Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers Preserving Family Records Like a Pro

REGISTRATION NOW OPENFOR BEGINNING GENEALOGY CLASS Gain the skills you need to research your family’s story by joining this fun, online, interactive class. This class includes four weekly sessions online with a fifth, optional session in person at the SGS library. The class covers how to successfully conduct, organize, and record research for your genealogy. How…

Wednesday, September 11, 2024, starting at 7:00 PM via Zoom The Writing Family History Special Interest Group (WFH-SIG) supports TPCGS members in documenting, writing, and preserving their family histories—formally or informally. Monthly meetings will provide a mix of presentations, writing exercises, and peer reviews to help members make progress in their projects. Date & Time: Every…

On July 21, 2023 BIGS Presents At 10AM, Friday, July 21, 2023, A Zoom Virtual Event, Janice Lovelace will present: Becoming Washington: Who Came to the Northwest and Why. What conditions existed for your ancestors to leave their home and make a journey toa new place? What conditions existed to encourage settlement in the Americas,especially the…

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…

Hello, My name is Kevin Keenan, and I’m with the Ulster Historical Foundation. It is a non-profit organisation with a long established and reputable research and publishing history. It is based in Belfast, N. Ireland and uses its knowledge to help those looking for their Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors. From 9 to 25 March 2023,…