Sunday, March 11, 2018

Spring has sprung…



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


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
Burlington Senior Citizen Center, 1011 Greenleaf Ave, Burlington, WA 98233, USA (map) 

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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