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Beginning Your Family StoryPart BYou have decided to take on this role as Family Historian, so now what?What about those family heirlooms?Roadblocks and how to avoid them.What to find at a research library. Beginning Genealogy: Session IINow that you have made it through the Beginning Genealogy Class it’s time to gather the family lore, documents, family…
Seattle Genealogical Society GFO Virtual Open House
TIP OF THE WEEK –GFO VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE 2022The Genealogical Forum of Oregon will be hosting another Virtual Open House this year. Last year they filled over 2,000 virtual seats with attendees from 26 states and five countries. This Open House will run from Saturday, March 26, 2022 – Saturday, April 2, 2022. Twenty-three free presentations are planned. This…
NEW AT THE Seattle Genealogical Society LIBRARY!
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…
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Let’s Talk About: Websites for Social History
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