Eastside Genealogical Society

PO Box 374 • Bellevue, Washington 98009-0374

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Tag: General

  • January General Meeting and Presentation 9-Jan-2025

    January General Meeting and Presentation 9-Jan-2025

    Finding the Origins of an Immigrant Ancestor

    Our speaker: Debbie Gurtler

    Thursday, January 9, 2025
    Virtual doors will open at 6:30 pm Pacific; the program will start at 7:00 pm
    Via Zoom

    About our speaker:  Debbie Gurtler, AG, is the Assistant Director of the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. She has a BA in family history from Brigham Young University and five Accredited Genealogist credentials for the US Mid-South, Spain, Mexico, Portugal, and Chile. Fluent in Spanish, she spent five years in South America and is a frequent speaker on Hispanic research topics at local and national conferences.

    About our program:  Are you having a hard time finding your immigrant ancestor in his or her homeland? This presentation will highlight the methodology and U.S. record types that should help you identify their hometown so you can expand your family tree. A case study highlighting the methodology needed will also be presented.

    Everyone is welcome—we hope you will join us.

    For more information about EGS, visit our website at eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org

  • November 14th General Meeting and Presentation

    November 14th General Meeting and Presentation

    Eastside Genealogical Society presents:
    Researching in Libraries and Archives: The Do’s and Don’ts

    Our speaker:  Melissa Barker
    Thursday, November 14, 2024     
    Virtual doors will open at 6:30 pm Pacific; the program will start at 7:00 pm
    Via Zoom—watch for the link*

    About our speaker:  Melissa Barker, The Archive Lady, is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum. She lectures, teaches, and writes about the genealogy research process, researching in archives and records preservation. She conducts virtual webinars, writes a popular blog entitled A Genealogist in the Archives and reviews genealogy books. She has been a Professional Genealogist for 20 years with an expertise in Tennessee records.

    About our program:  Those brick-and-mortar buildings that we call libraries, archives, courthouses, genealogical societies, historical societies and museums are all around us. They hold the records that we are searching for. Do you know how to use these repositories for the utmost benefit to your research? This presentation will show the genealogist some Do’s and Don’ts to help make the most of a visit to any library or archive.

    Everyone is welcome—we hope you will join us.

    For more information about EGS, visit our website at eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org

    The Zoom link for the meeting is:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84244606027?pwd=blZnOGFZVndraG1uTFFuamhjN0dWQT09

  • October 10th General Meeting and Presentation

    October 10th General Meeting and Presentation



     Top Dos & Don’ts for Preserving Family Memorabilia


    Our speaker:  Katherine R Willson
    Thursday, October 10, 2024 at 7:00 pm PST
    Click here to join the meeting starting at 6:30 for networking.

    About Our Speaker: Katherine R Willson has been a full-time researcher for private clients and a genealogy educator for 25+ years. She has spoken at national, regional and state conferences and serves on the boards of several national, state and local genealogical organizations.  Katherine is the creator of the free Genealogy on Facebook list, SocialMediaGenealogy.com, which categorizes 12,000+ genealogy/history links on Facebook.

    About our program: Katherine will provide the best materials, methods and places for storing precious family photos, heirlooms, textiles, and more.

    Special notice: “What’s In Your Attic”, an Heirloom Show and Tell, will occur at the Bellevue Library on Saturday, October 12th, 2024.

    Everyone is welcome—we hope you will join us at our Zoom meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84244606027?pwd=blZnOGFZVndraG1uTFFuamhjN0dWQT09

    For more information about EGS, visit our website at eastsidegenealogicalsociety.org.