Friends: The most important dates coming up are JAN 18
and FEB 15. Two Fridays replace our 3rd
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
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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.
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.
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