The Yakima Valley Genealogy Society is hosting its Fall Workshop Friday and Saturday, October 6 and 7 in Yakima. See below for registration details and further information.
Clark County Genealogy Society October Meetings
Below are classes and meeting listings for the Clark County Genealogy Society through Oct 17.
Legacy Genealogy Software User Group
Mon, Oct 2, 2016: 10 am-noon
CCGS Education Center
If you use Legacy Family Tree Software for tracking your genealogy research, there is a Legacy Users Group that meets monthly to discuss tips, tricks and problems. You will always come away with some new ideas. The meetings are held regularly on the first Monday of the month. Members and non-members are welcome.
Is Your Genealogy Research a Mess?
Mon, Oct 2, 2016: 12-1:30 pm
CCGS Education Center
Is your family history research going the way it should? Have you hit a brick wall or are confused about which direction to go? Learn how to re-start, re-set and re-group with guidelines set by nationally-known researcher, Thomas MacEntee, in his “Genealogy Do-Over Workbook.” Free classes are held on the first Monday of each month. Brown baggers are welcome.
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News
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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. We love hearing from you!
For a complete GFO CALENDAR click here.
Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for October 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).
EXTRA NOTE: We had some mailed _Insider_copies go out labeled as November’s issue. The link above has the corrected version, as November’s issue is still being birthed. Our sincerest apologies for the confusion.
Curious about the status of your GFO Membership?? We’d love to have you as a GFO Member!
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Fall Seminar AND Fall Workshop Open for Registration!
Don’t miss out! We’ve moved the Fall Workshop to the Milwaukie Center!
Oct 14th, 10am to 4:30pm, AND Oct 15th 9:30am – noon at the Milwaukie Center
Those already on the Workshop’s Wait-List will be contacted directly. If you’re not on the wait-list for the Workshop, you better act fast!! Click the Register link below before it’s too late, again!
Did you know genealogy is the second most popular hobby in the United States? Have you also noticed how much hubbub there has been lately about DNA and how DNA can help find missing links, missing parentage, and more?
The GFO’s Fall Seminar has all of these hot topics and more! Registration for Saturday’s Seminar AND for Sunday’s Workshop is open open open. Click HERE to register now.
Download a flyer to share with family, friends, and coworkers.
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Friday Serendipity
Spotted a book in the Fiske Library in Seattle: Washington Ghost Towns, by Lambert Florin, 1970, WSU Press. Intrigued, I hauled it back to my table. The index listed 23 different ghost towns! I would never have guessed that Washington had that many. But wait! Doing a Google search for “ghost towns in USA” and then “Washington” I found a list of 55 ghost towns in our Evergreen State!
This was Ruby, Washington, just 13 miles north of Okanogan. Quite a town; did your ancestors struggle to live there? Was it a mining or lumbering town? (Grandma Google knows the answer.)
Thinking ahead to your next summer’s road trip, and if you’re a ghost town nerd, pin that list to your map and away you’ll go!
Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society October Meeting
Family Search October Webinars
Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for October 2017
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, has announced its free family history classes and webinars for October 2017. Participants can attend in person or online. The October schedule includes how-to classes for Canada,UK, US and Venzuela research, using the FamilySearch Family Tree, learning the new web-based indexing tool, and other useful tips and instruction. Some classes are available in Spanish. See the full schedule below. Mark your calendars for events you want to join so you don’t forget.
Online classes are noted on the schedule as webinars. Webinar attendees need to click the link next to the class title at the scheduled date and time to attend the class online. Those attending in person simply go to the room noted. Invite your family and friends. All class times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST).
If you are unable to attend a class in person or online, most sessions are recorded and can be viewed later online at your convenience. To access these, go to the archive for Family History Library classes and webinars.
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WEBINAR | ROOM |
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Monday Oct. 2, 10:00 a.m. |
Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 3, 10:00 a.m. |
Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch’s Historical Records Collection (Beginner) |
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Wednesday Oct. 4, 10:00 a.m. |
Italian Language Indexing (1½ hours) (Intermediate) |
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Thursday Oct. 5, 1:00 p.m. |
Using England Probate Records (Intermediate) |
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Monday Oct. 9, 10:00 a.m. |
Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 10, 10:00 a.m. |
FamilyTree: Correcting Relationships (Intermediate) |
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Tuesday October 10, 11:00 a.m. |
Figuring Out Place Names for Swedish Genealogy (Intermediate) |
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Tuesday October 10, 1:00 p.m. |
Criminals, Lunatics, and Witches, Oh My! Finding the Less Than Pleasant in Family History (Beginner) |
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Tuesday October 10, 2:00 p.m. |
Starting FamilyTree: Open Questions and Answers (Beginner) |
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Wednesday Oct. 11, 3:00 p.m. |
Web Indexing Training for Temple and Family History Consultants—Brazil: (1½ hours) (Intermediate) |
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Thursday Oct. 12, 1:00 p.m. |
Finding Jewish Ancestors in England (Beginner) |
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Thursday Oct. 12, 4:00 p.m. |
Web Indexing Training for Temple and Family History Consultants—South America: (1½ hours) (Intermediate) |
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Monday Oct. 16, 9:00 a.m. |
Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) |
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Monday Oct. 16, 10:15 a.m. |
Canada Research: Canada Census Records (Beginner) |
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Monday Oct. 16, 11:30 a.m. |
Are You Your Own Brick Wall? Common Genealogical Mistakes and Their Solutions (Intermediate) |
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Monday Oct. 16, 1:15 p.m. |
United States Vital Records (Beginner) |
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Monday Oct. 16, 2:30 p.m. |
United States Naturalization Records (Intermediate) |
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Tuesday Oct. 17, 9:00 a.m. |
FamilySearch Wiki (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 17, 10:15 a.m. |
Canada Research: Canada Vital Records (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 17, 11:30 a.m. |
Descendancy Research (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 17, 1:15 p.m. |
United States Land Records (Intermediate) |
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Tuesday Oct. 17, 2:30 p.m. |
United States Probate Records (Intermediate) |
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Wednesday Oct. 18, 9:00 a.m. |
Tips and Tricks for Using FamilySearch’s Historical Records Collection (Beginner) |
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Wednesday Oct. 18, 10:15 a.m. |
Canada Research: Quebec Research (Beginner) |
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Wednesday Oct. 18, 11:30 a.m. |
A United States Case Study (Intermediate) |
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Wednesday Oct. 18, 1:15 p.m. |
Census Techniques and Strategies (Beginner) |
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Wednesday Oct. 18, 2:30 p.m. |
Great Internet Sites for United States Research (Beginner) |
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Thursday Oct. 19, 9:00 a.m. |
FamilySearch Memories (Beginner) |
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Thursday Oct. 19, 10:15 a.m. |
Canada Research: Ontario Research (Beginner) |
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Thursday Oct. 19, 11:30 a.m. |
The Research Process (Beginner) |
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Thursday Oct. 19, 1:15 p.m. |
Genetic Genealogy: An Introduction to DNA (Beginner) |
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Thursday Oct. 19, 2:30 p.m. |
Using LDS Church Records (Beginner) |
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Friday Oct. 20, 9:00 a.m. |
Freedman Bureau Records (Intermediate) |
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Friday Oct. 20, 10:15 a.m. |
Immigration and Canadian Border Crossings (Intermediate) |
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Friday Oct. 20, 11:30 a.m. |
Ask Your United States and Canada Research Question (Beginner) |
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Friday Oct. 20, 1:15 p.m. |
Canada Research: Canada Military (Intermediate) |
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Friday Oct. 20, 2:30 p.m. |
Over There! World War I Records over Here (Intermediate) |
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Saturday Oct. 21, 1:00 p.m. |
Recursos Genealógicos de Venezuela (Beginner) |
Webinar | VIP Room |
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Monday Oct. 23, 10:00 a.m. |
Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 24, 10:00 a.m. |
What’s New at FamilySearch (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 24, 11:00 a.m. |
Danish Tax Records (Advanced) |
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Tuesday Oct. 24, 1:00 p.m. |
Exploring Probate Records in Norway (Intermediate) |
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Wednesday Oct. 25, 10:00 a.m. |
Spanish Language Indexing (1½ hours) (Intermediate) |
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Wednesday Oct. 25, 11:00 a.m. |
Online Resources for Finnish Research (Intermediate) |
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Wednesday Oct. 25, 1:00 p.m. |
Tracing Ancestry in Ireland’s Land and Other Records (Intermediate) |
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Thursday Oct. 26, 1:00 p.m. |
Your British and Irish Research Questions Answered (Beginner) |
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Monday Oct. 30, 10:00 a.m. |
Using the FamilySearch Catalog Effectively (Beginner) |
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Tuesday Oct. 31, 1:00 p.m. |
Deciphering Portuguese Script (Beginner) |
Thursday Query
With the blessing and permission of the Washington State Genealogical Society board, I get to start a new blog posting! Thursday Query will be the title and for this feature to be worthwhile, I shall rely on YOU to submit your query to me for this feature. Here’s the criteria:
- Send it to Donna243@gmail.com
- Make sure to include a name, a date and a place.
- Limit this to queries about Washington history and/or ancestors.
- Submit a photo if you have one.
- Please know I reserve the right to edit the query.
- Queries won’t be posted every Thursday unless I have them!
So on to the first one! I found this wonderful photo in Apple Annie’s Antique Gallery in Cashmere, Washington.
The stamp on the frame says, “Grams, Minot, N.D.” Handwritten across the bottom is ‘Bertha and Gus Monesmith.”
I did some looking on Ancestry, and found a 1920 marriage record for Gus Monesmith from Wenatchee, and Laura Belle Branin, also of Wenatchee. I also found (on Ancestry) an obituary: “Gus Monesmith, age 86, born in North Dakota, came to Wenatchee in 1904, in 1920 he married Laura Branin. He left a son, Thomas Monesmith, Scotts Bluff, NE; three daughters, Nellie Reeves, Marion Gossman, and Mildred Travis, all of Wenatchee. So who is/was Bertha???
Would love to return this photo to a descendant if I can find one!
New Photos on Blog Banner
Spokane River. Photo by Donna Potter Phillips
Have you noticed the Blog banner changes every time you visit? The photos are submitted by readers like you. We’re always looking for scenic photos of our beautiful state for the rotating photo gallery on the blog banner.
The current batch of pictures were taken by Bettye Hull from Cheney and Donna Potter Phillips from Spokane.
Guidelines for the photos are few:
•Landscapes, landmarks, and scenery photos are preferred. If, however, you have a perfect photo that includes people, please obtain their permission to post the photo.
•Photo must have been taken in Washington State (this is the Washington State Genealogical Society blog, after all!).
•Photo will be cropped to 1100 x 250 pixels, so keep that in mind.
•You may submit as many photos as you want.
•Final decisions on suitable photos will be made by the awesome WSGS Blog Team.
•There’s no prize if your photo is chosen – just the satisfaction that your photo is being showcased on a blog viewed by hundreds of enthusiastic genealogists.
•There’s no firm deadline to submit photos, just keep ‘em coming. We want to rotate lots of photos to keep the blog fresh.
To submit your photo, please email the image (jpg only, please); what, where, when, and by whom the photo was taken to WSGSBlog@wasgs.org.
Got questions? Email the blog team at WSGSBlog@wasgs.org.
Wednesday Nostalgia
Perhaps today’s memory item isn’t that old but it’s still nostalgia-evoking to me. This is a “mangle” or Ironrite ironing machine. I remember my Mom sitting at the Ironrite, moving the controls with her knees, and ironing EVERYTHING……shirts and sheets, hankies and hand towels and tablecloths. She explained that it saved both time and her back. Do you have memories of an Ironrite? Did you ever catch a finger??
Tri-City Genealogical Society October Seminar
25 Sept 2017
Dear TCGS Members and Guests:
The Seminar will be here very shortly, but you only have 5 more days to register for this DNA seminar if you want to have the lunch and the syllabus included with your registration. After September 30th, unfortunately, your registration will not include the lunch or the syllabus; however, you can still register up to the day of the seminar, and the syllabus will be available for $5.00 at the registration table.
So, please give some serious thought about activating your registration this week. Thank you for your consideration and we hope to see you at the October 14th Seminar (“Understanding Your DNA”).
Sincerely,
Art Kelly
TCGS Seminar Publicity Committee