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 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 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 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 Read more…
ALERT to proposed changes to access to Vital Records in the State of Washington, SB 5332-2019-20. Currently, Washington is an open records state. Change has been proposed by the Dept. of Health to restrict access to Read more…
Another exciting opportunity to learn more information on what your DNA test can do for you and how best to utilize the information. Register for the A Winter of DNA eConference by Family History Fanatics. Read more…
The following announcement was written by the Washington State Library: The Washington State Library, a division of the Office of Secretary of State, has launched a new website for the Washington Digital Newspapers program: Washingtondigitalnewspapers.org. The Read more…
The Washington State Genealogical Society has posted new blog items which might be of interest. * Wednesday Nostalgia https://wasgs.org/blog/2018/11/14/wednesday-nostalgia-59/ * Tuesday Trivia https://wasgs.org/blog/2018/11/13/tuesday-trivia-77/ * Monday Mystery https://wasgs.org/blog/2018/11/12/monday-mystery-50/ * Lower Columbia Genealogical Society December Meeting https://wasgs.org/blog/2018/11/09/lower-columbia-genealogical-society-december-meeting-2/ Read more…
The Shoreline Family History Center (22015 48th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043) will be closed for the holidays starting Monday, 17 December and will reopen Wednesday, 2 January at 9 am. The January SIGS General Meeting starts at Read more…
For members that are interested, Family History Fanatics is conducting an online “DNA Workshop: After the Test” the evenings of Nov 9, Dec 6, and Dec 13. Participants will learn about what they can do Read more…