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Skagit Valley Gen Society Newsflash
Olympia Gen Society Newsflash
Kittitas County Gen Society Newsflash
Kittitas Co.GenealogicalSoc meets
Mon Mar 7, 2016 – 7 PM
at 413 N Main St in Ellensburg WA
March program is “The Cantelon Epic, 1000 years of Family History.”
Mary Christensen has been working on this for years and finally it was time to really do something with it.
Bonnie Jaroslaw will be providing cookies for that meeting. And Mary Christensen will bring some beverages
Donna: I Googled this term and came up with nada; bet it’s a family name-story and sounds like a quite good one!
Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week
TIP OF THE WEEK – FAMILY TREE MAKER NOT GETTING AXED
FTM users are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Due to the outrage of Ancestry.com clients and Family Tree Maker users, Ancestry entered into an agreement where Software MacKiev will purchase FTM and users will receive software updates and new versions from MacKiev. With a reprieve for Family Tree Maker, a promise of future features and benefits, plus Ancestry says there are plans to connect Ancestry with the RootMagic software by the end of 2016, things are looking up.
Read more of what Ancestry has to say and more about the agreements via Dick Eastman’s blog. You’ll also find links to Software MacKiev and RootsMagic from his page.
http://blog.eogn.com/2016/02/02/family-tree-maker-to-be-continued-and-with-more-options-than-ever-before/
Seattle Genealogical Society News
SGS BULLETIN TO BE DISCONTINUED?
SGS has published its Bulletin for much of its 93-year history, and members have come to expect their copy as one of the benefits of their membership in SGS. This may have to change soon, because we cannot find anyone to produce it.
SGS has been without a Director of Publications for almost a year, and the current Nominating Committee has been unable to find a candidate for the coming year. There are a several people who are willing to help on a Publications Committee to publish the Bulletin, including several Board members. But despite concerted efforts, we’ve been unable to recruit anyone to head this group. This position does not require experience in publications, because there are others who can help to do the actual work. This person would not have the responsibilities of the Director of Publications.
Can you help, either as a member of the Publications Committee, or as its head? If so, please contact Marilyn Rose at SGSPresident@gmail.com or (206) 362-3240.
If no one steps up, there will be no SGS Bulletin after the Winter 2016 issue that is currently in process. The Board has done all it can do! Continue reading
MyHeritage Newsflash!
Dear friends, I hope you are well.
I’m delighted to let you know that MyHeritage has just released Record Detective™ II, a powerful new technology that significantly builds on the original Record Detective™, adding over 2.2 billion new matches to historical records.
With the Record Detective™, records found in MyHeritage SuperSearch™
The new Record Detective™ II adds direct record-to-record matches, even for records that have no matching family tree profiles on MyHeritage, and has yielded a staggering 2.2 billion additional highly-accurate matching documents.
Record Detective™ II provides new information and clues to take your family history research to newer heights.
For more information and examples, please see the blog post: http://blog.myheritage.
Best regards!
Daniel Horowitz
Daniel Horowitz
Chief Genealogist Officer & Translation Team Leader
MyHeritage Ltd., 3 Ariel Sharon St., Or Yehuda 60250, Israel
Photo Restoration Opportunity for WSGS?
Hi there from the U.K.!
I’m a photo restoration specialist and I would like to introduce my services to your Society. I have attached an example of what I do but you can learn more here: http://www.dylandesign.
My services start from just US$30 and as an introductory offer I would be happy to give all your members a 20% discount on their first order [please quote discount ref: DD24216]. Although I’m based in the UK my clients are worldwide as everything can be done over the email.
Please feel free to forward this email to your members or, if you would like to know more, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards,Dylan Jeavons.
www.dylandesign.co.uk
Tel: 01908 200912
Tel: 01908 200912
Facebook: https://www.
Address: 23 Hanmer Road, Simpson, Milton Keynes MK6 3AY, UK.
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Outstanding Recognition Nominations Extended to April 1
Attention all Societies & Organizations:
Sometimes Leap Day just isn’t enough extra time to get everything done, so we’re giving you an extra month to name your 2016 Outstanding Volunteer/Team! The deadline to submit your name(s) has been extended to April 1. Additional details about the Recognition program are available here.
The Outstanding Volunteer and Outstanding Team Awards are presented each year at the Annual Conference to members nominated by their local society. Societies can nominate no more than two individuals and/or one team. Nomination criteria is left to the individual societies.
Honor those outstanding members and teams that help your organization be successful. If you’ve got questions, contact Roxanne Lowe, WSGS Recognition Chair.
Kamehameha’s Descendant?
I was blessed to travel to the Big Island of Hawaii in February. While visiting one of the ancient Hawaiian sacred sites, I met a lovely Hawaiian lady named Nani at the Visitor’s Center. She told me that she was an ali’i (or royal) and was a direct descendant of King Kamehameha.
Once home, I asked “Grandma Google” about the descendants of King Kamehameha and learned that Kamehameha V had died a bachelor in 1872, ending the royal line, and all descendants are through collateral lines. What might I have said to her had I known?? What would you have said?
Here is a photo of the royal family: Kamehameha III is in the center, his wife on left; Kamehameha IV at left rear; Kamehameha V at right rear, and their sister on lower right:
