If you live in the Cleveland area and want to make progress on your German ancestry research, don’t miss the Western Reserve Historical Society’s Researching German Ancestors presented by Warren Bittner, CG. The event is being held this coming Saturday, September 14 from 9 to 4 p.m. For more information, click here.
In the Seattle area, the Eastside German Interest Group (EGIG), an adjunct of the Eastside Genealogical Society (Bellevue), meets on the first Friday of every month. September’s topic was “Using Wikis in Your Genealogy Research” presented by Dorothy Pretare. What is a wiki? According to Atlassian.com, it’s “a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.” Embedded in FamilySearch.org and Ancestry.com and other genealogy search engines are wikis created by users, wikis that offer loads of information.
On Friday, October 4 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m I’m pleased to report I’ll be the guest presenter. I’ve been asked to share the genealogy research tools I used and/or discovered during my research for The Last of the Blacksmiths. The presentation will be at the LDS Church at 10675 NE 20th St in Bellevue, Washington.
On Saturday, October 19, the Seattle Genealogical Society will hold its Fall Seminar from 8:30 to 4, called: Potpourri: a Little of This and a Little of That. Presentations include “Evaluating Web Sites” by Cyndi Howells (of Cyndislist!), “Homestead Act and Homesteaders” by Karen Sipes; “Peopling the British Isles “ and “Unearthing the ‘Real’ New England Immigrant” by Steven Morrison. For more information, click here.