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SUMMARY:Genealogy Helpdesk
DESCRIPTION:Get genealogy help at the Bellevue Library Computer Lab \nWe are available to help on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month\, when the library is open. \nNo registration is required. Get in-person assistance with… \n \n\nAncestry Library Edition.
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/genealogy-helpdesk-5/
LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260821T103000
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SUMMARY:Family Tree Maker SIG
DESCRIPTION:The Family Tree Maker SIG meets on the 3rd Friday of most months from 10:30AM to 12:30PM Pacific time via Zoom. \nIf you would like to attend and are not on the SIG e-mail distribution list\, please send an e-mail to ftmsig@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org to request the meeting link. \nNote that the Family Tree Maker SIG will not meet in July. The next meeting will be in August.
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/family-tree-maker-sig/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Janet Stroebel":MAILTO:ftmsig@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260818T140000
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SUMMARY:AI Special Interest Group
DESCRIPTION:Purpose:\n• Use AI to help with genealogy\, learning together\n• Encourage members in the use of AI\n• Share resources\, tips\, information\, results \nMeets on the 3rd Tuesday of most months via Zoom. \nTo get the Zoom link or answers to questions\, email AIsig@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/ai-special-interest-group-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Smith":MAILTO:aisig@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260813T123000
DTSTAMP:20260706T193902Z
CREATED:20260619T212501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T193902Z
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SUMMARY:Genealogy Helpdesk
DESCRIPTION:Get genealogy help at the Bellevue Library Computer Lab \nWe are available to help on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month\, when the library is open. \nNo registration is required. Get in-person assistance with… \n \n\nAncestry Library Edition
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/genealogy-helpdesk-4/
LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T123000
DTSTAMP:20260706T193835Z
CREATED:20260619T212204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T193835Z
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SUMMARY:Genealogy Helpdesk
DESCRIPTION:Get genealogy help at the Bellevue Library Computer Lab \nWe are available to help on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month\, when the library is open. \nNo registration is required. Get in-person assistance with… \n \n\nAncestry Library Edition.
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/genealogy-helpdesk-3/
LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T160000
DTSTAMP:20260621T025316Z
CREATED:20260621T023745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260621T025316Z
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SUMMARY:AI Special Interest Group
DESCRIPTION:Purpose:\n• Use AI to help with genealogy\, learning together\n• Encourage members in the use of AI\n• Share resources\, tips\, information\, results \nMeets on the 3rd Tuesday of most months via Zoom. \nTopic: Kimberly will talk about using AI for mapping. Catherine has a few examples of using AI and photographs –improving them\, researching from photographs\, and creating them. We will also have time to discuss things attendees have done with AI since we had our last meeting. \nTo get the Zoom link or answers to questions\, email AIsig@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/ai-special-interest-group/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Smith":MAILTO:aisig@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260716T113000
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SUMMARY:Lunch Bunch
DESCRIPTION:On the third Thursday of most months\, from 11:30 to 1:00\, we meet for lunch and discussion in a reserved room in the church across from the FamilySearch Center at 10675 NE 20th Street\, Bellevue. Bring lunch from home or buy food at a nearby local location. \nAfter lunch\, use the FamilySearch Center Library with databases either available only by subscription or unavailable online. Bring your laptop. The library is open until 6:00 PM. No reservation required. \nContact: Celia McNay with questions. \nNote that the Lunch Bunch won’t meet in August. The next meeting after this one will be in September.
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/lunch-bunch/
LOCATION:Bellevue FamilySearch Center\, 10675 NE 20th Street\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celia McNay":MAILTO:celiamcn@comcast.net
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SUMMARY:German Interest Group anniversary celebration
DESCRIPTION:EGS German Interest Group will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on July 16th in our old LDS room in Bellevue. Remember Christmas Potlucks? Remember visiting after our in-person meetings? Can you believe we haven’t done this since 2020?  Significant others are included. If you are interested & want the place and time\, just send an email to GIG_Leader@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org  .
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/german-interest-group-anniversary-celebration/
LOCATION:WA
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dorothy Pretare":MAILTO:GIG_Leader@eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260711T150000
DTSTAMP:20260620T031223Z
CREATED:20260620T031106Z
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SUMMARY:Mercer Island Summer Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Help Wanted! Help with the EGS booth—setup\, staffing\, and take-down options. The event runs from 10—3\, with set up starting at\n8:30 AM. You can volunteer for all or a portion of the event. Contact Celia McNay. \nOr stop by and visit at our booth. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/mercer-island-summer-celebration/
LOCATION:WA
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ORGANIZER;CN="Celia McNay":MAILTO:celiamcn@comcast.net
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CREATED:20260619T212026Z
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SUMMARY:Genealogy Helpdesk
DESCRIPTION:Get genealogy help at the Bellevue Library Computer Lab \nWe are available to help on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month\, when the library is open. \nNo registration is required. Get in-person assistance with… \n \n\nAncestry Library Edition.
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/genealogy-helpdesk-2/
LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260625T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260625T123000
DTSTAMP:20260706T193755Z
CREATED:20260619T211243Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260706T193755Z
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SUMMARY:Genealogy Helpdesk
DESCRIPTION:Get genealogy help at the Bellevue Library Computer Lab \nWe are available to help on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month\, when the library is open. \nNo registration is required. Get in-person assistance with… \n \n\nAncestry Library Edition
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/genealogy-helpdesk/
LOCATION:Bellevue Library\, 1111 110th Ave NE\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98004\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260516T133000
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DTSTAMP:20260421T034955Z
CREATED:20260421T031208Z
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SUMMARY:Italian Interest Group
DESCRIPTION:Date: May 16\, 2026 (Saturday)\nTime: 1:30 PM (PT)\nTopic: Staying Behind in Italy during the Age of Mass Migration – Everyday Life for Our Ancestors in Italy\nPresenter: Victoria Calabrese \n \nClick to request the Zoom meeting invitation \nDescription: This presentation will discuss daily life in Italy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries\, the period of mass emigration. The presentation will include information about home life\, economics\, society\, gender roles\, the emigration process\, and what life was like for those who remained behind. This presentation gives a fuller perspective of the migration process\, including not just those who migrated\, but including those who never migrated\, showing how their lives were affected just as much as those migrating. \n \nPresenter: Victoria Calabrese\nVictoria Calabrese received her Ph.D. in modern European history from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Her research focuses on modern Italian history\, gender\, migration\, and nation building. Her book\, Italian Women in Basilicata: Staying Behind but Moving Forward during the Age of Mass Emigration\, 1876–1914\, was published by Lexington Books in 2022. The book examines women in the southern Italian region of Basilicata and the many ways their lives changed when their husbands emigrated. In addition to the women who remained behind\, she has written articles on honor and infanticide\, and on traveling child musicians. Victoria is an avid genealogist\, focusing on southern Italian genealogy research. She is currently an adjunct professor at Lehman College\, teaching courses in early modern and modern European history.
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/italian-interest-group/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:IIG meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260514T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T035620Z
CREATED:20260421T024015Z
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SUMMARY:General meeting
DESCRIPTION:Eastside Genealogical Society presents: \nJust Because It Can Be Wrong Doesn’t Mean It Is \nOur speaker: Paula Williams\nThursday\, May 14\, 2026\nNetworking and announcements at 6:30 PM PT; program at 7:00 PM PT\nRegistration is required for this meeting. \nClick here to register for the May meeting \nAbout our speaker: Paula has been researching for more than two decades in primarily southern US states and has been using DNA to solve problems for more than a decade. She’s a board member of the Virginia Genealogical Society and of the Genealogical Research Institute of Virginia (GRIVA) and is the facilitator for the latter’s DNA Special Interest Group. Paula taught and has lectured widely. She also serves as the Virtual Tech Coordinator for the GRIP Genealogy Institute. \nAbout our program: Online trees\, record hints\, DNA predictions\, and ethnicity estimates are often shunned\, but can still provide valuable clues for our research and lead us to newly available record sets. We’ll discuss ways to evaluate the hints and determine which to use and which to lose! \nEveryone is welcome—we hope you will join us. \nClick here to register for the May meeting \nFor more information about EGS\, visit our website at https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org
URL:https://eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/event/general-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:General Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260501T143000
DTSTAMP:20260421T035715Z
CREATED:20260421T031839Z
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SUMMARY:German Interest Group
DESCRIPTION:Eastside Genealogical Society\nGerman Interest Group\n\n\nWhen: Friday\, 1st of May\, 2026\nfrom 12:30 to 2:30 pm Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) \nZoom Registration Required:\nhttps://tinyurl.com/rp2zubuw \nTopic: Locating Records from Poland Online  \nFinding records from Poland for genealogical research is a critical step in exploring our Polish ancestry but Poland’s complex history and the language barrier can be confusing. \nAfter a brief overview of Poland’s changing borders and their impact on the languages in which historical records were created\, Julie will explain the process of identifying one’s ancestral village and illustrate the use of gazetteers to determine the parish and civil registry offices. She will introduce key websites for locating historical records online and offline\, with an emphasis on sites that offer indexed records and digital images. Julie will suggest strategies to help you get around the language barrier\, and demonstrate how you can trace your Polish ancestry from the comfort of your own home. \n \nPresenter:  Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz \nJulie is a genealogist\, writer\, and speaker with nearly 30 years of experience in researching her family’s origins in Poland\, Germany\, the U.S.\, and Canada. \nShe holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from the State University of New York in Buffalo and a master’s degree in endocrinology from the University of California\, Berkeley. She currently serves as President of the Polish Genealogical Society of New York State (PGSNYS) and has previously served as Vice-President for the New England Regional Genealogical Consortium\, Inc\, and Secretary of the Polish Genealogical Society of Massachusetts (PGSMA). Her articles have been published in the newsletters of a number of genealogical societies\, and she is the author of a genealogy blog\, From Shepherds and Shoemakers \n\n\nMore information: Visitors are always welcome. Our website is:\nhttps://gig.eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org/
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LOCATION:WA
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