Showing posts with label genealogy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label genealogy. Show all posts

SGS Spring Seminar: Next Steps for Your DNA Test Results

Friday, April 12, 2019

The Seattle Genealogical Society (SGS) 2019 Spring Seminar is Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, 2019 at the Fairview Christian Church in the Maple Leaf neighborhood just south of Northgate, 844 NE 78th St, Seattle 98115.

“Next Steps for Your DNA Test Results” features Diahan Southard. From beginner to advanced genealogist, Diahan will help you understand and help you organize your results to find those lost relatives.

Topics for the 4 workshops are:
  • Let Your DNA Tell Your Story
  • Me and My 1,000+ DNA 4th Cousins
  • Making YDNA and mtDNApart of Your Family History
  • Three Next Steps for Your DNA Test Results
Also look for the Special Workshops on Sunday morning, May 19: “Organizing Your DNA Results”.

Download the brochure HERE and register online  HERE.




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Drop-in genealogy help Mar 27 at Shoreline Library

Monday, March 18, 2019


Drop-In Genealogy Help
Wednesday, March 27, 2 - 4pm

Have you hit a wall in your research? 

A volunteer from the Seattle Genealogical Society 
will be available to answer your questions.



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Sno-Isle Genealogy Society Wednesday: I took the DNA test - now what?

Monday, March 4, 2019

Sno-Isle Genealogical Society meets this Wednesday. March 6, 6:30pm, at the LDS Family History Library, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace

The short business meeting is followed at 7pm by a presentation by Janice Allred, whose topic is "I took the DNA test, What Do I do Next?"

This free 1 hour program is open to all, and guests are welcome. For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday from 11am - 3pm.



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Using Facebook for genealogy - Feb 6 at Sno-Isle Genealogical Society

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Free Beginning Genealogy Class on Saturday February 2, 2019 at 10am, offered by the Sno-Isle Genealogical society at their Research Library, 19827 Poplar Way, Heritage Park, Lynnwood. 

This 1hr. drop-in class is for anyone wanting to get organized and start research on their family. For more info call 425-775-6267 Tues, Thurs, or Sat. 11-3pm.

The monthly meeting of the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society is Wednesday February 6 at 6:30pm at the LDS Family History Library, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace.

The brief meeting is followed by a presentation by Ron Sailer on "Using Evernote and Facebook for Genealogy". This includes an introduction to the Free version of Evernote with a live demonstration of how to use it.

Mr. Sailer will also tell how he used Facebook to reach 55 distant cousins in many countries and states, plus how to get the Free PDF of over 6,000 Facebook Genealogy groups. These groups may be just what a researcher needs to find that elusive cousin or ancestor. Guests are welcome to attend. For more info call 425-775-6267 Tues, Thurs, or Sat. 11-3pm.



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Free beginning genealogy class on Saturday

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Research Library in Heritage Park
Sno-Isle Genealogical society offers a free beginning genealogy class on the first Saturday of each month at 10am lasting about 1 hour at the Research Library in Heritage Park, 19827 Poplar Way, Lynnwood.

Learn how to get started with your research, plus tips on getting organized will help you find your ancestors.

For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday 11-3pm.



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Are the Melungeons the answer to your family mystery? Find out Jan 2

Thursday, December 27, 2018

Sno-Isle Genealogical society meets Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at 6:30pm at the LDS Family History Center, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace

After a brief meeting the program at 7pm presented by Craig Gowans is titled

The Melungeons: A Look at America’s Tri-Racial Isolates

When white settlers began pushing into the Appalachians in the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, they encountered mysterious communities of English speaking settlers with darker skin but European features, such as blue eyes.

While they called themselves Portuguese and claimed to be white, the English and Scottish settlers generally considered them to be black and socially, if not legally inferior to whites. They referred to these people as Melungeons, a word that until recently carried a very pejorative connotation.

This is a closer look at these mountain peoples of the Appalachia and their cultural, ethnic, genetic and genealogical contribution to America.

Guests are invited. For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday from 11am - 3pm.



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Genealogy class Nov 3 and program Nov 7

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Sno-Isle Research Library
Beginning genealogy Saturday, November 3

Free beginning genealogy class is this Saturday November 3, 2018 from 10 -11am at the Sno-Isle Genealogical Research Library in Heritage Park, 19827 Poplar Way, Lynnwood.

If you have been interested in researching your family this is the class for you. Tips on getting started and organized will be shared. This drop-in class is offered the first Saturday of every month. For more information call Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday 425-775-6267

Program on WWI November 7

A program on WWI by enrichment speaker and research Kent Morgan will be presented at the monthly meeting of the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society on Wednesday November 7. Meeting is held at the LDS Family History library, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace.

The brief business meeting at 6:30 is followed by the program at 7pm. Guests are welcome. For more information call Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday 425-775-6267.



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Sno-Isle Genealogy meets Oct 3 and offers a free class Oct 6

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

DNA in family research
Sno-Isle Genealogical Society meets Wednesday October 3, 2018 at the LDS Family History Center, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace with a short business meeting at 6:30pm followed by the program at 7pm.

Janice Allred's presentation will be on DNA. Now that you have taken the DNA test and have the results, what do I do next? She will explain how to read the results. Guests are welcome. For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday 11-3pm.

On Saturday October 6 at 10am Sno-Isle Genealogical society offers a free class on Beginning Genealogy. If you have always wanted to research your family history or just need a refresher course, basic research tips will get you started. For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday 11-3pm.



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Drop-in genealogy help Sept 12 at Shoreline library

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Have you hit a wall in your research?

A volunteer from the Seattle Genealogical Society will be available to answer your questions.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, from 1-3pm at the Shoreline Library Large Meeting Room, 345 NE 175th St, Shoreline 98155.


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Sno-Isle Genealogical Society: "I Remember Mama but not her Maiden Name"

Saturday, September 1, 2018

Mary Kircher Roddy
Genealogist
Sno-Isle Genealogical Society meets on Wed. Sept. 5, 2018, at the LDS Family History Library, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace (north end of building).

Short business meeting at 6:30pm with program at 7pm presented by professional genealogist Mary Roddy.

Topic: "I Remember Mama but not her Maiden Name".

Guests are welcome. For more information call 425-775-6267 Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday 11am to 3pm.



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Washington State Library awarded $280,000 to digitize historic newspapers

Wednesday, August 15, 2018


With a new $280,000 National Endowment for the Humanities grant, the Office of Secretary of State Kim Wyman will break fresh ground in its nationally-recognized project of digitizing historic newspapers.

The grant, announced last week, will enable the Washington State Library’s Washington Digital Newspaper Project to add 100,000 pages of culturally and historically significant newspapers from Asian-American, African-American, and World War II-era publications to its free public archives.

“It is a special privilege to be able to continue our work to preserve Washington’s history and make these invaluable accounts available, accessible, and searchable,” said Secretary of State Kim Wyman, whose office oversees the Washington State Library. “I’m very proud of the work our Library staff has done, and I’m looking forward to seeing more thanks to these funds.”

The grant is the fourth National Endowment for the Humanities award for the Digital Newspaper Project. Under the State Library’s participation in the National Digital Newspaper Program, more than 300,000 pages of historic Washington newspapers have been added to the 13 million newspaper pages publicly accessible at the Chronicling America website of the Library of Congress.

The Washington Digital Newspaper Project is one of only four Washington projects selected for the first awards of the new Infrastructure and Capacity-Building Challenge Grant program, which announced $43.1 million in awards for 218 projects nationwide.

“I’m truly grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities, both for their recognition of our achievements in digitizing historic newspapers and for their decision to fund our latest project,” said State Librarian Cindy Aden. 
“We’ll be able to bring the firsthand accounts of bygone eras of Washington’s African-American and Asian-American experiences into the consciousness of new generations, and add local perspectives to their understanding of what it was like living in our state throughout World War II.”

Washington’s Office of Secretary of State oversees a number of areas within state government, including managing state elections, registering corporations and charities, and governing the use of the state flag and state seal. The office also manages the State Archives and the State Library, documents extraordinary stories in Washington’s history through Legacy Washington, oversees the Combined Fund Drive for charitable giving by state employees, and administers the state’s Address Confidentiality Program to help protect survivors of crime.



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Your ancestors -- both in the short-term and in the long term

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Dr. Joe Felsenstein
North City Tech Meetup on Monday, August 6, features Professor (Emeritus) Joe Felsenstein. 

Monday, August 6, 2018, 7 – 9pm, FREE, at the Lake Forest Park Library Meeting Room, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park, WA 98155. The library is on the lower level of the Town Center shopping mall, behind the escalator.

RSVP not required, but encouraged: here

Dr. Joe Felsenstein will discuss your ancestors -- both in the short-term and in the long term. Going back in time, you have a great many ancestors. How many of them did the genes in your genome come from? Is one of your ancestors very famous?

If so, how much of your genome are you likely to have inherited from them? Do you share ancestors with other folks that you meet? Did you and they get similar genes from those ancestors?

We can go back even further and ask what other forms of life share ancestors with us (spoiler: all of them), and how we know this and how sure we are of these relationships.

Joe Felsenstein is Professor Emeritus at UW in the Department of Genome Sciences and also in the Department of Biology. This November he will have been there for 50 years. His work was on the use of mathematical theory, computers, and statistics in evolutionary biology. He trained in theoretical population genetics, which deals with changes of frequencies of genotypes in populations.

Most of his work has been on inferring phylogenies (evolutionary trees). He has received various honors and has been president of two scientific societies.

One of his scientific papers is the most highly cited paper ever written at his university -- it is one of the 100 most-cited scientific papers of all time. His Curriculum Vitae will be found online.

The North City Tech Meetup is a free meetup, usually the first Monday of each month at one of our local libraries: Lake Forest Park, Shoreline or Kenmore. People of all levels of interest and experience are encouraged to attend. There is always time for introductions and discussions.

You can visit the Meetup.com page for each month’s topic.



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Genealogy help with brick walls Wednesday afternoon

Thursday, July 12, 2018

A volunteer from the Seattle Genealogical Society, Heidi Mair, will be available to answer questions and help you break down brick walls in your research.

Drop-In Genealogy Help, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 from 1 - 3pm at the Shoreline Library Large Meeting Room, 345 NE 175th, Shoreline 98155.


Correction: the session is Wednesday

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Sundays in the Park with Sno-Isle Genealogy Society

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Sno-Isle research library in Heritage Park, Lynnwood
Sundays in the Park is once again on as Sno-Isle Genealogical Society opens its doors 12-4pm every Sunday thru Labor Day.

Patrons can come to tour the Research Library at 19728 Poplar Way, in Heritage Park, Lynnwood, do some research, or just "hang out" with genealogists in this almost 100 year old house that once was the home of Mr. Humble.

Stop by to visit or call for more info at 425-775-6267.



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Sno-Isle Genealogy meets Wednesday in Mountlake Terrace

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Sno-Isle Genealogical society meets this Wednesday. June 6, 2018 at 6;30pm, at the LDS Family History Center, 22015 48th Ave W, in Mountlake Terrace.

After a brief business meeting, there will be a "Show and Tell" of ancestral items brought by members and a brief explanation of why this item is important in remembering an ancestor.

Guests are invited to participate also by bringing an artifact to share.

For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday from 11am - 3pm.


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Free beginning genealogy class Saturday

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Free Beginning Genealogy class is this Saturday June 2, 2018 from 10 - 11am, at the Sno-Isle Genealogical Research Library, 19827 Poplar Way, Heritage Park, Lynnwood.

This class is offered on the first Saturday of every month. The time to get started with your family history is now!

Drop-in class or call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday, 11am to 3pm.



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Prohibition and Your Ancestors at the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society May 2

Thursday, April 26, 2018

"Prohibition and Your Ancestors" is the topic of the 1hr program to be presented by Kent Morgan at the May 2 meeting of the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society.

Mr.Morgan is a motivational speaker and researcher. A brief meeting starts at 6:30pm with the program at 7pm.

The venue is the LDS Family History Center at 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA. Guests are welcome.

For more information call 425-775-6267 Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday, 11-3pm.

Free Beginning Genealogy Class is the first Saturday of the month May 5, 10-11am, at the Sno-Isle Genealogical Research Library, 19827 Poplar Way, Heritage Park, Lynnwood. If you just want to get started with your research or need organization tips, this is for you. For more information call 425-775-6267 Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday, 11-3pm.



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Basic DNA for Family Historians

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Basic DNA for Family Historians is the topic of the program at the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 4, 2018.

A short business meeting at 6:30pm will be followed by the program at 7pm given by Janice Parker Allred.

Some of the questions to be answered are: 
Have you taken a test? 
Do you want to take a test? 
Are you afraid to take a test? 
Do you know which test you should take? 
Do you know which company you should use? 
Do you know what a test will tell you? 
Do you know how DNA testing can help you with your family history research?

All these and more will be discussed when the society meets at the Family History Center, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace. Guests are invited.

For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday, 11am - 3pm.



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Free Beginning Genealogy Class on Saturday

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Free Beginning Genealogy Class on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 10am, at Sno-Isle Genealogical Research Library, 19827 Poplar Way, Heritage Park, Lynnwood.

The one hour class gives the basics on getting started to research your family history. 

This class is offered the first Sat. of every month. For more info call 425-775-6267 on Tues, Thurs. or Sat. 11-3pm.

Have you a book that needs repair or mending? 

Come to the monthly meeting of Sno-Isle Genealogical Society on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 when David Richardson, a professional book repair / mender, will present a program showing how this is done.

Bring any book that needs repair for his suggestions. 

Brief meeting at 6:30pm with program at 7pm at the LDS Family History Library, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace. Guests welcome. For more info call 425-775-6267 on Tues, Thurs, or Sat. 11-3pm.


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Sno-Isle Genealogy group meets Feb 7 - free class Feb 3

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Sno-Isle Genealogical Society meets Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at the LDS Family History Library, 22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace.

A short meeting starts at 6:30pm followed by socializing and the program at 7pm.

"Evaluating Genealogical Evidence; How Do I Know That's Right" is the topic to be presented by professional genealogist Mary Kathryn Kozy. She will define the various types of evidence and discuss ways of evaluating them. Guests are welcome.

For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday. 11am-3pm.

Free Beginning Genealogy Class the first Saturday of the month, February 3, 2018 10am, at the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society Research Library, 19827 Poplar Way, Heritage Park, Lynnwood.

Get started on researching your family!

For more information call 425-775-6267 on Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday. 11am-3pm.



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