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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Meeting ID: 837 5684 3543
Passcode: NewYear

“Looking Back at 50 Years of WAGS”

We’ve put together a power point presentation to give us a look back at the folks who had the dreams and the determination to make WAGS a reality. It’s a story of generosity, hard work and camaraderie. We are thankful for all that they have given us, and we’re eager to continue their vision into the next fifty years!

Monday, December 13, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.

Topic: WAGS December General Membership Meeting
Time: Dec 13, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 826 4697 4837
Passcode: 50years

Join us via Zoom on Monday, November 8, at 2:00 p.m. for our November get-together.

Our presenter is Jill Morelli, past president of the Seattle Genealogical Society. She is a writer, lecturer and co-founder of the Applied Genealogy Institute. Jill lectures nationally and has written articles for National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Swedish American Genealogist, and many others.

Her topic today is FamilySearch: The Other 95%. She describes her presentation this way: FamilySearch recently announced that all the film records in their possession have been digitized. The problem?–not all are indexed, so a simple surname search will not locate these records! How can you access them? We will explore the ways to find the image-only documents and illustrate successful (and maybe not so successful) searches!

Topic: WAGS November General Zoom Meeting
Time: Nov 8, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 861 5148 0844
Passcode: November

“Chronicling America: A Newspaper Site for Everyone” presented by Dana Palmer, a professional genealogist from the Cincinnati area of Ohio.

We’ll learn more about the Library of Congress’ digitized newspaper site, and the most effective strategies for research results.

Monday, October 11 at 2:00 p.m., via Zoom.

Topic: WAGS October Meeting

Time: Oct 11, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 819 7960 0466

Passcode: October

Here is our speaker’s HANDOUT.

Dick Brender a long-time WAGS member from Cashmere provided us with some information about the Cashmere newspapers project he has been working on. This was discussed at the September WAGS meeting held at the Museum in Cashmere. This info might be interesting for many of you.

Dick says there are only a few scans online now but you’ll be able to see how it works:

Click on Chelan County, then the Cashmere Valley Record.

Here is the URL of the website:

https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=p&p=countybrowser

The WAGS Board will meet via Zoom on Wednesday, October 6 at 9:30 a.m.

Here is your Zoom information:

Topic: WAGS Board Meeting

Time: Oct 6, 2021 09:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 832 0282 0997

Passcode: Board

Shirley will be hosting the meeting, so if you have any trouble joining the meeting, email her at [email protected]

Technology meets history! The Cashmere Museum has installed a unique kiosk that traces the development of Cashmere businesses from the town’s beginning. It will show the year the building was built, its location, ownership and occupants through the years, using pictures and newspaper clippings. WAGS will be a special guest of the museum, and one of the first groups to get a custom demo of this modern-day “time machine.”

Monday, September 13, 2021 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village, 600 Cotlets Way, Cashmere. Zoom Link:

We have not scheduled a program with the State Archives in Ellensburg in five years. It’s time we had an update! Brigid Clift, the Regional Branch Archivist, will share her screen and reacquaint us with the archives and digital archives. You’ll want to hear about the work they are doing with Ancestry. Brigid will be looking forward to answering your questions about their research hours and their volunteer-from-home program.

The best part about this meeting is that it will be hybrid! Those who are comfortable with in-person can join us at the Douglas PUD Auditorium, just like old times. And if you’d rather keep on Zooming, you can be present that way as well. (We will post the Zoom information as the meeting gets closer.)

See you on Monday, August 9, at 2:00 p.m.–at the Douglas PUD Auditorium or via Zoom!