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February Membership Meeting–February 14, 2022
Join us for a Zoom meeting, as Sara Cochran (researcher and educator from Southern California) brings us “My DNA brought me to the forest, but where are all the trees?” She’ll give us new techniques for figuring out relationships when your DNA matches don’t have family trees yet, or haven’t attached them (Ancestry.com results system).
Topic: WAGS General Meeting – Feb
Time: Feb 14, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 865 4682 3310
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February 9, 2022 WAGS Board Meeting
Diane Gundersen is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: WAGS Board Zoom Meeting
Time: Feb 9, 2022 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Ancestry Price Increase Coming Soon!
Take advantage of one last chance to save on a 6-month membership. Sale valid through today, January 10–then it goes away.
Go to www.genealogybargains.com to read all about it (this is Thomas MacEntee’s site).
January Membership Meeting: January 10, 2022
Come to our first meeting of 2022! Our friend Dana Palmer (Cincinnati-area researcher and educator whom we met last fall) will present “Connect Your Family: Useful Research Strategies.” This is a presentation on what to do when you’re “stumped” in your family tree. Let’s take just one more look at our brick walls and see if we’ve missed anything.
Topic: WAGS General Meeting – January 2022
Time: Jan 10, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 837 5684 3543
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December Membership Meeting
“Looking Back at 50 Years of WAGS”
We’ve put together a power point presentation to give us a look back at the folks who had the dreams and the determination to make WAGS a reality. It’s a story of generosity, hard work and camaraderie. We are thankful for all that they have given us, and we’re eager to continue their vision into the next fifty years!
Monday, December 13, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.
Topic: WAGS December General Membership Meeting
Time: Dec 13, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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November Membership Meeting
Join us via Zoom on Monday, November 8, at 2:00 p.m. for our November get-together.
Our presenter is Jill Morelli, past president of the Seattle Genealogical Society. She is a writer, lecturer and co-founder of the Applied Genealogy Institute. Jill lectures nationally and has written articles for National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Swedish American Genealogist, and many others.
Her topic today is FamilySearch: The Other 95%. She describes her presentation this way: FamilySearch recently announced that all the film records in their possession have been digitized. The problem?–not all are indexed, so a simple surname search will not locate these records! How can you access them? We will explore the ways to find the image-only documents and illustrate successful (and maybe not so successful) searches!
Topic: WAGS November General Zoom Meeting
Time: Nov 8, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 861 5148 0844
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October Membership Meeting – Public
“Chronicling America: A Newspaper Site for Everyone” presented by Dana Palmer, a professional genealogist from the Cincinnati area of Ohio.
We’ll learn more about the Library of Congress’ digitized newspaper site, and the most effective strategies for research results.
Monday, October 11 at 2:00 p.m., via Zoom.
Topic: WAGS October Meeting
Time: Oct 11, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Here is our speaker’s HANDOUT.
Washington Digital Newspapers
Dick Brender a long-time WAGS member from Cashmere provided us with some information about the Cashmere newspapers project he has been working on. This was discussed at the September WAGS meeting held at the Museum in Cashmere. This info might be interesting for many of you.
Dick says there are only a few scans online now but you’ll be able to see how it works:
Click on Chelan County, then the Cashmere Valley Record.
Here is the URL of the website:
https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=p&p=countybrowser
German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society A Day in the Life of Your German Ancestor
When: Friday, September 6, 2024 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm PDT
Zoom Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/4rj86chu
Topic: A Day in the Life of Your German Ancestor
Most family history researchers are interested in the daily events in the lives of their ancestors. This presentation deals with the common activities of families on the farm and in the trades. The details provided represent the culmination of the presenter’s reading on the topic over the last two decades, from hard-to-find literature available only to the German audience.
Presenter: Roger P. Minert
Roger P. Minert received his doctoral degree from The Ohio State University in German language history and second language acquisition theory. He taught German language and history for ten years, and then became a professional family history researcher. Accredited by the Family History Library for research in Germany and Austria, he worked for twelve years as a private genealogical researcher. From 2003 to 2019, he served as a professor of family history at Brigham Young University. The author of more than 200 publications, he directs the research program German Immigrants in American Church Records [GIACR], the series now consists of 40 volumes. In 2019, Minert was recognized for his years of service to the Palatines to America Society and also received the “Shirley Riemer Lifetime Achievement Award” from the International German Genealogy Partnership. In 2020, he was named a fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association. From his home in Provo, Utah he continues to write articles on Germanic genealogy, compile new GIACR volumes, and participate in conferences nation-wide.
More information: Visitors are always welcome. Our website is https://egsgermangroup.wordpress.com/
Genealogical Forum of Oregon Gen Talk August 17, 2024
Friedrich Eiler: Building an Identity from Scant Clues
When we are offered little information, how do we proceed? Research planning, research strategy development, and the importance of collaboration are all illustrated in this case study, which focuses on methodology of identity. Not all our ancestors were exemplary individuals!
Join us for GFO’s August GenTalk. This event if free of charge.
Jill Morelli, CG, CGL, loves to share her passion for genealogy with others. She is a writer, lecturer, and researcher specializing in methodology, the American Midwest, and Scandinavia. Jill is the founder of the Certification Discussion Group and a co-founder of the Applied Genealogy Institute, a practicum-based educational opportunity for intermediate and advanced learners. Jill has been published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, the Swedish American Genealogist, and many others. Jill is past president of the Seattle Genealogical Society and contributes to many local genealogical societies.
Heritage Quest Research Library – Friendly Relations Finding American Quakers and their Online Records
| In 1750 the Quaker religion was the third largest in the colonies. So, if you have an English sounding surname, a dead-end pointing to the British Isles or Ireland, and if your kin could have arrived before the American Revolution … well you could be looking for a Friend (Quaker)! Learn about Quakers and their meticulous record keeping, now available online. |
 Steven Waltz Morrison, MPA is the past president of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Olympia Genealogical society. He holds an undergraduate degree from WWU and a master’s degree in public administration from The Evergreen State College where he taught for seven years. Steven is an ardent supporter and long-time member of HQRL. |
| When: August 15, 2024 Where: ZOOM and limited in-person Cost: Members $20 Non-members $25 Sign-up & Payment: ZOOM Go to hqrl.com and click on the HQRL Store (Sign in as a member to get the discount) In-Person (8 only) Call HQRL at 253-863-1806 or come into the library at 2102 E Main, Suite 105, Puyallup, WA 98372 |
| A link will be sent to your email 1-2 days before the class. |
You’re Invited to Washington Society Genealogical Society’s Annual Meeting
Friday, August 30, 2024, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom.
In compliance with Washington’s Nonprofit Corporation Act (24.03A), we’re holding our annual meeting.
Here’s the Zoom link:
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Meeting ID: 893 7500 6911
Passcode: 547652
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The agenda will include the announcement of the 2024 Outstanding Volunteer and Team recipients, President’s Award for Outstanding Achievement and the Supportive Grant awards. We’ll also talk about Pioneer Pursuit, featuring Ralph Brown (who submitted 1,285 pioneers) and Le Anne Koliha (who specialized in Native American research). You’ll also learn more about our Pioneer Pursuit Push to 5,000!
We hope you join us! If you want more information, email Info@wasgs.org.
Tour the State Archives with Seattle Genealogical Society
VISIT TO THE PUGET SOUND BRANCH
SET FOR SEPT. 17
Join the staff of the Puget Sound Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives in Bellevue for an overview of this repository and its collections, and a behind the scenes tour of the stacks. All field trip participants will be able to request a file to view after the tour. A prior visit yielded photos and description of great great grandparents first Seattle home built pre-1900, a tax assessors book naming second great uncle in Washington Territory 1881, and a Sanborn map pre-1910 showing great grandpa’s first residence under today’s Westin Hotel towers in Seattle. What might you discover?
The tour will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. Limit 24 people. The cost is $10 for SGS members, and $15 for non-members. Details follow registration. This event is hosted by the SGS Field Trip Committee.
Tacoma Pierce County Genealogical Society Legacy Family Tree Special Interest Group Meeting
Tuesday, August 6, 2024, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm virtual via Zoom
This month we will continue reviewing the free Legacy Family Tree software videos hosted by Geoff Rasmussen. Our next video in this series will be “Discover The New Legacy Family Tree 9” . It is a longer video so we will be breaking it up and watching the first part Aug 6 and finishing it next month on Sep 3. While New is a relative term (this video was created in 2017 and Legacy 10 was just released in Jun 2024) almost all the features shown in this video are still in the current program. If you are thinking about trying Legacy or are currently using it, this video can teach or remind you how to properly use the software and be successful with your research. If you have any suggestions for future topics, please send them in.
This is our monthly meeting to share tips & tricks, problems & solutions. Sometimes we will watch videos or share our screens to aid in learning more about using Legacy Family Tree software.
Everyone is welcome to attend and participate in the learning. If you are just thinking about trying Legacy for the first time, you’ve been using it for a year or two or you are an old pro with many years of experience using Legacy this is the group for you.
We look forward to meeting with you, every month on the First Tuesday at 7:00 PM Pacific Time
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