Tri-City Genealogical Society 2017 Seminar

Tri-City Genealogical Society's 2017 Seminar 

is less than two months away, 

have you registered to reserve your spot?

DNA can be an important tool in your genealogical research.  Not only is it interesting to learn about your general ancestry, but with millions of people participating in various DNA databases the chances are ever increasing of being able to use DNA to find relatives, help extend lines, and break through brick walls.

We invite you to join with us to learn from a national expert and engaging lecturer about using DNA to help you with your genetic genealogy.

Understanding Your DNA

with
Diahan Southard

Saturday, October 14, 2017
9:00am - 3:30pm
  Registration begins at 8:00am

Shalom United Church of Christ
505 McMurray Street
Richland, WA

Topics:

• Five Tips to Make Sense of Your DNA
• Let Your DNA Tell Your Story
• Organizing Your Genetic Genealogy
• Try Your Hand at Genetic Genealogy

Cost: $40. Register by September 30 to include a syllabus and lunch.
          After September 30, syllabus and lunch will not be included.
          Syllabus will be on sale at the door for $5.

Click here for seminar brochure

Click here to register

Door prizes include FindMyPast annual membership, Genealogy Gems annual membership, RootsMagic 7 software, and several more!

Heritage Quest will also be on site selling genealogy books.

Do you feel that you could benefit from Diahan Southard's personal help?  She is offering 20-minute on-site consultations on Friday, October 13 and Saturday, October 14.  Bring your information and she will help you understand how to navigate your DNA results.  She is also offering a discount on her personal consultation package, which is a 45-minute on-line appointment.  Click here to find out more information and to sign up for your appointment.

Finding Family History Magazines Locally

Did you know that Barnes and Noble in the Columbia Center Mall carries the following family history magazines:

Who Do You Think You Are?
  Associated with the TV show of the same name, based in United Kingdom, 13 issues/year

Your Family History
  Based in United Kingdom, 13 issues/year

Family Tree Magazine
  Based in United States, 7 issues/year

Irish Roots
  Based in Ireland, 4 issues/year

Thanks to Art Kelly for sharing that information.

Also, you can find the last two years of Family Tree Magazine at the Kennewick (Union) library.  If you are a member of Mid-Columbia Libraries you can use their e-magazine service, Zinio, to download digital issues of Family Tree Magazine.  You can borrow issues indefinitely and can receive a notice when the next issue is available for download.

FREE WEBINAR WEEKEND

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 14-16th, Legacy Family Tree Webinars is celebrating their 500th webinar with a FREE webinar weekend for everyone!

Click here: http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2017/04/the-journey-to-webinar-500-plus-free-access-this-weekend.html to access their website and view a webinar or two for free.

These webinars are created by the same professionals who present at the national conferences and other large regional conferences.

Don't miss this first-time opportunity to peruse the webinar library and learn some new skills to help find your ancestors today!

Beginners' Class: Marriage Records

The TCGS Beginners' Class on Wednesday evening covered marriage records. Marriage records are the oldest records available in the United States. There are many kinds of records associated with marriage records, such as consent affidavits, declarations of intent, marriage bonds, marriage banns, applications, licenses and certificates are just a few.

Marriages that cannot be found may not have taken place in the town or county one might have expected. Could this have been a Gretna Green marriage? Find out more about this type of marriage by reading the resources available on the attached  handout.

Next month, May 24th, the TCGS Beginners' Class will cover death and burial records.

Come join us! You might learn some little known facts that will be just what you need to find a missing ancestor.

April Handout - Marriage Records

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Preferably alive. In fact, only alive for this job! Often in genealogy we are looking for dead people but not this time. I’m looking for someone to help with blogging for the monthly TCGS meetings. If you are interested please contact me at EstepLectricCo@gmail.com.

Beginners’ Class: Birth Records

Wednesday evening’s TCGS Beginners’ Class described how vital records evolved into what we have today. Then a brief overview was given about birth records.

The information about birth records was given machine-gun style because of time and the amount of information to cover.

The handout is designed to allow attendees to retrace the steps used to create the presentation and find more information about the topic covered. 

Here is a link to the handout if you did not get one or if you would like the hotlinks provided in the handout: March: Beginners' Class Vital Records Handout

Next month we will be reviewing Marriage Records. This may take two meetings as there is a lot more information to cover with marriage records than there was with birth records.

Happy Hunting!

What's Been and What's to Come

By Connie Estep

Snow and ice cancelled the last two meetings: the December “Show and Tell” meeting featuring members’ collections and heirlooms; and for January, Hanford History Project Archivist, Robert Franklin. He has been rescheduled for the June meeting.

December was to be the last meeting at Charbonneau with a move to the Benton County PUD auditorium for meetings this year. The PUD is on 10^th Avenue in Kennewick, just east of 395.

Keep your fingers crossed for better weather for the February meeting. As of Monday night (Feb 13) rain is predicted for meeting night but temperatures are expected to stay above freezing.

The February 15th meeting features Glenn Allison in a first person portrayal of a World War I “doughboy” at 7pm. Many of us saw Glenn perform as Captain Meriwether Lewis during and after the Lewis & Clark Bicentennial.

Come early Wednesday night for the Beginning Genealogy class running from 6:15 to 6:45 pm. Birth records are this month’s topic!