February Meeting for Members and Guests

Monday, January 9, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. “The Evergreen State: Researching Your Washington State Ancestors,” by Mary Kircher Roddy. Mary will give us the basics of our state’s history, geography and ethnic groups. She’ll share where to find Washington State genealogical records, both online and off. This presentation will come in handy for anyone participating…

Monday, March 13 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom and in-person at the Douglas County PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway. “Get Organized to Write Your Family Stories” by Annette Burke Lyttle Speaker HANDOUT Last month we talked about getting generally organized–this presentation will look through the lens of preparing to write. Annette gave us a…

WAGS will file an extension this year, and “celebrate” tax day on Saturday, April 22! Come to the WAGS Library at 1:00 p.m. We will have several presentations picked out (from RootsTech, YouTube, others) on using tax records in your research, and then we’ll vote on which one or two we want to watch together…

Monday, May 8, 2023, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.–a hybrid meeting “Cyndi’s List in Practice” with Cyndi Ingle She’s one of our new WAGS members this spring, and probably the most well-known. Cyndi’s List has been your genealogical research portal onto the Internet for more than 25 years! If you haven’t visited her site recently, come…

Monday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m. This is a totally in-person meeting at the Douglas County PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway. (We will return to hybrid meetings next month.) “What I Learned at RootsTech” by WAGS members and friends Early in March, WAGS members gathered at the WAGS Library to livestream some of the…