In accordance with the directive to Stay Home-Stay Healthy, the Sno-Isle Genealogical Society library will be closed through at least April 25th. If you were scheduled for the German/Scandinavian consultation or a Brick Wall consultation you should have been contacted 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society is offering a free Beginning Genealogy Class on August 14th from 1:00pm to 4:30pm. From the website: If you are intrigued by your family history either because you’ve watched those Ancestry ads on television or Read more…
The Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society is holding the 2019 Northwest Genealogy Conference on August 14 – 17 at the Byrnes Performing Arts Center in Arlington. Early Bird registration discount ends on April 15th. This multi-day conference features speakers from around Read more…
Seattle and Sno-Isle Genealogical Societies are co-sponsoring a monthly, seven class DNA Learning Series. The class will be held at Mountlake Terrace Sno-Isle Library, from 6:00-7:45pm, starting the third Thursday, on April 18, 2019. The series builds slowly, workshop style Read more…
The easiest way to submit comments on the proposed vital records access changes is on the legislative website (https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5332&year-2019&Initiative=False). It’s pretty intuitive since it automatically comes up with the number of the bill, but for anyone who would like a Read more…