Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) September Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Sept. 4, 2017
For Immediate Release
  The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) will meet Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, at the LDS church on Bainbridge Island, 8677 Madison Ave, from 10:00a.m. – 12 noon. Guest speaker, Michelle Roos Goodrum, will be speaking on “Cluster Research Using the FAN Principle (Family/Friends, Associates, Neighbors)” Free to members, a $5.00 donation is suggested for nonmembers. For more information go to http://www.bigenealogy.org or call 206-780-8009. BIGS is a 501c(3) non-profit organization.
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Thank you!
Sue Elfving
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society
Director of Publicity and Public Relations

Tuesday’s Trivia

by Charles Hansen

While I was out of town for those weeks, I had the great opportunity to visit the Hibulb Cultural Center, museum of the Tulalip people, near Arlington. Folks have done a really superb job with that museum and I learned so much about those early Washington peoples.

Two prominently displayed quotes caught my eye:

“The salmon, they are not really fish at all; they are salmon people and they live in a village under the sea and come home to our rivers year after year.”

And this really, really good one appropriate for all society presidents:

“A true leader is a slave to the needs of his people.”

This really hit home to me for at that conference in Arlington, both Ginny Majewski (WSGS president) and I presented Society Management talks. A major point of my talk was that if you accept being on your gene society board, then you accept that for a period of time you will be a “slave” to your members……… you will be constantly thinking and planning for the betterment of your society. Your duty to your society will be #1 on your mind all the time. Or so I do believe.

Monday’s Mystery

by Charles Hansen

Bet you really didn’t notice that three weeks ago I knew I was going to be out of town so I did posts dated ahead for the three weeks…. CONGRATS to Gary Parfitt who knew that the Aug 21st mystery place was the Ross Lake Resort. To Arlene Rowden, Phyllis Griffith and Sonji Ruttan for recognizing it was Spokane (Aug 14th) through that smoke-haze. And several of you commented on the Aug 7th post about apples. Thank you all for reading my posts. I encourage all of you to read, to comment and to read the comments

Today’s mystery is a doozey and probably one that nobody can solve.

Hubby and I were boating on the Columbia River/Lake Roosevelt near where the Spokane River empties in. We went a few miles up the east side and then down the west side. It was along there that I spotted this…. to my ken it looks like a World War II landing craft……. see the end flipped down? It was metal and the right size for such a guess. How on earth and why on earth was THIS THERE????

TriCity Genealogical Society September Meeting

by Charles Hansen

Sept 2017

Dear Members and Guests:

I hope you will be planning on attending our upcoming September 13th program on Researching Probate Records by John Covey as this will be most informative.

Also, don’t forget that the Beginning Genealogy Class will start at 6:15 p.m. and this session will be a presentation on City Directories… You will want to attend both programs.

See the enclosed attachment. TCGS Sep 2017 Flyer

Thank you for supporting TCGS.

Sincerely,

Art Kelly
TCGS Program Chair/V.P.

Idea for YOUR society? EWGS Annual Retreat Report

by Charles Hansen

On Sunday afternoon, August 27th, we all gathered at the lovely home of Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, president of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society. “We” were the EWGS Board and all the committee chair persons. (EWGS made the leap a year or so ago to include the committee chairs at all our Board functions; make them know they’re needed and appreciating their input).   President Pat had an agenda which she emailed ahead of time (and before that, asked for agenda items to be included). This meeting, this retreat, is the most important meeting of the EWGS  Board and Committee Chairs all year. 

All the jobs and projects were discussed; every Board member and Chair person gave an update and report on their position, problems and projects. The biggest thing we accomplish at this meeting is to thrash out a roster of programs for the coming year. We feel it’s patently unfair to dump such a huge job on one person so everybody attending is expected to bring ideas. Once roughed out, the list is turned over to the program chair for implementation. This works wonderfully well for us.

About mid-way through the afternoon, we paused for snacks, brought by everybody to share. Pat provided coffee and bottled water.

We would 100% recommend this idea to you for your society management. If you do try this idea, I’d enjoy hearing from you as to how it helped.

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News

by Charles Hansen

 

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s
Wednesday Evening
E-News
30 August 2017

For more information visit www.gfo.org, contact us at info@gfo.org, or call our library at 503-963-1932. We love hearing from you!

For a complete GFO CALENDAR click here.

Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for August 2017, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy HERE. NOTE: The Insider issues are now located under the “Learn” > “Our Publications” menu at our new website (still gfo.org).
Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?? We’d love to have you as a GFO Member!
Continue reading →

Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week

by Charles Hansen

TIP OF THE WEEK –
A FANTASTIC TUTORIAL ON FAMILY TREE MAKER

 

This tip is for current users of Family Tree Maker (FTM), and those who are considering FTM for their genealogy software program. It requires a subscription to Ancestry.com. If you are not an Ancestry subscriber, remember you can always come access it on the computers in the SGS Library. Ancestry is also available at many public libraries.

Ancestry Academy (one of the Extra Features on Ancestry.com) has a terrific tutorial that reviews all the main features available in FTM 2014 and later versions. The tutorial is about 75 minutes long, and consists of 13 segments, each addressing one component of FTM.

 

Topics include:
•Adding Notes, Media, Web Links and Tasks
•Tree Sync How To Merge Individuals and Files
•Creating Charts and Reports
•and more …

Each tutorial segment is about 5 minutes long, and it’s possible to scroll from one segment to the next, to revisit a specific topic, or to resume where you left off.

Here’s the URL: https://www.ancestry.com/academy/course/family-tree-maker

Long-time users of FTM highly recommend this tutorial to everyone, novice and expert alike. It showcases many nifty tricks and details all the features in FTM.

This tutorial is recommended for everyone using FTM, even if you do not access Ancestry from within Family Tree Maker or put your trees online at Ancestry.

Seattle Genealogical Society September News

by Charles Hansen

IMPORTANT DATE CHANGE
FOR FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Please note that the SGS Fall Membership Meeting originally scheduled for Saturday, September 23, has been postponed until Saturday, November 11. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

 

Mary Kathryn Kozy, avid genealogist and researcher, will be the featured speaker. Mark your calendar. We hope to see you then.

SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR OUR INTEREST GROUPS

The Irish and German Interest Groups are starting up again on their usual third Saturday of the month. Their next meeting will be Saturday, September 16. Due to the Fall Seminar in October, they will move their meetings to the fourth Saturday, October 28.

Also Family Tree Maker (FTM) Users Group is starting up again in October. They have elected to meet bimonthly (every other month), on the 2nd Saturday of the month, at the new time of 10:15am-12:15pm. The schedule for the next twelve months is :
•October 14, 2017
•December 9, 2017
•February 10, 2018
•April 14, 2018
•June 9th, 2018
•August 11, 2018

 

ANOTHER GREAT TESTIMONIAL!

Were you able to catch Jill Morelli’s presentation, “FamilySearch: the Other 70%” on August 13th? It was about locating image only records in FamilySearch.

In a nutshell, the class covered how to conduct locational searches using the map, “Find a Collection,” FamilySearch Wiki and the Card Catalog. While not indexed for surname searches, often the arrangement of the image-only record set is embedded in the images. The images, dependent on the type of document, are arranged alphabetically, geographically or chronologically, making it easier to find your ancestor. Look at the beginning of the images of the record set to find the key to finding your ancestor.

Jill was thrilled to get the following note from a grateful attendee who said we could share this with our readers.

 

“Hi – I was at your presentation at SGS on Aug 13th, and just had to let you know my WONDERFUL find using the ‘Catalog’ search method you taught us. I’m the one who talked to you at the end about ‘miss attributed paternity’ and the fact that my grandmother had been married twice, and that the first husband was unknown. Well, I was able to find their marriage license and certificate for June 1906 in Missouri using the Catalog search! It was such an overwhelming event for me, as I hadn’t know until a few months ago about the first marriage, and that my father was a product of this first marriage. Now I’m on the hunt for his birth announcement, but at least I know now who his father was, and his birth name. Thank you again, and I look forward to your next presentation”.

Thank you for sharing your experience. It’s nice to hear we’ve been of help.

LUXEMBOURGERS, ANYONE?

 

SGS member, Lisa Oberg, will be presenting a free webinar, “Luxembourgers on the Prairie: Researching Your Luxembourg Ancestors”, on Tuesday, September 12, 6-7:00pm PDT. This webinar is sponsored by the Illinois State Genealogical society.

To register, go to :
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4916431437334451204
SAVE THE DATES

SGS 2017 Fall Seminar,
“Becoming A More Organized and Effective Genealogist”
by Dick Eastman
Fairview Christian School,
Seattle, WA
October 21, 2017

SGS is excited to have Dick Eastman for the Fall Seminar. Registration will open in early September. Mark your calendar.

2017 LDS FAMILY HISTORY FAIR,
Stake Center Bellevue,
14536 Main St,
Bellevue, WA
Saturday, November 4, 2017

It’s time again for the annual LDS Family History Fair. Always free, always informative, a different venue.

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. The Family Tree Interest Group with Lou Daly and the Scandinavian Interest Group will not meet in September. The SGS Library will be closed September 2 – 4 for Labor Day weekend.

 

SEPTEMBER

 

Saturday, September 9, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, new “Second Saturday Speaker Series”, with guest, Cyndi Ingle

Sunday, September 10, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, DNA Workshop, Led by Cary Bright with first hour on a specific topic, and the second hour open for sharing DNA issues with focus on GenomeMate Pro.

Saturday, September 16 , 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Irish SIG, with Jean A Roth
Saturday, September 16 , 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, German SIG, with Jean A Roth

Tuesday, September 26, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, Beginning Genealogy Class, research veteran and past president of SGS, Linda Fitzgerald, will teach you how to get your genealogy project going. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.

 

OCTOBER

Saturday, October 7, 1:00p m – 3:00 pm, Family Tree Interest Group, Lou Daly, leader of this new special interest group exploring all the features of the tool Family Tree on FamilySearch.

 

Sunday, October 8, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group, Karen Knudson, leader. A workshop for your Scandinavian genealogy.

 

Saturday, October 14, 10:15 am -12:15 pm, Family Tree Maker (FTM)Users Group, members helping one another with Family Tree Maker (FTM) the tool long associated with Ancestry.com; Reiley Kidd and Betty Ravenholt are the leaders.

 

Saturday, October 14, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm, “Second Saturday Speaker Series” , new with guest speaker

 

Sunday, October 15, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, DNA Workshop, Led by Cary Bright with first hour on a specific topic, and the second hour open for sharing DNA issues with focus on GenomeMate Pro.

Saturday, October 21, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm, SGS Fall Seminar, “Becoming a More Organized and Effective Genealogist” with Dick Eastman. Details to follow.

Saturday, October 28 , 10:15 am – 12:15 pm, Irish SIG, with Jean A Roth
Saturday, October 28 , 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, German SIG, with Jean A Roth

Saturday, October 28, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm, DNA SIG, this group meets at the Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, 8008 35th Ave NE, Seattle. For more information contact SGSDNASIG@gmail.com. Co-chaired by Cary Bright and Herb McDaniel.

Sunday, October 29, 1:00pm-2:30pm, as part of the traditional SGS Halloween Open House, Jean A Roth will give this presentation, 500th Anniversary Talk on Protestant Reform & Martin Luther