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May Membership Meeting

Monday, May 9 at 2:00 p.m.

This is a hybrid meeting–both on Zoom and at the Douglas PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee

Look at Your Family in a Whole New Way: With a Mind Map by Diana Elder.

People have been searching for ways to diagram their thought processes since the third century! The system was popularized in 1974 on a BBC television series. Since then, the concept of visualizing data–“mapping out” your ideas–has been refined and computerized. We’ll learn what mind mapping entails and the latest web applications for it. Diana Elder is a Utah-based professional genealogist. She has authored Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist’s Guide, and co-authored its companion, Research Like a Pro with DNA. She and her daughter host a genealogy podcast and maintain the website FamilyLocket.com.

Monday afternoon, May 9, 2022, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. via Zoom and in-person at the Douglas PUD Auditorium, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee

Topic: WAGS General May  Zoom Meeting
Time: May 9, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88579028003?pwd=RUM1cDBWaWhiZ0lPcXJFa1g0R1VLQT09

Meeting ID: 885 7902 8003
Passcode: May

Speaker’s Handout

April Membership Meeting – Rootless: America’s Fascination with its Ancestry

Monday, April 11 at 2:00 p.m.

This zoom presentation by Jill Morelli will explore the attitudes and issues associated with genealogy throughout our country’s history. We’ll get an overview of what happened in the past, and then consider some predictions for the future. Jill Morelli is a writer, lecturer, genealogy educator, and past president of the Seattle Genealogical Society.

Monday afternoon, April 11, 2022 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Topic: WAGS General Meeting – April
Time: Apr 11, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84180912594?pwd=Z2ZYL2hzVCt1NnJBb2pVbEh4WEtsZz09

Meeting ID: 841 8091 2594
Passcode: April

Speaker’s Handout

March Membership Meeting

Monday, March 14 at 2:00 p.m.

Are You Ready for the 1950 Census? by Thomas MacEntee

For many of us boomers, this will be the first census where we make an appearance! Chicago-based genealogist and educator, Thomas MacEntee, will familiarize us with the new census and describe how it differs from previous counts. It will take time to get it indexed, but Thomas will show us ways to access the information in spite of that.

Topic: WAGS General Meeting – March
Time: Mar 14, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85110664643?pwd=Q3kxNmFsR2pCWWtsL2g3TUgvNDlpUT09

Meeting ID: 851 1066 4643
Passcode: Census

February Membership Meeting–February 14, 2022

Join us for a Zoom meeting, as Sara Cochran (researcher and educator from Southern California) brings us “My DNA brought me to the forest, but where are all the trees?” She’ll give us new techniques for figuring out relationships when your DNA matches don’t have family trees yet, or haven’t attached them (Ancestry.com results system).

HANDOUT

Topic: WAGS General Meeting – Feb
Time: Feb 14, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86546823310?pwd=REc0UG1tYXlzMU5SOEd1MWpuZ2ViUT09

Meeting ID: 865 4682 3310
Passcode: Wags

January Membership Meeting: January 10, 2022

Come to our first meeting of 2022! Our friend Dana Palmer (Cincinnati-area researcher and educator whom we met last fall) will present “Connect Your Family: Useful Research Strategies.” This is a presentation on what to do when you’re “stumped” in your family tree. Let’s take just one more look at our brick walls and see if we’ve missed anything.

Topic: WAGS General Meeting – January 2022
Time: Jan 10, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83756843543?pwd=eWVZNVA1bmRGOW5hTk9yQ3NtaVZhUT09

Meeting ID: 837 5684 3543
Passcode: NewYear

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Skagit Valley Genealogical Society Beyond the Brick Wall: Pre-1850 U.S. Research

Join SVGS Saturday, November 8, 2025, 1pm at the Burlington Public Library for “Beyond the Brick Wall: Strategies for Pre-1850 U.S. Research” with Julie Anderson. Julie is a U.S./Canada Research Specialist at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Come learn what resources and research techniques are available to help you locate your ancestors in records before the 1850 Census.  Can’t make it to the Burlington Library, request a zoom link by emailing [email protected].

Puget Sound Genealogical Society There are no Witches-Are there?

Our monthly PSGS Program this month will be witches! Join us on Wed, Oct. 22 at 1pm (PT).  Our topic:   “The Witches of Salem: There are no Witches – Are there? Of course not!” with Jerri McCoy. 

 This will be hybrid. Join us in person at the Sylvan Way Library or on Zoom. No cost and open to the public.  The Zoom link will be posted the day before on our website (psgsociety.org) and
our Facebook page.

We of the twenty-first century are very much aware that hags do not fly across the moon on brooms. But in 1692 Charity and Mercy and plain good sense were all thrown into the fire of zealotry. Like Autumn brush fires, the witch hunt would swell and burn through Salem Village and neighboring towns. How were witches Identified? What happened to them? And who were those that were executed that terrible year in Salem? Come learn a little bit about them and their accusing neighbors.

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Siblings, Friends & Enemies Collateral Research

Presented by Pamela Bell Dallas

Pamela will teach us some proven techniques for successful collateral research.

Date: Saturday November 01, 2025

Time: 12:30 PM to 03:00 PM

Location: The Hive (Door Code: 985426#)  

Zoom link and Handouts for this presentation will be on the website the day prior.

 at EWGSi.org

Please print your handouts at home.  

Cookies and Coffee

Free Table

Raffles

$50/50$

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