Very interesting article on finding meets and bound boundaries in North Carolina. Is that tree they used to mark the corner of your land in 1750 still there? If not how do you know where that corner is today?
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/north-carolina-lost-county-lines/409090/
Some Dates to Remember for 2016!
January 31st – House History Workshop with Connie Lenzen
March 12th – Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt from the Ulster Historical Foundation will be presenting a program on Irish Genealogy.
March 13th – Our guests from Ireland will present a workshop on Irish research.
April 9th through 17th – The GFO’s Annual Open House with days full of free classes for all.
THE GENEALOGICAL FORUM OF OREGON’S
Wednesday Evening E-News
28 October 2015
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YD@W…What’s Happening to My Donation Money?
Your Donations At Work (YD@W)
This week, we’re featuring the following accessibility and preservation tools that were made possible by your donations and ongoing support: •Microfilm and Microfiche Scanner! Finally. A way to not only search through and view the GFO’s massive microfilm and microfiche collections (see our Oregon Donation Land Claims, for example), but to save scanned copies of the records. Thanks to the generosity of our members and others, we were able to purchase this wonderful tool. Come give it a spin! But please beware, the GFO cannot be held responsible for any addictive or compulsory microfilm researching you may experience as a result.
•Flatbed Patron’s Scanner! What a wonderful way to scan and share some of those family photos and letters that you know are not being seen or even remembered among the dusts of your attic. The flatbed scanner is located in the Research Area, and is free for members and guests to scan and save and/or email copies of their personal family history treasures. For more information about preserving family photos and manuscripts, the GFO encourages you to visit the Library of Congress and the National Archives websites on these topics! Continue reading
(To get the whole story, you really must read clear to the end.)
A GENEALOGIST IN A CEMETERY By Lora Rose, member of the Northeast Washington Genealogcial Society, Colville, WA.
So what’s the difference between a genealogist in a cemetery and a cemetery caretaker? This doesn’t come with a punchline. The answer is Family History Stories and Pedigrees.
My husband was introduced to his Rose family second cousins in 2007 as a result of my research. Turns out the Rose family had come to western Oregon in 1856 with a small group of family members. It was a merging of two individuals whose spouses died and a new marriage created – his, hers and soon to be ours. The Rose family farm near Lebanon, Oregon sets on the Santiam River and was honored as a 100 year farm in August 1976. A surviving member still lives there.
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Why do fall sunsets seem more colorful than at any other time?????
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There has been lots of wuzz-wuzzing (my father’s words!!) about whether or not the Family History Library in Salt Lake City will keep the “real” books on their shelves after each one is digitized. Should they or shouldn’t they? James Tanner, who is eminently qualified to address this topic, in a post in his GenealogyStar blog on 1 October 2015, explained a new concept (at least to me):The Digital Divide.
This particular problem, called the Digital Divide, is the divide between genealogists who use the Internet and those who do not. Tanner, in his post, thought it would be a good thing to have all the FHL books free and available online. But after his post, he received some thoughtful comments. “Not all of the potential genealogists have access to the Internet or their access was so slow as to make the (book downloading process) impractical.”
Tanner gives several scenarios and summarizes: “So, we have, hypothetically speaking, a class of people who have no Internet access. In addition… we have a class of people who have no physical access to the FHL or any of the branch libraries around the world. Guess what? It absolutely makes no difference to them as to whether or not the books are in paper or in digital format.”
He finishes his post by pointing out any and all of the problems connected with this peculiar condition termed the Digital Divide (and they can be many) have nothing to do with digitizing books at the FHL. “In law, raising the issue of the Digital Divide as a reason why there is something wrong with the Library’s digitization of paper books and then removing them from the shelves, would be called a “red herring,” that is, irrelevant to the issues.”
I urge you to click to http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2015/10/genealogy-and-digital-divide.html and ready this entire post for yourself. While you’re there, sign up (via email) to receive all James Tanner’s thoughtful posts.
German Group of Eastside Genealogical Society will meet on Friday, November 6, 2015 in the Bellevue LDS Church, 10675 NE 20th St, Bellevue, WA 98004 at 1 to 3 pm.
Topic: Genealogy Speaker, Janet O’Conor Camarata, will be presenting “Google Tools Beyond Basic Search”. These tools will assist in researching your ancestors. Visitors are always welcome.
Dorothy Pretare
EGS Publicity Chairperson
EVERGREEN CEMETERY PROJECT Annual Report to the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society October 2015
The Evergreen Cemetery was adopted by NeWGS in the late 1980’s as a project. The cemetery having been neglected for some time, caused native brush to invade a large part of the property and some grave markers were vandalized. NeWGS members and local residents continue the work to beautify the grounds and honor the over 600 interments of local pioneers and their families.
Activity Report: • In March, the north perimeter fence was cleaned of brush, stripped of old fencing and new wire strung tightly. • Maurice Williamson, Forest Management Consultant, met with Gordy & Karen Struve, Susan Dechant and Lora Rose to offer his evaluation of the tree health and status in the cemetery. His knowledge and abilities were of benefit in long term planning of the trees; an integral component of the grounds.
• Spring clean-up work, in anticipation of Memorial Day, began with the LDS youth groups aiding our members in removal of pine cones & some needles, dead branches and debris. Adult supervisors of this group and our members used weed whackers to trim around markers, trees and monuments in preparation for mowing. Brookover Bros. Lawn Service was hired to mow the cemetery grounds.
• A small work group removed 7 trees from the crowded southwest corner of the cemetery to provide more light for viewing burial locations. Further work will be done this fall or early spring.
• A rummage sale at the Struve house produced a generous increase in cemetery funds by $1138. 39. • Gordy Struve and Lora Rose continued efforts to honor those interred at Evergreen on our NeWGS website. Grave marker photos, pictures and obituaries were added as well as biographical information. Documentation used for our research was added to our NeWGS databases and the beginning of an “Evergreen Cemetery” tree was added to Ancestry.com to collaborate with others in correctly identifying family relationships and biographical data.
• Cement grave markers are being produced by Lora Rose to identify those known burials that are heretofore unmarked. Grave sites clearly identifiable but of unknown remains are also marked with cement/granite markers.
• A $100 grant from the Washington State Genealogical Society was applied for and received to help fund the removal of a large, dead pine tree on the east side of the cemetery.
• NeWGS featured Evergreen Cemetery at the Northeast Washington Fair in late August. Unfortunately, fires in the area limited attendance. Credit for much of the above mentioned work goes to dedicated NeWGS members. Thank you all for offering your time, energy and often personal equipment and money to keeping the restoration and maintenance of Evergreen cemetery a reality.
Here are WSGS Board members Patty Olsen and Roger Newman posing with Dr. Tom Jones, speaker at the recent Seattle Genealogical Society seminar.
Patty reports that it was a great day, a great seminar, for the 160 or so folks who attended. The venue was the Nordic Heritage Museum, which is interesting in itself.
All you need do is Google “Dr. Tom Jones genealogy” and you’ll have links to all the good things that Dr. Jones has and continues to do for genealogy.
I’m sorry for myself and all who were not able to attend this great learning day. Thanks, SGS, for hosting such a great presenter.
Good morning,
The fair will be streamed live online through YouTube on October 21 and 22. You can find the links for each day’s sessions here: http://1.usa.gov/1MNjKkW
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