To commemorate our 100th year, SGS is putting on a special seminar. It will be four lectures presented over two days. The dates and times : The lectures : This seminar is free to SGS members. Non-members will be charged a small fee. This will be an online seminar via Zoom. Registration is required. Registration…
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS ELEPHIND TIP? Elephind, is a the Search Engine for Historical Newspapers. Many genealogist love the Library of Congress – Chronicling America – historical, digitized newspapers website, but have you heard of Elephind.com? Their goal is to search all the world’s digitized, historical newspapers from one place at one time; it’s similar to the…
On May 19, 2023 BIGS Presents At 10AM, Friday, May 19, 2023, A Zoom Virtual Event, Sunny Morton will present: Intro to U.S. Church Records: Why We Care Where Grandma Went to Church. U.S. church records of many denominations can reveal ancestors’ vital events, family relationships, overseas birthplaces and other residences and religious lives. From the…
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Monthly Educational Meeting Tuesday, May 9th from 6:15 pm to 8:00 pm Zoom and In-Person, Parkland-Spanaway P.C. Library 138th and Pacific Ave S Please join us for our monthly meeting. If you have ever been stumped by a word or phrase while doing research, you’ll want to hear our Speaker Dawn Carlile‘s presentation on Deciphering…
We’re celebrating the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III in true MyHeritage fashion: starting tomorrow, we’re offering free access to all 1.1 billion U.K. historical records, from May 4–8, 2023! Search all U.K. records for free There’s no time like the present to discover your British roots and explore your family’s unique place in history. MyHeritage’s…
Clallam County Genealogical Society Speaker Series Presents: JUDY RUSSELL, jd, cg, cgs “The Legal Genealogist” Saturday, May 13, 10:00 Quarantined! Genealogy, the Law, and Public Health From the Plague to Tuberculosis, the law worked to protect the public from epidemics. Learn how public health records can add to any family’s history. Judy Russell is…
Oops, this is a correction. Yes, you saw this item in the last eNews! but the url inadvertently got messed up so it didn’t work. Sorry. So let’s try this again. As of April 1, 2023, a new subscription service, https://historygeo.com , is available at the SGS Library. This website is an online version of the Family Maps and Texas Land Survey…
THIS NEW BOOK IS GREAT! By Lisa White, SGS Director of Publiations Recently I had the pleasure of reading Generation by Generation: A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy by Genealogy Guys Podcast co-host Drew Smith. Coincidently it came to me at a very appropriate time. Lately I have been involved in many discussions about how…
by Donna Phillips Are you of Norwegian descent? Especially Norwegians who came to the Pacific Northwest? Are you aware of the fabulous National Nordic Museum in Seattle?? WOW, you say? Located in NW Seattle, close to the water, this museum offers so much of interest to those of Nordic descent and those (like me) who are…
Saturday, May 6 Researching Kansas Ancestors 12:30 pm to 3:00 pm Hybrid (join us in person or by Zoom) Meeting at Shadle Park Library, Spokane, WA KANSAS Guest Speaker Lauri Jean Swett Whether your ancestors came to Kansas to stay, they spent a generation or two, or were just passing through, their footprints can be found…
