Events

Special Events

17 March 2012 - Kent, WA

PS-APG member Eric Stroschein will speak at the South King County Genealogical Society. Topic: Records of the Blue and Grey: Civil War Era Records and The Bounty Lands: Early Military Pensions and Land Records. Time: 9am to 12 Noon. Doors open at 8am. Location: First Baptist Church of Kent; 11420 SE 248th St., Kent, WA 98030. Cost: $25.00. Cash or check at the door. No pre-payments. Click here for flyer.

3 March 2012 - Sumner, WA

What: Workshop on the Chinese Exclusion Act Case Files by PS-APG member Trish Hackett Nicola, CG.
Where: Heritage Quest Research Library, 1007 Main St., Sumner, WA 98390-1412.
When: 1-3 p.m. Cost: $10
For Informationl: 253-863-1806, research@hqrl.com, http://www.hqrl.com/eventcalendar.html, or
206-284-5232, phn@familytraces.com

Affidavit and "Return Certificate" of Ju Toy (Upon Departure from San
Francisco for Temporary Visit to China), stamped "Departed San Francisco per
Steamer "Lothian" Dec 3 1903, Chinese Exclusion Act immigration case files,
Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Record Group 85,
NARA- Pacific Region (San Bruno), ARC Identifier 296450

Conferences and Seminars

The following conferences and seminars occur annually in the genealogical community:

February
The Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) presents their Professional Management Conference (PMC) on February 1, 2012 in Salt Lake City at the Radisson Hotel. Titled: Techniques, Tools & Technology.

http://www.apgen.org/conferences/index.html

The Association of Professional Genealogists is a proud sponser of Roots Tech Conference which will be held Febrary 2nd to the 4th, 2012 in Salt Lake City at the Radisson Hotel. http://www.apgen.org/conferences/other.html. For more information and to register go to this link: http://www.rootstech.org/

May

The National Genealogical Society Conference will be held May 9 to 12 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The conference flyer is at this link: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/galleries/new-gallery/Announcement_Flyer.pdf.

The Conference blog at this link: http://conference.ngsgenealogy.org/

Conference Video on what to expect:

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/video_conference

August:

The Federation of Genealogical Societies will hold their conference in Birmingham, Alabama on August 29th to September 1, 2012. Click here to visit their website. Keep returning to this link for more information and updates: http://www.fgs.org/2012conference/

September:

Washington State Genealogical Society Conference. The theme is "Armchair Genealogy from the Pacific NW, " September 7-8, 2012 in Port Angeles, Washington Keynote Speaker is Brian W. Hutchison. For more information click here: http://www.olypen.com/ccgs/page58.html

November:

The Family History Expo held at either the Bellevue or Redmond Family History Center. This seminar is usually scheduled in early November. The website for the expo goes live approximately one month prior to the event. Here is the link to past Family History Expos: http://www.wafamilyhistory.net/

Other Options:

Here is a great link at the Washington State Genealogical Society website under Events for classes and presentations throughout the region: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wasgs/wsgscal.htm

The South King County Genealogical Society also has a great link for events in this area. Check them out at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waskcgs/natlcal.html

Don't forget to check out other genealogical societies in the area for their annual Fall or Spring seminars like Seattle Genealogical Society, and Eastern Washington Genealogical Society.