Kittitas County Genealogical Society Events

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Kittitas Co Genealogical Soc events:

June 25 Meeting is a field trip 8:50 AM (we depart at 9AM) Sat June 25 from parking lot on Water St in Ellensburg WA, behind our KCGS library. We’re visiting Wanapum Heritage Center, whose prime-mover, for years, has been our KCGS-member Angela Neller. Their phone is 509-766-3461, if you want to meet us there at Priest Rapids Dam & website

http://www.grantpud.org/community/the-wanapum/wanapum-heritage-center

for directions and explanations. Bring a brown bag lunch to eat there

Usual meeting time Mon June 6 at 7pm

Come see movies of construction of the Wanapum or Priest Rapids dams at

Library 413 N. Main St Suite L, Ellensburg WA

No meeting in July, as 4^th would be our meeting night.

Genealogy Annual Potluck Picnic

Sunday Aug 14 at 4 pm at home of Mary and Lew Christensen, 60 Moe Road, at corner of Moe&Tjossem Rds. Please bring something to share – a salad, fruit, meat, a side dish or dessert. Hosts will furnish beverages and table service. Come enjoy this time of fellowship with others in our society.

Guests are WELCOME!

No Sept 2016 meeting because of Labor Day and Rodeo-County Fair conflict

Our October 3, 2016 7pm meeting will have a program related to DNA-genealogy, by our member Judy Clayton.

Our November 7, 2016 7pm meeting will have a program on special censuses, such as Mortality schedules of the US federal censuses, by our member Erik Bakke.

Annual Christmas Dinner by the Methodists:

Monday Dec 6^th at 6 pm at Methodist Church 208 N. Ruby St Ellensburg, for members and guests who pay about 2 weeks ahead of time.

Kittitas County Gen Society Newsflash

Jun2 by Charles Hansen

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Kittitas Co Genealogical Soc events:

http://www.grantpud.org/community/the-wanapum/wanapum-heritage-center for directions and explanations. Bring a brown bag lunch to eat there.

Usual meeting time Mon June 6 at 7pm

Come see movies of construction of the Wanapum or Priest Rapids dams at

Library 413 N. Main St Suite L, Ellensburg WA

THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM Wednesday Evening E-News

Jun2 by Charles Hansen

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THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM Wednesday Evening E-News 1 June 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, you’re in luck because we saved you a copy at http://www.gfo.org/insider/16-May.pdf.

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TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER! YOUR GERMAN ONE THIS TIME PLEASE…ALSO, DO YOU HAVE THOSE SPECIAL BOOKS ON GERMAN MAP PARISH GUIDES?? Firstly…
The GFO’s German Interest Group is in need of a brave new soul to lead this flock of researching fans! Won’t you help? Are you ready for the challenge? We think you definitely are!

If destiny’s calling, please give the library a call at 503-963-1932 or email volunteer@gfo.org to help out in this very vital way!

Visit the German Interest Group website for a peek at what they’ve been up to, and what we’ll all be missing with the upcoming retirement of their fearless leader, Nanci Remington, after Saturday, June 4, 2016.

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Publicize Your Society’s Upcoming Events

Jun1 by Roxanne Lowe

Want to spread the word about your society’s program, workshop, seminar or training class?

It’s easy to have your event posted on the WSGS Events Page and Blog. Just send an email to webmanager@wasgs.org (website) and WSGSBlog@wasgs.org (blog) with the details (who, what, where & when) and/or flyer. As if by magic, information about your event will be posted for all to see. The website and blog are great ways to maximize exposure to your target audience.

Whitman County Gen Society Newsflash

Jun1 by Charles Hansen

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SAVE THE DATE!
Your WCGS is planning a “summer gathering” on Saturday morning July 9. We will meet at 10 AM to tour McConnell Mansion, 327 E. Second in Moscow, Idaho, followed by a tour of the Latah County Historical Society Centennial Annex across the street. After these tours those interested can
plan lunch together.

Latah

When one lives in a place near a state border, it is always good to check out
resources across the state line. Many times there are birth, death, marriage and land records just across the border. A good tip to remember wherever you are researching!

Burlington, Washington, Special Event

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Larry Taylor Named Outstanding Volunteer in 2015

Jun1 by Roxanne Lowe

Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized more than 450 outstanding volunteers and teams, nominated by their local society or genealogical organization for their service and dedication. These volunteers are the backbone of their local society, giving their time and expertise, to the organization and the field of genealogy. In the next month, you will be introduced to each of the 2015 award recipients and learn why they received the 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer and Team Award.

Today we’re introducing Larry Taylor of Arlington, Washington, who was nominated by the Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society (SVGS). He was recognized for his commitment and dedication to memorializing final disposition information of those no longer with us.

Larry Taylor

Mr. Taylor has worked tirelessly for three years to photograph, document and add Snohomish County memorials to the Find a Grave website. He has, coordinating with more than a dozen volunteers, photographed and uploaded over 100,000 photos – 32,000 by Mr. Taylor alone. As a result of these intensive efforts, people worldwide can access information about their loved ones via the Internet.

Now that Snohomish County memorials are complete, Mr. Taylor is leading an effort to find, identify and mark the 10,000 graves without formal headstones that are throughout the county.

People like Mr. Taylor make finding our history easier. He is an appreciated and diligent member of the SVGS, and illustrates that he richly deserved being a recipient of a 2015 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.

For more information on the WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award program, visit the Recognition page of the WSGS website or contact Roxanne Lowe, Recognition Chair, at Roxanne@thekeeffes.com.

Northeast Washington Gen Society Newsflash

Jun1 by Charles Hansen

The next Northeast Washington Genealogical Society meetings are on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. The morning Computer Interest Group (CIG) will meet in the basement meeting room of the LDS Church on Juniper Street in Colville at 10:30 AM.

NeWGS President, Susan Dechant, will share several scanning options available to us for digitizing those old photos we have been lucky enough to find and a few tricks for enhancing and improving faded or damaged ones.

We will take a lunch break at noon and then meet at the Evergreen Cemetery located on Aladdin Road approximately one mile north of Highway 20 here in Colville at 1:30 p.m.

NeWGS board member and Chairman of the Evergreen Cemetery Restoration Project, Lora Rose, has spent hours and hours cleaning and improving the Evergreen cemetery. Additionally she spends hours researching and inputting valuable genealogical information on the NeWGS Cemetery page of our website (www.newgs.org) .

NeWGS has a long history of caretaking and restoring this pioneer cemetery that is such an integral part of the history of Colville and its citizens past and present. This is the time of year that the cemetery gets a special clean-up for Memorial Day when we have numerous visitors. We invite anyone who would like to learn more about the history and the inhabitants of the cemetery to join Lora as she leads us on a walk through time and introduces us to some of the characters who built this community in the 1800’s forward.

For those of you who are able to walk across a small field there is public parking in the parking lot next to the old abandoned outhouse just before you come to the main entrance to the cemetery. There is some space for parking in the cemetery near the road. We ask that you please do not park near the grave markers on the grass. There are many unmarked graves.

All visitors are welcome. You do not need to be a member to attend the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society’s meetings.

Skagit Valley Gen Society Newsflash

Jun1 by Charles Hansen

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Jefferson County Gen Society Newsflash

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LOOKING BEYOND THE DEEDS

When researching your family history, land records can be a “treasure chest” of information. Deeds and transfer of ownership are only half the story! Understanding survey systems, survey maps, and connected survey maps can answer questions like nothing else. Mapping your findings can be fun and illuminating. The public is welcome to hear about using this additional research avenue at the Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) monthly meeting on Saturday, June 18 at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Rd. Come at 9:30 A.M. for coffee/tea; 10:00 – 11:30 for the program. Donations to JCGS are gratefully accepted to bring future guest speakers into our area.

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JCGS is delighted to bring this month’s speaker, Eric Stroschein, a professional Forensic Genealogist from Mt. Vernon, WA to the Quimper Peninsula. He and his wife Karen own “Generations Detective”, a genealogical research firm where he specializes in resolving difficult genealogical questions using land records as an important resource in his work. One case used over 250 individual pieces of evidence including deeds, surveys and connected survey maps of the county to pinpoint the locations of dozens of people, proving their town had been covered by a reservoir. When Eric is not researching, he can be found at his ‘day job’ driving a fire engine for the Seattle Fire Department where he is a 26-year veteran. Eric serves on the Board of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) and is Chairperson of the Advocacy Committee. He also serves as a representative on the Records Preservation and Access Committee for the Federation of Genealogical Societies. He is past President of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and is in his second term as a Board member of the International Society for British Genealogy and Family History.