German-American Genealogical Partnership
The German-American Genealogical Partnership is sponsoring its first International Germanic Genealogy Conference, July 28 – 30, 2017 in Minneapolis. More than 60 presentations will be held over the three-day conference — everything German. Registration begins in January 2017, but hotel accommodations can be made now. For more information, visit the Germanic Genealogy Society website.
October is an exciting month at WAGS! We’ll kick off the month with a Library Open House from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on October 7. Our knowledgeable librarians will be available to guide you through a marvelous maze of genealogical resources! Find us in the Museum Annex Building at the corner of Mission and Yakima Streets in Downtown Wenatchee.
October 10 is our regular meeting (2:00 p.m. at the Douglas County PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee), with member Jerry Gibbons presenting “From Scotland to Sagebrush Flats,” chronicling his recent trip to England and Scotland, and tracing his line from the British Isles to Canada and Missouri, and westward to North Central Washington.
The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society (BIGS) will meet Friday, October 21, in the LDS church on Bainbridge Island, 8677 Madison Avenue, from 10:00 AM until 1 PM. Steven Morrison, professional genealogist and past president of the Olympia Genealogical Society, will be speaking on Peopling the British Isles – Genetic Origins of Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and England. Who were the indigenous people of the British Isles? The Celts, Picts, Anglos, Saxons or Norse? Learn of the new genetic discoveries about your British Isle ancestors. Free to members; a $5.00 donation is suggested for nonmembers. For more information go to http://www.bigenealogy.org, or call 206-842-4978. BIGS is a 501c(3) non-profit organization.
Thank you!
Sylvia H. Nelson
Director of Publicity and Public Relations
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society
TIP OF THE WEEK – DID YOU HAVE ANCESTORS in
19th CENTURY, WHITMAN COUNTY, ANYONE?
The Whitman County Genealogical Society(WCGS) has published a new book :
“Whitman County, Washington Territory:
Gleanings from Selected Newspapers
with Every Name Index (1877-1886)”
As described by WCGS, their “243 page spiral bound book with laminated covers compiled by Mary Bybee Simonsen in cooperation with WCGS, contains 194 pages of gleanings, plus an index of over 5,000 different names. There were many newspapers in Whitman County from 1877-1886, but most gleanings were extracted from the Palouse Gazette, the Washington Democrat (both Colfax, W.T. newspapers), and the Palouse News (a Palouse City, W.T. newspaper), plus a few other area newspapers. The extractions were done from microfilm at Washington State University Holland Library in Pullman, WA. Every readable issue of these newspapers during this time period was reviewed for possible gleanings. Most gleanings are from records, such as births, marriages, divorces, deaths, and land records, plus other interesting items related to the area. Some articles, especially land records, were too faint to read, so the gleaning was edited. Full articles may be read at a facility having these microfilmed newspapers.”
The book sells for $25 or it is also available on CD in PDF format for $15; taxes and shipping included. Contact address for WCGS : PO BOX 393, Pullman, WA 99163. See WCGS pages posted on the Washington State Genealogical Society Blog for additional information and order form at:
http://wp.wasgs.org/tag/whitman-county-genealogical-society/
FALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
This is a reminder the SGS Fall Membership Meeting will be held Saturday, October 1st, from 1:00 – 2:30 pm. in the Seattle Genealogical Society Library. Due to circumstances beyond our control, scheduled guest speaker, Cyndi Ingle, famous for her website Cyndi’s List, will not be available to speak at this meeting. However, Ann Wright, Director of the Library, will give an account of major developments in the SGS Library.
There will be a pre-meeting social hour with coffee, tea, and light snacks beginning at noon. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow SGS members, the current Board of Directors, and fellow researchers. Perhaps you’ll find someone who can provide a clue or two for your own family history!
DR. ANNA HENDERSON CHAVELLE
January 28, 1933 – September 15, 2016
SGS member Dr. Anna Henderson (Chipman) Chavelle passed away suddenly at the Aljoya residence, where she made her home with her wife Christine Knutson. She was born in Seattle and received both her undergraduate and M.D. degrees from the University of Washington. Her family medical practice was first in Wallingford, then in the Greenlake area of Seattle.
Dr. Chavelle had served as Chief of Staff and on the Board of Northwest Hospital, and had been a President of the Washington State Family Physicians, as well as the Washington State Medical Association. She was preceded in death by her brother, William Henderson and is survived by her spouse Christine Knutson, her daughter Judith (David) Nielsen, her granddaughters Anna and Victoria, her sister Elizabeth Gordon and sister-in-law Diana Henderson, as well as six nieces and nephews and thirteen great nieces and nephews. There will be a Celebration of her Life at the Seattle Yacht Club on October 9th from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M.
Her full obituary can be seen at: www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?pid=181596870
Mary Roddy
The Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) is hosting Mary Roddy for their Saturday, October 15, 2016, program. Mary will present “Read ‘Em or Weep.” Her program involves finding free and pay newspaper sites online and will show a method to do a ‘thorough searching in every newspaper every time.’ The public is welcome to this free program, but donations are gratefully accepted.
The program will be Saturday, October 15 at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road in Chimacum. 9:30-10 a.m. ‘meet & greet’; 10-11:30 includes brief announcements and the presentation. Visit the JCGS website for more information.
Mary Roddy is a Certified Public Accountant who has earned a certificate from the Genealogy and Family History Program at the University of Washington. She is an active member of the Seattle Genealogical Society and speaks frequently to groups in the Seattle area. Her background in accounting has influenced the way she uses spreadsheets and forensic research in her genealogy. Mary is a regular contributor to Your Genealogy Today and Internet Genealogy magazines as well as a webinar presenter with Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
** Understanding A Bit More About 18th Century Photography
** Reacquaint Yourself With Cyndi’s List
** Washington History Trivia: Bing Crosby’s Pipe
** Following Up: Digital Public Library & FamilySearch
The following is quoted from Edward Rutherfurd’s book, New York; I found his explanation of these facts so clear that I thought to share them with you:
1863, page 413: “His photographic studio was well equipped….. like the other photographers on the Bowery, his bread-and-butter business in recent years had been taking quick portraits of young men standing proudly, or sheepishly, in their unaccustomed uniforms, before they went off to fight again the South. Quicker than the old daguerreotype to take, easy to reproduce on paper, he’d get thirty customers a day sometimes. It paid the rent. At first, these small “carte-de-visite”-size portraits had seemed jolly enough, like taking someone’s picture at the seaside. Gradually, however, as the terrible casualties of the Civil War had mounted, he had realized that the dull little portraits he was taking were more like tombstones, last mementoes, before some poor fellow vanished from his family forever. And if he tried to make each humble one as splendid as he could, he did not tell his customers the reason.”
1871, page 488: The character was explaining why he didn’t get a photo of Lincoln speaking the Gettysburg Address…… Lincoln was so brief and: “It had been no easy business getting a picture in the Civil War. The photographs were always taken in 3-D, which meant that two plates had to be inserted simultaneously into a double camera, one to the left, one to the right. The glass plates had to be quickly cleaned, coated with collodion, then, while still wet, dipped in silver nitrate before being put into the camera. The exposure time might only be a few seconds, but then on had to rush the plates, still wet, into the mobile darkroom. Quite apart from the difficulties of having people in motion during the seconds of exposure, the whole process was so cumbersome that taking pictures of battlefield action was almost impossible. “
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 28 September 2016
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 go to www.gfo.org/calendar.htm.
Also, if you missed your free copy of our monthly Insider for August 2016, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-Aug.pdf.
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Notice: Fall Seminar has a WAITING LIST
Thank you all for your registrations. We have reached capacity. BUT!! If you’d like to be put on the waiting list, please email seminar@gfo.org today!
Hope to see you at the The Milwaukie Center on Saturday, Oct 15th, 10am – 4:30pm.
October 3, 2016 General Meeting:
Judy Clayton will present “Mysteries and Discoveries from DNA Testing
Kittitas Co Genealogical Society Meeting Mon Oct 3 7PM 413 N Main St, Ellensburg WA & Bob Wieking (actually Nancy) will be providing our refreshments
[Background explanation for Judy’s DNA talk]
In KCGS library are more copies of solution to 200 year mystery of origin of Abe Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks.
It’s okay to merely appreciate the mystery and the surprise answer. But the background in cellular DNA testing is that there are 3 different kinds of DNA birth parent tests now:
Tri-City Genealogical Society
Monthly Meeting: Wednesday, October 12th
Place: Charbonneau Retirement Center- 8264 Grandridge-Kennewick
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Find-A-Grave and Billion Graves
Learn how to use these graves registration websites
Learn how to search for an individual/cemetery
Learn how to post a memorial, add a photo or a document
Speaker: Veronica Anguiano
For more information, please contact summerfest.44@gmail.com