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by Donna Phillips “The hens only lay egg-nog at Christmas-tidek but egg-nog will lay a man any time he tackles it,” reported the Idaho Avalanche on January 3, 1880. In 1881, The Herald, in Omaha, Nebraska, also found eggnog a subject for humor: “Hens favor sobriety. They generally quit laying when the egg-nog season approaches.” Big thanks to a…
Yakima Valley Genealogy Society October 2023 Seminar
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society 1901 So. 12th Ave. Union Gap, WA 98903 Telephone: 509-248-1328 Website: https://yvgs.net Y.V.G.S. Fall Seminar Saturday, October 28th will be held at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church.All day Seminar (9:00am – 3:45pm).Advanced Registration before October 21 is $40.00Lunch included.Registration after October 22 is $45.00. On-site Registration between 8:30am & 9:00am $45.00. No Refund…
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Donated Photos
YVGS received several years ago (2006) genealogical materials that include pictures, correspondence, deeds, etc from a house in Seattle that was going to be demolished. Items received by YVGS include the following names, items, etc. If this is your family please contact me: ericksensue@gmail.com A F Foltz, Seattle; Jack Lindsley; Burchett, Harry J, b.1889; Frank Lary,…
Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society US Church Records
On May 19, 2023 BIGS Presents At 10AM, Friday, May 19, 2023, A Zoom Virtual Event, Sunny Morton will present: Intro to U.S. Church Records: Why We Care Where Grandma Went to Church. U.S. church records of many denominations can reveal ancestors’ vital events, family relationships, overseas birthplaces and other residences and religious lives. From the…
Let’s Talk About: Passed Along Books
by Donna Phillips EWGS past president Shirley Penna-Oakes has been gone for a couple of years now. Her good friend, Mary, to whom Shirley gave all her genealogy and her genealogy books, is now wanting to re-home some family histories that Shirley collected. The titles are listed below; I have these books and would be willing…
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…