Monthly Update Thgh+iryosnfi Kenoewick, Richland, and Pasco, '$7' N\ Ra.drh - n4qil RlFr 2002 TCGS Calendarof Events (This is a tentative schedule, subject to change.) Feb. 13 Newspaper Research vith C+, - Carolyn Oster U This meeting will be held at the BentonCounty PUD 2721VZ.lOth (off ofl aos HwY. Kennewick. March 13 Civil'Sfar l- ;:::: U This meeting will be held at the '$Cest Richland Community Center 6075 '\V. Van Giesen \Fest Ricbland April - From Odginals to Cds. May - Donna Potter Phillips. June - Caleodars through History. Joly - No Meeting. August - Annual Show n'Tell. September *Whatts your Problem?" October - To be aonounced. Novembet - Annual Meeting. December - Annual Chdstmas Pot Luck. 'Hq'Cla$$c Richland Familv Historv Genter Classes are from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Prior registratioo requested but not mandatory. Call 946-6637 January 15 Census L6 Internet t8 Name Search 23 Family History Resources 24 Advance PAF 5.01 Februaryt2 Beg.PAF 5.01 t9,2L, 26 Thneehour dass r*"r Introduction to Crenealogical Resea rch Thursday morning: 9 to 10:00. January 3,10,17,24 Basic PAF: 1.Entering family data or converting itfrundtersources. 2.Conecting "Possible Problems" to make certain that dates & places are conect 3. Eliminating duplicate individuals using MatchlMerge. 4. Editing "Place" names to make certain that they are spelled conectly, are ascomplete aspossible, & are in appropriate format.
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Monthly Update
Thgh+iryosnfiahgicdlosiKenoewick, Richland, and Pasco,
'$7'
N\ Ra.drh - n4qilRlFr
2002 TCGS Calendar of Events(This is a tentative schedule, subject to change.)
Feb. 13
Newspaper Researchvith
C+,
- Carolyn Oster
U This meeting will be held at the
Benton County PUD
2721 VZ.lOth (off ofl aos HwY.
Kennewick.
March 13
Civil'Sfar
l - ; : : : :
U This meeting will be held at the'$Cest
Richland Community Center
6075 '\V.
Van Giesen
\Fest Ricbland
April - From Odginals to Cds.
May - Donna Potter Phillips.
June - Caleodars through History.
Joly - No Meeting.
August - Annual Show n'Tell.
September *Whatts your Problem?"
October - To be aonounced.
Novembet - Annual Meeting.
December - Annual Chdstmas Pot Luck.
'Hq'Cla$$c$Richland Familv Historv Genter
Classes are from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
Prior registratioo requested but not
mandatory. Call 946-6637
January 15 Census
L6 Internet
t8 Name Search
23 Family History Resources
24 Advance PAF 5.01
February t2 Beg. PAF 5.01
t9,2L, 26 Thneehour dass r*"r
Introduction to Crenealogical R esea rch
Thursday morning: 9 to 10:00.
January 3,10,17,24
Basic PAF:
1. Entering family data or converting itfrundtersources.
2. Conecting "Possible Problems" to make certain that
dates & places are conect
3. Eliminating duplicate individuals using MatchlMerge.
4. Editing "Place" names to make certain that they are
spelled conectly, are as complete as possible, & are
If you are unsure, conact Membership Chaia Mary Hahn
gmhahn2@lntrnail. com.
are $13.00 per individual and $20.00 for household.
Send to:TCGS, POBox 1410, Richland,WA99352.
Membership cards canbe picked up at a TCGS
meeting or enclose a SASE if you want your membership
cad sent to you. If you would like a cufl€nt membership
list contact lvfurv.
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FEF (""s")A Con lerence fo r the I ' ' l c t l i c t r t ' : , ( )ene<t l r ry1 t : t : ,
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For additional informatioo contact:
California State Genealogical Alliaoce
www.csga.com
or talk with Margie Beldin.
L. Meyednk Mf. Olive Lulheronrch, 7809 Tiefon. Registrotion:
$20.00 eody regislrolion,lunch. A no-hosl dinner with
ry will follow the conference. ?on Fanily hee
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MaY - Donna Pottet Phillips
Meeting locetion: Eettelle
June - Celenders thtough History
JulY - No Meeting
August - Annuel Show n'Tell
SeptembGr rurhrtrs your Problem?n
October - To be ennounced
Novembof - Annuel Meeting
DecembGf - Annual Chdstmer Fot Luck
Locrl Events27 M,at Pasco LDS Steke Family History
2nd annurl confercrce Ttrg1
-J-4 Mry Td -Citles First Annual HighlandGamcs TRAC fior Info GDrtlrct
Rldrerd Hofr.3+2-1955
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2OO2 TCGS Calendar of EventsAPril 10
From Originds to CDs - The Ertrrytion Prcgram
JoycBesrvih& Angda Combc rvil $orv pr tb pm lh
LttS ftrnh usb ctENE ildt*tr rrch s lhe rrr rcsd Webft,
fu lSm C€n$s'fre \Ed noordc Inecs frm Scmdinrvh'
Ausrala rd der utas Ner dvms h fu Dtrefu Prcgrm
Mcdrg locrlom
Richlcnd Mgintenence ShoD
27OO DuDorteil St.
( off of QueensSrte neer
thc new Richlend VelMrt.)
Calendar of Upcoming Evens:o Richlaad Family History Center - Clarscs:
ii Fo" Mo*e lnformofion YA t , - t VA about the wide variety of \ln - - . . . r ' Vii -ilita"y """o"d., ,". VA r
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n Jn-"t Ntogl"., V
r r o l / r . r . , ' , t V7\ U.U. Military Kecords: y
f; A G*i,|" tn F"J"""l & St't" Sn,""". !n TCGS BooL R"-*er et rhe RFHC VA 8k56.102 VA v
Women inthe Civil WarMary E. Massey
Everyday Life DwirgThe CivtlWuMichaelJ. Vafiola
Southem Hi$ortcal SoobfY PaPrsSouthem Historical SocietY
American CMI War Home Page
CiNy Hovallshttp ://su nsite. utk.ed u/civil-war/ plus h u ndreds of links !
Also Gheck:
W tlww$t. itd. n ps. goulcv,rs slsld iers. htm
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Monthly Update
of
.Clty Gene a I ogl ca Soc April 2002 Kennewick, Richland, and Pasco, Washington
2002 TCGS Calendar of Events
May 8
EVENING SEMINAR
Donna Potter Phillips Analyzing & (Evaluating Genealogical Information:
An cluteractive (,Presentation
The Battelle Auditorium
Doors open 6PM: program begins
6:30 PM
1111110 TCGS member $10.00 - Non-member $15.00
After 1 May - All Attendees: $15.00
June - Calendars through History
July - No Meeting
August - Annual Show n' Tell
September "What's your Problem?"
October - To be announced
November - Annual Meeting
December - Annual Christmas Pot Luck
Local Event
3-4 May
Tri -Cities First Annual Highland Games
TRAC Facility
for info contact Bernie Beldin - * 436 -sior
I; 1 MalagMlarOMEIr
Richland Family History Center Though registering is not absolutely necessary, please do so by calling 946-6637 so that you can be contacted if the class needs to be rescheduled or canceled. Starting time: 7 pm
Apr 17 Beginning PAF Instruction in data entry, notes and sources, printing, multimedia, and other features of the new Personal Ancestral File 5
computer genealogy program. May 14 Family History Center Resources
16 Beg. PAF 5.01
17 Introduction to Internet Research
21 Advance PAF 5.01
23 Using US Census Records End of Classes until September
NEW EXPANDED HOURS
GAGE BLVD FAMILY HISTORY CENTER HOURS:
Monday: 10am to 1pm
Tuesday : 10am to 3pm -7pm to 9pm
Thursday: 9am to Noon -
I pm-4pm (this shift begins Apr 18)
7pm-9pm
Appointments Available
Contact: Mariann Watson 627-0193
HAT' 5 GOOD
However, you will be
records on your own co
time ever in the U.S. h
census are being relea
microfilm
Ancestry.com is publish
the 1930 Census online
microfilm is release
Archives and will be avai
Ancest
For more information, lo ttp://www.ancestry.conillandingic
des describing the 1920 U.S. ce
ttp://www.ancestry.coinflibrary/yi
ttp://www.ancestry.contilibrary/vi
(Fits census is on order at
Family Hist
ble to view these
puter. For the first
story, images of the
d simultaneously on
d online.
digitized images of
ithin hours after the
from the National",
ble to subscribers u r
.con.
at: usl.btrnl. To read my recent
us, look at
/colunuts/eastman/5432.asp any
teolumns/eastman/5433.asp.
or local Richland & Gage
Center's )
1881 Canadian C
Made available by the
the LDS Church, this
disks contain 4.3 milli
disk included with the s
Windows software.
Census set of CD-Ro
(to order online go to
sus on CD-Rom
Hy History Dept.oi
t of 3 data CD-Rom
n records. A fourth
t contains the needed
he 1881 Canadian
disks costs $11 0:1
amilysearch.com )
Seminars/ Conferences:
For more information contact:
Joy Dixon or Margie Beldin
he following article is from Eas
ewsletter and is copyright 2002
e-published here with the permis
0 KNOW
's Online Genealogy
Richard W. Eastman.
on of the author.
Apr 20 Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
Annual Spring Conference, Keynote:
Kory Meyerink ($20.00 early registration)
Olympia Genealogical Society
Spring Seminar presents,
PaulMilner,
$35.00 before 8 April, $40.00 at door.
1930 US Census Rec rds Now Available
Apr 20
These records can be
visiting the National A
D.C. or at the one of th
Regional Libraries in Bo
New York City, Kansas
Worth, Seattle, Chic
SanFrancisco, Laguna Ni
iewed right now by
ives in Washington,
13 National Archives
on, Springfield (MA),
ty, Philadelphia, Fort
o, Atlanta, Denver,
el (CA) or Anchorage
May 9-11 Utah Genealogical Association Conference , SLC Ut
June 6-7 BYU DNA testing in the Tri-Cities
Jun 21-22 Washington State Gen Soc, Port Angeles
Shirley J. Reimer, author of The German Research Companion
June 29 Genealogical Forum of Oregon Family History
Faire, $45 preregister.
Aug 7-10
"A Goldmine of Diversity" FGS and California St.
Genealogical Alliance, full registration $171
(Flyers Available)
Library Chair: Mariann Watson reports the following
acquisitions/donations:
Frances Andrews: BK 55.300 Directory of Scottish Settlers in
North America 1625-1825. 1988 edition
BK 20.503 Historic Montgomery Co, MD
bit Lasilla: BK82.101 Point (2001 Annual Directory-Italian Surname Research)
Pat Ballowe: BK58.SVE Svendsen-Descendants of Svend Nielsen
His three sons Christian, Christen & Martin SVENDSEN came from
Denmark to live in SD. They changed the spelling from Svendsen to
Swensen & Swenson.
Evelyn Pratt: BK57.328 Genealogical Reader: NE US & Canada
BK54.503 Life on the Dry Side (Historic back roads of the Inland NW)
BK54.504 In the Ruts of the Wagon Wheels-Pioneer Roads in
Eastern Oregon
BK54.505 Just Rambling Around Blue Mt Country-Eastern WA & OR
2002 TCGS Calendar of Events
July - No Meeting
August - Annual Show n' Tell
September "What's your Problem?"
October - To be announced
November - Annual Meeting
December - Annual Christmas Pot Luck
FYI
BOTH FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS
HAVE ORDERED THE NEWEST
KW COMO
History & Genealogy of the Hinds Family
History of Monona Co. Iowa 1890
English Cottages & Farmhouses
(Donated by Dorothy Ramseh Hansen)
Women in the West
The Journal of a Landlady
'Andy' Andresen has donated a copy of the book he wrote: Warren Christian
Andresen His Ancestors and Descendants Book 1 Peter Christian Andresen
1HE
"i, MONTHLY UPDATE LOA-Icier, i h i5 17,SCA- , r, hi d4-1•e? 1
Remard, — R.0.4 Rex., JUNE 2002
el KENNEVVICK, RICHLAND, AND PASCO
!a JI lb - WASHINGTON pm. -^. Ts
Richland Family History Center
'HELP' CLASSES
WILL START UP IN SEPTEMBER!
The RICHLAND FAMILY HISTORY CENTER
will be closed
Monday. June 24 through
Saturday, July 13
for painting and carpet replacement.
During this closure,
Patron Films and the CD collection can be accessed at the
Gage Blvd Family History Center
(895 Gage Blvd).
EXTENDED HOURS DURING THIS TIME:
Monday: 10 am - 2 pm;
Tuesday: 10 am - 3 pm & 7 pm - 9 pm; Wednesday: 10 am - 2
pm & 7 pm - 9 pm:
Thursday: 9 am - 4 pm, & 7 pm - 9 pm.
and by Appointment
(Contact Mariann Watson at 627-0193).
Heritage Quest Research Library
909 Main Street, Suite 5
Sumner, WA 98390
http://www.hqrl.com
Saturday, July 27, 2002
at the Tacoma Elks, 1965 South Union Avenue,
Tacoma, WA
Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG. Speaking on
"Finding Buried Treasures".
doors opening at 8:00 am.
The cost is
$25.00 if preregistered by Wednesday,
July 17. 2002.
Box lunch is
$10.00 and must be ordered by July 17.
Cost after July 17, is $30.00
TSGS has 5 reservation slips for this event.
Talk to Dorothy LITTLEFIELD
JUNE 21 - 22 Washington State Gen. Soc.
www.olypen.com/ccgs
Shirley J. Reimer, author of
The German Research Companion
JULY 30 -AUG 1
BYU Family History and Genealogy Conference
genealogyconferences.byu.edu
In the September,October 1998 Heritage Quest, '
Issue #7, is a very interesting article,
---by Janet Fine Smith,'The Dating Gam.
This article gives soi i clues as to when peope celebrate different events in
their lives depending on holidaus and seasons.
une 24-Jun( I
GAGE FAMILY HISTORY CENTER will hi ye on loan a collection
of 240 genealogy cds. These CDs are p-oduced by some of the
top producers of Genealogical CDs. Maly of the CDs are
available on the Internet, but only to thase who buy premium
subscriptions to several online data bases. CDs loans like this
almost never happen to a family histor center.
Because the use of some of these cds i not intuitive, a daytime
class on use of the extensive compact risk collection will be
presented at the
*Richland* FHC at 1:00 p.m. o Tuesday, June 18.
Topics covered will include an overvirw of the collections the
type of information provided (indexes, extracted records. boo
images, etc.), search strategies for the 'arious CD brands (FL
GRS. Ancestry. etc.), and how to prirt/save the results. The
class will be held in the basement clas room at the Richland
FHC. No registration is necessary.lf y u would like to see a list
of the titles in this collection go to the following web site
<vx ww..rootcw ch corn/--wartH> Click cri CD ROMs. You will
find an intro. Followed by description of CD indexes that cover
a broad range. Afterwards CDs will be listed country or topic
such as "immigration." The US section starts out with broad
subjects like: mid-Atlantic genealogie military. or English
origins of New England families & the n goes to individual
states.You can expect to find on many of these CDs information
on more than one generation. PrimariLi Canada, USA (including
Richard Allen will be covering the maps, atlases,and other resources that are available at theRichland FHC. LaWana Jensen will be coveringAniMap which is on CD, at both the Richland 8tGage FHC.
December 2OO2 - Annual Christmas Pot Luck
$trangers in the lBorfome, fook will me inside tfris drawer,
cln tfiis 6ox cl've often seen,At. the lPic'tures, bf.r.c/r" and' white,-
f,aces prold(, sti[[, scrcne.
cI wisfi Q knew the Qeopk,$he* strangeqin tle 6b:1,
fiheir names and al( their menroriesde fost arrronf nrl socks.
4 wonder vdral tfteir [ives were [ike.(hov,' did thev swnd their doys9{Mhat about ifrdir speciaf tirnhg
4'(( nc,ter know ffieir wals.
clf on[y someone had taken timeO-o tetfwfio, what, where,when,
$-hese faces of m2heritage{Mou[d conre to life again.
Coutd this 6ecome the fateOf the pictures we takz t"d"ZQ
ffhe faccs and the maflories$orncdal to 6e tossed awq!
fltftqke time to save your pictures,$eizE the opportunitl-wfren it knocfu,Qr someda2 1ou and 2ours could be
{he *ranger in the box.
1997 by Pameh A. Harazim. All Rltrb Reerrcd. May be used in unchangd iorm for
non<ommercial purpooes if accompanbd bythb copyight message.
Richland Family History Genter
'HELP'CLASSES
Please register (so we can contact you if theclass needs to be rescheduled) by calling
946-6637 during library hours.
(GTA''E' 'TABT AT 7}A)
October 2fi)2
23 - Wednesday - lntroduction to lnternetResearch (Using the lnternet to find, disseminate,and preserve genealogical information.)
Norrember 2fl)2 E - Friday' Beginning PAF(tnstruction in data entry, notes and sources,printing, multimedia, and other features of thenerv Personal Ancestral File computer genealogyprogram,)
12 - Tuesday- Using U,S. Census Records (How touse the U,S. Federal Census records and censusindexes to identify your ancestors.)
F < E S < H E D T J I - E DINTRODUCNON TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
OCT. 8, 10, 1.5, has been changed to a
Dav-Time Class.
December 10, 12, 17 from 1-3 P.m..
Urion Wahrva -u{St*tgffit C0, ffi 1920 Cslnls{Ifuofiln * M0 MAR