German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society German Migration Patterns

Saturday, January 14th, the Clallam County Genealogical Society will meet at 10 am. Claudia Breeland will be the guest lecturer. The title of her presentation is “Finding and Using Historic Newspapers.”Claudia is a professional genealogist, author, and a wonderful lecturer. She shares her experience to illustrate how she has found missing ancestors and answers to…

Intermediate & Advanced DNA Seminar: Early Registration Deadline Soon! The Genealogical Forum of Oregon is pleased to host our fall seminar focused on intermediate and advanced DNA topics. The seminar will be held online. Our featured speaker is Paul Woodbury, veteran of hundreds of genealogy cases and senior researcher on the DNA Team at Legacy…

TIP OF THE WEEK -IN NEED OF TRANSLATION   This issue’s tip came out of this month’s Second Saturday Speaker Series presentation by Carolyn Schott. There is a Facebook Group called Genealogical Translations and their purpose is just that, the translation of genealogy documents only. It is a private group so you must ask to join. This group might be the…

A special announcement for those with family ties Down Under: in honor of Australia Day, there’s free access to more than 300 Australian historical record collections, including vital records, electoral rolls, convict records, and much more! The records will be free starting Saturday through Tuesday, January 25–28, 2025. The free records include 118.9 million historical records from…

There is a half-price sale of their surplus books going on at the Fiske Genealogical Library, Seattle, Washington. Check out the inventory and get instructions for ordering here: https://fiskelibrary.org/surplusbks.htm

If your ancestor was one of the 350,000 people who lived in the Washington Territory when it became the nation’s 42nd state on November 11, 1889, you may be eligible for a Washington Pioneer certificate. Or if your ancestors arrived a little later — before December 31, 1900 — you can get a First Citizen certificate. What…