Beginning your family history PART A: GETTING STARTEDWhat is it?Why do it?Where do I begin?How do I get organized? So, you want to start a little project?How can Heritage Quest Research Library help you? We can start with a FREE Beginning Class taught by our very own research librarians. WHEN: July 7, 2022, 11:00 AM to 12:00…
I’m excited to tell you that during April and May, MyHeritage added 1.3 billion historical records in 37 collections from all around the world. These records are from the U.S., the U.K., Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine, and they include birth, marriage, death, military, census, newspaper records, and…
by Charles Hansen TIP OF THE WEEK –“SEATTLE AT GETTYSBURG” TOUR The Gettysburg campaign was a military invasion of Pennsylvania by the main Confederate army under General Robert E Lee in the summer of 1863. The Union army may have won a decisive victory, July 1–3, 1863, but there were heavy casualties on both sides. Did…
Clallam County Genealogical Society Saturday, June 11 at 10:00 am Presents: SARA COCHRAN “WHO NEEDED IT ANYWAY? GETTING AROUND THE MISSING 1890 CENSUS” What happened to that 1890 Federal Census? Sara will relate the story of the missing Census records. She will tell how to find other record sets using techniques when a Census is not available,…
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society June Meeting Tuesday, June 14 @ 6:00 pm via Zoom Roxanne Lowe, President of the Grays Harbor Genealogical Society, will present “Writing Your Obituary”. “Your obituary is probably the most important thing that will ever be written about you. So why not write it yourself? No one knows better than…
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society: The Emotional Roller Coaster of DNA Testing 10AM, Friday, June 17, 2022 At the Bainbridge Public Library and on Zoom, Janice Lovelace will present: “The Emotional Roller Coaster of DNA Testing” DNA Testing can prove otherwise unknown relationships. Such results can be totally unexpected and cause strong emotional ups and downs. How do…
Janet O’Conor Camarata is a genealogist with over 30 years of experience. Janet has presented at seminars, genealogy libraries and societies and retirement centers across Washington. Janet returns to Heritage Quest Research Library as one of our favorite presenters. Mapping an AncestorResearching Using Maps Geography is a discipline closely related to genealogy and an untapped resource for…
We have some fantastic free webinars from Legacy Family Tree Webinars, plus a free genealogy conference coming up in June. Check out the details below and let your audience know about the June 2022’s live webinars: Using DNA To Solve Interlinked Mysteries by Michelle Leonard Studying Free People of Color in Apprentice Records by Ari Wilkins Government Gazettes…
This tip comes from Jill Morelli, past president of SGS, and her source for this tip is the March 16, 2022, blog by Judy Russell, the Legal Genealogist. And by the way, we are so excited to have Judy Russell lined up for our fall seminar! Do you have New York City connections? In March 2022, the NYC Municipal Archives launched…
