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Tuesday, April 22
Tech Tuesday (Special Interest Group)
10:00 am to 11:00 am Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society's Tech Tuesday is an informal consultation time on DNA, genealogy, sofware or genealogy-related technical issues. All are welcome. No appointment necessary. For more information, visit the SGS website. |
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Tuesday, April 22
DNA (Special Interest Group)
7:00 pm Virtual
The Tacoma-Pierce County DNA special interest group will discuss the Y-DNA offerings at DNA company FamilyTreeDNA, their offerings, and take a virtual tour of the website.
If you are not a member of TPCGS and wish to attend, please email info@tpcgs.org for the Zoom link. |
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Wednesday, April 23
Discovering African American Ancestry - Fiske (Trainings)
10:00 am to 11:15 am Virtual
The Fiske Genealogical Library is sponsoring "Discovering African American Ancestry" with Beth Swartz. Researching African American ancestry blends traditional genealogy with unique historical challenges. The 1870 Federal Census, the first to list African Americans by name, is a key starting point. Earlier records, such as the Freedmen’s Bureau, probate documents, and slave narratives, can help trace enslaved ancestors and their last owners. Understanding historical context, including Freed People of Color and U.S. Colored Troops service, is essential for uncovering these rich and complex family histories.
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Wednesday, April 23
Mexican Research (Special Interest Group)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Virtual
Share information and discuss Indigenous North American, Spanish, Cuban, and Hispanic genealogical research. Email Diane Hughes-Hart at SGSMexSIG@seagensoc.org to join. |
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Friday, April 25
Cheers to 20 Years -- BIGS (Special events)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Bainbridge Public Library
The Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society Is celebrating its 20th Anniversary on Friday, April 25, 2025 at the Bainbridge Public Library from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm. All members, past and present, are invited.
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Saturday, April 26
DNA (Special Interest Group)
10:00 am to 12:30 pm Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society will hold its DNA special interest group. Join our quarterly meetings to discover what's new in genetic genealogy and learn more about select, in-depth topics. Email GSDNASIG@seagensoc.org to join. |
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Saturday, April 26
Fort Walla Walla Camp 3, Sons of Union Veterans (Special events)
11:30 am to 3:00 pm
The Sons of Union Veterans of Civil War, Fort Walla Walla Camp 3 will hold a quarterly meeting April 26 at
Spokane Valley VFW 1435. Public welcome. Program by Mr Stan Wells-CW Flags. Details at www.suvpnw.org Dept web site under FWW 3 events and info on the meeting. |
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Monday, April 28
Brags & Bricks (Special Interest Group)
10:00 am to 11:30 am Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting its Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual). Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Contact education@seagensoc.org for more information. |
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Monday, April 28
Genealogy Chat (Special Interest Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Virtual
The South King County Genealogical Society is hosting its Genealogy Chat special interest group. Meet up and chat about genealogy subjects and topics. We have no agenda; we just like one another! Register in advance. Go to https://skcgs.groups.io/g/Society for meeting link, discussion and meeting reminders. |
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Wednesday, April 30
Putting Your Learning to Work: Get the Most from an Educational Opportunity - Fiske (Trainings)
10:00 am to 11:15 am Virtual
The Fiske Genealogical Library is sponsoring "Putting Your Learning to Work: Get the Most from an Educational Opportunity" with Mary Kircher Roddy. Genealogists are constantly learning. Societies and libraries around the world offer webinars and courses galore. With each opportunity you take, you spend your most precious resource – your time. How can you decide what to watch and how to get the most out of any educational opportunity? Discover ways to make what the presenter told you part of your research toolbox.
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Thursday, May 1
Google Your Way to Genealogy Gems (HQRL) (Trainings)
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Hybrid
Join Suz Bates to learn tricks of the trade for effective online research. This class will be in the HQRL classroom and via Zoom. For more information, visit the Heritage Quest Research Library website. |
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Thursday, May 1
Artificial Intelligence (AI) (Special Interest Group)
6:30 pm 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Room 302, Seattle
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting a new SIG on Artificial Intelligence. The explosive growth in AI has lead to many applications for it in genealogical research. Do you use AI in your research or want to learn more about how to do so? Email: Education@seagensoc.org (Subject: AI SIG). |
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Friday, May 2
German Special Interest Group (Special Interest Group)
12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual
The program at the Eastside Genealogical Society's German Interest Group will be "Tools for Reading German Handwriting" with Dana Palmer. Understanding what is in your German records can be invaluable. Learn how to decipher the records using a variety of tools available. We’ll discuss handwriting changes over time, some tricks to reading the letters, and other helpful resources found in the FamilySearch Wiki, sütterlin schrift website, the handschrift script generator, the BYU script tutorial. We’ll also discuss using the German Genealogy Record Transcription Closed Facebook group, the German Genealogy Family Search Community Group, Google Translate, and the Google Translate App, and others.
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Saturday, May 3
Family Tree Maker (Special Interest Group)
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Virtual
The South King County Genealogical Society is hosting its Family Tree Maker (FTM) special interest group. Register in advance for this Zoom meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Subscribe to the free SKCGS FTM email list for meeting reminders and discussion: https://skcgs.groups.io/g/FTMUG |
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Saturday, May 3
FamilySearch Interest Group (Special Interest Group)
10:15 am to 12:15 pm Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting its FamilySearch Interest Group with Lou Daly. Discover the many ways to use FamilySearch. At each meeting a different aspect of the website will be featured. There will be time for Q & A. Want to join the mailing list? Email Lou: loudaly@nwlink.com. |
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Sunday, May 4
DNA Workshop (Special Interest Group)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society will hold its DNA Workshop with Cary Bright and Craig Gowens. To participate, you must be on the DNA SIG email list. Contact Cary Bright at sgsdnasig@gmail.com to join. |
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Monday, May 5
Brags & Bricks (Special Interest Group)
10:00 am to 11:30 am Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting its Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual). Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Contact education@seagensoc.org for more information. |
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Monday, May 5
Organizing for Genealogy (Special Interest Group)
7:00 pm 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Room 302, Seattle
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting a new SIG on Organizing for Genealogy. Get out from under that pile of papers and digital files associated with your research. Share information and discuss organization tips, techniques, and habits to enhance your genealogical journey.
Learn about the many SIGs offered by SGS on our webpage. These include the recently added groups focused on Eastern European genealogy and Mexican ancestry, as well as the Pacific Northwest interest group formed last spring.
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Wednesday, May 7
Who "Owned" Solomon? - Fiske (Trainings)
10:00 am to 11:15 am Virtual
The Fiske Genealogical Library is sponsoring "Who ‘Owned’ Solomon? A Case Study of 19th Century African American Research with Janice Lovelace. Many African American researchers struggle to break through the brick wall of slavery. This presentation looks at techniques to identify the slave-holders of Solomon through the use of land, probate and court records.
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Wednesday, May 7
Pacific Northwest Special Interest Group (Special Interest Group)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Virtual
You are invited to join an ongoing research discussion about Pacific Northwest research, resources, and successes. All are welcome. Co-faciliated by two skilled Pacific Northwest natives. Sponsored by Seattle Genealogical Society. Register in advance https://seagensoc.org/eventListings.php?nm=67 |
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Thursday, May 8
Publishing (Special Interest Group)
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Room 302, Seattle
The Seattle Genealogical Society publishes a journal twice annually. A new SIG is forming to organize the writing and publication of the journal. Participate in writing and publishing the SGS Journal twice a year. Email SGSPubSIG@seagensoc.org. |
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Thursday, May 8
Eastside Genealogical Society (Local society meetings)
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Virtual
The program at the Eastside Genealogical Society meeting will be "Scandinavian Church Records" with Jenny Hansen. Church records are the backbone of Scandinavian research. After a parish of origin has been determined, these records provide the majority of the information needed to extend the pedigree of one’s family. This class will discuss the information found in church records and explain why these records are so important for family research. We will look at the layout of the records and explain record accessibility.
Everyone is welcome---we hope you will join us.
For more information about EGS, visit our website at eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
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Saturday, May 10
Second Saturday Series (Special events)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm SGS Library, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 302, Seattle, WA
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting its Second Saturday Series. The presentation is "Jewish Genealogy 101" with Rhoda Miller. Sign up HERE. |
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Monday, May 12
Brags & Bricks (Special Interest Group)
10:00 am to 11:30 am Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting its Brags & Bricks Social Interest Group (Virtual). Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges, or just come to hang out with other genealogists. Contact education@seagensoc.org for more information. |
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Tuesday, May 13
Beginning Genealogy (Seattle Genealogical Society) (Trainings)
Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society is offering a four-week beginning genealogy course. The class will be offered in the afternoons (1:00 - 2:30) and evenings (7:00 - 8:30). This class includes four weekly sessions online with a fifth, optional session in person at the SGS library. The class covers how to successfully conduct, organize, and record research for your genealogy. How to begin? How to evaluate evidence? What are the best sources? Where are the records--online and off? What can DNA tell us?
Start your journey on a foundation of good habits and best practices. Participation will help you develop great genealogy skills. The course finishes with a list of favorite sources for additional learning and an optional meet-up with a personal research session at the SGS library.
Weeks 1 - 4 will meet virtually and consist of lecture, discussion, and workshop for one-and-a-half-hours each session.
Week 5 (optional) includes a library tour and one-on-one research assistance.
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Wednesday, May 14
Explore the Secrets of Seattle's Disappearing Denny Hill (Special events)
The Seattle Genealogical Society is sponsoring a special tour of Denny, Hill. Between 1898 and 1930, Seattle completed its most audacious engineering change by eliminating Denny Hill at the north end of downtown. By the end of the project, Seattleites had washed and scraped more than 11 million cubic yards of landscape, reducing the previously 240-foot-high mound to its present pancake topography. Join author-naturalist David B. Williams on May 14 as he guides attendees on this walking tour of this historic part of Seattle. Williams will discuss the full scope of this massive regrade project, point out often overlooked but still existing evidence of the topographic changes, and explain how this reshaping of the Seattle’s landscape continues to shape Seattle and those who call it home.
Click HERE to register or for more information.
The walk covers about two miles of flat terrain and lasts between 90-120 minutes, depending on how many questions we ask.
Registration fee: $40 (SGS Members $30) |
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Wednesday, May 14
Packrat or Genealogist? Effective Methods for Organizing Your Family History Research - Fiske (Trainings)
10:00 am to 11:15 am Virtual
The Fiske Genealogical Library is sponsoring "Packrat or Genealogist? Effective Methods for Organizing Your Family History Research" with Lisa Alzo. Are you drowning in a sea of papers, documents, old photographs and other research materials? This talk will cover how to organize family history documents, photographs, etc. for quick retrieval. Traditional methods and computer technology will be featured along with ways for distributing/sharing this information with others.
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Thursday, May 15
Using Real Estate Deeds (HQRL) (Trainings)
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Hybrid
Albert E. Fiacre, Jr. will share which parts of a deed are boilerplate phrases that you can safely skim over, the difference between metes and bounds, and many more hints in mining information.Register in the HQRL store. For more information, visit the Heritage Quest Research Library website. |
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Using Real Estate Deeds (HQRL) (Trainings)
11:00 am to 12:00 pm Hybrid
Join Debra M. Dudek for an overview of record sets and resources for documenting your Kentucky ancestors using a combination of online records and archival material. Register in the HQRL store. For more information, visit the Heritage Quest Research Library website. |
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Monday, May 19
Virtual Sunday: Something Old, Something New (Special events)
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Virtual
The Seattle Genealogical Society is hosting its "Virtual Sunday: Something Old, Something New. The topic is TBD. Please register in advance. Visit the SGS website Calendar for all the particulars. |
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Wednesday, May 21
Wills & Probate Records or Genealogy Research - Fiske (Trainings)
10:00 am to 11:15 am Virtual
The Fiske Genealogical Library is sponsoring "Wills & Probate Records for Genealogy Research" with Claire Smith. Wills and probate records are some of the richest sources of documents for researching your ancestors. These records contain an abundance of details about an individual’s life, often proving the key to resolving a tough problem. Find out how to use them to break your research brick walls.
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