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Heritage Quest Research Library Autumn Quest
To Attendees of HQRL AutumnQuest 2014
AutumnQuest 2015 will be held at the Faith Covenant Church in Sumner on Saturday, October 10th 2015. The topic will be “Finding Women From Your Past” featuring four great speakers.
Attendance this year will be limited to the first 120 paid (last year we had 150)
Sign up today!
Announcement at www.hqrl.com
For Info:
http://www.hqrl.com/autumnquest/autumnquest.html
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Autumn Quest
2015
with Donna Potter-Phillips, Jill Morelli, Janice Lovelace, and Janet Camarata
Soldiers, Spies, & Farm Wives – Changing roles of women during the Civil War – Jill Morelli
How the Civil War was a game-changer for women in the USA.
Beyond online – Finding women in the Courthouse – Janice Lovelace
Step away from the computer and search records stored in county courthouses.
Finding your Women on the Internet – Donna Potter-Phillips
How to utilize the Internet to find female ancestors.
Difficult Women: The Ways Our Female Ancestors Confound Our Research– Janet O’Conor Camarata
Using case studies, provides strategies and techniques for correctly identifying difficult-to-find and difficult-to-understand female ancestors.
Book Store
We will have the HQRL bookstore on site from 8:00 am to 3:15 pm with hundreds of genealogy selections.
Silent Auction
We will have a silent auction set up with bid sheets. Winners will be announced at the end of the seminar.
Donation Table
The donation table is your opportunity to select from a potpourri of items and donate whatever you wish. All proceeds benefit our non-profit library.
Seminar Costs
The seminar is $50 per person and Lunch is $10
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Autumn Quest 2015
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1007 Main St., Sumner, WA 98390-1412
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HQRL is located at
1007 Main Street
Sumner, Washington 98390
Phone: 253-863-1806
Our web address is www.hqrl.com (click on “find us” for directions)
Jim Johnson, Director HQRL
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Donna Potter Phillips Honored as Outstanding Volunteer in 2014
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 weeks, 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 Donna Potter Phillips, of Spokane, Washington, who was nominated by the Tri-City Genealogical Society (TCGS). She was recognized for her leadership, knowledge, and volunteer efforts toward the goals and operation of the TCGS.
Donna Potter Phillips
Ms. Phillips has supported the TCGS as a member for many years even though her primary membership as been with the Eastern Washington Genealogica Society. Over the years, Ms. Phillips has presented many genealogy lectures and classes for TCGS, and has been called “my favorite teacher” by many. She has planted the seed, fertilized it and energized her students’ interest in genealogy. Many have said that when she talks, one wants to listen. She has also encouraged many TCGS members to “write their book.”
Ms. Phillips has been an inspiration to many and has been credited with “firing up” TCGW members’ genealogy research and writing their family history stories. Her valuable assets and generosity illustrate that she richly deserved being a recipient of a WSGS Outstanding Volunteer Award in 2014.
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.
Don’t Let Time Get Away From You
Have you registered for the 2015 WSGS Conference yet? Come spend the day with David Rencher, FamilySearch’s Chief Genealogical Officer talk about “Strategies and Visions for the Future.”
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Hope to see you on Saturday June 27, 2015, at the Quality Inn and Conference Center in Ellensburg.
Tip of the Week
TIP OF THE WEEK – ONLINE INDIANA DATABASES
The Indiana Genealogical Society has announced that it now has more than 1,500 databases on its website at www.IndGenSoc.org. These databases are from all 92 counties, plus numerous statewide collections. Some are available to the public and others are accessible to IGS members only.
If you have Indiana ancestry, you want to check out the announcement athttp://indgensoc.blogspot.com/
If you have Indiana ancestry, you want to check out the announcement athttp://indgensoc.blogspot.com/
Seattle Genealogical Society Upcoming Programs
SPECIAL PROGRAMS ON SCANDINAVIAN GENEALOGY
Two upcoming programs on Scandinavian genealogy are worthy of notice; neither is sponsored by SGS, but both feature individuals associated with our Society.
First, on Wednesday, May 6th, Ginny Sharp Sommarstrom, SGS member and former SGS President, is scheduled to present a Webinar sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society, titled Researching Your Swedish Ancestry in the 21st Century.
See http://mngs.org/eventListings.
Then on Tuesday, May 12, from 2-5 pm at the BALLARD PUBLIC LIBRARY, John LaMont, SPL genealogy librarian and SPL liaison to SGS, will present an introduction to family history research, followed by a workshop on Norwegian genealogical research.
Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome.
Registration is not required.
For more details, see http://www.spl.org/calendar-
For more details, see http://www.spl.org/calendar-
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS
All programs are at the SGS Library at 6200 Sand Point Way unless otherwise indicated. Please Check the SGS Web Site for additions, changes, and corrections. Programs may be postponed.Saturday, May 2, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
CANADIAN INTEREST GROUP, Leader: David Robert
CANADIAN INTEREST GROUP, Leader: David Robert
Tuesday, May 5 – GIVE BIG DAY – make a contribution to SGS online on this date, and we will receive additional funds from the special non-profit cultural funds. See http://www.seattlefoundation.
Saturday, May 9
SGS SPRING SEMINAR – All Day
“Who’s Your Daddy? Researching Your Family History in the Mid-South States
Greenwood Senior Center – 525 N. 85th Street Speaker: C. Lynn Anderson
For more details, see: http://
Walk-in registrations are welcome!
Sunday, May 10 MOTHERS DAY – SGS Closed
Wednesday, May 13
MAC Computer Interest Group 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fiske Genealogical Library 1644 43rd Ave E. Seattle – Pioneer Hall in Madison Park $3 library use fee. Speakers: Diane Heddrick and Lou Daly
Saturday, May 16
SGS IRISH INTEREST GROUP 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
General open session on German research ideas. Speaker: Jean A. Roth
Saturday, May 16
SGS GERMAN INTEREST GROUP 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
General open session on Irish research ideas. Speaker: Jean A. Roth
Sunday, May 17
ETHNIC SERIES: GERMAN-RUSSIAN WORKSHOP 11:30 am – 4:00 pm
Speakers: Jean A. Roth from the Volga Germans and Carolyn Shott from the Black Sea and Ukrainian Germans.
Saturday, May 23 – Monday, May 25 –MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND
SGS Closed
Shirley Penna-Oakes Honored as Outstanding Volunteer in 2014
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 Shirley Penna-Oakes of Tum Tum, Washington, who was nominated by the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society (EWGS). She was recognized for her leadership, knowledge, and volunteer efforts toward the goals and operation of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society (EWGS).
Shirley Penna-Oakes
Ms. Penna-Oakes has been an outstanding member of EWGS and several other genealogical societies over the years. She has been President and Vice President of EWGS; Cascade Genealogical Society, Montana; and the Stillaguamish Genealogical Society, Arlington, Washington. She has also been a WSGS Regional Representative for Districts 1 and 7, as well as Chair of the WSGS Conference in Everett in 1992. She worked on EWGS’s “State Fair” and their “Walking with Ancestors” from 2010 to 2014. She served as EWGS’s Outreach/Educational chairman from 2010 – 2011, and was the founder/director of the Elizabeth Doherty Genealogical Library.
Ms. Penna-Oakes has published 16 surname and query books and lectures in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and California. She is an outstanding volunteer at the EWGS and 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.
TriCities Gen Soc News Flash
Susan Faulker, Education Chair for TCGS, shares this update:
Trailhead Now Open at Richland Family History Center
In Richard Allen’s presentation that he gave April 8 and titled “A Treasure Trove of Family History Information” he provided a wonderful analogy. He explained that genealogists’ Treasure Troves are articles and documents that provide them with information about their ancestors. In true pirate fashion Richard explained that in order to locate a treasure a treasure-map is necessary. Genealogists can use the Family History Library Catalog athttps://familysearch.org/catalog-search as their treasure map. This treasure map will actually guide researchers to treasures located at the Richland Family History Center. There are over 10,000 treasures located at the Richland Family History Center and they will soon all be listed in the catalog.
Richard also explained that changes would be coming soon to the Richland Family History Center. One of the changes that he announced is that a Conversation Area would be made available to help facilitate conversations between researchers and library assistants. Within a week of Richard’s announcement the Conversation Area was completed.
Sandra Meacham Floberg shared, “Although I knew about the passports required for traveling through ‘Indian Territory’ in the South and Southeast in the early 1800s, I had no idea RFHC had a book documenting those passports!” Now these Indian Territory passports and many more treasures can be located at the Richland Family History Center. If you need assistance, start at the trailhead which is also known as the Conversation Area.
Other changes coming to the Richland Family History Center include a computer lab, complete with a teaching station and twelve hands-on computers for classroom attendees. Watch for announcements about this computer lab activity and additional upgrades coming to your local Family History Center.
Eastside Gen Soc News Flash
Hello,
The latest issue of the Eastside Genealogical Society’s newsletter is now available online at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakcegs/pages/newsletter.html
Thank you,
Kimberly Nichols
EGS newsletter