Monday, October 9, 2023 2:00 p.m., in person at the FamilySearch Center, 667 10th Street NE, East Wenatchee; and via Zoom. Investigator-turned-genealogist and former NARA archivist Kate Townsend will present “Follow the Records and See Where They Go.” Learn about the clues that exist in different records, and how they can lead you to deeper…
Monday, September 11 at 2:00 p.m. — a hybrid meeting — in person at the LDS FamilySearch Center, 667 20th St. NE, East Wenatchee, and via Zoom. Recreating Your Ancestor’s World by Mary Kircher Roddy. Realtors always talk about location, but genealogists all know that CONTEXT is where it’s at! Being able to visualize your…
Kick back and relax this summer. We’ll be taking a break from WAGS programs in August. Find something cool to drink and a cool place to be. Nothing to read? Stop by the WAGS Library (Tuesdays and Saturdays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.) and see what you can find in our checkout section. We’d enjoy…
July is the month when your WAGS Board does its strategic planning. This year, we don’t want it to be a board-only thing–we’re inviting you to join us and give us your valuable observations, thoughts, and ideas. What can WAGS do differently–or do more of–or less of!–to help you in your research? We’re looking forward…
Monday, June 12 at 2:00 p.m.–a hybrid meeting on Zoom and in person at the Douglas PUD Auditorium. Just in time to plan entertainment for your out-of-town guests, we’re welcoming Matt Cade, board president of the Upper Valley Historical Society, giving a powerpoint titled “Greater Leavenworth Museum: A Museum on the Move.” We’ll find out…
Monday, May 8, 2023, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.–a hybrid meeting “Cyndi’s List in Practice” with Cyndi Ingle She’s one of our new WAGS members this spring, and probably the most well-known. Cyndi’s List has been your genealogical research portal onto the Internet for more than 25 years! If you haven’t visited her site recently, come…
WAGS will file an extension this year, and “celebrate” tax day on Saturday, April 22! Come to the WAGS Library at 1:00 p.m. We will have several presentations picked out (from RootsTech, YouTube, others) on using tax records in your research, and then we’ll vote on which one or two we want to watch together…
Monday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m. This is a totally in-person meeting at the Douglas County PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway. (We will return to hybrid meetings next month.) “What I Learned at RootsTech” by WAGS members and friends Early in March, WAGS members gathered at the WAGS Library to livestream some of the…
Monday, March 13 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom and in-person at the Douglas County PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway. “Get Organized to Write Your Family Stories” by Annette Burke Lyttle Speaker HANDOUT Last month we talked about getting generally organized–this presentation will look through the lens of preparing to write. Annette gave us a…
Monday, February 13, at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom and in-person at the Douglas PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee. “Get It Together: Organizing Your Family Research” by Dana Palmer What shall we do when we receive “the box” from other family members, full of photos and documents? How do we organize somebody else’s…
