Stillaguamish Valley Gen Society News Flash
BREAKING NEWS from SVGS
Have you ever wanted to know more about your family’s history? Are you looking to solve a family mystery? Or secure membership in an organization like the Daughters of the American Revolution or the Mayflower Society? If not knowing quite how to get started has been holding you back, we’ve got great news.
The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society is sponsoring a free Beginning Genealogy Classes Wednesday 12 August 2015 in conjunction with the Northwest Genealogy Conference.
To read more and register for this free day follow the link that follows.
(Sent from Eric Stroschein)
Washington State Town Names & More
Looking at a map of the Evergreen State, how many of our Washington place names are unique to Washington would you guess? Doing some Googling, I only found five: Seattle, Port Townsend, Ritzville, Mossy Rock and Moses Lake. But my oh my the other names:
Custer — MN, SD; Oak Harbor — TX, GA, FL, LA; Spokane — OH, SD, MO, LA; Bellingham — MN, SC, MA; Arlington — 13!; DesMoines — CA, NM, IA; Edmonds — ID, NC; Raymond — 11!; Black Diamond — MT, PA, FL, AL, AR, AZ; Cheney — ME, IA, KS, MO; Pullman — AR, IL, TX, MI, WV; Rosalia — KS; Odessa — 9!” Starbuck — MN; Colville — KY: Chattaroy — WV; Kettle Falls — MN; Mesa — TX, MS, AR, AZ, CO (with many more with this as part of the name).
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Here is a lesson for all of us. She had come early to a meeting and took out the packet of photos she just picked up at Fred Meyer and was writing the particulars on the back of each photo. Would that we all would follow suit.
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As you zoom along I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass, have you ever thought to stop at Snoqualmie Falls? The falls are quite magnificent (even on a gray day):
In the parking-park, there is a kiosk explaining about the falls and the importance of these falls to the Snoqualmie people:
And I realized that I had been mispronouncing the name all these years.
It is Sno-qual-mie and not Sno-qual-A-mie. How about you?
Clark County Genealogical Society Spring Classes
SPRING CCGS CLASSES
FREE BEGINNING CLASSES
Getting Started Tracing Your Family Tree with Larry Dean Tuesday, May 2, 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. This class will be held in the CCGS Education Center.
REGULAR CLASSES
All regular classes will be held in the CCGS Education Center, 715 Grand Blvd, Vancouver, WA. Fee for each class: $12.00 members, $15.00 Non-Members. Fee can be paid with registration or at the door. Exact cash amount or check at the door is appreciated. Although walk-ins won’t be turned away, if you want to take a class, please register at least a week in advance. Classes with insufficient registration one week in advance will be cancelled. Those registered will be notified and any fee paid will be refunded. To register for a class, see the registration form on the website http://ccgs-wa.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d43d7894b8591a05db4fa440b&id=ceca5d30ee&e=b278fc7627
Get Your Ducks in a Row: Genealogical Housekeeping, 201
Tuesday, March 3rd, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Instructor: Jane Germann
Still tearing your hair out over the piles and stacks of paper? Know your cousin emailed you Aunt Stella’s obituary but it’s lost on your computer somewhere? Jane will show you some easy and painless (almost) ways to keep track of your genealogical files. Jane has been a member of CCGS since 1984. She has been a mainstay of education, teaching classes from introductory to courthouse research to publishing and everything in between. A vigorous researcher, Jane leaves no stone unturned, except cemetery headstones. Those she leaves standing.
Obituaries and Newspapers: Windows to the Past
Tuesday, March 17th, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Instructor: Lethene Parks
Obituaries can be jam-packed with relationship information often listing the living and the dead relatives and their connection to the deceased. Knowing how and where to access these valuable pieces of your family history can seem a bit daunting, not to mention confusing. Historically, newspapers published items of community interest as well as the latest calamity. How thrilling to read that your ggrandfather returned to the Willamette Valley after a sojourn to mining country east of the mountains. You didn’t see that on any ten year census snapshot! But how do I find them? Lethene to the rescue!! Our treasure, Lethene Parks, has been a serious genealogist for over fifty years. She loves sharing her knowledge with everyone. Her passion for scholarly research is surpassed only by the thrill of the hunt. Lethene currently serves as the CCGS President.
City Directories and Area Histories: Tuesday, March 31st, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Instructor: Elsie Deatheridge
Isn’t it a thrill to see your ancestor’s name in print? Directories make them just a little more real as you track their household as well as their employment from year to year. Area histories were very commonly published in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s as barely disguised promotion pieces for developing towns and cities. But, they also contain great background information and the occasional surprise as you find your ancestor profiled. Elsie will entertain us with some interesting finds and help in ferreting out your location. Elsie was born in Colville, WA, and graduated from Inchelium High school. She earned a BS in secondary education and a Masters in Adult Education, both from WSU Pullman. Elsie has attended many week-long courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy and is a frequent participant in national genealogy conferences.
What’s New in Family Search? LOTS! Tuesday, April 7th, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Instructor: Alice Allen
Family Search is a major go-to site for genealogical research. In addition to continuously adding searchable records, Family Search is constantly improving how we access those records. Alice is a “power user” of Family Search and will share her insights as to how to make this site “dance” for you. Alice Allen has been doing genealogical research off and on since 1968 (raising six children was her main focus). When she got her first computer in 1995, genealogy and family history became a passion. She became a member of the USGenWeb Project in 1996 and was thus privileged to be a part of the beginning of online genealogy research. She has been a CCGS member since 1998 and is involved in many other community and social activities.
Leaping the Pond: strategies for locating your ancestors pre-America Tuesday, April 21st, 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Instructor: Brian Runyan
Sooner or later we’re all going to discover ancestors who did not originate in North America. As comfortable as we might get researching in the good ol’ U S of A, it’s a whole different ballgame when we try to “cross the pond”, any pond. How they get here? From where did they sail? Where did they live prior to setting sail? Brian will take us through some strategies for answering these questions. Brian started “doing” genealogy back in the “lick a stamp and pray” days of the 1970s. After a 40 year hiatus, he picked it up with a vengeance in 2012. Wow, talk about future shock! He says, “I got more done in the first three months than I had been able to accomplish in six years, previously”. Brian is currently serving as the Chair of the Education Committee at CCGS.
Seattle Genealogical Society March Update
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Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe Seminar
Subject: 2015 Convention, Society for German genealogy in Eastern Europe
(SGGEE)
From: “Joyce Guasch” <jguasch@fastmail.net>
Dear fellow researchers,
The Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe (SGGEE) will hold their
2015 Convention in Gatineau, Quebec from August 7-9. Our theme this year is
Researching Our German Roots in Poland and the Russian Empire.
SGGEE members will be available for research consultations and registration
packets will be distributed the evening of August 6. Sessions will include
presentations on the genealogy, culture and history of Germans who migrated
through Poland, Volhynia, and surrounding areas. Information about SGGEE as
an organization and a pdf publicity poster are now available on the website:
https://sggee.org/convention/convention_news.html
The Convention registration form and a detailed list of speakers and topics
will be posted on the Convention link at www.sggee.org
<http://www.sggee.org> as plans are finalized. Links to registration with
the hotel which has provided a convention rate from August 5-10 and a list
of additional accommodations will also be made available.
We appreciate your interest in our organization. We look forward to
providing you with more information about this year’s Convention soon and
hope some of your members will be able to attend.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I attaching a pdf
of our brochure if you would like to make some available to your members.
Regards,
Joyce Welke Guasch
Publicity Committee
Whitman County genealogical Society March Seminar
Whitman County Genealogical Society
is hosting a seminar featuring
Janet Camarata and Winona Laird from Genealogy Training Center.
http://www.genealogyintodaysworld.com/about.html
Topics include:
“Extra! Extra! I Found It In the Newspaper!”
Winona teaches how to access a variety of historical newspapers to see your ancestors as part of a larger community. Newspaper records include announcements, obituaries, anniversaries, legal notices, letters to the editor, social columns filled with personal news of the daily experiences and lives of your family and their neighbors.
Winona has been doing genealogy for over 60 years. When she retired she became a Professional Genealogist. She is a member of Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, and Federation of Genealogy Societies.
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“Timelines, Chronologies, and Collateral Lines”
Janet will show how to use a variety of methods to better understand the lives of our ancestors. One method is the use of timelines and/or chronologies to summarize a person’s life, demonstrate how lives interconnect, point out problems and areas for further research, and help in writing a memoir, family history or obituary.
Janet is currently President of South King County Genealogical Society (SKCGS). She is a seminar presenter and trainer in genealogy societies across Washington and her specialties are Teaching and Lecturing on genealogy.
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Time: 09:00 am-12:30 pm
Lunch: 12:30 pm-1:00 pm
Place: Holiday Inn Express meeting room, 1190 SE Bishop Blvd. Pullman WA
(near the intersection of SE Klemgard St.)
Cost: Pre-Registration, by March 20: $30.00 and includes a taco bar lunch catered by Taco Del Mar
Registration, after March 20 or at the door: $35.00 without lunch
Morning refreshments will be provided.
If you have any questions or need more information contact President,
Sue Kreikemeier at: aerocraft@completebbs.com or 509-635-1303
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REGISTRATION FORM:
Name: ___________________________________
Email: ______________________________________ or Phone: _________________
Make checks payable to W.C.G.S and send to: WCGS, P.O. Box 393, Pullman, WA 99163
For planning purposes, please have pre-registrations in by March 20.
Serendipity Friday, 26 February 2015
Guess what? New flash! Cyndi Ingle, of wide renown in the genealogy world, is coming to Spokane to be the presenter at the EWGS Fall Workshop. Practically everybody has learned from CyndisList as part of their research and now we get the chance to hear from her face-to-face. I’ve heard her in person several times and she is worth the time, money and effort to come to the EWGS Fall Workshop. Details to be announced, but save the date: Saturday, 3 October 2015.
Besides hosting that wonderful show, Genealogy Roadshow, Josh Taylor is president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. As such, he was a keynote speaker at the recent FGS/RootsTech conference. Toward the end of one of his sessions (a presentation on society management), he said this: “To help your society take on a new idea and start it and take another new idea and apply it to something you are already doing and make it better.” I thought that was sound and wonderful advice and could apply to any group of any ilk.
A genealogy friend who lives in New York once told me that she suffers from Squirrel Syndrome. She explained that just like a squirrel, she gets distracted and side tracked very easily. I can identify with that! Also with Shiny Object Syndrome……… past EWGS member, Cecily Kelly, explained this malady to me. “I easily get distracted and side tracked by “shiny objects” which in my world are too many websites to click!”
From a brochure I picked up at the Family History Library in Salt Lake: “The People’s Collection Wales is a contemporary, dynamic and bilingual online experience dedicated to the history of Wales and its people. People’s Collection Wales is a place to discover and learn, contribute your own content and share your story of Wales with the world. Discover. Contribute. Share. To find out more go to www.peoplescollectionswales.co.uk “
The Arecibo Observatory is a radio telescope in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico.
The film shown in the Visitors’ Center at the Arecibo Observatory contained a wonderful quote:
“Awaken within yourself the fascination of the universe.”
During our January 2015 visit to this island commonwealth, I spotted many names that “belonged” to the U.S. mainland: Salinas, San Antonio, Carolina, Virginia, Rio Grande. Point is that it seems quite seldom to find a place name that has not been used more than once, somewhere. Do you know of any?
Bet you did not know that Spokane has a Slavic Newspaper. Slavic Ways “is a publication in the Russian language for Slavic people in Washington, Idaho and Oregon, educating legal immigrants and refugees on how to become productive and independent ASAP in the land of the free, home of the brave.” Of course, I could not read this newspaper but I could see ads for services and products that might be useful to this community plus several articles which were interesting, I’m sure. Check it out at www.slavicways.com
In early February, 2015, an AP story appeared in our local newspaper: “Four Magna Cartas united; First-ever event marks anniversary.” The blurb went on to say that a “unification event” was held in the British Library when the four surviving copies of the priceless document were put on display together for the first time, marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, which established the timeless principle that no individual, even a monarch, is above the law.” What does this have to do with your family history? It is believed that the Magna Carta influenced not only Thomas Jefferson when he helped draft the Declaration of Independence, but also the writers of the French Constitution and the late South African leader, Nelson Mandela. Perhaps you live freely under the law because of the Magna Carta??
Donna Potter Phillips, until next Friday.
Eastside Genealogical Society News Flash
The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet on Thursday, March 12, 2015 in the Bellevue Regional Library, Room 1, 1111 – 110th Ave NE, Bellevue 98004 at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:30 pm for networking.
Topic: World War II Case Study Speaker: Mary Kircher Roddy
Mary Kircher Roddy is a Certified Public Accountant. She has been a genealogist for a number of years, becoming interested in her roots in anticipation of an extended trip to Ireland. She has a certificate from the Genealogy and Family History program at the University of Washington. Mary has had several articles published in Family Chronicle and Internet Genealogy. She likens her genealogy research to the logic of a Sudoku puzzle with a big, juicy payoff at the end.
About the Program:
World War II is the earliest war where we can actually speak to the veterans themselves, the men and women who served, but this precious resource is fading quickly so time is of the essence! This talk will present a case study, fleshing out a basic story of a pilot and crew of a B-17 shot down over Germany, illustrating how to find and access multiple sources to learn about the experiences of these heroes. Mary Roddy has written an article on her research into this story which appeared in the May/June 2012 issue of Family Chronicle magazine.
Also see our website for FREE genealogical help and other Special Interest Group meetings — www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcegs/ . Visitors are always welcome at all meetings.
Winona Laird Named Outstanding Volunteer
Since 2003, the Washington State Genealogical Society has recognized more than 400 outstanding volunteers, 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 coming months, you will be introduced to each of the 2014 award recipients and learn why they received the 2014 WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award.
Today we’re introducing Winona Laird of Kent, Washington, who was nominated by the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (PS-APG). She was recognized for her dedication to furthering the quality of genealogical education in Washington State and furthering the goals and operation of the PS-APG.
Winona Laird
Ms. Laird’s commitment to genealogical education has always been evident in her willingness to teach others. She has regularly presented classes on beginning genealogy to historical societies and libraries in the South King County area. She was also the co-founder of the Genealogy Training Center LLC which provides quality genealogy classes from basic to advanced using a hands-on method of teaching as well as keeping up with changing genealogy research and technology.
Ms. Laird is a current member and Past President of the South King County Genealogical Society and coordinator of their Family Tree Makers users’ group. She is also a member of the National Genealogical Society and Federation of Genealogical Societies.
Since last year, Ms. Laird has been the program coordinator for PS-APG and a valued participant of the speakers forum, an interest group of the PS-APG. Her contributions to the PS-APG and the field of genealogy illustrate that she richly deserved being a recipient of a 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.