Genies Meeting Jan 18 and much more

Friends:  The most important dates coming up are JAN 18 and FEB 15.  Two Fridays replace our 3^rd Monday meetings.  Mark your calendars.  Library will be closed on our regular meeting days.  Stay tuned to this space to hear what we will be doing on those days.

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Roots Tech in Salt Lake, Feb 27-Mar 2.  Coming up soon.  Handy website RootsTech.org.

Remember last year when I came home from RootsTech all jazzed up.  It is the most exciting conference possible.  Featuring general sessions with celebrities and music, a giant Expo Hall with every vendor you can imagine, and over 300 breakout sessions to choose from.  You will love this if you can walk easily from one end to the other in the largest conference center you have ever seen and you don’t mind crowds.  They are responding to complaints from last year but PATIENCE is the name of the game. 

If you are staying home, mark your calendar for live streaming of selected classes and all the general sessions.  Schedule here:  https://www.rootstech.org/salt-lake/live-stream-schedule

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Usually January is a slow month for local genealogists.  No Whatcom Genealogical Society meeting but Skagit has surprised us with a prominent speaker on Germans from Russia. 

Skagit Valley Genealogical Society’s

GENEALOGY MONTHLY MEETING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

Germans from Russia: PLACING OUR ANCESTORS IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Featuring internationally renowned author,

genealogy expert and Canadian journalist

DAVE OBEE

Sat. January 12

1:00pm-3:00pm

Burlington Public Library

820 E. Washington Ave.

FREE | Everyone Welcome

SKAGIT VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

genealogy0715@gmail.com

skagitvalleygenealogy.org

They say “Feel free to bring a genealogy friend as well!  SVGS' meetings are free and open to everyone to attend.” 

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I don’t usually feature paid classes but there are a few this month that might be just what you are looking for. 

For beginners and refreshers…Getting Started with DNA and Genealogy Boot Camp with Mary Eberle and Thomas MacEntee on Saturday, January 19, 2019.  At 20 bucks you can find the details at https://genealogybargains.com/getting-started-with-dna-and-genealogy-boot-camp-saturday-january-19-2019/

For more advanced…Family History Fanatics will be producing "A Winter of DNA" eConference on Saturday, January 26th. Speakers and topics will include:

Tim Janzen - Maximizing Your Use of GEDmatch

Richard Hill - Finding Family with DNA Testing: A Genetic Detective Story

Andy Lee - DNA Tree Building: What to Do When GEDmatch Matches Don't Respond

Maurice Gleeson - Using Y-DNA in Your Family Tree Research

All are well-known speakers and website is here familyhistoryfanatics.com/winterdna.

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Legacy Family Tree Webinars has announced their 2019 schedule.  You can see the lengthy press release here which is organized by “channel” or category. 

https://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2018/12/2019-legacy-family-tree-live-webinar-series-announced.html 

Press “Click here to register” to see the schedule by date.

Anyone can register for live webinars for free.  You can plan for the whole year and they will send you email reminders. 

From Thomas MacEntee at Genealogy Bargains:  Save 15% on a Family Tree Webinars Annual Membership: Regularly $49.95, pay just $42.46 when you use promo code thomas15 at checkout.  You will have access to over 800 archived webinars and over 100 new webinars in 2019.  Judith’s favorite paid features are access to the handouts (thousands of pages) and the playlist and resume features.  If you actually watch the webinars, this is the best genealogy education value anywhere.