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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:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89375006911?pwd=ohQLJAEtE26bfgGtBIDOVCRbn3hP0F.1
Meeting ID: 893 7500 6911
Passcode: 547652
Via phone: (253) 205-0468,,89375006911#,,,,*547652# US
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
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
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Lower Columbia Genealogical Society Citing Your Sources
Ginny Majewski
Genealogist and lecturer
CITING YOUR SOURCES
Speaker at the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society’s
August 8th Zoom meeting.
Virtual meeting doors will open at 6:30 pm and speakers
program will begin at 7:00 pm. Public is invited to attend
For a link to join the meeting contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com
Let’s Talk About: Dead Fred
Quoting from a bit by Lisa Louise Cook in the Family Tree Magazine, Mar/Apr 2024:
“Would you like to discover a previously unknown photo of your ancestor? Thousands of people have done just that using the free dead Fred website, www.deadfred.com. This archive includes user-submitted photos that are either unidentified or have spotty information, and you can search it by surname, place or other related keywords. If you find a photo of a direct ancestor, Dead Fred will even sent it to you for free. Take a second look through your own photo collection and start posting those unidentified pictures. Someone else may just be able to help solve the mystery!”
If you’re like me and enjoy “treasure hunting” in thrift shops and garage sales, we HATE to see family photos just casually and anonymously up for sale. Whenever possible, I gather up as many of these as I can and package them up and send them to Dead Fred. Idea for you too???