Skagit Valley Genealogical Society A Fresh Look at Old Newspapers

Tuesday, March 14 from 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm Hybrid In-Person and via Zoom Our speaker will be Sara Cochran, presenting “When Irish Eyes are Smiling.”Using vital records to discover information about your Irish heritage. She spoke to us in October and is a thoroughly enjoyable and knowledgeable speaker. Note: This zoom/hybrid meeting will be in the…

DNA Doesn’t Lie, but Needs Help to Find the Truth!  — a presentation by Debbie Smith sponsored by the Clallam Genealogical Society Saturday, April 15th  at our 10:30 am meeting. DNA is a valuable tool for use in genealogic research for providing the proof of a genetic relationship. However, it does not stand alone.  Documentary research is needed to…

You may recall that on the eve of the release of the 1950 U.S. Census, MyHeritage launched a super useful tool to help get you started with your census research: Census Helper™. I’m excited to tell you that this feature just got a major upgrade. It now includes censuses from all over the world, not just…

At MyHeritage, we believe it’s our duty to preserve every family story, and that responsibility takes on added significance as we pay tribute to the brave men and women who gave their lives to safeguard our freedom. In honor of Memorial Day, we’re offering free access to all 83.1 million military records on MyHeritage, from…

Legacy Family Tree SIG Meeting Feb 7th, 2023, 7:00 pm This week we will be reviewing a series of short videos presented by Geoff Rasmussen that are free and available from the Legacy Family Tree Webinars site.  How to customize Legacy’s Family View How to make a backup of your Legacy family file Legacy software…

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…