After our wonderful conference, if your head still has time for some learning, the Seniors' Program will be offering classes from Donna Potter Phillips at the Mirabeau Center. Here is the roster of her classes:
M215 - Sep 18: Tombstones & Cemeteries
M216 - Sep 25: Set Up Your Own Google Reader
M217 - Oct 2: Military Records Online: 1775 to Present
M218 - Oct 9: FamilySearch: Enlarged, Expanded & Wonderful
M219 - Oct 16 to Oct 30 (3 Friday classes): Genealogy: Starting New Or Starting Over
This last, a three-session class, will help you pick a research project and take you through some Internet resources to help solve the problem.
All classes are on Fridays, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Cost is minimal. Watch for these classes listed in the Seniors' Program brochure which will arrive in your mailbox shortly. Then call to register or register online. Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Some Words of Advice from a Young Genealogist
Elyse Doerflinger is a 19-year-old genealogy enthusiast from California who has been making how-to genealogy videos on YouTube for several years and just started a genealogy blog last year. This past week, she wrote an interesting post on her blog, entitled Genealogy Societies Need to Look Toward the Future. She received so many comments that she had to write a follow-up post. Elyse makes some very valid points about the need for societies to embrace and welcome young people, to mentor them in research skills and to learn technology skills from them.
I don't know about you, but this 42-year-old genealogist expects to keep on researching for another 40 or 50 years. However...I certainly hope that EWGS and all the other societies I belong to are still around in the year 2051 or later, and that they will not die off with this generation of members. I hope that I will learn to accept new things as they come in the future to keep this society alive and vibrant.
Did you realize that we have a member of our very own society who is in elementary school? If you haven't met Terri Rehmann's daughter, Elizabeth, you're in for a treat! For the sake of all the Elyses and Elizabeths out there, I hope you'll read Elyse's posts (and the comments) and take them to heart. What can we learn from this? What are we doing well? Where can we improve? Please leave your comments below.
I don't know about you, but this 42-year-old genealogist expects to keep on researching for another 40 or 50 years. However...I certainly hope that EWGS and all the other societies I belong to are still around in the year 2051 or later, and that they will not die off with this generation of members. I hope that I will learn to accept new things as they come in the future to keep this society alive and vibrant.
Did you realize that we have a member of our very own society who is in elementary school? If you haven't met Terri Rehmann's daughter, Elizabeth, you're in for a treat! For the sake of all the Elyses and Elizabeths out there, I hope you'll read Elyse's posts (and the comments) and take them to heart. What can we learn from this? What are we doing well? Where can we improve? Please leave your comments below.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Fantastic Presenters for the WSGS 2009 Conference: Session A
If you take a look at Saturday's schedule for the Washington State Genealogical Society's 2009 state conference to be held at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington on September 11 - 13, you'll see the following four presentations are available for Session A, which will be held from 9:45 to 10:45 AM:
So who are these presenters, and what more can you find out about their presentations?
Dale Soden is a history professor at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington as well as an author of several books. His personal page on Whitworth's website gives his educational background as well as a description of his writings. His insight into the background of Washington will be fascinating.
Margie Beldin is a vital member of the Tri-City Genealogical Society in Richland, Washington who is well-known in the Inland Northwest for her variety of genealogical presentations. She'll be delving into the goodies at FamilySearch with Wikis, Labs, and Resources, Oh My!
Pat Bayonne-Johnson has been researching her African roots for many years. She is an board member of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society and has served on the board of the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California. Her presentation will inform the audience of what resources are available for Black genealogy in the Pacific Northwest, and where they can be found.
Jerri McCoy is a board member of the Washington State Genealogical Society, the WSGS website webmaster, and the coordinator of the Thurston County, Washington GenWeb website. Her vast experience with Internet genealogical research will come in handy as she explains how to find and use online query databases.
With such fantastic presenters and topics, it makes it kind of hard to choose, doesn't it! Better be quick...these sessions will fill up fast!
Click on the link below to register.
Scenes from Washington by Dale Soden, Ph.D.
FamilySearch Just Got Better by Margie Beldin
Black Research in the Pacific Northwest by Pat Bayonne-Johnson
Online Query Databases by Jerri McCoy
FamilySearch Just Got Better by Margie Beldin
Black Research in the Pacific Northwest by Pat Bayonne-Johnson
Online Query Databases by Jerri McCoy
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So who are these presenters, and what more can you find out about their presentations?
Dale Soden is a history professor at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington as well as an author of several books. His personal page on Whitworth's website gives his educational background as well as a description of his writings. His insight into the background of Washington will be fascinating.
Margie Beldin is a vital member of the Tri-City Genealogical Society in Richland, Washington who is well-known in the Inland Northwest for her variety of genealogical presentations. She'll be delving into the goodies at FamilySearch with Wikis, Labs, and Resources, Oh My!
Pat Bayonne-Johnson has been researching her African roots for many years. She is an board member of the Eastern Washington Genealogical Society and has served on the board of the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California. Her presentation will inform the audience of what resources are available for Black genealogy in the Pacific Northwest, and where they can be found.
Jerri McCoy is a board member of the Washington State Genealogical Society, the WSGS website webmaster, and the coordinator of the Thurston County, Washington GenWeb website. Her vast experience with Internet genealogical research will come in handy as she explains how to find and use online query databases.
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With such fantastic presenters and topics, it makes it kind of hard to choose, doesn't it! Better be quick...these sessions will fill up fast!
Click on the link below to register.
Online Registration
(need help with the online registration? read our tutorial here)
Brochure and Saturday Schedule
(to help you choose your classes and activities)
Mail-in Registration Form
(for those who prefer registering offline)
(need help with the online registration? read our tutorial here)
Brochure and Saturday Schedule
(to help you choose your classes and activities)
Mail-in Registration Form
(for those who prefer registering offline)
Friday, July 10, 2009
Legacy Users Group Usurped!
The Shadle Library needs their room on Wednesday afternoon, July 15th, so the Legacy Users Group gathering has been cancelled. We voted not to gather in August but to resume on September 16th. Mark your calendars and see you then! Donna
Spokane Interstate Fair..... for the Non-Genealogists
The theme of this year's Spokane Interstate Fair is "We Have Something to Crow About," and they certainly do. Besides the you-will-have-to-walk-miles-to-see-it-all exhibits and animals, there will be a huge amusement carnival and a low-calorie (so I'm told) food fair. (Are elephant ears edible? Do they have calories?) The fair runs from September 11th through the entire next week but for the non-genealogist-companions of the WSGS conference goers, this will be a really fun thing to do. On both Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 PM (September 11 and 12) there will be the N.P.R.C. Rodeo to attend!!!
In a previous post, Charles Hansen outlined some of the other things non-genealogist-companions (NGCs ??) can do...like visit Spokane's many antique shops, ride the historic Looff Carousel, feed the ducks in Riverfront Park or just plain go shopping at Auntie's Bookstore.
So you dedicated genealogists, bring these NGCs along in September when YOU come to the WSGS conference. They will be happily out of your hair while you're indulging in your thing.
Click on the link below to register.
Online Registration
(need help with the online registration? read our tutorial here)
Brochure and Saturday Schedule
(to help you choose your classes and activities)
Mail-in Registration Form
(for those who prefer registering offline)
(need help with the online registration? read our tutorial here)
Brochure and Saturday Schedule
(to help you choose your classes and activities)
Mail-in Registration Form
(for those who prefer registering offline)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Spokane Area RootsMagic Users Group to Meet Thursday
If you are a RootsMagic user, or are simply curious about this genealogy software program, you may be interested in the RootsMagic Users Group, which meets at 7 PM on the third Thursday of each month at the LDS Church at 808 E. Sitka (this month's meeting is on July 16th). Lew and Trudy Lundy lead this group. For more information, e-mail them here.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Classes, Classes, Everywhere Classes
The upcoming Washington State Genealogical Society's state conference (11-13 September 2009 at the Davenport Hotel) will offer you more classes and more learning opportunities than you'll have time to take!
Susan Gallyon Dechant (member of the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society in Colville) is presenting the free-to-the-public Beginners' Classes at the downtown Spokane Public Library on Friday morning. The first session is 10:15 AM to 11:15 AM and then repeats from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Then Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM at the Davenport, three off-site tours will leave. One will go by bus out to Cheney and the Eastern Washington Branch of the Washington State Archives and the Washington State Digital Archives. One will go the shorter distance to the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, the Campbell House (for a private tour; public tours no longer available) and the Eastern Washington Historical Society library for tours. Your third choice is to visit historical structures in downtown Spokane by strolling down to the old-and-wonderfully-updated-and-renamed Bing Crosby Theater (formerly known as the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center) and then returning to the Davenport Hotel for a guided tour there.
Saturday is the main day of the conference and you will have to choose from among four classes each hour...for four sessions...which means there will be 16 classes to choose from! (Thank goodness each presenter will be submitting material for the conference syllabus!!) Look for more information on the classes and presenters in coming days on this blog.
Classes, classes, everywhere classes...while you cannot do them all, you cannot do any of them if you don't register for this wonderful conference. Click the link below so you can come and stuff your head full of genealogical learning.
Susan Gallyon Dechant (member of the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society in Colville) is presenting the free-to-the-public Beginners' Classes at the downtown Spokane Public Library on Friday morning. The first session is 10:15 AM to 11:15 AM and then repeats from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM.
Then Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM at the Davenport, three off-site tours will leave. One will go by bus out to Cheney and the Eastern Washington Branch of the Washington State Archives and the Washington State Digital Archives. One will go the shorter distance to the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, the Campbell House (for a private tour; public tours no longer available) and the Eastern Washington Historical Society library for tours. Your third choice is to visit historical structures in downtown Spokane by strolling down to the old-and-wonderfully-updated-and-renamed Bing Crosby Theater (formerly known as the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center) and then returning to the Davenport Hotel for a guided tour there.
Saturday is the main day of the conference and you will have to choose from among four classes each hour...for four sessions...which means there will be 16 classes to choose from! (Thank goodness each presenter will be submitting material for the conference syllabus!!) Look for more information on the classes and presenters in coming days on this blog.
Classes, classes, everywhere classes...while you cannot do them all, you cannot do any of them if you don't register for this wonderful conference. Click the link below so you can come and stuff your head full of genealogical learning.
Online Registration
(need help with the online registration? read our tutorial here)
Brochure and Saturday Schedule
(to help you choose your classes and activities)
Mail-in Registration Form
(for those who prefer registering offline)
(need help with the online registration? read our tutorial here)
Brochure and Saturday Schedule
(to help you choose your classes and activities)
Mail-in Registration Form
(for those who prefer registering offline)
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