We will be gathering together on July 17th to celebrate the life of former SIGS President and longtime board member and Humble House Maintenance Director Gary Ottman, who passed away this February. The celebration will be held at the Ottman Home at 200300 28th Ave W in Lynnwood at 1pm.
As of July 10th, SIGS’ Humble House Library in Heritage Park has reopened. For the moment, the hours are Tuesday by appointment only, Thursday 11am to 3pm and Saturday 11am to 3pm. Members are other visitors may now visit the library under the following guidelines: Fully vaccinated individuals are not Read more…
LOSHO (the League of Snohomish County Heritage Organizations) is taking an inventory of historical assets across unincorporated Snohomish County. They maintain a mapping system that allows users to overlay a variety of vintage maps accurately scaled to match modern survey references. The maps allow users to easily compare the historical Read more…
Kathy Morrow put together a wonderful list of resources for working with probate records. Why is working with probate records so important? Let’s face it, most of the people we research as genealogists are deceased. A probate record, the court-supervised process of validating a deceased’s will, can be very helpful Read more…
In addition to our new monthly meeting location, the Library has been making some improvements to help you with your research even when you can’t physically visit us. Our librarians are continuously reviewing our research material to make sure we have the most appropriate research material available and that we Read more…
In November of 2019, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) proposed a nearly 500% increase in the fee for records searches and records provided by it’s Genealogy Program. Under the proposed fee increase the cost of a records search would go from $65 to $240, while the cost for Read more…
Have you heard the exciting news? Beginning with our January meeting on January 8th the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society will be hosting their general meetings and events at the Wicker’s Building in Heritage Park. This larger space gives us more flexibility for hosting meeting, events, and gatherings. Our January meeting featuring Read more…
Betty Gaeng and Phylis Jorgenson recently hosted our information table at the Western Heritage Center at the Monroe Fairgrounds, complete with our recently completed SIGS banner. Our banner is hanging in the Commercial building, alongside others. The glass ball sitting on the side of our SIGS table was put there for Read more…
The Shoreline Family History Center has announced three upcoming classes for family history researchers, each available on both a weekday and weekend to suit your schedule. The 90 minutes classes will be held at the Shoreline Family History Center. The three classes are: Introduction to DNA for Family History Thursday, Read more…
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