TIP OF THE WEEK – BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS AND A WEBINAR Jill Morelli passed along this tip; it originally came from Valerie Beaudrault. The University of British Columbia has made the BC Historical Newspapers database, a digital collection of 168 newspaper titles published between 1859 and 1995, available on their website. Toward the bottom left hand side of the web page is an alphabetical selection list of the newspaper titles. And to the right of that list is a map that pinpoints the home of each publication. To explore a specific title, click on it in the alphabetical selection list toward the bottom of the page. But if you want to search the entire collection, that search box is located toward the top of the web page. Newspaper page images can be downloaded and saved. Here’s the link to the website: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers
If BC is an area of interest for you, check out the webinar “Genealogical Gold in British Columbia” with Dave Obee, Canadian genealogist, journalist, and author. It is scheduled for Friday, February 18, 2022 at 11:00 AM PST. This is one of many free webinars hosted by Legacy Family Tree. Register at: https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/genealogical-gold-in-british-columbia/
ROB SEXTON, VOLUNTEER OF WINTER QUARTER Each quarter, the Seattle Genealogical Society recognizes one member as our Volunteer of the Quarter. Our Volunteer for Winter 2022 Quarter is Rob Sexton.
Rob has been a member of SGS for over five years and he was our Director of Operations from 2018-2021.
Past SGS President, Jill Morelli, recalls she recruited Rob for the position of Operations Director over coffee at a national genealogical conference, by telling him the job consisted of a little vacuuming and emptying the waste baskets. “Two floods, one new HVAC unit, COVID, all new furniture, and a major move later – it all went well beyond vacuuming and emptying the trash!” she says.
“Rob has made the job of the next Operations Director easier and harder,” says Jill. “He brought everything up to date, but he also set a new standard. We all got spoiled by his attention – visible and invisible.”
Jill is not the only one singing his praises. Karen Knudson, SGS treasurer says, “Rob went above and beyond in his tenure as Director of Operations. He was thoughtful and helpful to me with his banking experience. He was always willing to answer questions and help in any way. And he was dependable. I also enjoyed his sense of humor!”
Cecellia Rogers, SGS Director of Education, says she was “awed by Rob’s patient, diplomatic, and systematic handling of acquiring the new digs and choreographing the move, from soup to nuts. Buy that man a cape! No one deserves the recognition more than he.”
In addition to SGS activities, Rob volunteers as a registrar for a local chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and serves on the Genealogy Committee of the National Society of SAR. When he’s not digging into family history research, he can be found digging in his garden.
Thank you so much, Rob, for your years of service to SGS. SIGN THE PETITION TO REOPEN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES RESEARCH ROOMS! SPREAD THE WORD! It’s been almost 2 years since NARA closed the research rooms due to COVID, and understandably so. There’s now a campaign and petition to get the archives reopened. Many feel 2 years is long enough and NARA can safely reopen with some safety precautions in place. You can help by contacting your senator and representative; let them know this is an issue you care about. Remember the old saying “The squeaky wheel gets the grease”. To sign the petition or learn more about the campaign, visit: https://www.change.org/p/incoming-archivist-of-the-united-states-reopen-national-archives-research-rooms SGS MEMBERSHIP MEETING SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM ONLINE VIRTUAL SGS members please mark your calendars and plan to attend this membership meeting. The slate of officers for the 2022-2023 term will be presented. As always, check the Calendar of Events on the SGS website for the Zoom meeting id. NEED VOLUNTEERS FOR IRISH WEEK Volunteers are needed to help man the SGS Booth at Seattle Center’s Irish Week Festal that takes place on Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13, 2022. Ideally there will be enough volunteers that each will cover a 2 hour shift. There will be books on Irish, Scots-Irish, & Scottish genealogy to help people with the basics. For the most part, people are interested in what clan they belong to and the origin of their surname. It’s simple and fun.
If you can help either day, please call or text Jean Roth at 206 295-6125.
* SAVE THE DATE *Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, 2nd Monday meetings usually 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. Watch their website for details on the next meeting.
The next regular meeting will be on Monday, Mar 14, 2022. Janette Silverman wil present a recap of her 27-day trip to eastern Europe.
Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 10:00 am, there will be a special meeting co-sponsored by the JGSBC and JGSWS. Megan Lewis of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum will speak.
All Day Irish Workshop with Steven Morrison and Jean A Roth, Fairview Church, 844 NE 78th St, Seattle, WA 98115 Saturday, March 19, 2022
The Irish Heritage Club and SGS Irish SIG are jointly sponsoring this in-person event with Steven Morrison and Jean A Roth. Mark your calendars and check the Irish Heritage Club’s website for registration information. It should be available in about a week. https://irishclub.org
AppGenInstitute, Spring Semester Course Offerings, March thru May dates, Virtual Online
Two of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute are names that should be familiar to you from programs you’ve attended at SGS, Jill Morelli, CG, and Mary Kircher Roddy, CG. Jill prepared the message below to introduce the upcoming classes that will be able next spring.
‘Applied Genealogy Institute is excited to announce the next series of educational offerings to the genealogical community for our Spring semester. Whether you are educational addicts like we are or one who just wants to “do it right,” you will find a course for you in the Spring offerings.
Five courses will be offered: “Foundations I: Using the Records,” “Advanced Swedish Genealogy,” “Advanced Genetic Genealogy,” “Catholic Records” and “Getting Lost in Ledgers.” Registration will open after the first of the year.
SGS 2022 Spring Seminar, “Lands and Maps and Deeds, Oh My!” Friday-Sunday, June 3-5, 2022
Attendees will have 3 registration choices:
All 3 days
Friday and Saturday only
Friday and Sunday only
As usual, SGS members will receive a discount on the registration fee.
In the coming weeks, watch the SGS Calendar of Events, the SGS social media pages, and the eNews! for further details on this seminar featuring Cyndi Ingle, Angela Packer McGhie, Rebecca Whitman Koford, Melinda Kashuba, and Kimberly Powell. You won’t want to miss any of these outstanding speakers.
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTSTake note of the SGS Library’s new location, new hours, and new rules: Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Masks are required at all times inside the Good Shepherd Center. Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting.
NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient.
* All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Friday, Feb 18, 2022, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Family Tree Maker by MacKiev meets online via Zoom on the 3rd Friday of the month. Share and learn tips and tricks for this software. This SIG is jointly sponsored by the Eastside Genealogical Society and Seattle Genealogical Society. To join in you must be on the email list. Send you request to egsgenealogyhelpfer@yahoo.com
Saturday, Feb 19, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Feb 19, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Feb 20, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance. This Sunday’s topic will be “Friedrich Eiler: Building an Identity from Scant Clues”.
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Sunday, Feb 27, 2022, 1:00 pm, New! Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the second meeting of our new SIG. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
Wednesday, Mar 2, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Mar 5, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com
Sunday, Mar 6, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA WORKSHOP (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join.
Tuesday, Mar 8, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2022, 7:00 pm-9:00 am, MAC Computer Interest Group (Virtual), Jointly sponsored by SGS and Fiske for users of MAC (Apple) computers and the Reunion genealogy software. Co-chairs Lisa Marker and Diane Hettrick. You must be on the MAC SIG email list to join the meeting. Email macusersig@seagensoc.org to be included on the list.
Saturday, Mar 12, 2022, 12:30 pm-1:00 pm, SGS Membership Meeting, the slate of officers for 2022-2023 will be presented. This will be a virtual meeting. Check the SGS Calendar of Events.
Saturday, Mar 12, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series: Finding Records to Help Document Your Farming Ancestor with Lisa S Gorrell.
Wednesday, Mar 16, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Mar 19, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Mar 19, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Mar 20, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance.
Tuesday, Mar 22, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Mar 23, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Sunday, Mar 27, 2022, 1:00 pm, Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the third meeting of our new SIG. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
TIP OF THE WEEK – FREE LATIN HANDWRITING WEBINAR The objective of this 5 day series is to teach beginners the basics of Latin handwriting and documents as it pertains to genealogy research. At the end of these 5 classes one should be able to:
Use online resources to help you read Latin documents
Understand basic Latin grammar in order to determine relationships
Translate simple Latin documents
Fritz Juengling, PhD, AG, is the instructor. Remember Fritz from our Spring 2020 Seminar turned webinar? He is the German, Dutch, Scandinavian research specialist at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. He reads documents in German, Dutch, French, Latin, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian.
SAVE THE DATES SGS 2022 SPRING SEMINAR “LAND AND MAPS AND DEED, OH MY!” FRIDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 3-5, 2022
Something’s a little different this year; our spring seminar will be a 3 day event.
Friday, June 3, at 5:00 pm, Cyndi Ingle, creator and innovator of CyndisList.com, will be the keynote speaker.
Saturday, June 4, Land presentations will begin at 9:00 am with Angela Packer McGhie speaking on land entry papers, including the Oregon and Washington donation files, and tract books. Following that Rebecca Whitman Koford will present “Military Bounty lands: Revolution to Mexican War”.
Sunday, June 5, Maps and Deeds, continues at 1:00 pm with Melinda Kashuba and Kimberly Powell.
Attendees will have 3 registration choices:
All 3 days
Friday and Saturday only
Friday and Sunday only
As usual, SGS members will receive a discount on the registration fee.
In the coming weeks, watch the SGS Calendar of Events, the SGS social media pages, and the eNews! for further details on this seminar. Cyndi Ingle, Angela Packer McGhie, Rebecca Whitman Koford, Melinda Kashuba, and Kimberly Powell – you won’t want to miss any of these talented speakers.
And while your calendar is in front of you, reserve September 17-18, 2022, for the SGS Fall Virtual Seminar with Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist.
DONE! The last major task in the restructuring of our library following our move to the Good Shepherd Center has been completed. Over 100 boxes of books, in storage and earmarked for shipment to the Internet Archives, needed to be unpacked, cataloged for our records, and then repacked into heavy duty shipping boxes. This took SGS members Allegra Anderson, Melanie Moser, Woods Fairbanks, and Ellen Peterson (pictured below), as well as Kathi, SGS Library Director, and Jim Secan, SGS President, two days. Later Kathi and Woods helped load the shipper’s truck, thus starting these books on the journey to their new home.
Many thanks from the SGS board to these four SGS members who quite literally volunteered to do the heavy lifting.
Left to right – Allegra, Melanie, Woods, and Ellen
PLEA FROM NGS AND FAMILY SEARCH Do you think your genealogical society or organization would be interested in helping with the 1950 Census Crowdsourcing Project? This came to us from NGS and we thought we would help spread the word:
“FamilySearch and NGS are inviting individuals and societies to assist in making the 1950 US census easier for everyone to search and discover their family connections. This unique crowdsourcing project, the largest census undertaking to date, will make the 150 million records of the individuals found on the census’s tens of thousands of digital images freely searchable online.
Please join us on February 8th at 8:30 PM ET and learn more about the project and how you and your genealogy society or organization can get involved.”
* SAVE THE DATE *Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, 2nd Monday meetings usually 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. Watch their website for details on the next meeting.
The next meeting is Monday, Feb 14, 2022 at 7:00 pm. The subject is “Alien, Enemy, Declarant – Grief; Learning From Missteps in the Naturalization Process” with Emily Garber.
AppGenInstitute, Spring Semester Course Offerings, March thru May dates, Virtual Online
Two of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute are names that should be familiar to you from programs you’ve attended at SGS, Jill Morelli, CG, and Mary Kircher Roddy, CG. Jill prepared the message below to introduce the upcoming classes that will be able next spring.
‘Applied Genealogy Institute is excited to announce the next series of educational offerings to the genealogical community for our Spring semester. Whether you are educational addicts like we are or one who just wants to “do it right,” you will find a course for you in the Spring offerings.
Five courses will be offered: “Foundations I: Using the Records,” “Advanced Swedish Genealogy,” “Advanced Genetic Genealogy,” “Catholic Records” and “Getting Lost in Ledgers.” Registration will open after the first of the year.
Take note of the SGS Library’s new location, new hours, and new rules: Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Masks are required at all times inside the Good Shepherd Center. Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting.
NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient.
* All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Feb 5, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com
Sunday, Feb 6, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA WORKSHOP (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join.
Tuesday, Feb 8, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Feb 12, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series: Who Owned Solomon? A Case Study of 19th Century African American Research with Janice Lovelace, PhD
Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Friday, Feb 18, 2022, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Family Tree Maker by MacKiev meets online via Zoom on the 3rd Friday of the month. Share and learn tips and tricks for this software. This SIG is jointly sponsored by the Eastside Genealogical Society and Seattle Genealogical Society. To join in you must be on the email list. Send you request to egsgenealogyhelpfer@yahoo.com
Saturday, Feb 19, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Feb 19, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Feb 20, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance.
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Sunday, Feb 27, 2022, 1:00 pm, New! Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the second meeting of our new SIG. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
TIP OF THE WEEK – SELECT, COPY, AND PASTE PAGES OF CENSUS DATA Here’s a nifty process to extract full page(s) of US Census Data from Ancestry (or FamilySearch) and paste it into Google Sheets to make a table of the data.
To copy the Census Data into Google Sheets you will be using the commands Select, Copy, and Paste Special – Values Only. Below I’ll describe the basic process using Ancestry and Google Sheets. If you prefer to use Excel instead of Google Sheets, you will use the commands Select, Copy, and Paste Special as text; nearly an identical process.
Step one is to search and find the US Census record you want to collect data from and use View Image to open the actual image. In Ancestry, located at the center bottom of your screen next to the image number, you will see an icon resembling a person. It’s called the “Index Button”. Click on it. Notice a transcription of the Census page is now displayed in the lower portion of the screen. Place your cursor anywhere in that area of the lower portion of your screen and click. Now you’ll use the shortcuts: Ctrl + A to select all data; data will now be highlighted Ctrl + C to copy all data you selected above Ctrl + Shift + V to paste special that copied data into Google Sheets Move forward or backward to the next Census record image, repeating the 3 command steps shown above , until you have copied all the data from the Census you want, and you have pasted that data into your Google Sheets table. Now you can filter and analysis the data you have collected.
For more detail on filtering, table formatting, practical applications, and suggestions, take the time to watch one or two of these videos by Connie Knox of GenealogyTV :
Find More Ancestors By Extracting Census Data Into Google Sheets
#1 Way to Breakdown Brick Walls – Updated 2020
Connie uses this process for FAN Club or Cluster research. Here are the links for those videos.
We are looking for two to three volunteers to serve on the SGS Nominating Committee. This committee is responsible for finding volunteer candidates for the four officer positions (President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary) and seven director positions (Education, Library, Membership, Operations, Publications, Technology, Volunteers) that make up the SGS Board of Directors to go on the slate for the upcoming SGS elections. Incumbents in six of these positions are planning to volunteer for another year, so over half of the positions already have one candidate. Our preference is to have SGS members who are not on the Board sit on the Nominating Committee, as called for in our Policies and Procedures Manual, but if we do not have volunteers for this committee by January 31, 2022 the Board will select two Board members to handle this job. If you are interested please contact either the SGS Secretary (Amandalei Bennett, secretary@seagensoc.org) or the SGS President (Jim Secan, president@seagensoc.org). ANOTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY There is one more task to complete our move to the new library space. We have approximately 100 book boxes filled with books in storage at the Public Storage facility located at 3000 15th Ave W, Seattle, WA 98115. These books need to be sent to the Internet Archive (IA) for scanning and posting on-line. First they need to be transferred to sturdier shipping boxes provided by the IA and we also need to keep a record of what we are shipping. We plan to record the items by either (a) taking a picture of the cover page of each book (cell-phone pictures are fine), or (b) keeping a written record of the title and author of each book. Volunteers to do this re-boxing and recording are needed immediately.
SGS Library Director, Kathi, will be coordinating this effort, so if you would like to help please contact her at library@seagensoc.org. REMINDERS The Irish and German SIGs are back and meeting today, Saturday, January 15th, at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm, respectively.
SGS rolls out the new Japanese American SIG, Sunday, January 23, 2022, at 1:00 pm. Caitlin Oiye Coon is the chairperson. JOIN SGS TODAYAND YOU WON’T HAVE TO RENEW UNTIL MAY 31, 2023! During January 1st through March 31st, 2022, new members may join the Seattle Genealogical Society with a membership that extends through May 31, 2023. Enjoy a year and a half of discounted class and seminar registration fees, free research requests, and access to exclusive SGS publications and databases. Dues are $60 individual, $75 dual. Read more about membership here.Join Online Now Members! Did you forget to renew for 2021-22? You may reinstate your membership now and be good through May 31, 2023. Log in at Members Home then click the green “Renew Membership” button. Or come in person and see the SGS Library at our new location in Wallingford: Good Shepherd Center – Room 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday Get Directions * SAVE THE DATE *Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, 2nd Monday meetings usually 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. Watch their website for details on the next meeting.
AppGenInstitute, Spring Semester Course Offerings, March thru May dates, Virtual Online
Two of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute are names that should be familiar to you from programs you’ve attended at SGS, Jill Morelli, CG, and Mary Kircher Roddy, CG. Jill prepared the message below to introduce the upcoming classes that will be able next spring.
‘Applied Genealogy Institute is excited to announce the next series of educational offerings to the genealogical community for our Spring semester. Whether you are educational addicts like we are or one who just wants to “do it right,” you will find a course for you in the Spring offerings.
Five courses will be offered: “Foundations I: Using the Records,” “Advanced Swedish Genealogy,” “Advanced Genetic Genealogy,” “Catholic Records” and “Getting Lost in Ledgers.” Registration will open after the first of the year.
Take note of the SGS Library’s new location, new hours, and new rules: Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658
Monday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Tuesday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Friday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
The SGS Library is open to researchers. Masks are required at all times inside the Good Shepherd Center.
Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting.
NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient.
* All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted
Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Jan 16, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance. The topic chosen for this session is “Dissecting a Civil War Pension – Union and Confederate”.
Wednesday, Jan 19, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Sunday, Jan 23, 2022, 1:00 pm, New! Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the inaugural meeting. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Jan 29, 2022, 9:00 am-12:30 pm, DNA SIG (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join. Please note from 9:00-10:00 am is the yearly beginners session. The regular meeting will start at 10:00 am.
Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Feb 5, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com
Sunday, Feb 6, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, DNA WORKSHOP (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join.
Tuesday, Feb 8, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Feb 12, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series: Who Owned Solomon? A Case Study of 19th Century African American Research with Janice Lovelace, PhD
Wednesday, Feb 16, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Feb 19, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Feb 19, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Feb 20, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance.
Tuesday, Feb 22, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Videos from many of the past RootsTech conferences are available for your viewing online. You can search the videos by conference year or by speaker. Right now the years you’ll find in the archive are 2015-2020. If you missed the entire conference or simply want to review a single session, visit : https://www.rootstech.org/video-archive?lang=eng
As previously announced, the Irish and German SIGs are coming out of dormancy and meeting virtually on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Welcome back the Irish and German SIGs beginning on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM, respectively.
In addition, SGS is excited to announce a new SIG for researchers of Japanese genealogy. We are partnering with Densho, who is looking to widen their scope to include genealogy. The inaugural meeting of the Japanese American SIG will be January 23, 2022, at 1:00 PM (Pacific), at which time participants will decide how frequently the SIG shall meet. Zoom meetings have been scheduled for the 4th Sunday of the month at 1:00 PM. Send an email message to family.history@densho.org if you would like to participate in this meeting and be added to the mailing list for the Japanese American SIG. Caitlin Oiye Coon has graciously agreed to co-host SIG meetings, but we are looking for someone to share the leadership duties with her. If you can help, please contact Ceil Rogers at Education@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org
So as not to intrude on your New Year’s Day celebration, The FamilySearch SIG, which usually meets on the first Saturday of the month, has postponed their meeting until Saturday, January 8, at 10:15 AM.
The DNA SIG will hold its annual session for beginners on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at 9:00 AM, an hour before the regularly scheduled SIG meeting. To participate, contact Cary Bright at sgsdnasig@gmail.com
See the SGS website calendar, https://www.seagensoc.org/eventListings.php?nm=67, for details on these and all SGS SIGs. RootsTech Connect 2022 IS COMING! MARCH 3-5, 2022 100% VIRTUAL 100% FREE Sign up now! There will be 1,000 + breakout sessions across different tracks and categories. Which ones interest you?
Getting Started for beginners
FamilySearch all about
Ancestry getting the most from
MyHeritage getting the most from
DNA
For LDS Church Members
Homeland Heritage
Advanced Skills
For Archivists
African Heritage
Jewish Heritage
Native American Heritage
Sponsored by FamilySearch, RootsTech yearly genealogy conferences have long been among the largest and the best. For 2021, and now 2022, the conference is virtual, online. Although it’s free, you must register. Registration is now open. Here is the link:
SECOND SATURDAY: UNDERSTANDING & ANALYSING THE UK CENSUSES 1801-2021 SATURDAY, JANUARY 8 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM This Second Saturday session, the first of 2022, will look at the evolution of decennial censuses in the United Kingdom. Dr Penny Walters will present each census against a backdrop of social, political, and economic history, deconstructing the information that is available, revealing tips and hints for lateral thinking and clues for further research.
Dr. Walters is author of the books: ‘Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy’ and ‘The Psychology of Searching’. She lectures internationally and does webinars. To learn more about her, visit her website: http://www.searchmypast.co.uk
* SAVE THE DATE *Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, 2nd Monday meetings usually 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. Watch their website for details on the next meeting.
This notice just posted on their website. The meeting this month will be on Monday, January 10, 2022. The doors will open at 4:30 pm and meeting will begin at 5:00 pm. This is an early start time for this week only. The program is “Learn How to Make Sense of Your Ashkenazi Jewish DNA Results”. Registration is required.
McPherson County Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum, Lindsborg, KS Swedish Genealogy Virtual Workshop Saturday, January 8. 2022 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
If you are new to Swedish genealogy, or just need a refresher, this is the workshop for you. Sponsored by ArkivDigital, the leader in Swedish online records, this workshop’s featured speaker will be Kathy Meade. You may call 785 227-3595 for more information, or check out their website for additional details and registration: https://www.mcphersoncountyks.us/20/old-mill-museum
AppGenInstitute, Spring Semester Course Offerings, March thru May dates, Virtual Online
Two of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute are names that should be familiar to you from programs you’ve attended at SGS, Jill Morelli, CG, and Mary Kircher Roddy, CG. Jill prepared the message below to introduce the upcoming classes that will be able next spring.
‘Applied Genealogy Institute is excited to announce the next series of educational offerings to the genealogical community for our Spring semester. Whether you are educational addicts like we are or one who just wants to “do it right,” you will find a course for you in the Spring offerings.
Five courses will be offered: “Foundations I: Using the Records,” “Advanced Swedish Genealogy,” “Advanced Genetic Genealogy,” “Catholic Records” and “Getting Lost in Ledgers.” Registration will open after the first of the year.
Take note of the SGS Library’s new location, new hours, and new rules: Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658
Monday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Tuesday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Friday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
The SGS Library is open to researchers. Masks are required at all times inside the Good Shepherd Center.
Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting.
NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient.
* All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Jan 8, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com
Saturday, Jan 8, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series: Understanding & Analyzing the UK Censuses 1801-2021 with Dr Penny Walters, author of “Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy” and “The Psychology of Searching”. Registration required.
Sunday, Jan 9, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group with Karen Knudson. Share information and discuss Scandinavian family research. Visit the SGS website Calendar of Events and read about the new online security measures.
Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022, 7:00 pm-9:00 am, MAC Computer Interest Group (Virtual), Jointly sponsored by SGS and Fiske for users of MAC (Apple) computers and the Reunion genealogy software. Co-chairs Lisa Marker and Diane Hettrick. You must be on the MAC SIG email list to join the meeting. Email macusersig@seagensoc.org to be included on the list.
Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Jan 16, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance.
Wednesday, Jan 19, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Sunday, Jan 23, 2022, 1:00 pm, New! Japanese American SIG, with Caitlin Oiye Coon. This is the inaugural meeting. Please sign up if you would like to attend; send an email to family.history@densho.org
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Jan 29, 2022, 9:00 am-12:30 pm, DNA SIG (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join. Please note from 9:00-10:00 am is the yearly beginners session. The regular meeting will start at 10:00 am.
TIP OF THE WEEK – 1950 U.S. CENSUS It’s almost here! The long awaited 1950 U.S. census will be released to the public in April 2022. FamilySearch expects it will happen on April 1st. This census will not be indexed when it is first released. The time it will take to index depends on how many volunteer for the job and how dedicated they are. The 1940 census consisted of roughly 132 million people and took 4 months to index. The 1950 census consists of approximately 150 million people.
Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to support the Seattle Genealogical Society and Library during our Annual Appeal this December. SGS 2021 Annual AppealDonate Now Online If you have a Paypal account, you may donate to SGS via the Paypal Giving Fund and the transaction fee will be waived. Here’s the link: Paypal Giving Fund – SGS. Thank You!
FROM OUR SGS PRESIDENT
To the SGS Membership:
A major item of concern in our recent move was what to do with the items in our collection that we were not going to keep. Following guidance from our Bylaws, we gave the genealogy group at the Seattle Public Library (SPL) the right of first refusal on all remaining items in the collection. John LaMont of SPL estimates that they have taken around 450 linear feet (shelf space) of books and periodicals to SPL. The next group given the opportunity to obtain items from the collection was our membership, which was done via a two-day bargain-basement sale that saw roughly 1,000 additional items re-homed. Other local genealogical groups were given the opportunity to obtain materials, and a few of them took us up on our offer. We have also shipped several boxes of old school yearbooks to Ancestry.com, and will be shipping several boxes of old records (obits and the like) to FamilySearch to be scanned, digitized, and made part of their collection.
Finally, the majority of remaining non-periodical items (roughly 100 book boxes) are being placed in temporary storage to be donated to the OpenLibrary program of the Internet Archive (google Internet Archive for information). This organization scans and digitizes materials donated to them, and makes the material available on their website for anyone to use. This will open up that part of our collection to the entire world of genealogy.
So, while the physical size of the SGS collection has been significantly reduced, most of what we removed from the collection lives on elsewhere, and much of that will continue to be accessible by SGS members, either at the SPL main library or online.
Jim Secan President, Seattle Genealogical Society
VIRTUAL SUNDAYS: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW DECEMBER 19 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Join in Sunday afternoon for “Using Timelines for Analysis and Correlation”, a look at various ways one can compare and contrast information by using timelines, tables, and other correlation tools. Jill Morelli, CG and former president of SGS, is the speaker. * SAVE THE DATE * Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State, 2nd Monday meetings 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
JGSWS meets on the second Monday of each month, from Sept-June. Doors open at 6:30 PM unless noted otherwise. Watch their website for details on the next meeting.
McPherson County Old Mill & Swedish Heritage Museum, Lindsborg, KS Swedish Genealogy Virtual Workshop Saturday, January 8. 2022 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
If you are new to Swedish genealogy, or just need a refresher, this is the workshop for you. Sponsored by ArkivDigital, the leader in Swedish online records, this workshop’s featured speaker will be Kathy Meade. You may call 785 227-3595 for more information, or check out their website for additional details and registration: https://www.mcphersoncountyks.us/20/old-mill-museum
AppGenInstitute, Spring Semester Course Offerings, March thru May dates, Virtual Online
Two of the founders of the Applied Genealogy Institute are names that should be familiar to you from programs you’ve attended at SGS, Jill Morelli, CG, and Mary Kircher Roddy, CG. Jill prepared the message below to introduce the upcoming classes that will be able next spring.
‘Applied Genealogy Institute is excited to announce the next series of educational offerings to the genealogical community for our Spring semester. Whether you are educational addicts like we are or one who just wants to “do it right,” you will find a course for you in the Spring offerings.
Five courses will be offered: “Foundations I: Using the Records,” “Advanced Swedish Genealogy,” “Advanced Genetic Genealogy,” “Catholic Records” and “Getting Lost in Ledgers.” Registration will open after the first of the year.
SGS CALENDAR OF EVENTS Take note of the SGS Library’s new location, new hours, and new rules: Good Shepherd Center, Suite 302 4649 Sunnyside Ave N Seattle, WA 98103 206 522-8658
Monday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Tuesday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Friday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
The SGS Library is open to researchers. Masks are required at all times inside the Good Shepherd Center.
Due to COVID the events listed below continue to be virtual, online via Zoom. Always check the SGS Website Calendar of Events for the meeting links, registration, or for last minute updates or changes to the schedule. Be advised you may need to register in advance to join a meeting.
NOTICE: SGS has imposed more security on our Zoom meetings. Some meetings will begin with a waiting room. The host must take action to let people into each meeting. The host will try to open the waiting room about 10 minutes ahead of time. Please be patient.
* All times listed are Pacific Time unless otherwise noted Wednesday, Dec 15, 2021, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Friday, Dec 17, 2021, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Family Tree Maker (FTM) Interest Group (Virtual), What’s New in Family Tree Maker: Q and A with Mark Olsen (Family Tree Maker Ambassador, MacKiev). Join Eastside Genealogical Society and SGS for an interactive Q and A session to answer all your questions about Family Tree Maker: the latest version, updates, features, and more. The discussion will include FTM partner products Charting Companion and Family Book Creator. This session is for all levels of genealogists, whether you are just getting started or very experienced.
If you want to be on the Eastside Genealogical Society Family Tree Maker Users Group email list, send your request to JanetStroebel@yahoo.com
Sunday, Dec 19, 2021, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance. The program this month is “Using Timelines for Analysis and Correlation”.
Wednesday, Dec 22, 2021, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Tuesday, Dec 28, 2021, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Dec 29, 2021, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Wednesday, Jan 5, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Jan 8, 2022, 10:15 am-12:15 pm, FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly (Virtual), Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to be included on the mail listing? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com
Saturday, Jan 8, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Second Saturday Speaker Series: Understanding & Analyzing the UK Censuses 1801-2021 with Dr Penny Walters, author of “Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy” and “The Psychology of Searching”. Registration required.
Sunday, Jan 9, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, Scandinavian Interest Group with Karen Knudson. Share information and discuss Scandinavian family research. Visit the SGS website Calendar of Events and read about the new online security measures.
Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022, 7:00 pm-9:00 am, MAC Computer Interest Group (Virtual), Jointly sponsored by SGS and Fiske for users of MAC (Apple) computers and the Reunion genealogy software. Co-chairs Lisa Marker and Diane Hettrick. You must be on the MAC SIG email list to join the meeting. Email macusersig@seagensoc.org to be included on the list.
Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, 10:00 am- 12:00 pm, Irish SIG is back! With Susan McKee and Jim Ryan. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information. Saturday, Jan 15, 2022, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm, German SIG is back! With Carolyn Schott. See the SGS website Calendar of Events for further information.
Sunday, Jan 16, 2022, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm, Virtual Sundays: Something Old, Something New, Jill Morelli is the host. Visit the SGS website Calendar for details and updates. Please register in advance.
Wednesday, Jan 19, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022, 10:00 am-11:00 am, Tech Tuesday (Virtual), back by popular demand, the informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy software, or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary.
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022, 10:00 am-11:30 am, Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual), Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists.
Saturday, Jan 29, 2022, 10:00 am-12:30 pm, DNA SIG (Virtual), with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join.
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