State
Gary Parfitt, Grays Harbor Genealogical Society
Rebel Anne Romero, Olympia Genealogical Society
Sonji Ruttan, Eastern Washington Genealogical Society
Judy Simon, Genealogical Society of Whidbey Island
Candice Soine, Skagit Valley Genealogical Society
Stilly Library, Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society
Mary K. (Schonberg) Swartz, Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society
Richard Thayer, South King County Genealogical Society
Jackie Vannice, Whidbey Island Club Improvements, Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers
Consuelo White, Clallam County Genealogical Society
Sharon Wilson, Northeast Washington Genealogical Society
Yard Sales Team, Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
To read each individual’s accomplishments and why they were nominated, visit the Outstanding Volunteer Awards Program page here.
For more information about the Outstanding Volunteer Awards Program, contact Virginia Majewski at ginnym51@msn.com.
Seminar chair Marcia Grubb and CCGS President Brian Runyan share a moment.
So much to see and do! And you can still join us!
Roger Newman (right) shares stories about his Hudson Bay Company ancestor.
For many of us, the Clark County Genealogical Society Spring Seminar festivities began today (Friday) with a reception at the Fort Vancouver Artillery Barracks. A spectacular building constructed in 1904, the Artillery Barracks was originally built as a place to house soldiers who were trained to go into combat with cannons and other mounted guns. Tonight, however, it was the location of the Hudson Bay Company Gala Reception. It was our opportunity to meet keynote speaker David Allen Lambert, chief genealogist with the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, as well as new and old friends. So great to put faces to my email pals from Clark County.
One of the embroidered panels of the Vancouver Tapestry.
Before the reception, I had the opportunity to marvel at the Fort Vancouver Tapestry on exhibit at the CCGS Annex, 717 Grand Blvd., Vancouver. This exquisite textile will be on display through Monday, May 28. The tapestry was completed over a six-year period (1999 – 2005), using over 100,000 hours of volunteer effort. The 70 panels, stitched by 57 talented embroiderers, depicts the history and growth of the American West all the way to the banks of the mighty Columbia. The tapestry is 108 feet long and has more than 22 miles of woolen yarn. Check out the plaid shirts in the picture on the left — amazing!
You can still register for the seminar. Just show up at the Historic Red Cross Building, 605 Barnes St, Vancouver. The doors open at 8:00 a.m. You don’t want to miss it — and you’ll get to hear the announcement of the WSGS recognition award winners during the lunch hour. A day packed with learning and fellowship.
We just gotta love old genealogy books. When, for $1.00, I bought a copy of the 1965 book by E. Kay Kirkham, The Counties of the UNITED STATES and Their Genealogical Value, I was pleased as punch. (What is the origin of THAT??)
Darn! Didn’t realize that dragging it just that much bigger would cause such distortion. Sorry. If you would like a better copy, as an email attachment, holler: Donna243@gmail.com
Reading through the county names, county seat names and parent county names, the only new one to me was Sawanish, the parent county of Mason County.
Of our 41 counties now, 20 have the Original County designation. Here’s a spot of real trivia for you: Washington Territory was organized from Oregon Territory in 1853 but Seattle’s King County dates to 1852. Most interesting, no?
