Sara Cochran
Genealogist and lecturer
1890 Census
Speaker at the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society’s
February 13th Zoom meeting.
Virtual meeting doors will open at 6:30 pm and speakers
program will begin at 7:00 pm. Public is invited to attend
For a link to join the meeting contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting
Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm virtual via Zoom
This month we will continue reviewing the free Legacy Family Tree software videos hosted by Geoff Rasmussen. Our current video in this series is “Sources and Citations Made Simple, Standard, and Powerful” it is a longer video that we started last month so we will be finishing it this month. Even though Legacy 10 was just released in Jun 2024, almost all the features shown in this video are still in the current program. If you are thinking about trying Legacy or are currently using it, this video can teach or remind you how to properly use the software and be successful with your research. If you have any suggestions for future topics, please send them in.
This is our monthly meeting to share tips & tricks, problems & solutions. Sometimes we will watch videos or share our screens to aid in learning more about using Legacy Family Tree software.
Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the learning. If you are just thinking about trying Legacy for the first time, you’ve been using it for a year or two or you are an old pro with many years of experience using Legacy this is the group for you.
We look forward to meeting with you, every month on the First Tuesday at 7:00 PM Pacific Time
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Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 So. 12th Ave
Union Gap, WA 98903
www.yvgs.net
(509) 248 – 1328
Where: Y.V.G.S. Library – General Meeting
Date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Time: 10:00a.m.
Speaker: Julia Brown
Subject: Two Links on www.yvgs.net website under Internet Resources.
Julia will be covering how to use the GenGophers and Periodical Source Index –
Allen County Library Site.
Both are excellent resources to help with researching your ancestry.
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| Mapping Your Migrating Ancestors I found my family but why did they move so much or did the really? What resources can I use to see where they went? What stories are told by following our families across the country? Do you want to know all this? You and I have a friend in the library, Tina Beaird. What can she teach us today to help us tell our family stories?  Tina Beaird is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is a Genealogy & Local History Librarian at the Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, Illinois. She holds a Masters of Library and Information Science degree with a specialization in Archives/Preservation from Dominican University. Tina has won multiple research and digitization grants to preserve & digitize historic documents & photos. When: Thursday, February 6, 2025 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Where: ZOOM & In-Person Cost: $20 members $25 non-members Sign-Up and Payment for ZOOM: Go to hqrl.com and go to the HQRL Store. Be sure to sign in as a member to receive your discount. For In-Person (8 only): Call: 253-863-1806 or come into the library at: 2102 E Main, Ste. 105 Puyallup, WA 98372 Next up Beginning Your Family History Part A: Getting Started February 20, 2025 Bonus Opportunity 7 Habits – 7 Months with DearMYRTLE Here’s a second chance the hear DearMYRTLE’s presentation from January 16, 2025 on the 7- Habits of Highly Effective Genealogists. Recording will include MYRT’s presentation, handouts and work-study group discussion. AVAILABLE until January 31st. $20 members / $25 non-members Link will be sent after payment received. |
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Recently enjoyed a visual trip through Long Day’s Journey: The Steamboat & Stagecoach Era in the Northwest by Carlos Arnaldo Schwates, published in 1999. What an eye-opener! This book was “a study of transportation in American life, focusing on the era defined by the steamboat and stagecoach.” Boy oh boy did it ever!
The many pictures in the book tell the tale. Here are men in hats, vests and white shirts. Here are women in hats, long skirts with babies and baggage. All are waiting to board a river steamboat heading west. (Pause to imagine this: lots of uncomfortable clothing, no rest rooms or privacy, babies howling, bring all your own food and mud everywhere. Would YOU survive?) Not until the completion of the railroad link in the late 1800s (Great Lakes to Puget Sound) did the trip from east to west become quicker, easier and less dangerous.
Stagecoach travel was no less daunting by our modern standards. Stage routes did wind from Omaha, Kansas City or St. Joseph and could get you to Salt Lake City, Boise, Helena, Sacramento, Portland or Tacoma. An ad in Denver’s Rocky Mountain News in 1864 proclaimed that taking the overland stage route “would take passengers in quick time and with every convenience offered from Atchison, Kansas, to Salt Lake City in “only” five days. Pause to imagine those five days: Packed elbow to elbow on wooden seats, jostling along in a carriage with bad springs, open windows letting in dust and insects (or rain and snow), dressed in way too many clothes and with other unwashed people, smelly babies and men smoking. Potty stops were spare, with no privacy, and no food or water unless you brought your own. There were frequent stops to help get the coach out of the muddy road ruts. And of course there were Indians and bandits. I won’t speak for you, but I doubt that I would have survived with my sanity intact and my bowels impacted.
Part Two next time…. “Advice to Passengers.”
Don’t we groan when the laundry basket overflows and we’ve no choice but to do the wash? We’ve got it SOOO much easier than our ancestors did!! This bit was printed in the December 2010 issue of The Bulletin (Eastern Washington Genealogical Society). Enjoy………. and be thankful!
Grandma’s “Receet” for Washington Clothes….. Years ago, a Kentucky grandmother gave a new bride the following directions for washing clothes. It appears below just as it was written and despite the spelling has a bit of philosophy:
1. bild fire in backyard to heet kettle of rain water
2. set tubs so smoke won’t blow in eyes if wind is pert
3. shave one hole cake lie soap in billin water
4. sort things, make 3 piles. 1puile white, 1 pile cullord, 1 pile work briches and rags (Guess what “rags” meant!!)
5. stir flour in cold water to smooth then thin down with billin water
6. Rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, then bile. Rub collord, don’t bile, just rench in starch.
7. take white things out of kettle with broom-stick handle, then rench, blew and starch.
8. spread tee towels on grass
9. hang old rags on fence
10. pour rench water on flour bed
11. turn tubs upside down
12. go put on clean dress, smooth hair with side combs, brew cup of set, set and rest and rock a spell and count blessins.
When we see movie or TV shows with our ancestors in snowy white SHEETS, I always think “how did they ever…..!”
Would you be interested in knowing of a One-Stop-Shopping Place for genealogy research???? WELL, it’s here! Almost, anyway.
Family Tree is not just a magazine that you find on many news stands. (Although the magazine is well worth the price, it is surely is cheaper by subscription.)
Family Tree offers:
* A really, really helpful bi-monthly magazine both in print and e-edition.
*A website with a hundred “clicks” to check out!
* A long list of FREE resources, forms, guides and E-books.
* A long list of Cheat Sheets for help with various websites (Like The Big Four).
*A long list of country-centric guides.
*A long list of (paid) 13 courses to teach you “more better.”
*A YouTube channel offering free tutorials…like Finding Ancestors Who Worked on the Railroad.
* A list of 15 Cheat Sheets one can order (like for Ancestry, Find My Past, My Heritage, Jewish Genealogy, Adoption, Scandinavian, Scottish plus Civil War Genealogy and US Census Genealogy (plus packages of several).
I most enthusiastically urge you to take a cold January winter day or afternoon and click to www.FamilyTreeMagazine.com. With soft background music, and a warm drink nearby, you’re in for a learning treat, I guarantee it!
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society DNA Special Interest Group
Tuesday, January 28 at 7:00 pm via Zoom
We will discuss the DNA company Living DNA, their offerings, and take a virtual tour of the website.
Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: TPCGS DNA Special Interest Group Meeting
Every month on the Fourth Tue beginning at 7:00 PM Pacific Time
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🌟 Don’t Miss Out on Genealogy Café with the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society! 🌟
📅 DATE: March 8, 2025
🕐 TIME: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍 VENUE: Timberland Libraries in Hoquiam (420 7th Street, Hoquiam, WA 98550)
and Aberdeen (121 East Market Street, Aberdeen, WA 98520
🔍 Dive into your roots and discover the hidden treasures of your family history at the Genealogy Café hosted by the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society in partnership with the Timberland Libraries in Hoquiam and Aberdeen. This event is open to all! Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to connect with experienced genealogists from the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society.
🌟 Ignite your curiosity and journey through time to unravel the mysteries of your lineage and heritage. Whether you’re new to genealogy or a seasoned family historian, this event welcomes everyone eager to explore their roots.
🌟 Delve into local resources and uncover valuable insights with personalized assistance using the library’s online tools. This is a unique chance to enhance your genealogical knowledge and make meaningful discoveries about your family’s past.
🌟 Are you ready to uncover the stories hidden within your family tree? Join us at the Genealogy Café for a free event where you can drop in anytime between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. Be sure to secure your spot early as it’s first-come, first-served!