Whidbey Island Genealogical Searchers Preserving Family Records Like a Pro

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 Hi there I’m excited to share that in honor of St. Patrick’s Day this year, we are making all 106 of our Irish record collections available to search for free from now until March 19, 2023!  The MyHeritage Irish collections include Irish birth, marriage, death, census, wills, atlases, directories, calendars, historical books, registers, passenger lists, prisoner,…

Don’t miss the final episode of our Heartland Series!   Oklahoma! Saturday, June 3 “Researching Oklahoma Ancestors  12:30 pm to 3:00 pm Hybrid Meeting (In-person at Shadle Library and by Zoom) Speaker: Jim Ike Oklahoma has been a lot of things to a lot of people over the years.  To some it was a place they…

by Donna Phillips At the 2015 Washington State Genealogical Society conference in Ellensburg, David Rencher was the primary speaker. His talk, Framing the Problem, was so excellent that I often think back upon and ponder the truth he presented. David began his talk with this question:  “Have you a tough genealogy problem? Worried you won’t solve it…

by Donna Phillips We recognize them anywhere: Carnegie Libraries. Seemingly, every city has one….or more. Some 43 were built in Washington State; 32 are still standing and 14 are still used as libraries. We think of Andrew Carnegie as a self-made millionaire and philanthropist, and he certainly was. But did you know he obtained most of…