WHATCOM GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
2016 FALL SEMINAR
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016
9 am to 4 pm
Saint James Presbyterian Church
910–14th Street (lower level),
Bellingham, WA
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Heritage Quest Research Library Autumn Quest
October is Family History Month and HQRL is celebrating in a big way with 3 days of Autumn Quest and 3 NEW classes.
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October
Autumn Quest
If you are unable to attend Saturday’s Seminar,
you may still register for the Friday and Saturday classes.
Please note the change of instructor at this class and HQRL hours.
Friday, October 7th, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. $15.00
“Resources to Tap into Washington State from the Comfort of Your Home,” with Janet O’Conor Camarata at HQRL
Washington State is digitized! Come and learn about the many resources available. This will cover more than Washington state ancestors. HQRL is open 10:00 – 4:00 p.m. It will remain open for Seminar attendees. 4 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 8th, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ($60.00 includes lunch), “Enriching Research through Library Sources,” with Curt B. Wicher, (held at the Emerald Queen Ballroom & Conference Center). No walk-ins.
Please note the change of HQRL hours.
Sunday, October 9th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. $15.00
“Hidden Treasures at HQRL,” with Dee Haviland Fournier at HQRL
A gold-mine tour explore the books, microforms, compact disk, and other non-database resources available at HQRL. HQRL will be open from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. for Seminar attendees.
Back to our classes at HQRL. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thursday, October 20st, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. $15.00
“The Palatines. Who are they? And why should you care! with Jim Johnson.
Jim will answer the burning question –What is a Palatine? He will explore where they came from, where they settled and how you can find lists of Palatine names and information about these German and/or Irish ancestors. Yes, he said, “IRISH.” He will also discuss resources you can use to make your Palatine connection. Join Jim for this informative class.
An additional class:
Tuesday, October 25th, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. $15.00
Voices From the Past: Researching Old Letters and Diaries with Janet O’Conor Camarata $15.00
Old letters, diaries, journals and other handwritten items are primary sources of genealogical information and an can offer an intimate look into the hearts and minds of our ancestors. They offer valuable, exciting and sometimes challenging opportunities for discovering missing pieces to the family puzzle, giving valuable clues of where to look next. Learn tips on what to look for, what questions to ask, tools for transcribing, how to archive and organize the gems we have hidden in our family papers.
Saturday, October 29th, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 pm $15.00
“How to find your Revolutionary War Ancestor in 90 Minutes” with Ann Crawford.
Ann is currently serving as DAR Registrar for the Mary Bell Chapter in Tacoma. She will talk about the Revolutionary War, Patriots and Posers. More information to follow.
Saturday, November 5th, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. $15.00 (The HQRL library will open at 9:00 a .m. for this event.)
Steven Morrison will present this special event.
The Quakers are coming! The Quakers are coming!
Join us as we learn about the Quakers in this two topic event. There will be a short break between classes.
Simply Amazing – US Quaker Records on Ancestry .com
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) was one of the largest religions in colonial America. Finding a Quaker ancestor may open multiple brick walls. Learn the basics of Quaker church records and discover how rich these records are for your genealogical research.
Irish Friends Migration to Pennsylvania – Uncovering an Ulster Family Story
Did you know that the Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) were one of three major religions in America prior to the revolution? While small in numbers, the travels of the Irish Friends are so well documented they provide a migration template for English-speaking nonconformists.
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Thursday, November 17th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. FREE “Beginning Family History Research,” with Dee Haviland Fournier
Join Dee in a FREE class and learn about Heritage Quest Research Library (HQRL). This class will help you in the search for your ancestors, by learning how to find and use birth, marriage, and death records, along with a discussion on how to use census records to further your research and some genealogy hints. Everyone is welcome and you may attend as many times as you like.
No classes during the month of December.
*3 ways to sign-up:*
1. In person at HQRL, 1007 S. Main St., Sumner, WA. The sign-up notebook is at the Front Desk.
2. E-mail *HQRLinfo@gmail.com <HQRLinfo@gmail.com>* – provide name, telephone number and your HQRL membership number, if you are a member.
3. Telephone HQRL at 253-863-1806 between 10:00 am – 4 pm, Monday through Saturday. Provide your name, telephone number and HQRL membership number, if you are a member.
Olympia Genealogical Society October Meeting
Visiting Your Ancestral Town– Carolyn Schott will help you experience the places where your family lived at the Olympia Genealogical Society meeting on Thursday October 13, 7-9 pm at Thurston County Courthouse, Bldg 1, Room 152. 360-451-1059
Thank-you JOYCE OGDEN publicity
======================================================================= Joyce T. Ogden jtogden@comcast.net
YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Fall Workshop
Take a road trip to Yakima on Friday, the last day of September and enjoy the Union Gap Agricultural Museum tram tours on a beautiful fall day. Then, Saturday October 1 attend the Yakima Genealogy Society fall workshop 9:00 am to 4:00 pm at Mt. Olive Church 7809 Tieton Drive. 12 separate genealogical classes.
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Ancestry Day’s Special Friday Event
We were welcomed as we entered the museum
In a sold-out precursor of Ancestry Day, the crowd was treated to a half-day of presentations on topics from State Archive and State Library resources to identifying old photos. Besides getting a great opportunity to browse the exhibits at the Washington State History Museum, we heard presentations by:
A sold-out crowd at the Friday presentations
- Tracy Rebstock, Southwest Regional Archivist at the State Archives, enlighten us with the “unique” records available online and on-site at the Archives. From old high school yearbooks to logging and cattle brands. Who knew Tracy had such a fascination with criminal records — and passed that on to us!
- Mary Kathryn Kozy, professional genealogist extraordinaire, is always a delight — and she didn’t disappoint. Her talk about tracing people through time and space using timelines was excellent and enlightening.
Mary Kathryn Kozy talking about timelines
- Lynette Miller and Ed Nolan from the Washington State Historical Society shared the resources and original records available among their collections — all focusing on Washington State — from businesses, personal papers, organizations and more. A particular source of pride is the collection of Northern Pacific Beneficial Hospital records.
- Karen Wallace Steely, professional genealogist with The Past Matters, provided an enlightening talk about finding stories in family photographs. Her knowledge opened our eyes in identifying old photos.
- Kathryn Devine from the Washington State Library shared numerous newspaper indices, online resources and on-site opportunities to find that unique story about our ancestors. Did you know the State Library has 40,000 reels of newspapers?
What a day! And there’s more! Tomorrow (Saturday, 24 Sep) will feature the “main event” — Ancestry Day, sponsored by Ancestry. If you’re reading this blog post before 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning, get yourself to the Greater Tacoma Convention Center and register at the door for a plethora of classes, door prizes, networking, vendors and more! Only $35 — a real bargain!
Serendipity Day
** Tibetan Dress Customs
** Why You Might Not Find Your Ancestor’s Grave
** Egyptian Genealogy
** Was Your Ancestor a German Redemptioner?
From the book, Seven Years in Tibet, by Heinrich Harrer, who lived in Tibet in the 1940s and 1950s and wrote his famous book in 1982. And was turned into a great movie with Brad Pitt! I learned so much about the Tibetan people from enjoying this book and could have copied out endless bits for you but will settle on this one….just in case you might have Tibetan ancestors:
“(Now spring had come). The season of sandstorms was over, and the peach trees were in blossom. On the neighboring peaks, the last remnants of the snow shone blindly white in the warm sunshine. One day the summer season was officially declared to have begun, and the summer clothes might be worn. One had no right to leave off one’s furs when one wanted to. Every year, after considerations of the omens, a day was fixed on which the notables and monks put on summer dress. The weather might have been very warm or snowstorms might follow. That did not matter. Summer dress must be work from that date only. The same thing happens in autumn, when winter dress is officially resumed. I continually used to hear complaints that the changeover had come too coon or too late and that people were stifling hot or half frozen.”
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This next was penned by Janet Margolis Damm, member of the Whitman County Genealogical Society (which is 75 miles south of Spokane). She wrote and submitted this bit to her society’s newsletter and I share it with you with her permission.
Why you will not find your ancestors headstones! By Janet Margolis Damm
If you have ever been to France or Germany or many other countries in Europe looking for your ancestor’s gravesites, you probably couldn’t find any headstone. I visited cemeteries in Germany in the early 2000s looking for my ancestors and could not find stones with a death date before the 1960’s. At the time no one told me about the charnel house tradition. I didn’t even know what the word charnel meant. A few months ago I found out and I am passing this knowledge on to you.
Charnel House, Beinhaus, bone house or ossuary are all names for the same thing. A charnel house is a vault or building where human skeletal remains are stored. They are often built near churches for depositing bones that are unearthed while digging graves. In countries where ground suitable for burial was scarce, corpses would be interred for approximately five years following death, thereby allowing decomposition to occur. Germany interred remains for 30 years. After this, the remains would be exhumed and moved to an ossuary or charnel house, thereby allowing the original burial place to be reused.
Donna: You want some most interesting browsing and then reading? Google the term ossuary German and you’ll get an afternoon’s worth of reading hits.
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Copyright Laws Q&A
Copyright laws are confusing to most of us. It makes sense that you can’t copy pages from a book or article to share with your research buddies, copy and paste an online article or post photos to Facebook or your blog. But did you know copyright law also applies to your old family photos, family stories your cousin writes, newspaper articles you share, books you use at the library, online articles you come across, lectures you listen to at conferences, and more?
After a short email asking Family Tree Magazine editor Diane Haddad if we could share Sharon DeBartolo Carmack’s informative article “Copyright for Genealogist” (FamilyTreeMagazine blog, 12 Aug 2016), here it is. It’s definitely worth the read.
Seattle Genealogical Society October Seminar
The author of the best new book on using DNA for genealogy is giving a seminar in Seattle 9 am Sat Oct 15th
For brochure or to sign up, see:
http://www.seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/content/seminars
Speaker and author Emily Aulicino is the Regional Coordinator for the International Society of Genetic Genealogists (ISOGG) for Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. She teaches genetic genealogy classes at the Genealogical Forum of Oregon in Portland and manages 13 different DNA projects through Family Tree DNA. Ms. Aulicino is the author of Genetic Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond.[which Tuck has order for KCGS libreary] She also teaches weekly classes on writing childhood memories and family stories.
Our seminar features 5 sessions. The morning sessions will have two track options – beginner and advanced. Choose which track to attend based on your interest and level of knowledge in genetic genealogy. Members of the SGS DNA Special Interest Group will assist with the presentations. We’ll break for lunch, and then come together again for the final three sessions.
Saturday, 15 October 2016
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
$40 for member/$50 for non-members
Boxed lunch for $12 – sandwiches and gluten free salad options
Registration deadline is October 8th, $50/$60 after deadline
Further questions can be directed to Sandra Stark
seminar@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org(link sends e-mail)
Fairview Christian School
844 NE 78th Street
Seattle, WA
Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
Welcome at 9:00 a.m.
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM’s Wednesday Evening E-News 21 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 is SOLD OUT
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Thank you all for your registrations. We have reached capacity.
See you at the The Milwaukie Center on Saturday, Oct 15th, 10am – 4:30pm.
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OREGON ARCHIVES CRAWL, Saturday, Oct 8th, 11am – 3pm
Portland-Area Archives and Historical Repositories, Unite!!
Come meander between to this year’s 3 downtown hosting repositories (stop by at the GFO’s table to see how we’re doing with our Digital Manuscript Collection), the City of Portland Archives & Records Center, the Oregon Historical Society and the Multnomah County Library. What a lovely day this will be! Lots of historical and archival talks, with lovely short jaunts through Portland’s beautiful and mysterious downtown.
Hope to see you there at GFO’s table at the Oregon Historical Society!! Click HERE for more information.
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GFO’s September 2016 Star – April Ober
April is a knowledgeable, helpful GFO member who sees and instinctively knows what needs to be done…and makes it happen! April has served on the Seminar Committee for many years, picking up speakers EARLY the morning of the seminar and driving them to the seminar location. April also works at the seminar registration table and attendees are welcomed with a smile and a warm greeting as they arrive to receive name tags and materials.
April volunteers as a Research Assistant on Monday mornings. The person who nominated April noted that it is a challenge for her to come to the Forum due to parking issues, so a few weeks ago, April offered to pick her up so she could enjoy a few hours researching at the Library – and both had a great time!
April is a true team player with excellent ideas.
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Hot Links in Genealogy
2016 Milwaukie Stake Family History Conference
Come learn about “All Things Relative” on Sat. Oct 22nd, from 9:00am-4:00pm, at 8331 Cason Rd., Gladstone (exit 11 off of 205). The conference and lunch are both free with pre-registration going on now through Oct. 20th. Click HERE for more info.
Family Histories Writing Class
Learn to write down your memories, thoughts, major events, and experience and collect them together into a simple book. You can also combine stores with records, recipes, photos or memorabilia.
WHERE: Pioneer Adult Community Center, 615 5th St., Oregon City.
WHEN: Thursdays, Sep 29th-Dec 8th 10:30-11:30 (11 classes).
WHO: Instructor Kathryn Litjeholm.
HOW: Call for registration at 503-380-1504 (fee $100, 62+ $66).
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What’s Happening this Week at the GFO?
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH
Italian Interest Group 11am – 1pm
Ciao to everyone interested in Italian genealogy research. This is a great opportunity to learn, share, and enjoy others with a common interest. Italian genealogy research in the Portland area now has a home. Come join our group. Facilitated by Keith Pyeatt.
British Interest Group 1pm – 3pm
Come join us to research family history in the British Isles, including England, Wales, Scotland, and Scots-Irish. We try to have speakers who provide interesting experiences or online databases for research in these countries. One hour of the two hour meeting is devoted to brick wall questions.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH
Library Work Party
There’s another work party at the GFO library today for those of you who can come. There’s lots to do and we’d love to have your help. Doors open at 9am and work usually wraps up around noon. Some people come for just an hour or so and you’re welcome to do the same. Any time you can share is valuable. Hope to see you there.
Rich Discovery in Cemetery of Paupers and Penniless
Funeral director Bill Habermann from Tacoma doesn’t believe in bury and forget. In particular, he wants those who died anonymously to be remembered in the afterlife — if not by friends and relatives, at least by the written record.
To have lived a life but died as an unknown is close to having never existed at all. Read why the 79-year-old Habermann, an easygoing, gray-haired former grade school teacher, found himself climbing over a fence one day into an old, closed graveyard and taking pictures of the headstones.
For the entire story, click here.