Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island March 2016 Seminar
Speaker will be Gary Zimmerman, President of Fiske Genealogy Library
Chelan Valley Gen Society News & Awards
The Chelan Valley Genealogical Society marked their 25th anniversary on Saturday, September 19th, with an awards and program party. Donna Potter Phillips came from Spokane to give a presentation on how to use HeritageQuest Online, a benefit of the Chelan Public Library.
Maureen White and Bettie Kenck, charter members back in 1990 and the group (ones present that day) gathered in front of their birthday banner:
President Chris Kenck Courtright was presented with the WSGS Certificate of Recognition….. her outstanding contributions to the group were the reason the CVGS members nominated her for this award.
The Chelan Valley Genealogical Society has a website and a Facebook page. If you’ve ancestral interest in the Chelan-Manson area, do enlist the help of these good folks.
Serendipity Friday
A regular column in The Spokesman here in Spokane is “Jim Kershner’s This Day In History, from our archives 100 years ago.” Jim gleans his bits from scouring the old newspapers from 100 years ago. Here is a bit he posted on 7 Sept 2015:
Dr. Henry Suzzallo, president of the University of Washington, told Spokane’s assembled teachers that the old-fashioned methods of teaching were no longer useful. “The old system of teaching a class by first saying ‘Position,’ (and having the student fold his hands on the desk, feet flat on the floor, sitting upright) has passed and now the pupil is allowed to remain in a comfortable position in which he will be best able to gather the most from the teacher’s remarks.”
He also advised teachers to “laugh and be merry” and not merely “put on a stern face.”
In 1915, Henry Suzzallo was appointed President of the university and a new library building became one of his top priorities. Beginning in 1922, Suzzallo envisioned a library was was to be “the soul of the university.” The Suzzallo Library opened in 1926 (date of above photo).
Have you ever been to the Suzzallo Library to do research? I have not; I would enjoy hearing your story about this experience.
If you would enjoy some inside photos of this magnificent library, click to www.lib.washington.edu/suzzallo
Whatcom Genealogical Society Fall Seminar
Whatcom Genealogical Society Fall Seminar will be held Saturday, September 26 from 9 am – 4 pm at St. James Presbyterian Church, 910 – 14th Street, Bellingham. Jill Morelli will speak on “The Push and the Pull: Decision Making of the 19th Century Emigrant”, “Insanity in the 19th Century”, and “Getting the Most from Insurance Maps”. Jim Johnson of Heritage Quest will speak on “Finding and Using Your Ancestors’ Church Records”; he will also bring his traveling bookstore.
A raffle will be held of 6 bags worth approx. $140 – 160 each. Tickets are $5.00. Free coffee and snacks in the morning — Lunch available, or brown bag it.
To register: http://wagenweb.org/whatcom/WGS/wgs.htm
Skagit Valley Gen Society News Flash
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Skagit Vally Genealogical society will hold its 2015 seminar on Saturday, September 19. We will be featuring Jill Morelli and Mary Kathryn Kozy. Walk ins are welcome. We hope you will join us at the Mount Vernon Senior Center at8:00am.
Door Prizes and lots of books. Come join us.
Hazel
Communications
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society
Society Mision Statement:
Skagit Valley Genealogical Society is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to the collection and preservationof genealogical information and to providing supportive and educational opportunities for those who are involved in genealogical research.
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Eastside Genealogy Society News Flash
The Eastside Genealogical Society will meet on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in the LDS Bellevue South Stake Center, 15205 SE 28th St, Bellevue 98007 at 7pm, with doors opening at 6:30 pm for networking.
Topic: Cyndi Howells, owner & developer of Cyndi’s List, (a comprehensive list of genealogical sites on the Internet), will address the topic of “Searching in the Deep Web”. She will explore resources that are invisible to Google and hidden deep within websites and proprietary databases.
Anticipating a huge interest in this topic and our presenter, the location of this meeting will be changed to accommodate more attendees. The location will be at the LDS Bellevue South Stake Center, which is located across 148th Ave from Bellevue College, behind the LDS Temple. Parking is around the building and in the open lot between the temple and the fire station.
The new Seattle Family Discovery Center, a multimedia approach to sharing genealogy with all ages, is located in the same building & will be open at 6pm for a short walk-thru. Reservations for a full hour tour can be made online atfamilysearch.org/discoverycenter/seattle .
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.
Dorothy Pretare
EGS Publicity Chairperson
Genealogy Fairy Grant Goes to Gig Harbor Washington Genealogist
Genealogy Fairy Grant goes to Gig Harbor Washington genealogist, Claudia Breland.
http://www.geneabloggers.com/announcing-the-genealogy-fairy-grant-for-september-2015/
“Traveling Through Time” Hard to Sit Through
About 65 individuals had a difficult time sitting through the Traveling Through Time seminar with speaker William Dollarhide. Within minutes of his opening remarks there was a desire to leave the room and research.
The first session of the all-day seminar was titled “Dollarhide’s Five Rules – Essentials for Successful Genealogical Research.” Rule number 1 was “Treat the brothers and sisters of your ancestors 
as equals.” With this rule Dollarhide encouraged everyone to obtain those important census records, vital records, and various historical documents on all collateral lines. He provided a great case study of locating his own Dollarhide Family Bible by following this rule. Most genealogists, he explained, focus so closely on their ancestral line that they overlook the very important clues that are available by examining records left behind by aunts, uncles, and cousins of every generation. With this he also told everyone that they had an awful lot of work to do. It was a difficult way to begin the day as we knew that we were only beginning to understand how little we had done. Continue reading
Seattle Genealogical Society Fall Seminar
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WSGS Honors Eastern Washington Gen Society Members
The Eastern Washington Genealogical Society boasts an awesome corps of folks who always and eagerly step up to do pretty much whatever needs to be done. EWGS is an awesome organization because of these good folks!
Three of these super volunteers are Mary Holcomb and Tony and Janette Birch. These EWGS members were honored at the September EWGS meeting when WSGS representative Charles Hanson presented them with certificates of appreciation…………… applause! applause!
WSGS extends this recognition honor opportunity to all genealogical societies within our area who wish to honor their volunteers with WSGS certificates of appreciation. Please visit our website (www.wasgs.org) for the application. Certificates will be presented at the WSGS annual meeting or if the honorees cannot attend, at their local society meeting.
(WSGS thanks member Roxanne Lowe for all her efforts with this project.)