Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Canada Online with Dave Obee

by Donna Phillips The above iconic image is from the Civil War. But clear up to today, it’s the same: In war, young men die.  (Col. Blake, M*A*S*H, “and rule #2, doctors can’t change rule #1.”) Many, if not most, of us have ancestors that participated in a war. Have you searched out all you’d like…

Archives fire in the 1970s. Tina offers ways to locate copies of peripheral federal military records and provides solutions for recreating some of the lost history in these “fire” records by using local government documents, newspapers, service organization memberships and base records.  Tina Beaird is the owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is a Genealogy &…

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…

Thursday, April 13, 2023 the public is invited to a free Zoom presentation by Maggie Cogswell on School Records, presented by the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society. Ms. Cogswell is a Washington State archivist from the office of the Secretary of State, Olympia. The meeting will open at 6:30 pm for announcements and greeting visitors. The…

Mary Kircher Roddy CG lectures in Washington State and across the US and is a regular presenter for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. Mary has written for Internet Genealogy, NGS Magazine, FGS Forum, Family Chronicle and other publications. You can read more about her at MKR Genealogy – https://www.mkrgenealogy.com Ins and Outs of Indexes – Keys…