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 16, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm     IRISH INTEREST GROUP
Saturday, May 16,  1:00 pm – 3:00 pm       GERMAN INTEREST GROUP
Both sessions feature available research resources. Leader: Jean A. Roth

Sunday, May 17, 11:30 am–4:00 pm
ETHNIC SERIES-GERMAN-RUSSIA WORKSHOP
New resources, online sites, and organizations for the Germans from Russia now available to researchers.  Leader: Jean A. Roth, President of the Greater Seattle Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia; and speaker Carolyn Schott of the Black Sea Germans group.)

Saturday, May 23 – Monday, May 25 –
 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND – SGS Closed

Monday, June 1, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm  VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY
Invitation-only event. The SGS library is open for volunteers who have donated 75 hours or more to our organization. Lunch and Dinner will be provided. Come and enjoy research time and congeniality.

Saturday, June 6, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
CANADIAN INTEREST GROUP, Leader: David Robert

Saturday, June 6, 1:00 pm
SGS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
See lead article, above for details.

Tuesday, June 9, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
PROGRAM MEETING: Family Research and the Law   
Come learn how various historical federal and state laws regarding marriage, taxes, etc. apply to your ancestors’ life stories. Leader: Cary Lynn Bright, SGS Member and a Genealogy and the Law Study Group panelist – 2015

Wednesday, June 10, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
BRICK WALL SESSION
Come discuss your problems and we’ll share research suggestions. Leader:
Jean A. Roth

Wednesday, June 10, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
MAC Computer Interest Group
Fiske Genealogical Library  1644 43^rd Ave E. Seattle – Pioneer Hall in Madison Park $3 library use fee.  Speakers: Diane Heddrick and Lou Daly

Sunday, June 14, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
NAVIGATING FAMILYSEARCH.ORG
Learn some important tips to utilize the many aspects of this major search engine. Go beyond the simple “fill-in” name boxes.  Bring your laptops, or tablets if you have them. Leader is long-time SGS member Sally Gene Mahoney.

Sunday, June 21 – FATHERS DAY – SGS Closed

Saturday, June 27, 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
SGS DNA Interest Group   
Location change for this meeting only – Seattle Genealogical Society Library – 6200 Sand Point Way NE.  This meeting will review new discoveries in DNA testing and focus on learning to analyze your Autosomal DNA testing results.  To be added to our email list, contact sgsdnasig@gmail.com

Sunday, June 28, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
ETHNIC SERIES: SCOTTISH and SCOTS-IRISH WORKSHOP
Leader: Patricia Younie, Clan coordinator and historian will discuss researching these two different groups from Scotland and Ireland that were important early settlers in North America.

Saturday, July 25 and Sunday. July 26 SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES – Enumclaw, WA
SGS will have a booth and offer genealogical help. We need volunteers for both days for two hour sessions. A ticket to the games will be provided. Please contact Jean A. Roth at jeanaroth@juno.com as we must obtain tickets early.

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 6^th, 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.php?nm=38 for more details.

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.

You are invited to check out the three excellent genealogical web sites we have recently added to our SGS Library Computers.
We now have Fold3, Newspapers.com, and the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International among other sites already available to assist researchers in our library.
Fold3 has become the place to go for US military records, including pension files from the Revolutionary War, some from the War of 1812, Civil War service records, Navy cruise books, collections of casualty lists from recent conflicts, and much more. Newspapers.com is a massive collection of papers, some going back to the 1700’s, from locales throughout the USA, with a smaller number from England, Ireland and Canada.
The Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International website gives access to the Member’s homepage. This in turn allows research of the Archdiocese of St. Paul MN church records, Leo Baca’s Czech Immigration Passenger List and a number of other valuable resources.
We hope to add more genealogical sites in the near future. Your library is growing. Please come and enjoy it!

• An Overview of Internet Resources for the Mid-South States;
• Internet Resources for Mid-South States Will and Probate Records;
• Finding and Using Land Records Online to Solve Mid-South States Research Problems; and
• A Look at Colonial Land Records from the Mid-South States.

The research techniques and resources Ms. Andersen will present can be applied to your family history research in all parts of the U.S.

ANNUAL SEMINAR RAFFLE BENEFITS SGS LIBRARY FUND

Come prepared to participate in the annual seminar raffle!  All proceeds benefit the SGS Library Fund, established to enable the society to fill gaps in its current library collection, increase its collection in areas of interest to members, and to conserve properly its library holdings.  The Library Fund has already enabled SGS to add to its library collection during the past year more than five popular magazine/journal subscriptions; several additional genealogical web site subscriptions such as Fold3.com and Newspapers.com; and approximately 50 new books of particular interest to members.  By participating in the 2015 seminar raffle, you support continuing improvements to the SGS library resources that are available to aid you in your family history research.
Great prizes include two Mocavo gold subscriptions, four tickets to a Pacific Northwest Ballet performance, Chartmasters pedigree charts, free admission to the SGS fall seminar, Dollarhide’s Civil War Records, gift card for use at SGS book sales, and much, much more!
Raffle tickets are only $1 each.

The election of SGS Board members and members of the 2015-2016 Nominating Committee is underway now.  Ballots were mailed out last week, and must be returned to SGS by April 30.
If you haven’t received your ballot in the mail and believe that you are a current SGS member, please email Julia Marconi, Director of Membership, atSGSMembership@gmail.com.
Two board positions – Director of Publications and Director of Volunteers – are currently vacant, and we need your help in finding someone to fill these.  If you have someone who you think would do a good job, please feel free to nominate them by contacting Marilyn Rose, President, at SGSPresident@gmail.com.

NOTE: this eNewsletter goes to previous, now lapsed members of SGS as well as current members, so receiving it is not a sign that one’s membership is current.
If your membership has lapsed, we’d love to have you back again!

RECOGNIZING SGS MEMBER KAREN PORTZER

Seattle Metro’s RapidRide buses and stations feature a new poem every day of the year through November 2015, as part of the Poetry on Buses public art program.
SGS member Karen Portzer is among the poets whose poems have been selected.  Her poem, Irish Morn, is the poem of the day on July 30, 2015.
See http://poetryonbuses.org/collection for full details.
Congratulations, Karen!

SGS FAMILY HISTORY WRITING CONTEST UPDATE

We received thirteen entries for this, our first family history writing contest, and we are thrilled with the response.
Winners will be announced at the end of the month, unless the judges need more time to review all the submissions.

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.

Wednesday, April 15, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
PROGRAM  – HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
This is a two part program.  First we’ll give a short introduction to “Accessing Holocaust Databases.” From deportation records to lists of the martyred to survivor testimonies, the Holocaust has generated a vast amount of documents and records – many of which can be researched online.
The second part of the program is a little-known and chillingly unique  story of the“The Ahnenerbe – the Nazi Genealogy Ancestral Heritage Program.” Its Family History records can go back into the 1700’s and it has affected German genealogy research for decades both in a negative and positive way. It inspired Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones” movies with the Quest for the Ark of the Covenant and the Search for the Holy Grail.  Speaker: Jean A. Roth

Saturday, April 25, 10:15 am – 12:00 pm
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER,  Judith Eccles Wight, AG  from Salt Lake City.
Judith Eccles Wight, owner of Wight House Research, has been an Accredited Genealogist specializing in Irish research for almost 40 years. She writes extensively for genealogical periodicals including Irish Roots and is a popular teacher and lecturer at genealogical events and Legacy Family Tree webinars. She worked 10 ½ years as a British Reference Consultant at the Family History Library. She and her husband recently completed a 15 month LDS Church mission at the Church History Library where her research skills were put to work in documenting people.
Program: “My Delia Holland isn’t WHO and WHERE She’s supposed to Be.” 
This is based on a case study that Judith did on a woman she researched; her name and place of origin were identified in U.S. records and through family records and stories. There was only one problem – she couldn’t be found in Ireland. Judith will give tips for solving both Irish personal name and place name problems that may prevent you from finding your Irish ancestors.
Space is limited to 50; call (522-8658) or stop by the SGS library to reserve a place; we’ll announce this to other groups after April 6, if open seats haven’t been claimed by that date.

Sunday, April 26, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
ETHNIC SERIES: OSTFRIESLAND
Program: “Dear Brothers and Sisters: A Letter to Ostfriesland.” This is an overview of an area of Germany contiguous with the Dutch border, its history, culture and people.
Speaker: Jill Morelli

Saturday, May 2, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
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.org/GivingCenter/GiveBIG/Pages/Default.aspx for more details.

Wednesday, May 6th – Ginny Sharp Sommarstrom, SGS member and former SGS President, is scheduled to present a Webinar sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society on this date, titled Researching Your Swedish Ancestry in the 21st Century. More information at http://mngs.org/eventListings.php?nm=38.

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. 85^th Street  Speaker: C. Lynn Anderson

Sunday, May 10     MOTHERS DAY –  SGS Closed

Wednesday, May 13, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
MAC Computer Interest Group 
Fiske Genealogical Library  1644 43^rd 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, 11:30 am – 4:00 pm
ETHNIC SERIES: GERMAN-RUSSIAN WORKSHOP 
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

Monthly updates from the Seattle Genealogical Society.
REGISTER NOW FOR THE SGS SPRING SEMINAR

If your ancestors didn’t arrive in the Mayflower, you probably need to learn more about how to research your family history in the Mid-South states of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri!
“Who’s Your Daddy? Researching Your Family History in the Mid-South States”
Speaker: C. Lynn Andersen, Accredited Genealogist (ICAPGen) in Mid-South States

When: Saturday, 9 May 2015. Doors open 9 am. Seminar ends 4:30 pm.
Where: Greenwood Senior Center, 525 N. 85th Street, Seattle WA
Registration: $40 SGS members/$50 non-members (After 30 April, add a $10 late fee.)

Seminar topics include:
An Overview of Internet Resources for the Mid-South States
Internet Resources for Mid-South Will and Probate Records
Finding and Using Land Records Online to Solve Mid-South States Research Problems
A Look at Colonial Land Records for the Mid-South States
Mail in the registration form you recently received, bring in your registration form to SGS, or register online at http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/content/2015-spring-seminar-registration
For more information on the SGS spring seminar, seminar speaker, and driving/parking suggestions, go to http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/springseminar
Come prepared for the famous SGS book sale and for the annual raffle to benefit the SGS Library Fund!
HELP WANTED – current SGS needs and openings:

WANTED: Several able-bodied members who can occasionally help rearrange folding tables and chairs for programs held at SGS (most programs are on Saturday or Sunday, between noon and 3 p.m.) Often our library desk volunteers are physically unable to do this.
We also may need help setting up the screen, computer, and LCD projector for some presentations. It isn’t difficult and we will train you, if necessary.
Commitment: 1 or 2 set-ups per month.
Contact Jean A. Roth, Director of Education at (206) 782-2629 or jeanaroth@juno.com
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, April 4, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
CANADIAN INTEREST GROUP, Leader: David Robert

Sunday, April 5
EASTER SGS is closed for the day

Wednesday, April 8
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

Thursday, April 9 – the Brick Wall Solving Session originally scheduled for this day has been moved to April 14 – See below.

Saturday, April 11
SGS IRISH INTEREST GROUP 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
“Irish Internet Sources” – Speaker: Jean A. Roth

Saturday, April 11
GERMAN INTEREST GROUP 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
“German Internet Sources” – Speaker: Jean A. Roth

Tuesday, April 14 (Date Change)
BRICK WALL SOLVING SESSION 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
Join SGS members for a problem-solving session. This is an open forum format.

Wednesday, April 15
PROGRAM MEETING – HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
This is a two part program. First we’ll give a short introduction to “Accessing Holocaust Databases.” From deportation records to lists of the martyred to survivor testimonies, the Holocaust has generated a vast amount of documents and records – many of which can be researched online.
The second part of the program is a little-known and chillingly unique story of the “The Ahnenerbe – the Nazi Genealogy Ancestral Heritage Program.” Its Family History records can go back into the 1700’s and it has affected German genealogy research for decades both in a negative and positive way. It inspired Steven Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones” movies with the Quest for the Ark of the Covenant and the Search for the Holy Grail. Speaker: Jean A. Roth

Saturday, April 25 – SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
Judith Eccles Wight, AG from Salt Lake City at the SGS Library 10:15 am – 12:00 pm
“My Delia Holland isn’t WHO and WHERE She’s supposed to Be.”
This is based on a case study that Judith did on a woman she researched; her name and place of origin were identified in U.S. records and through family records and stories. There was only one problem – she couldn’t be found in Ireland. Judith will give tips for solving both Irish personal name and place name problems that may prevent you from finding your Irish ancestors.
Judith Eccles Wight, owner of Wight House Research, has been an Accredited Genealogist specializing in Irish research for almost 40 years. She writes extensively for genealogical periodicals including Irish Roots and is a popular teacher and lecturer at genealogical events and Legacy Family Tree webinars. She worked 10 ½ years as a British Reference Consultant at the Family History Library. She and her husband recently completed a 15 month LDS Church mission at the Church History Library where her research skills were put to work in documenting people.
Space is limited to 50; call (522-8658) or stop by the SGS library to reserve a place; we’ll announce this to other groups after April 6, if open seats haven’t been claimed by that date.

Sunday, April 26
ETHNIC SERIES: OSTFRIESLAND 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
“Dear Brothers and Sisters: A Letter to Ostfriesland” An overview of an area of Germany contiguous with the Dutch border, its history, culture and people.
Speaker: Jill Morelli

Saturday, May 2, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
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.org/GivingCenter/GiveBIG/Pages/Default.aspx for more details.

Wednesday, May 6th – on-line Webinar
Ginny Sharp Sommarstrom, SGS member and former SGS President, will present a Webinar sponsored by the Minnesota Genealogical Society on this date, titled Researching Your Swedish Ancestry in the 21st Century. More information at http://mngs.org/eventListings.php?nm=38.
(if you’re not familiar with webinars, see the Bonus Tip of the Week, below.)

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 the top of this page.
TIP OF THE WEEK – GENEALOGY GOPHERS
Researching family histories online is an activity that has begun to come of age. Thousands of family history books and magazines can be searched directly from multiple websites. But searching through these websites and combing through the jumble of information they return can be a frustrating, costly, and fruitless process.
The newly launched family history website, GenGophers.com, solves these problems by providing precise and free access to the industry’s most effective online search tools and a growing library of more than 40,000 downloadable family and personal histories, local histories, and genealogy newsletters.
GenGophers.com is the only website that – completely for free – returns genealogy book results only. Results include the publication name and a snippet from the page showing the highlighted search terms. Relevant pages and books can be downloaded for free from the GenGophers.com website.
Check them out at https://www.gengophers.com/#/
BONUS TIP OF THE WEEK: WHAT IS A WEBINAR, ANYWAY?
In short, a webinar is a web-based seminar, that one can “attend” from home.
Here is a link to an on-line explanation of how webinars work: http://blog.geneawebinars.com/p/how-it-works.html

SGS Board Meeting minutes now available on-line

Historically, the minutes of SGS Board meetings have been posted on the Information Board at the SGS Library soon after they have been approved, so that any interested member may view them and see what the Board has been working on.
At their January 2015 meeting, the SGS Board of Directors voted to ALSO make the approved minutes of Board meetings available online in the Members section of the Society’s web site, where they may be viewed by any current member, from wherever they have Internet access.
The minutes from our December 2, 2014 meeting were approved at the Board meeting of January 27, 2015, and are now available online.  To view them, go to the SGS web site at http://seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/ and click on LOGIN and follow the instructions.
If you cannot remember your Username or Password, send an email toSGSSecretary@gmail.com, including your name and zip code; we’ll check your membership status (we need to do that because this eNewsletter goes to previous members as well as active members) and send you instructions on how to proceed.

CALLING ALL WRITERS!
The first Seattle Genealogical Society Writing content is here! Do you love to write the stories of your families but are not interested in writing your story within the structure of a formal research paper? Then, this is for you. For the next SGS Bulletin, SGS is soliciting your family stories– sometimes called “creative non-fiction.” These stories are non-fiction stories but contain narrative which might have happened. The contest is open to SGS members and monetary prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd will be awarded. For more information go to the SGS website under Publications for Contest Guidelines and entry form. Entries are due 1 April 2015.

HELP WANTED – CURRENT SGS NEEDS & OPENINGS

IT TAKES A SOCIETY TO PUT ON A SEMINAR
Each year, SGS puts on two seminars, bringing in nationally known speakers.  These seminars are always well received, and draw big crowds.  The seminars are vital to SGS because membership dues cover less than one half of the society’s operating budget each year. Revenue from the seminars is another of our main revenue sources, and this revenue is critical to our society’s operation. Therefore it is important that we ensure the seminars’ success.

This year, the Spring seminar will be on Saturday May 9, and we need more help in all the areas that make or break a seminar: effective publicity; assistance with set-up and parking on the morning of the event; an efficient registration & sign-in desk; arranging and serving the seminar lunch; and more.
Below are several openings we need to fill.  If you can help with these, or wish to help in any way, please email Betty Ravenholt, ravenholt@aol.com

NEEDED: We need 3 more volunteers to help with registration for the SGS Spring Seminar on the morning of Saturday, May 9, 2015, 8:30-10:30 a.m. at Greenwood Senior Center.

NEEDED: Two volunteers willing to give SGS approximately one hour to put out snacks/water bottles and group prepared/delivered lunch boxes at SGS spring seminar on 9 May. Work begins at 8:30. Seminar at Greenwood Senior Center. Email Betty Ravenholt, ravenholt@aol.com

NEEDED: Three volunteers willing to give SGS approximately one hour to hand out lunch boxes and replenish snack trays/water bottles at SGS spring seminar on 9 May. Work will take about one hour and begins about 12:00. Seminar at Greenwood Senior Center. Email Betty Ravenholt, ravenholt@aol.com

NEEDED: Several volunteers to help fold the seminar brochures and apply printed mailing labels on them (about 2-3 hours at SGS, sometime in the last week of February).  Email Betty Ravenholt, ravenholt@aol.com

IN ADDITION, SGS needs to select the chairperson for the two seminars in 2016 NOW, to begin the process of identifying and inviting the speakers.
WANTED: Seminars Chairperson for 2016. Volunteer now, and learn the job from the 2015 Seminar Chairperson, while getting a jump on planning the Spring and Fall SGS Seminars for 2016. Applicants please contact Jean Roth, jeanaroth@juno.com 

WANTED:  Reviving the Publicity Committee to publicize events and the society in general. About  four  hours per month for:  posting SGS event information on area genealogical societies’ web site calendars, posting event information to local newspapers’ calendars, working with Seminar and Education committees to meet publicity needs. Monthly meeting but much committee work can be done from home. Contact SGSVicePresident@gmail.com

WANTED:  Volunteers willing to give 3-4 hours a month for answering research queries that come to SGS (generally out-of-state requests).  Work includes:  looking for obituaries in Seattle Times (online or at Seattle Public Library),  looking for listings in the Seattle City Directory (at SGS office) and copying a page from a book in the SGS Library (requester will identify book and page). ContactSGSVicePresident@gmail.com

TREASURER’S REQUEST
Calling all SGS volunteers who work with PayPal, eBay, GiveBig, JustGive or any other online service related to revenue for SGS. I do not have a list of names and/or responsibilities. Would anyone who is currently assigned such responsibilities, please send me an email as soon as possible at sgstreasurer@gmail.com indicating which service and your duties so that I can set up a meeting. ​I need your expertise and advice about what procedures are being used, what is working, and what might need to be reviewed.
THANK YOU,
Fran Lewis, Treasurer

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 if the SGS Library is closed due to weather or lack of a desk volunteer.

Tuesday, February 17, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Brick Wall Solving Session.  Join SGS members for a problem-solving session.  This is an open forum format.  Jean A. Roth, leader.

Sunday, February 22, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Irish Interest Group, Jean A. Roth, leader.  Open session on Irish research.  Come and share your successes and brick walls.

Sunday, February 22, 1:30 – 3:30 p.m., German Interest Group, Jean A. Roth, leader.  Open session on German research.  Come and share your successes and brick walls.

The next two programs begin our 2015 series of lectures on the Ethnic Heritage in the Northwest.

Saturday, February 28, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  Program: Embracing Your Ethnic Heritage, Jean A. Roth, leader.  Our ancestors had a rich ethnic heritage – a story that needs to be told.

Saturday, February 28, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.  Program: Coming to America – Castle Gardens and Ellis Island, Jean A. Roth, leader.  Many of our ancestors came through the Port of New York and entered through Castle Gardens or Ellis Island.  This program will describe entering the U.S. in the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

Saturday, March 7, 10:15 am – 12:15 pm
CANADIAN INTEREST GROUP, Leader: David Robert

Sunday, March 8   [Beginning of Daylight Savings Time – set clocks forward]
ETHNIC SERIES: NATIVE AMERICAN WORKSHOP 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
“Is Great-Grandmother Really Native American? An Introduction to Native American Genealogical Research” Many families have the oral history that an ancestor was Native American.  How does a family researcher begin to discover if this is true?  What federal, state and tribal records are available?
Speaker: Janice Lovelace.

Wednesday, March 11, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
MAC Computer Interest Group, Fiske Genealogical Library
1644 43^rd Ave E. Seattle – Pioneer Hall in Madison Park.  $3 library use fee.
Speakers: Diane Heddrick and Lou Daly.

Saturday, March 14 – ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE   12:30 pm
5th and Jefferson to Westlake – SGS will have an antique car entry, a 1954 MG.  SGS marchers are wanted to walk along the car.  Contact Jean Roth,jeanaroth@juno.com

IRISH WEEK FESTIVAL at SEATTLE CENTER
Saturday March 14,12 noon – 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 15, 10 am – 6:00 pm
SGS will host an information booth and also conduct genealogy classes.
Volunteers needed for booth.

Saturday, March 21, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, IRISH GENEALOGY WORKSHOP all day, sponsored by the Irish Heritage Club and the SGS Irish Interest Group
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church – 13047 Greenwood N. in Seattle.
Register at www.irishclub.org – click on Irish Week – March 21 for details.

Sunday, March 22
(The Irish Interest Group will not meet this month)
GERMAN INTEREST GROUP 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.
“Using German Church Records,” Speaker: Jean A. Roth.

Saturday, March 28, 1:00 pm -3:00 pm
Open Social Session & Brown bag Lunch- 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
SGS MEMBERSHIP MEETING begins at 1 p.m.

Sunday, March 29, 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm
BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASS 
An overview of basic genealogy techniques and resources. Advance registration requested; email SGSvicepresident@gmail.com, or call SGS, 522-8658, to register.
Instructor: Janice Lovelace

TIP OF THE WEEK
Never try to teach a pig to sing.  It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Mark Twain

All day Irish Genealogy Workshop 

This workshop, sponsored by the Irish Heritage Club and the Seattle Genealogical Society Irish Interest Group, is on MARCH 21, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Greenwood.
The previous eNewsletter listed the date incorrectly.

Contact Jean A. Roth for details: jeanaroth@juno.com