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Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week Unique Family Gifts

Bylvollrath December 7, 2023December 7, 2023

CREATE UNIQUE FAMILY GIFTS FROM FREE PRINTABLES

Need an inexpensive, but personal gift idea? The Library of Congress has dozens of blank and adaptable antique family record sheets. The images are in the public domain. You can print them off on good paper, paste in photos and create a memorable gift for each family member. Search for “family record” on the Library of Congress website. Here are a couple examples.

Images courtesy the Library of Congress

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Seattle Genealogical Society Tip of the Week National Nordic Museum

Bylvollrath September 1, 2022September 1, 2022

The Nordic Heritage Museum was founded in 1979 and in 1980 it occupied a leased space in the old Daniel Webster Elementary School building in Ballard. By May 2018 the museum had expanded, built and moved into a new 57,000 sqft building on NW Market St, and was renamed the Nordic Museum. In 2019, by…

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Let’s Talk About: Yearbooks

Bylvollrath April 22, 2022April 22, 2022

by Donna Phillips Lesson for you here: if in yard sales, garage sales, flea markets or thrift stores, you come upon discarded high school or college yearbooks (the older the better), rescue them and contact the folks at e-yearbook. You can check yourself to see if they have or don’t have the ones you just found. …

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Contest Concludes, but Pursuit of Pioneers Continues

Bylvollrath November 10, 2023November 10, 2023

The contest element of the Pioneer Pursuit program closed at midnight on 31 Oct 2023. But that doesn’t mean the program is over. The review committee is still checking each of the submissions to ensure the pioneer was in Washington Territory on or before Nov. 11, 1889. To date, we have more than 3,500 names…

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Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society November Legacy Family Tree SIG

Bylvollrath October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Nov 1st, 2022, 7:00 pm This month’s meeting will be a little different as we have exhausted the longer free Legacy Family Tree videos, so I will be picking 2 – 3 topics from the paid videos to discuss. We won’t be watching the paid videos, but I will review…

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SGS100 Preservation Seminar with Denise Levenick, the Family Curator – June 17-18, 2023

Bylvollrath May 4, 2023May 4, 2023

To commemorate our 100th year, SGS is putting on a special seminar. It will be four lectures presented over two days. The dates and times : The lectures : This seminar is free to SGS members. Non-members will be charged a small fee. This will be an online seminar via Zoom. Registration is required. Registration…

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Eastern Washington Genealogical Society March Meeting

Bylvollrath February 28, 2022February 28, 2022

Saturday, March 5 EWGS March Meeting (EWGS Meetings) 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Meeting via Zoom (Zoom link will be posted to the website the morning of this presentation) Pam Vestal will present: “Why They Left, Where They Went and the Tales Their Journeys Can Reveal” Why did our ancestors leave their homes? Why did they…

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