German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society Christmas Stories

by Donna Phillips “The hens only lay egg-nog at Christmas-tidek but egg-nog will lay a man any time he tackles it,” reported the Idaho Avalanche on January 3, 1880. In 1881, The Herald, in Omaha, Nebraska, also found eggnog a subject for humor: “Hens favor sobriety. They generally quit laying when the egg-nog season approaches.” Big thanks to a…
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Surrey Libraries Family History Genealogy: Eastern Europe Border Changes ONLINE program Tuesday, August 16 10:00 – 11:30am PDT Anyone researching their family history in Eastern Europe probably hasfaced the challenges that changing borders present. In this program,Edie Adam will use findings from her family history research todemonstrate the key factors — time and place —…
Randol B. Fletcher, the author of Hidden History of Civil War Oregon, will speak on the state of the U.S. military at the start of the Civil War, the formation of Oregon volunteer regiments that replaced the Federal troops withdrawn from Oregon. He will talk about Oregonians who served in the war including Sen. Edward…
TIP OF THE WEEK -IN NEED OF TRANSLATION This issue’s tip came out of this month’s Second Saturday Speaker Series presentation by Carolyn Schott. There is a Facebook Group called Genealogical Translations and their purpose is just that, the translation of genealogy documents only. It is a private group so you must ask to join. This group might be the…
by Donna Phillips The time: during the period between the Revolution and the Civil War. Cruise-history-presenter, Aaron, shared his insights on this part of American history. What was the political reality of the world at that time? Only a handful of men ruled the entire of Europe. These kings had the absolute right to claim entire continents…