Pioneering Life of Peter Kirk founder of Kirkland

by Donna Phillips  While attending RootsTech the end of February, I sat in on two classes to learn more for myself and to share with all of you. The two presentations were on the FamilySearch Library Catalog and the FamilySearch WIKI.  You most likely cannot read that small print, but there are currently 106,000 articles on…

 Hi there I’m excited to share that in honor of St. Patrick’s Day this year, we are making all 106 of our Irish record collections available to search for free from now until March 19, 2023!  The MyHeritage Irish collections include Irish birth, marriage, death, census, wills, atlases, directories, calendars, historical books, registers, passenger lists, prisoner,…

The French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut (FCGSC) is a small society that operates a genealogical research library focused primarily, though not exclusively, on French Canadian and New England ancestry.  During the past several years they have received a large number of donated books, many of which either duplicate current holdings or do not fit into…

by Donna Phillips Big thanks to the July/August 2022 issue of Family Tree Magazine for this information. Why do we want to learn about social history? What has it to do with genealogy? It has everything to do with our family history! Genealogy is the facts. Social history gives the why-when-how of those facts. When I learned that my…

Janet O’Conor Camarata is a genealogist with over 30 years of experience.  Janet has presented at seminars, genealogy libraries and societies and retirement centers across Washington. Janet returns to Heritage Quest Research Library as one of our favorite presenters.  Mapping an AncestorResearching Using Maps Geography is a discipline closely related to genealogy and an untapped resource for…

Sara Cochran Genealogist and lecturer 1890 Census Speaker at the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society’s February 13th Zoom meeting. Virtual meeting doors will open at 6:30 pm and speakers program will begin at 7:00 pm. Public is invited to attend For a link to join the meeting contact [email protected]