Ever been to The Brick in Roslyn? I know the place from my favorite TV show, Northern Exposure. But The Brick has a cool history.
In 1889, John Buffo and Peter Giovanni opened a tavern in this location. The tavern was rebuilt in 1898 using 45,000 bricks and took the name “The Brick”.
Want to read more about this famous Washington saloon? Click to www.bricksaloon.com. Lots of good stuff there.
Today The Brick looks a bit sad and sorry……….. too bad.
| I’d like to let you know about an upcoming educational program we are offering on October 13, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in partnership with Skagit Valley Genealogical Society. The topic of the program is “Mapping Your Ancestors” and will be presented by Janet O’Connor – Camarata.
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
Whitman County Genealogical Society
is hosting a FREE Fall mini-seminar
Bishop Place Independent Living Social Room, 811 SE Klemgard, Pullman, WA
Saturday, October 13, 2018
featuring:
“All About Heraldry and Its Use in Genealogy”
By Anthony (Tony) Durnford deGray Birch
“Digital Research – Tips, Tricks and Resources” By Lee Pierce
9:00 am: The doors open.
9:30 am-10:30 am: Anthony (Tony) Birch is a retired higher education administrator and long standing member of Eastern Washington Genealogical Society. He doesn’t claim to be a heraldry expert, but a family historian trying to make sense out of things he has inherited or found through research. His presentation will focus on heraldry, and how the genealogist/family historian can use heraldry to learn more about their ancestors. He will share examples of his ten-year search of his ancestors’ crests and coats of arms and what the many images, forms and colors mean.
10:30-10:45 Break and refreshments.
10:45 am-11:45 am: Lee Pierce is the archivist for the Eastern Region Branch of the Washington State Archives in Cheney, Washington. His mission is to collect, preserve and provide access to the records of local government agencies of the 11 furthest east counties of the state. He will be showing and telling about the digital archives and how best to use it, as well as other government resources that are available to researchers.
If you have any questions or need more information contact WCGS President, Sue Kreikemeier at:
aerocraft@completebbs.com or 509-635-1303. Please RSVP to Sue or whitmancgs@gmail.com
by October 6 to accommodate handouts & refreshments.
While the seminar is free, donations are welcome at the door.
Directions: Turn off Bishop Boulevard onto Klemgard Ave., follow Klemgard Ave. up the hill and turn left at the top. Do not go into the front entrance, but turn right, continuing up the hill and turn left at the white car ports. Find an appropriate parking place, enter the building through the main doors and go straight ahead to the Social Room.
BIOGRAPHIES OF FALL SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Anthony (Tony) Durnford deGray Birch’s biography includes the following:
Compiled seven books about their ancestors
Volunteered with Find-A-Grave for many small cemeteries in the Palouse area
Enjoyed a number of weeklong trips to the Family History Center in Salt Lake City, Utah
Lee Pierce’s biography includes the following:
October is Archives Month and that means we have something great in store for you! Preservation is our specialty and we want to show you how to do it at home with your over-sized items, such as posters, panoramic photos, maps, certificates, diplomas, and more. We’re going to get hands-on! This won’t just be Power Point slides. Digital Projects Archivists Mary Hammer and Maggie Cogswell will get out old, tightly rolled items, show you how to flatten and scan them, then store for archival preservation. Everything we are going to show you will be relevant and replicate at home.
Attendees will get a preservation starter kit! Bring your own over-sized item — there will be Q&A, and chances to share and show off.
Plus, we are going to have a guest speaker from the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.
Schedule
10:00 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.: Preserving and digitizing over-sized items with Digital Projects Archivists Mary Hammer and Maggie Cogswell. They are going to demonstrate how to preserve and digitize your private collections with the actual equipment we use.
12:30 — 1:00 p.m.: Lunch break (there are nearby eateries, or you may bring a lunch – we have a fridge)
1:00 — 2:00 p.m.: Guest speaker Conor Casey, the Labor Archivist from UW, will share about the collections at the university’s archives, and activism in Washington.
When was the last time you munched an Aplet or Cotlet or any of the wonderful fruit-nutty products made only in Cashmere? I stopped there on my way across the state on Hwy 2 and took their free tour..what a treat! The company was founded by two brothers almost 100 years ago and is still family-owned and in the same town. This little facility turns out a million pounds of candy every year. That’s impressive.
The tour begins with seeing huge vats of boiling syrup:
The syrup is next poured onto cooling trays and becomes gummy-like:
Next its cut into squares and dusted with sugar:
Then workers sort and pack the yummy pieces into boxes:
After the tour, you can shop! And shop! And taste and shop!!
How would you define the term blog? How about: A blog is a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
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