Jewish Genealogical Society
of Washington StatePLEASE NOTE: In consideration of the King County Public Health guidelines released this
week regarding the potential to spread the SARS-CoV-2 virus and a need to avoid large,
non-essential gatherings, and in an effort to protect our members and those who attend
our meetings, this coming Monday’s JGSWS meeting HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Please notify
anyone you know who might be planning to attend but who is not on our mailing list.
We are working with our speaker, Ron Arons, to have him come back when the situation
returns to some semblance of normal. Please take care of yourselves!Thank you!JGSWS Board*********************************The Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State proudly presents:Sex, Lies and Genealogical TapeBy Ron Arons, Genealogical Lecturer
DATE: Monday, March 9, 2020LDS Factoria Building4200 124th Ave SEBellevue, WA 98006· The doors at the LDS Building will open at 6:30 p.m., and our extensive library of genealogical resources, including FREE access to the FHC computers and genealogical websites!· Free Wi-Fi available. Come early to view them and to network with other attendees!· Presentation starts promptly at 7:15 p.m.· Free admission and refreshmentsABOUT OUR PROGRAM
Most genealogists naturally spend their time looking for new ancestors to expand their family trees as wide and as far back in time as possible by searching for answers to the questions, Who? When? and Where? However, a completely different experience can be had by researching one individual in depth by collecting as much documentation about that person and related individuals as possible, as well as looking at the environments where they lived. With this approach, a researcher can explore the questions, Why? and How? For example, Why did our ancestor act the way that he or she did? How did that person have an impact on my life? How can we explain events and other things in our lives by their behavior? Individual-focused genealogy can have unexpected benefits. Ron will demonstrate the unintended benefits of this methodology: it surprisingly let him break through some brick walls, allowing him to push his heritage back four more generations and find a plethora of living relatives he never knew beforehand. The talk will showcase a wide range of genealogical tools, records and methodologies that could easily make anyone a better researcher.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Born in New York, Ron Arons earned a B.S. in Engineering from Princeton and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He was employed as a marketer at many high-tech companies before deciding to work full time on his first book, The Jews of Sing Sing. Ron became interested in understanding his roots after he lost both his parents to cancer almost 20 years ago. In the process of researching a criminal ancestor’s past, Ron has traced his roots to England, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania. Unlike his criminal ancestor, Ron was reared a goodie two shoes and has never been afoul of the law!
In 2005 Ron won a Hackman Research Residency Award from the New York State Archives to continue his research of New York Jewish criminals. In January 2008, Ron appeared on the PBS television series, “The Jewish Americans,“ as the acknowledged expert on Jewish criminals of New York’s Lower East Side. Ron has made presentations at 12 IAJGS conferences and tours the country giving educational and entertaining presentations on Jewish criminals and Jewish genealogy.
To unsubscribe from this email list, please reply to the email with the word “unsubscribe.”
Please visit our website at http://www.jgsws.org to join or to donate to JGSWS to help support the incredible speakers and workshops we bring to you, to view library listings, download handouts, or for more information. JGSWS is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. Membership dues and donations are tax deductible.
| South King County Genealogy Society Blog |
|
Apps for Genealogy Posted: 09 Mar 2020 10:00 AM PDT How often have you been at a library or archive and found something -- but didn't bring the right paperwork with the person in question in it? Of course if you brought and can use your laptop or tablet, you can possibly access your database or online tree(s).
There are phone apps! Some are getting really good. The major sites have them, and there are some standalone apps too - and browser plugins too. While traveling, these apps can be quite useful.
Ancestry: two apps. First, for your tree: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/ancestry-app and AncestryDNA: activate your test in the app! https://www.ancestry.com/cs/dnaapp Ancestry also owns FindaGrave, which has their own app. Photograph and upload grave photos right from your phone: https://www.findagrave.com/mobileapp The very latest on the apps from Rootstech: https://www.rootstech.org/video/ancestry-on-the-go-ancestry-app-suite
MyHeritage app is very full-featured, and has added DNA and research to the mix. If you have a tree there, and you should!* and DNA -- again, you should*, try out the app. https://www.myheritage.com/mobile
FamilySearch app just keeps getting better. One option is Relatives Around Me which is a fun way to find cousins around you at big genealogy meetings or conferences. The FamilySearch blog mentioned a new feature: My Contributions. Easy to use, and encouraging! New for the app at RootsTech: Mapping Your Ancestors https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/mobile/
PhotoScan by Google Photos just could replace TurboScan on your phone. Testing it out and see if it works well for you. Once you take a picture, a new screen pops up with four circles in it. Move the indicator into each circle until prompted to move to the next one. This ensures very clear images, no matter how much your phone moves during the process. At that point you can adjust the borders to your liking. The image can be moved into Google photos for more post-processing, if needed. https://www.google.com/photos/scan/ While you are working with pictures, Color Savvy is an excellent light table to illuminate slides and negatives for scanning. Use the app on a tablet and take the picture with a phone. This is a free app, available at your app store.  After you have scanned that photo or negative, you may need to do some adjusting. Adobe Photoshop has several free apps available; my favorite is PS Express. It has several preset effects that can be applied as well as adjustments for brightness, etc. It is the only app I have found that will invert an image from negative to positive.   Add a simple temperature adjustment, and in two steps, you have  https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-express.html
Evernote isn't new, but you might not realize that it is a phone app, as well as a standalone application and a browser plugin. Very handy to have access to your notes as well as your people; some use Evernote for research plans and logs along with screen grabs. Once you login, all of your Evernote contents are available on all your devices. https://evernote.com/download Have you found other apps you find useful in your research? Please mention them in the comments. --- * Why you should: https://skcgs.blogspot.com/2020/01/fish-in-all-ponds.html
 |
| You are subscribed to email updates from South King County Genealogy Society Blog. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. |
Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
| South King County Genealogy Society Blog |
|
Apps for Genealogy Posted: 09 Mar 2020 10:00 AM PDT How often have you been at a library or archive and found something -- but didn't bring the right paperwork with the person in question in it? Of course if you brought and can use your laptop or tablet, you can possibly access your database or online tree(s).
There are phone apps! Some are getting really good. The major sites have them, and there are some standalone apps too - and browser plugins too. While traveling, these apps can be quite useful.
Ancestry: two apps. First, for your tree: https://www.ancestry.com/cs/ancestry-app and AncestryDNA: activate your test in the app! https://www.ancestry.com/cs/dnaapp Ancestry also owns FindaGrave, which has their own app. Photograph and upload grave photos right from your phone: https://www.findagrave.com/mobileapp The very latest on the apps from Rootstech: https://www.rootstech.org/video/ancestry-on-the-go-ancestry-app-suite
MyHeritage app is very full-featured, and has added DNA and research to the mix. If you have a tree there, and you should!* and DNA -- again, you should*, try out the app. https://www.myheritage.com/mobile
FamilySearch app just keeps getting better. One option is Relatives Around Me which is a fun way to find cousins around you at big genealogy meetings or conferences. The FamilySearch blog mentioned a new feature: My Contributions. Easy to use, and encouraging! New for the app at RootsTech: Mapping Your Ancestors https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/mobile/
PhotoScan by Google Photos just could replace TurboScan on your phone. Testing it out and see if it works well for you. Once you take a picture, a new screen pops up with four circles in it. Move the indicator into each circle until prompted to move to the next one. This ensures very clear images, no matter how much your phone moves during the process. At that point you can adjust the borders to your liking. The image can be moved into Google photos for more post-processing, if needed. https://www.google.com/photos/scan/ While you are working with pictures, Color Savvy is an excellent light table to illuminate slides and negatives for scanning. Use the app on a tablet and take the picture with a phone. This is a free app, available at your app store. After you have scanned that photo or negative, you may need to do some adjusting. Adobe Photoshop has several free apps available; my favorite is PS Express. It has several preset effects that can be applied as well as adjustments for brightness, etc. It is the only app I have found that will invert an image from negative to positive. Add a simple temperature adjustment, and in two steps, you have https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-express.html
Evernote isn't new, but you might not realize that it is a phone app, as well as a standalone application and a browser plugin. Very handy to have access to your notes as well as your people; some use Evernote for research plans and logs along with screen grabs. Once you login, all of your Evernote contents are available on all your devices. https://evernote.com/download Have you found other apps you find useful in your research? Please mention them in the comments. --- * Why you should: https://skcgs.blogspot.com/2020/01/fish-in-all-ponds.html
|
| You are subscribed to email updates from South King County Genealogy Society Blog. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. |
Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
Hi Valerie and MaryLynn -- I haven't written anything up yet about my experiences at RootsTech, but you might want to share all the available sessions to view: https://www.rootstech.org/category/2020-rootstech-sessionsThanks, Rebecca
FYI
From: Stillaguamish Valley Genealogical Society <info@...>
Date: Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 5:20 PM
Subject: SVGS Library "By appointment only"
To: South King County Genealogical Society <exchange-newsletters@...>
Message originally sent by: Ruth Caesar from: ruthjcaesar1017@....
Dear South King County Genealogical Society,
(Please be sure you have a “confirmed” appointment before coming to the library).
10:00am – 4:00pm.
President, SVGS
The SKCGS Board will consider April events as events unfold and our medical professional and elected officials provide guidance.
Please continue to wash your hands frequently, drink enough water, and get good sleep!
All the best,
Valorie
From: MaryLynn Strickland <mlstrick7@...>
Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 4:46 PM
Subject: Tacoma Pierce County cancelling Spring Seminar
It is with deep regret that TPCGS has decided that it is in everyone’s best interests to cancel our 2020 Spring Seminar. We hope to be able to reschedule it at a future date. All registrations that we have already received will be refunded.
Thank you for understanding.
From: King County Library System <KCLSandYou@...>
Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 4:06 PM
Subject: KCLS Institutes System-wide Closure in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
|
In consideration of COVID-19, FamilySearch International announced today that the RootsTech conference planned for London 5-7 November 2020, will be postponed until the fall of 2021.
RootsTech in Salt Lake City is still scheduled for 3-6 February 2021.
I've been well, and busy writing and researching, lately on my Swedish lines. Look at this wonderful photo I found last night of my great grandfather's sister, Helena Sophia Käll Karlsson 1863 - 1936. She passed the year before Charles Schell died in Seattle. Thanks to the new films available on FamilySearch, I was able to get his death certificate. :-)
Please tell the rest of us how you are.
All the best,
Valorie
Valorie
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:03 PM
To: Society@SKCGS.groups.io <Society@SKCGS.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SKCGS] How is everyone?
Valorie
Hi, everyone. I'm doing fine and keeping busy with taxes. We have to be in the office because that's where the physical files are (we have a long way to go before everything is digitized!) but with only two of us there full time and another only two days a week we're still more worried about the low-lifes in the parking lot than we are about any miserable virus.
On the genealogy front I'm a little frustrated with trying to print a chart for a client. Family Tree Maker produces a great chart but (a) minimizes photos to the point of being worthless and (b) seems to have a flaw in its custom paper size -- it doesn't give me anywhere to specify the size, and if I could tell it I need 11"x51" paper I could take a PDF to a print shop. Charting Companion, on the other hand, does well with the photo but doesn't have all the options FTM has so the chart actually comes out 8.5"x68" instead!
Back to the business, we're working diligently on a finding a new office. We think we've found where we want to be and now it's just a matter of negotiating lease terms and tenant improvements before move-in. Our current lease is up at the end of May, so we need to get all this taken care of now.
Y'all take care of yourselves and wash your hands!
Dave L
I've been well, and busy writing and researching, lately on my Swedish lines. Look at this wonderful photo I found last night of my great grandfather's sister, Helena Sophia Käll Karlsson 1863 - 1936. She passed the year before Charles Schell died in Seattle. Thanks to the new films available on FamilySearch, I was able to get his death certificate. :-)
Please tell the rest of us how you are.
All the best,
Valorie
On Mar 15, 2020, at 3:02 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@...> wrote:
I've been sending notices to the group but have gotten little feedback. How is everyone doing?
I've been well, and busy writing and researching, lately on my Swedish lines. Look at this wonderful photo I found last night of my great grandfather's sister, Helena Sophia Käll Karlsson 1863 - 1936. She passed the year before Charles Schell died in Seattle. Thanks to the new films available on FamilySearch, I was able to get his death certificate. :-)
Please tell the rest of us how you are.
All the best,
Valorie<HelenaSophiaK?llKarlsson.jpg>
We’re fine, here! I’m catching up with the piles (always!) and will plant peas this week, taking advantage of the beautiful weather to garden a bit. St. Patrick’s Day is pea planting day.
I’ve signed up for a free webinar for this Wednesday on "Techniques for Integrating Documentary and Genetic Information in a Research Report.” It should be interesting. There is a lot of free classes out there which we could enjoy while we are house bound.
Good luck with your proof argument, Barbara! I’m sure you will end up with a very good write up!
No one is sick in our family, but our elderly grandparents (my Dad is 85, with cancer and undergoing chemo) and my mother in law (age 94 with congestive heart failure) are sequestered and bored but fine. Our children are having a grand time homeschooling the grandmunchkins and their business travel has been postponed.
I am doing some house cleaning. It’s a good thing as it keeps me somewhat active, in addition to the gardening.
The Republican caucuses have been going forward (we were able to meet the cleaning protocol, etc.) so I’ve been out and about a bit for that. We did have to get a new venue as Auburn Riverside closed. We met at the Meridian Grange (thank you Jan Emerson!!) and it worked beautifully. We cleaned before and after and, since we had good volunteers, it went very well. It cost $75.00 for the morning and has a kitchen and an eating area in addition to the open space. It held our group of 40 very well with lots of room to spare. We should keep it in mind should we ever need a like space. It’s small for a seminar but good for other things. No internet, though.
The biggest thing we miss is the celebration of the Mass. We watched it live online from our Church, put out our Crucifix and lit candles, but couldn’t partake of the Holy Eucharist, which we miss terribly. It will be all the sweeter when this business has passed.
Hang in there, everyone! The restrictions that we’ve been asked to follow are a good thing. A doctor friend of mine said it is really required and it’s good that the President is on top of things.
See you soon, no doubt!
Katie Hanzeli
On Mar 15, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Barbara Mattoon <bmattoon@...> wrote:
I am well and have been frantically researching anything that may have been uploaded in the past couple of years on Hugh S. Caudle. I have to write a Proof Argument for my ProGen class, and it is not going well. In the process, I have cleaned up errors in that line that have been there since I began doing genealogy. I picked up a "Q" to read while I was eating my lunch today, and the article was a fantastic proof argument by Tom Jones. It was meant to be. My argument will be my blog post for this month.
I am staying at home. Eric bought groceries for me Friday, and as long as the internet works, I'm good. Oh, I also have a stack of books to read. I could clean house, but I have not been driven to that yet.
Barbara
From: Society@SKCGS.groups.io <Society@SKCGS.groups.io> on behalf of Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@...>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 3:03 PM
To: Society@SKCGS.groups.io <Society@SKCGS.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SKCGS] How is everyone?
PS: I found the photo on Geni.com - https://www.geni.com/people/Sofie-Karlsson/6000000001076236977 - by googling her name. :-)
Valorie
Where did Helena live?
On Mar 15, 2020, at 3:02 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@...> wrote:I've been sending notices to the group but have gotten little feedback. How is everyone doing?
I've been well, and busy writing and researching, lately on my Swedish lines. Look at this wonderful photo I found last night of my great grandfather's sister, Helena Sophia Käll Karlsson 1863 - 1936. She passed the year before Charles Schell died in Seattle. Thanks to the new films available on FamilySearch, I was able to get his death certificate. :-)
Please tell the rest of us how you are.
All the best,
Valorie
Where did Helena live?
On Mar 15, 2020, at 3:02 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <valorie.zimmerman@...> wrote:I've been sending notices to the group but have gotten little feedback. How is everyone doing?
I've been well, and busy writing and researching, lately on my Swedish lines. Look at this wonderful photo I found last night of my great grandfather's sister, Helena Sophia Käll Karlsson 1863 - 1936. She passed the year before Charles Schell died in Seattle. Thanks to the new films available on FamilySearch, I was able to get his death certificate. :-)
Please tell the rest of us how you are.
All the best,
Valorie