Many thanks are extended to Bettye Hull of Cheney, Washington, for sharing some of her picturesque photos of Washington for our Blog Banner Challenge. Bettye sent us a collection of photos from:
The blog masters are always looking for scenic photos of our beautiful state for the rotating photos on the blog banner. For more details about the challenges, click here.
Today’s mystery question is this: How many Native American tribes are there in Washington State? Probably more than you’d think.
A special Fourth of July cake is awarded to Patty Olsen who was the first to post that the Vantage Bridge connects Kittitas and Grant counties. Karen Hand was two minutes later! Opal Mhyres, Sonji Rutan and Phyllis Griffith also gave correct answers.
Registration is still open for one of the region’s premier genealogical events: the Northwest Genealogy Conference.
Sponsored by the hard-working Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society, the four-day conference will be in Arlington, WA from Wednesday, August 16 through Saturday, August 19th.
The first day, Wednesday, is a free day geared toward beginning genealogists (although we all have so much we can learn or relearn!). Wednesday will also feature two management classes specifically for local societies:
How to Attract & Keep Members…Awake with Donna Potter Phillips, WSGS Vice President
The Nuts and Bolts of Society Management with Virginia Forney Majewski, WSGS President
Wednesday’s classes are all free, but registration is required.
The remainder of the conference (Thursday through Saturday), will feature over a dozen speakers, including keynoters Diahan Southard (Thursday), Daniel Earl (Friday) and Kenyatta Berry (Saturday). There’ll also be vendors and lots of opportunities to network with fellow genealogists.
Don’t miss this conference! Visit the website for more information or to register.
TIP OF THE WEEK –
USING THE DAR WEBSITE
You don’t have to be a DAR member to use the DAR website and its resources. If you had an ancestor in the Colonies during the American Revolutionary War, here are the steps to finding out what the DAR might have on them:
1. Log onto www.dar.org
2. Click on GRS (green button at top of home page)
3. Click on Ancestors
4. Enter at least your ancestor’s last name and hit Search
A results list will be displayed showing full name, rank, birth and death date, service description. Click on the individual entry and you’ll get some additional data such as residence and spouse. Hint: click again on the member number (aka “Natl Num”) to see even more info. Sometimes you can purchase the associated membership application and/or supplemental supporting documentation as noted by the green Purchase button. Also don’t forget some lineage applications are on Ancestry.
WASHINGTON STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
RECOGNIZES LISA CHAN
Lisa Chan recently received a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award for her contributions to Seattle Genealogical Society. Although Lisa has been a member of SGS for less than two years, she has made quite an impact on the society, moving it forward technologically. She was front and center on setting up the new digital scanning lab, introduced SGS to Google Apps for Non-Profits, and coached the society through these implementations. She also helped SGS establish sound policies and procedures regarding their digital assets.
Board members, L to R, Christine Schomaker, Karen Knudson, Julia Marconi, Jill Morelli, Amandalei Bennett,
and past president, Marilyn Rose, gather around Lisa Chan, holding her award
SGS is so grateful for Lisa’s willingness to share her technology, applications, and training skills with us. Many of you may have come to her popular Tech Tuesday drop-in sessions. Join us in congratulating Lisa Chan on her award and thanking her for her service to SGS.
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s
Wednesday Evening
E-News
28 June 2017
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The items in the photo are a Southwest Technical Products 6800 computer with 36k of memory, dual mini floppies, a Hazeltine 1500 video terminal, and a Trendata1000 Selectric terminal. The small box on the disk drive is my homebrew 300 baud modem.
*** Surname fun
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*** Washington Beach Trivia
Have you a documented marriage like this one: Arnold FRANCIS married Frances GATEWOOD ca 1720 in Virginia. So she was Frances FRANCIS. Interesting, no?
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Civilization in 2017- this is priceless!
� Our Phones – Wireless
� Cooking – Fireless
� Cars – Keyless
� Food – Fatless & Tasteless
� Tires -Tubeless
� Dress – Sleeveless
� Youth – Jobless
� Leaders – Shameless
� Relationships – Meaningless
� Attitudes – Careless
� Babies – Fatherless
� Feelings – Heartless
� Education – Valueless
� Children – Mannerless
We are-SPEECHLESS,
Government-is CLUELESS,
And our Politicians-are WORTHLESS!
I’m scared – Shitless!
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At the Coastal Interpretive Center, Ocean Shores, Washington, I picked up several leaflets to teach me more about the history of the coast. One was Native Stories of Pacific Northwest Cataclysmic Events and gave the Native oral tradition stories of the pre-history event, the 1700 Cascadia tsunami. This event affected the entire coast from Puget Sound to Northern California and changed the coast line to what we know today.
Another leaflet was about the Brown Pelicans of the Beach. These four feet long birds are gregarious and like to congregate in flocks of 50 or more. They are the most skillful of the diving birds, folding their wings and zooming into the ocean, thus providing a wonderful spectacle for bird watchers.
One last leaflet was The Captivating Sand Dollar. The caution given in the leaflet was to never pick up shells that are furry green or brown in color as that indicates that the Sand Dollar is still alive. The many legends regarding the pattern on the top of a Sand Dollar mostly have a religious connotation. In reality, the pattern of the five petals are the locations of hollow filters that the creature uses to breathe. The most natural way to preserve your Sand Dollar is to put it outside int he full sun until it turns bright white in color……but beware of seagulls stealing them!
This was a schoolhouse near the fairgrounds a bit west of Walla Walla. I took the “stairs” photo through the locked-door-window. How many of you, and certainly of your ancestors, went to a rural schoolhouse like this?
Can’t you just hear the hundreds of footsteps clomping up and down those wooden stairs?