EWGS team blogger Charles Hansen shared his excellent summaries of the conference this weekend here, here, and here with posts of photos here and here. I thought I'd share mine as well, and we welcome any of our readers who attended to share theirs in the comments at the end of this post.
After four-and-a-half hours of sleep(!), I arrived at the Davenport at 7:00 AM to meet vendors who still needed to set up for the day. We had quite a well-rounded selection of vendors, all of whom were featured in posts on the EWGS blog: the U.S. Census Bureau, the National Archives in Seattle, the Washington State Digital Archives/Eastern Regional Archives of Washington State, MaKaNcy (the retro card ladies!), the DAR and SAR, the Northwest Chapter of the Oregon-California Trails Association, Creative Memories, Susan Faulkner (author of Finding Pasco), the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists, RootsMagic, Generation Maps, Eastern Washington Genealogical Society, and the Washington State Genealogical Society. Megan sold her books in the dining rooms after the meals and sold out all she brought. Unfortunately, with my responsibilities to the vendors and at our own EWGS vendor table, I didn't get an opportunity to purchase any of her books. :-(
A continental breakfast was set up buffet-style in the Marie Antoinette Room, and like dinner the night before, we had more attendees than expected. I ended up sitting in the balcony because all the tables on the main floor were full (I hadn't been able to get in at the start of breakfast to get a "good seat" since I was working with the vendors to get set up). The meal consisted of croissants and a variety of sweet breads and muffins (including gluten-free ones), as well as fruit platters of melon, berries, and grapes. Fruit juices, coffee, and tea were also available. Since I had a great view of the room from the balcony, I took out my camera with the newly-charged batteries...and it didn't work. I quickly figured out that my charger was the culprit and realized I would have to snag photos from other EWGS members to share on my blog. I didn't have long to sit and stew about the matter, because there were door and raffle prizes to hand out (another one of my duties at each meal) and then Megan began her presentation on "Reverse Genealogy: Finding Your Lost Loved Ones."
Megan explained how she uses reverse genealogy to track down living relatives of the military deceased in her job with the U.S. Army, and how these steps can be used to find missing relatives or friends, find other genealogy "playmates", attract reunion attendees, find DNA study participants, locate--or return--family heirlooms, photos and Bibles, and save lives by finding donors or warning relatives about disease predispositions. The sound system was working better in this room and we didn't have the hearing difficulties we did the evening before.
After a 15 minute break, Session A began. I chose Pat Bayonne-Johnson's African American Genealogy presentation. I had heard her presentation to EWGS in the past about her search for her roots in Louisiana, but I enjoyed being in a smaller group where we had more opportunities for Q & A. She has some great resources in the syllabus, and I was sorry more people didn't attend this session. Too many European Americans out there don't realize that in order to get past your brick walls, you must study the research strategies of those who have huge challenges from the get-go in their searches due to a dearth or the destruction of records: African-American, Jewish, Eastern European, and Native American. People with these roots are constantly having to think outside the box, use alternate sources, find unusual repositories, wade through oral histories to find nuggets of truth, learn genealogical terms in foreign languages and alphabets, and use DNA in their research; and those of us without these ethnic roots can learn so much from them!
After Session A, I had to answer some questions for some vendors. I was running late for Session B anyway, and was still pretty tired from the lack of sleep the night before. Also, not being a morning person and always needing some time to get my bearings together over a cup of coffee, I felt it would be to my advantage to just sit out that session instead of feeling frazzled all day. Originally, I had planned to attend the session on NEHGS Databases, because at that time, I did not have a membership, was curious about the website, and felt the presentation might be a good introduction. Between signing up for the session last spring and the conference opening, I had joined NEHGS on a summer special deal and am now familiar with their online databases, so I felt I could safely skip that session. I asked a couple of people afterward about it and they both said it was a fine presentation and that the syllabus had a good outline. Meanwhile, I chatted with vendors, including Carol Buswell of the National Archives in Seattle, who told me about free classes NARA offers on their virtual academy (I'll write a post on this later)!
Following Session B, we had lunch, again in the Marie Antoinette Room. This meal was also done buffet-style, and I had to admit, I was a little disappointed by the selection. It featured the same chicken, salad, and rolls we had had the evening before, with orzo instead of sticky rice. There was also some nice salmon, but since a lot of attendees probably felt the same way I did about the chicken, most of it was gone by the time I came along at the end. I was able to snag a seat near the front of the room this time, which made it much easier for me to get up to hand out prizes. Before Megan's next presentation, we had the WSGS Annual Meeting, with the appropriate society representatives standing to be acknowledged, as well as various reports being read. Then each society honored one or two volunteers, and I was honored, along with Cecily Cone Kelly, Conference Committee Chairperson, as a EWGS Volunteer of the Year.
Megan's mid-day presentation was "Trace Your Roots with DNA". She explained the different kinds of tests (Y-DNA, mtDNA, SNP, ethnic, etc.), and also shared the story of figuring out whether she was related to her husband (both her maiden and married names are Smolenyak). She also talked about the various companies that provide DNA testing, the best-known, the lesser known, and some of the "new kids on the block."
After lunch were two more sessions. I attended Bruce Buzbee's "RootsMagic Genealogy Program", and even though I'm a long-time user of RootsMagic and am familiar with the newest version (RootsMagic 4), I am glad I attended, since I learned some new things. I think it's great when you can sit down and listen to a presentation of software by the developer, because you get some real insight into the nitty-gritty of the details. RootsMagic is such a user-friendly program, and I was able to obtain a copy of the brand-new user's manual.
For Session D, I chose Steve Baylor's "Drawing and Keeping Society Members in an Internet Environment." Rather than being presented in lecture-style, it was held in a group-setting, with contributions expected from each participant! We had to introduce ourselves, tell what society we belonged to, and describe our roles within that society. Steve drew heavily on the book Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam, a sociologist, explaining how genealogy societies are not alone in loss of members. Nearly every social group out there, from lodges to bowling leagues to civic organizations has seen a loss of membership since their peak during the post-World War II years. We learned how society as a whole has become less civic-minded over the years and how the media (television, internet, etc.) has also left its impact. We discussed how as societies, we must learn to use social media in order to stay viable. We must also understand the personality types of individuals (machers [go-getters] vs. schmoozers [social butterflies]) who join our societies--and their strengths and weaknesses. By avoiding personal agendas, encouraging respectful dialogue, using common group wisdom, having clear goals and a common consensus on projects, societies can remain viable and even have growth. I was very impressed by this presentation.
By the end of the day, I was very weary and my mind was quite full! Dinner was to be "on your own" and although I was invited to out to dinner with the WSGS Board and EWGS Conference Committee, I declined and opted to go home and get some rest after making sure the vendors had been able to break down and clear up.
So ended Day Two!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
WSGS 2009 State Conference: Day One, by Miriam
EWGS team blogger Charles Hansen shared his excellent summaries of the conference this weekend here, here, and here with posts of photos here and here. I thought I'd share mine as well, and we welcome any of our readers who attended to share theirs in the comments at the end of this post.
I arrived at the Davenport Friday afternoon around 12:30. People had already been picking up their registration packets on the mezzanine, and the tours were leaving from the lobby at one. Like Charles, I had chosen the Eastern Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives tour, mainly because every time I've seen a tour organized for it, it's been during the work day. I don't have ancestors from this area, but knowing how an archive "works" and what it contains is knowledge that can be applied to any ancestral location. We left with Dick Jensen of Inland Empire Tours on a tour bus for a 20-minute ride southwest to Cheney where the archives is located on the campus of Eastern Washington University.
The group heading from the reading room back to the stacks
Jeff Creighton (facing camera) explaining the records in the stacks
Next, we went upstairs, where we were met by a Ms. Kaiser [sorry, I didn't catch her first name] who took us through the Digital Archives area. This is where paper archives and photographs are scanned and put into digital format to be placed online at the Digital Archives website. Also, the electronic records of the state--everything from the data that's on the digital archives website to the archived former governors' websites--is stored, backed up, and protected at this location. They also back up many local governments' data, such as police and fire departments' electronic data from around the state, as a protective measure. Additionally, they keep backups offsite. We got to look at their numerous computers which are huge, both physically and in storage capacity. Their newest computer can store up to 200 TB of data!
Washington has pioneered the state digital archives program not only in the U.S., but globally as well. Representatives of state and national governments have visited the archives and some have found that it would be more economical to have our digital archives digitize their records for them. There are already twelve states contracted to have the WSDA digitize their documents through a Library of Congress grant: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas.
Last, we watched a video about the Digital Archives that was made several years ago. Then we returned to our tour bus, where Dick Jensen told us about his book, Set in Stone. It's about the monuments in and around Spokane County, and sounds very interesting. On the way back to Spokane, Dick stopped at the Battle of Four Lakes historical marker and told about the history it represented. The inscription is incorrect; the number of Native Americans who participated in this battle was actually about 500; there probably wasn't 5,000 total in the area.
After we returned to the Davenport, I ran into Barbara Brazington, society librarian, who told me that the free beginning genealogy classes by Shirley Penna-Oakes (filling in for Susan DeChant) that had been held earlier in the day at the downtown branch of Spokane Public Library had been a roaring success. Forty-five turned out for the morning session and 30 attended the afternoon one! Barbara and Juanita McBride had been kept very busy after the classes helping the attendees with their research in EWGS's genealogy collection on the third floor. Several people signed up to attend the conference after the classes, and others signed up to become society members!
I returned to the mezzanine to prepare for the vendors that were supposed to be arriving soon and setting up, and noticed two women chatting. One I recognized immediately as Janet Hovorka (a.k.a. The Chart Chick) of Generation Maps and the other turned out to be Laurie Buzbee, wife of Bruce Buzbee of RootsMagic. I soon met Bruce, and Janet's husband Kim. It was so nice to meet everyone that I "knew" from the blogs and Facebook, and I was sorry my camera wasn't working and that I was so busy we never had a chance to get some photos together.
After getting the vendors organized, it was time for dinner in the Isabella Room, with Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak as our speaker. I was at the back of the room, which was a boon, because after the head table was served, the servers started from the back and worked their way to the front. There was a delicious salad which included dried cranberries, lemon pepper chicken with soy bean garnish, sticky rice, rolls, and apple torte for dessert. Besides water, tea, and coffee being served by our waitstaff, there was also a no-host bar.
After dinner, Megan spoke on the topic "Cases that Made My Brain Hurt." The acoustics in the room were not very good (this was an uncarpeted ballroom, remember), and it was difficult to hear her at the back of the room; nevertheless, the cases she presented were interesting and were delivered with humor. When the presentation was over, many attendees went to their luxurious rooms in the floors above, but I went home to be greeted by a houseful of company. My husband's sister and brother-in-law were traveling through and had stopped by to visit. My husband's brother and nephew who live here in town had also dropped in, and so did my daughter after her work shift. It was good to visit with everyone, but after they all left, it took me quite a while to wind down and it was around 1:00 AM before I was able to fall asleep...with a planned wake up time of 5:30 AM!
I arrived at the Davenport Friday afternoon around 12:30. People had already been picking up their registration packets on the mezzanine, and the tours were leaving from the lobby at one. Like Charles, I had chosen the Eastern Regional Branch of the Washington State Archives tour, mainly because every time I've seen a tour organized for it, it's been during the work day. I don't have ancestors from this area, but knowing how an archive "works" and what it contains is knowledge that can be applied to any ancestral location. We left with Dick Jensen of Inland Empire Tours on a tour bus for a 20-minute ride southwest to Cheney where the archives is located on the campus of Eastern Washington University.
Inside the tour bus
The lobby at the archives
One view of the reading room
Another view of the reading room
When we arrived at the archives, we were met by Jeff Creighton who took us first into the reading room, where patrons wait to have records brought out to them. (For those who are unaware of the differences between libraries and archives, the main one is that in a library, you can access the holdings yourself, whereas in an archive, you request items from the collection and they are brought out for you to examine). Then he took us back to the stacks, something patrons would not normally have access to. Here, the paper records of the 11 eastern counties of Washington are kept, records the county clerks need to archive. Each county decides what it wants to store at the regional archives, so what is available varies. At this point, my batteries went out on my camera, and I replaced them only to discover my backup ones hadn't charged up. I was frustrated, but figured I would just charge everything up at home that night.
The lobby at the archives
One view of the reading room
Another view of the reading room
The group heading from the reading room back to the stacks
Jeff Creighton (facing camera) explaining the records in the stacksNext, we went upstairs, where we were met by a Ms. Kaiser [sorry, I didn't catch her first name] who took us through the Digital Archives area. This is where paper archives and photographs are scanned and put into digital format to be placed online at the Digital Archives website. Also, the electronic records of the state--everything from the data that's on the digital archives website to the archived former governors' websites--is stored, backed up, and protected at this location. They also back up many local governments' data, such as police and fire departments' electronic data from around the state, as a protective measure. Additionally, they keep backups offsite. We got to look at their numerous computers which are huge, both physically and in storage capacity. Their newest computer can store up to 200 TB of data!
Washington has pioneered the state digital archives program not only in the U.S., but globally as well. Representatives of state and national governments have visited the archives and some have found that it would be more economical to have our digital archives digitize their records for them. There are already twelve states contracted to have the WSDA digitize their documents through a Library of Congress grant: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, and Texas.
Last, we watched a video about the Digital Archives that was made several years ago. Then we returned to our tour bus, where Dick Jensen told us about his book, Set in Stone. It's about the monuments in and around Spokane County, and sounds very interesting. On the way back to Spokane, Dick stopped at the Battle of Four Lakes historical marker and told about the history it represented. The inscription is incorrect; the number of Native Americans who participated in this battle was actually about 500; there probably wasn't 5,000 total in the area.
After we returned to the Davenport, I ran into Barbara Brazington, society librarian, who told me that the free beginning genealogy classes by Shirley Penna-Oakes (filling in for Susan DeChant) that had been held earlier in the day at the downtown branch of Spokane Public Library had been a roaring success. Forty-five turned out for the morning session and 30 attended the afternoon one! Barbara and Juanita McBride had been kept very busy after the classes helping the attendees with their research in EWGS's genealogy collection on the third floor. Several people signed up to attend the conference after the classes, and others signed up to become society members!
I returned to the mezzanine to prepare for the vendors that were supposed to be arriving soon and setting up, and noticed two women chatting. One I recognized immediately as Janet Hovorka (a.k.a. The Chart Chick) of Generation Maps and the other turned out to be Laurie Buzbee, wife of Bruce Buzbee of RootsMagic. I soon met Bruce, and Janet's husband Kim. It was so nice to meet everyone that I "knew" from the blogs and Facebook, and I was sorry my camera wasn't working and that I was so busy we never had a chance to get some photos together.
After getting the vendors organized, it was time for dinner in the Isabella Room, with Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak as our speaker. I was at the back of the room, which was a boon, because after the head table was served, the servers started from the back and worked their way to the front. There was a delicious salad which included dried cranberries, lemon pepper chicken with soy bean garnish, sticky rice, rolls, and apple torte for dessert. Besides water, tea, and coffee being served by our waitstaff, there was also a no-host bar.
After dinner, Megan spoke on the topic "Cases that Made My Brain Hurt." The acoustics in the room were not very good (this was an uncarpeted ballroom, remember), and it was difficult to hear her at the back of the room; nevertheless, the cases she presented were interesting and were delivered with humor. When the presentation was over, many attendees went to their luxurious rooms in the floors above, but I went home to be greeted by a houseful of company. My husband's sister and brother-in-law were traveling through and had stopped by to visit. My husband's brother and nephew who live here in town had also dropped in, and so did my daughter after her work shift. It was good to visit with everyone, but after they all left, it took me quite a while to wind down and it was around 1:00 AM before I was able to fall asleep...with a planned wake up time of 5:30 AM!
Friday, September 18, 2009
WSGS Conference Photos
Miriam Midkiff at the raffle table. Miriam was in charge of all the vendors at the conference.
The DAR-SAR vendor table at the conference.
Upper Spokane Falls part of the view of the river from Anthony's. This picture was taken on the foot bridge close to the falls looking east.
This picture was taken from the foot bridge looking west. Anthony's is on right, Post Street bridge on left, and if you look real close you will see bicycle riders on the Post Street bridge. Second annual SpokeFest started Sunday morning and about 1600 riders took part. Post Street bridge and Post Street blocked off for the SpokeFest. Anthony's is where the volunteers had a leisurely lunch with Megan Smolenyak after the conference and where the photo of Cecily Kelly, Megan Smolenyak and Bill Hire was taken in the first WSGS Conference Photos post.
The DAR-SAR vendor table at the conference.
Upper Spokane Falls part of the view of the river from Anthony's. This picture was taken on the foot bridge close to the falls looking east.
This picture was taken from the foot bridge looking west. Anthony's is on right, Post Street bridge on left, and if you look real close you will see bicycle riders on the Post Street bridge. Second annual SpokeFest started Sunday morning and about 1600 riders took part. Post Street bridge and Post Street blocked off for the SpokeFest. Anthony's is where the volunteers had a leisurely lunch with Megan Smolenyak after the conference and where the photo of Cecily Kelly, Megan Smolenyak and Bill Hire was taken in the first WSGS Conference Photos post.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Free Genealogy Seminar in Hayden, Idaho on Saturday
The Family History Center (FHC) in Hayden, Idaho announces a free seminar this Saturday, September 19th from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.
To get to the FHC from the west (Spokane), go east on I-90, take the Northwest Blvd exit (first Coeur d'Alene exit) and go north on Ramsey Road. Turn left at Hanley and go 1/2 mile to the traffic circle. The building is on the northwest corner of that intersection.
Check in begins at 9:30. A variety of soups and sandwiches will be served from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, but please register no later than Thursday, September17th. Call 208-765-0150 through Thursday 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM or e-mail joannefaye21@msn.com.
Here are the choices of classes being offered:
FIRST SESSION – 10:10 to 11:00
1. German Research – Diane Kamphaus
2. Internet Genealogy – Karen Bennett
3. History & Genealogy – Joe Mitchell
4. Hidden Sources – Sunny Webb
SECOND SESSION – 11:10 to 12:00
5. New Family Search & Family Insight – Connie Godak
6. Photoshop – David Van Etten
7. Locating Ancestral Land Using Google Maps, Google Earth, and GPS Units – Joe Mitchell
8. Publishing Their Stories – Teresa Olson
THIRD SESSION – 1:00 to 1:50
9. FH Center Resources You Might Have Missed – Connie Godak
10. Old Photo Analysis – Sandy Simon
11. Gadgets, Gifts from Cyberspace, Computer Savvy – Jeshua Barlow
12. Scotology 101 (Customs, Clans, Gaelic, & Geography in Scotland up to 1745) – Sandy Doutre
FOURTH SESSION – 2:00 to 3:00
13. PAF: Slideshows & Scrapbooks – Connie Godak
14. Family History Software Comparisons – Diane Kamphaus
15. Scandinavian Research – Sharon Gibson
16. Scotology 102 (American & Canadian Immigration, 1620-1850) – Sandy Doutre
To get to the FHC from the west (Spokane), go east on I-90, take the Northwest Blvd exit (first Coeur d'Alene exit) and go north on Ramsey Road. Turn left at Hanley and go 1/2 mile to the traffic circle. The building is on the northwest corner of that intersection.
Check in begins at 9:30. A variety of soups and sandwiches will be served from 12:00 to 1:00 PM, but please register no later than Thursday, September17th. Call 208-765-0150 through Thursday 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM or e-mail joannefaye21@msn.com.
Here are the choices of classes being offered:
FIRST SESSION – 10:10 to 11:00
1. German Research – Diane Kamphaus
2. Internet Genealogy – Karen Bennett
3. History & Genealogy – Joe Mitchell
4. Hidden Sources – Sunny Webb
SECOND SESSION – 11:10 to 12:00
5. New Family Search & Family Insight – Connie Godak
6. Photoshop – David Van Etten
7. Locating Ancestral Land Using Google Maps, Google Earth, and GPS Units – Joe Mitchell
8. Publishing Their Stories – Teresa Olson
THIRD SESSION – 1:00 to 1:50
9. FH Center Resources You Might Have Missed – Connie Godak
10. Old Photo Analysis – Sandy Simon
11. Gadgets, Gifts from Cyberspace, Computer Savvy – Jeshua Barlow
12. Scotology 101 (Customs, Clans, Gaelic, & Geography in Scotland up to 1745) – Sandy Doutre
FOURTH SESSION – 2:00 to 3:00
13. PAF: Slideshows & Scrapbooks – Connie Godak
14. Family History Software Comparisons – Diane Kamphaus
15. Scandinavian Research – Sharon Gibson
16. Scotology 102 (American & Canadian Immigration, 1620-1850) – Sandy Doutre
WSGS Conference Pictures
Megan Smolenyak and her first talk.
the line at the Saturday breakfast buffet
Donna Potter Phillips and Megan conferring before Megan's talk after breakfast
Final goodbyes Cecily Kelly Conference Chair, Megan Smolenyak and Bill Hire EWGS President
Sunday, September 13, 2009
WSGS Conference Third and Last Day
Got to sleep in some this morning, then headed for the Davenport to hear Megan Smolenyak talk on online newspapers. As the researcher for EWGS I spend a lot of time in the local newspapers looking up a lot of obits and a few other stories in the microfilm of the newspapers at the library. Megan talked and showed examples about the online collections of Genealogy Bank, Ancestry, Newspaper Archive, Google newspaper archive, and a few other websites that have newspapers online. Excellent talk, and then after two years of planning and preparation it was over. We said our goodbye's and left. At 1:30 the planning group and Megan went to Anthony's Home Port restaurant for a leisurely dinner, and a little gab fest. I have a few pictures and will post them in the next few days.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
WSGS Conference Second Day
Wow the second day started early, as a night owl getting up a 5 am to check my Google Reader and E-Mail and head for the breakfast that started at 7 am after not getting to bed before midnight Friday. Glad I got there early as the line for the breakfast buffet was very long and I got there fairly early and did not have to spent a long time in the line. Excellent food and I really love a the fruit in the morning. Megan's second topic was Reverse Genealogy: Techniques For Finding Your Lost Loved Ones. Very interesting topic on finding living relatives that may have clues for your research and techniques for finding them. After Megan was done we had two break out sessions they called them, each session had 4 topics you could pick. Session A-1 was Dale Soden with Scenes from Washington ; Session A2 was Margie Beldin on Family Search Just Got Better. This was the Session I went to, and Margie did an excellent job showing the new features of Family Search, Family Search Labs and Pilot Family Search. Session A-3 was Pat Bayonne-Johnson African American Genealogy, and the last of the A sessions was A-4 by Jerri McCoy on Online Query Databases, this looked like an good session in the syllabus as she listed good and bad queries and how to post a good query. The next group of sessions were B-1 Dale Soden CCC in the Pacific Northwest, this was the session I went to, but I was ready to flip a coin over session B-4, Dale is a history professor at Whitworth University here in Spokane. While he said he was no expert on the CCC or C's at they called themselves, he found a group of men that had been in the CCC having a weekly gathering at a local restaurant and asked a few to help with a public radio program on the CCC. He played a tape of the broadcast then showed several slides on CCC camps in this area and projects they did in this area in the national forests around here. Session B-2 was done by Gordon Struve Traveling with an iPaq, session B-3 was Scandinavian Research in the Pacific Northwest, session B-4 was Sue Richart NEHGS Databases, this was the other session this hour I wanted to go to, but the coin flipped the wrong way. Then lunch and the salmon and deserts were excellent. Megan did her third talk, Trace Your Roots With DNA, I have not done anything with DNA for a couple of reasons, one I have my paternal line back the the early 1600 in Denmark. My grandfather came in 1887 and once I found the parish he was from (Humble Parish in Svendborg county) Danish records are wonderful. I was able to go back about 5 generations in Danish records as it was pretty easy to find my grandfathers father and mother in the birth record of my grandfather and it listed the names of his parents (wives kept their maiden names then) their ages and places of birth. I did most of this research at the Family History Library and getting another roll of microfilm was just a short stroll to the microfilm cabinets. The second reason was most DNA projects are for a specific surname, but my Hansen line is very short, my great grandfather was Hans Mikkelsen, his father was Mikkel Madsen and so on back, so which surname project do I join? Hansen, Mikkelsen, Madsen or one of the other surnames? Megan said I might have to start a SEN DNA project to sort out the SON-SEN surnames from Scandinavia.
Session C-1 was Jerry Handfield the Washington State Archivist, The Revolt of the Genealogist: Records, Records, Records. another coin flip and Jerry lost, or maybe I lost. Session C-2 was Bruce Buzbee, CEO and programmer for RootsMagic Genealogy Program,he won the coin flip, I have been looking for a program that allows me to put more pictures in the notes section of a book printout, and RootsMagic right now still only allows one picture there, and the rest of the pictures you have for that person goes into a scrapbook for that person. Session C-3 was Barbara Brazington Eugenics: The Misuse of Genealogy?
And session C-4 was Carol Madeiros Creating a desktop Atlas. Session D-1 was Lee Pierce Washington's Paper Records, Lee is an archivist at the Washington State Digital Archives and I have seen him there and he is very knowledgeable on the paper records at the Digital Archives which are from the eleven counties in the far eastern part of Washington, so an excellent presentation. Session D-2 Karen Struve Finding Graves, Cemeteries and Burials, Session D-3 Steve Baylor Drawing and Keeping Society Members in an Internet Environment. The WSGS Board and EWGS volunteers were invited to Luigis for dinner and the WSGS board meeting.
Note if anyone did any of the sessions I mentioned but did not get to would like to write about them let me know and I will post about those sessions also.
Session C-1 was Jerry Handfield the Washington State Archivist, The Revolt of the Genealogist: Records, Records, Records. another coin flip and Jerry lost, or maybe I lost. Session C-2 was Bruce Buzbee, CEO and programmer for RootsMagic Genealogy Program,he won the coin flip, I have been looking for a program that allows me to put more pictures in the notes section of a book printout, and RootsMagic right now still only allows one picture there, and the rest of the pictures you have for that person goes into a scrapbook for that person. Session C-3 was Barbara Brazington Eugenics: The Misuse of Genealogy?
And session C-4 was Carol Madeiros Creating a desktop Atlas. Session D-1 was Lee Pierce Washington's Paper Records, Lee is an archivist at the Washington State Digital Archives and I have seen him there and he is very knowledgeable on the paper records at the Digital Archives which are from the eleven counties in the far eastern part of Washington, so an excellent presentation. Session D-2 Karen Struve Finding Graves, Cemeteries and Burials, Session D-3 Steve Baylor Drawing and Keeping Society Members in an Internet Environment. The WSGS Board and EWGS volunteers were invited to Luigis for dinner and the WSGS board meeting.
Note if anyone did any of the sessions I mentioned but did not get to would like to write about them let me know and I will post about those sessions also.
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