And along with spring comes a flurry of
educational opportunities. We’ll be watching
for you.
Tomorrow,
March 12. Whatcom Genealogical Society at 2 pm, at the
Bellingham Elks Lodge, 710 Samish Way. Another
timely topic for our brick wall attacks.
“Remember Mama - But Not Her Maiden Name” with
Mary Kircher Roddy, Professional Genealogist - Women can be hard to identify.
If they married, they probably changed their names. See more than 20 great
strategies for finding the maiden name of "troublesome" women in your
family's past - and a few more strategies for discovering married names for
those sisters, daughters and aunts who have "disappeared."
Park around back and enter on the lower level (unless you have a
big truck or an RV). Visitors
welcome! Contact: 360-733-8300
Ferndale Genies “DNA”: Monday, March 19 from
1:00-3:30 at the Ferndale Library: Many of you are
testing DNA for the first time or diving deeper into your
results. By our March 19th meeting many will have
results for yourselves or additional family members. For this meeting
we’ll have short DNA intro focusing on Ancestry.com results and long
Q&A. Something for everyone. In the meantime, start with the DNA
pages on the left sidebar of the Genies blog. Also check out the DNA
Bibliography page there.
For those of you starting with Ancestry.com, on the
DNA Home page I suggest you start with the section on the left "DNA
Story". It will be interesting. The rest is about people you
match and this will be the focus of our monthly meeting. Poking around is always
good and you can't hurt anything.
Hands-on
time for DNA results, brick walls, RootsMagic or whatever you want.
Northwest
Genealogy Conference in Arlington Aug 15-18, 2018: March 15 is the early bird deadline for
our best closest 3 ½ day conference in Arlington. Free half-day beginner class, national
speakers. Register here: http://www.NWGC.org More info at the bottom of this post.
RootsTech: The largest family history conference of 2018
is over but recorded sessions are available here. http://www.rootstech.org
Scroll
down to “Watch 2018 Recorded Sessions”.
Upcoming
free Family Tree Webinars here:
https://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars.php Free within one week of broadcast.
Skagit Valley Genealogical
Society, Burlington, 2nd Sat, 1pm – 3pm
Sat.,
Apr. 14 The
Lost Communities of Whatcom County – Troy Luginbill, Director of the Lynden
Historical Museum. Discover the communities in Whatcom County that you may
never have heard of due to their brief existence in the late 19th century. A
fascinating history told with stories and photographs of Skagit County's parent
county.
Seattle
Genealogical Society has a full schedule of talks and
interest groups through April here: http://wasgs.org/blog/2018/02/28/seattle-genealogical-society-news-45/ and the Seattle Spring Seminar:
Saturday, May 19, 2018 Seattle GS Annual Spring
Seminar
Family History: What the Future Holds by D. Joshua Taylor On
Saturday, May 19, from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Fairview Christian School, 844 NE
78th Street, Seattle, WA. For more information visit: http://www.seattlegenealogicalsociety.org/. Questions? Email: seminar@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org
Tacoma: A one overnight conference that you drive to
is in Tacoma on April 27 and 28. Details
here: http://www.tpcgs.org/seminar.html
NWGC: The mother of Northwest
conferences is sponsored by the Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical
Society in Arlington, WA. August
15 is a half-day free beginning genealogy class. A different
instructor every year so I keep going and am never bored. August 16-18 is three full days packed
with different nationally-known headline speakers and your choice of
smaller classes. Before the Early Bird deadline of March 15
non-members pay $155 and after the Early Bird deadline
$175. Non-members are people who don’t belong to the Stillaguamish
group. Ask Elizabeth, Sandy, Peggy or me about the conference. And
don’t think you aren’t far enough along to benefit. Info at http://www.NWGC.org.
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