Due to recent changes to Washington State law regarding non-profit organizations the Board of Directors are looking at our current by-laws and making adjustments to bring them into compliance with the new law. This has caused the Board to reconsider the previous changes to the by-laws. We are planning to have them ready for voting to approve the changes in our June meeting.
If you are new to genealogy, we have a Beginner’s section on our Resources page.
Library Helpers available online via Zoom Cloud Meetings.
With the library closed, the Board members have been working behind the scenes to provide programs for our members and the general public virtually. We are excited to let you know that the Genealogy Helpers will be available thru a Zoom meeting, one-on-one. For starters, we will have sign-ups for appointments for Wednesday afternoons, 1pm and 2pm slots. Use the link below or go to the kcls.org website and look under Events for Wednesdays. Our talented Library Volunteers will be hosting the help sessions.
https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/search/q=genealogy
Our Ancestry Help which was normally held on the 2nd Tuesday monthly with a 1pm and 2pm slot to sign up for, again using the library website under Events. Janet Stroebel will be hosting those help sessions using Zoom. Register through the library website above.
In both cases, you will need to download Zoom onto your phone or visit Zoom.com on your computer. You need a microphone and a camera on your computer.
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Did You Know?
Did you know that Eastside Genealogical Society has donated over 860 books to the Bellevue Regional Library? Here is a list of topics for your review. There is something there for almost everybody. Perhaps you will find your next big breakthrough in one of the books we donated.
| Topics | # of books |
| African Americans | 8 |
| Alabama | 2 |
| Alaska | 2 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Asia | 1 |
| Australia | 2 |
| Australia, Irish migration to | 1 |
| Austria | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Bibliography | 4 |
| British Americans | 1 |
| California | 7 |
| Canada | 8 |
| Canada, Alberta | 1 |
| Canada, Atlantic Provinces | 2 |
| Canada, British Columbia | 1 |
| Canada, Census | 1 |
| Canada, French | 1 |
| Canada, Immigration | 1 |
| Canada, Manitoba, Metis | 1 |
| Canada, New Brunswick | 1 |
| Canada, Newfoundland & Labrador | 1 |
| Canada, Ontario | 2 |
| Canada, Passports | 1 |
| Canada, Quebec | 2 |
| Census, U. S. | 4 |
| Census, U.S. | 4 |
| China | 1 |
| Church records, baptismal | 1 |
| Church records, Baptist | 1 |
| Church records, Catholic | 1 |
| Church records, Catholic (Nebraska & Iowa) | 1 |
| Church records, Catholic (Pacific Northwest) | 3 |
| Church records, Methodist | 1 |
| Civil War | 5 |
| Civil War, Confederate | 1 |
| Civil War, Union | 4 |
| Colonial America | 9 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Connecticut | 10 |
| Czech Americans | 6 |
| Danish Americans | 1 |
| DAR | 1 |
| DAR Library | 1 |
| Delaware | 4 |
| Delaware River Valley | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| District of Columbia | 1 |
| District of Columbia, libraries & archives | 1 |
| Draper Manuscripts | 1 |
| Dutch Americans | 1 |
| England | 6 |
| England, Gazetteer | 1 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Europe, Eastern | 2 |
| European Americans | 2 |
| Female ancestors | 1 |
| Finland | 1 |
| Finnish Americans | 1 |
| Forensic genealogy | 1 |
| French Americans | 4 |
| French Canadians | 1 |
| Genealogical societies | 2 |
| Genealogy, dictionary | 2 |
| Genealogy, how-to | 17 |
| Genealogy, how-to, dates | 1 |
| Genealogy, medical terms | 2 |
| Genealogy, psychic aspects of | 1 |
| Genealogy, psychology | 1 |
| Genealogy, translation | 2 |
| Genealogy, writing and publishing | 5 |
| Genetics | 1 |
| Georgia | 7 |
| German & Swiss Americans | 1 |
| German Americans | 9 |
| German Americans, Iowa | 1 |
| German Americans, North Dakota | 1 |
| German Cooking | 1 |
| German, dictionary | 1 |
| Germans | 1 |
| Germans from Russia | 1 |
| Germany | 14 |
| Great Britain | 13 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Greek Americans | 2 |
| Handwriting, American | 2 |
| Handwriting, German | 1 |
| Heraldry, Irish | 1 |
| Hispanic Americans | 2 |
| Huguenots | 5 |
| Hungarian Americans | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Idaho | 3 |
| Illinois | 6 |
| Immigration | 7 |
| Immigration, passenger lists | 2 |
| Immigration, steamship lines | 1 |
| Indiana | 7 |
| Indiana, Quakers | 1 |
| Iowa | 3 |
| Ireland | 13 |
| Ireland, Cork | 1 |
| Ireland, Donegal | 1 |
| Ireland, Dublin | 1 |
| Ireland, Galway | 1 |
| Ireland, Gazetteer | 1 |
| Ireland, Londonderry | 1 |
| Ireland, Northern | 3 |
| Ireland, Palatines | 1 |
| Irish Americans | 12 |
| Italian Americans | 7 |
| Japan, heraldry | 1 |
| Japanese Americans | 1 |
| Jewish Cemeteries | 1 |
| Jews | 4 |
| Jews, Israel | 1 |
| Jews, Ukraine & Moldova | 1 |
| Kentuckians | 3 |
| Kentucky | 13 |
| King Philip’s War | 1 |
| Lineages | 1 |
| Louisiana | 3 |
| Loyalists | 2 |
| Loyalists, American | 3 |
| Loyalists, Canadian | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Maine and New Hampshire | 1 |
| Maryland | 30 |
| Massachusetts | 25 |
| Michigan | 6 |
| Middle Atlantic States | 2 |
| Military Pensions | 1 |
| Minnesota | 4 |
| Mississippi | 3 |
| Missouri | 11 |
| Montana | 2 |
| Mormons | 1 |
| National Archives | 3 |
| National Archives, military records | 2 |
| National Archives, passenger lists | 1 |
| Native Americans | 5 |
| Naturalization | 1 |
| Naturalization records, U. S. | 2 |
| Nebraska | 5 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| New England | 19 |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society | 1 |
| New Jersey | 6 |
| New Mexico | 2 |
| New York | 35 |
| New York City | 13 |
| Newspapers | 2 |
| Newspapers, columns | 1 |
| Newspapers, missing persons | 1 |
| North and South Carolina | 3 |
| North Carolina | 12 |
| North Dakota | 1 |
| North Dakota and South Dakota | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Norwegian Americans | 7 |
| Ohio | 13 |
| Ohio River Valley | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 3 |
| Oregon | 3 |
| Oregon, women pioneers | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 41 |
| Periodicals | 1 |
| Photographs | 3 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Polish Americans | 5 |
| Quakers | 3 |
| Quakers, Ireland | 1 |
| Quakers, North Carolina | 1 |
| Quakers, Pennsylvania | 2 |
| Revolutionary War | 10 |
| Rhode Island | 3 |
| Romanian Americans | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Scandinavia | 1 |
| Scandinavia, Denmark & Norway | 1 |
| Scandinavian Americans | 3 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Scotland, Gazetteer | 1 |
| Scots-Irish | 8 |
| Scottish Americans | 16 |
| Sicily | 1 |
| Slovak Americans | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| South Carolina | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 |
| Swedish Americans | 6 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| Tennessee | 10 |
| Texas | 4 |
| Tombstones | 1 |
| U.S. | 3 |
| U.S., atlases & gazetteers | 3 |
| U.S., court records | 1 |
| U.S., estate inventories | 1 |
| U.S., families of royal descent | 1 |
| U.S., fire insurance maps | 1 |
| U.S., land records | 3 |
| U.S., marriage notices | 1 |
| U.S., Midwest | 1 |
| U.S., migration routes | 2 |
| U.S., military | 2 |
| U.S., railroads | 1 |
| U.S., Southeast | 1 |
| U.S., tax lists | 2 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Vermont | 4 |
| Virginia | 34 |
| Virginia & West Virginia | 1 |
| Virginia, War of 1812 | 1 |
| Wales | 2 |
| Washington, archives and libraries | 5 |
| Washington, atlas | 1 |
| Washington, Bellevue | 4 |
| Washington, census | 1 |
| Washington, centennial | 1 |
| Washington, Island Co. | 1 |
| Washington, King Co. | 10 |
| Washington, King County | 2 |
| Washington, Kitsap Co. | 1 |
| Washington, Kittitas Co. | 6 |
| Washington, Lewis Co. | 1 |
| Washington, oral history | 1 |
| Washington, Pacific Co. | 1 |
| Washington, Pierce Co. | 2 |
| Washington, pioneers | 4 |
| Washington, Seattle | 10 |
| Washington, Skagit Co. | 10 |
| Washington, Snohomish and Island Co. | 1 |
| Washington, Snohomish Co. | 5 |
| Washington, Thurston Co. | 2 |
| Washington, Whatcom Co. | 1 |
| West Virginia | 4 |
| Wisconsin | 3 |
| World War I | 1 |
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