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The Eastside Genealogical Society P.O. Box374 Bellevue WA 98009-037 4 http:/ /www.rootsweb.com/ ~wakcegs/

Vol. XXI No. 9

EGS GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:00 PM Welcome new members,

Supply table, 7:30 PM Meeting

Bellevue Regional Library "The Legacy of Your Research" Gary Zimmerman, President of the Fiske Genelogical Foundation and EGS member

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Gary Zimmerman will speak to us on March 13,

2003, on the subject "The Legacy of Your Research." You no doubt have a large collection of files,

notes, photos, Post-its, and other documents relat­ing to your genealogical research. If they' re like mine, they are in little piles on every flat surface reachable from your kitchen chair. When you' re gone, will all that simply be tossed into a trash can? Gary will give us some pointers on how to make our collections useful to our heirs and other re­searchers.

Gary has been a member of Eastside Genealogi­cal Society since 1985. He has worked on American genealogies extensively, especially in the upper Midwest and the South. He is president of the Fiske Genealogical Foundation and primary lecturer in the Fiske educational series on genealogical re­search techniques. He has a genealogy client case load from across the United States. Retired from a career in higher education administration, he was at Seattle University for 23 years and at Antioch Uni­versity for ten. Along with this he has had more than 30 years of public service, seven years on the

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Bellevue, Washington

March2003 Bellevue City Council and ten years as the Chair of the Metro Council.

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE My paternal grandfather came from Indiana to

Washington Territory in March, 1877 to establish a homestead on the east side of Lake Washington. His family joined him in May, and over the next 12 years they went through the steps needed to prove their title to the homestead. A relic of those years is the Homestead Certificate, among the few old pa­pers left by my parents, awarding them title on 03 September 1889. The certificate was signed on be­half of President Benjamin Harrison by Ellen Macfarlane, Assistant Secretary to the Recorder, General Land Office, Olympia, W. T. [Washington Territory] .

Four years ago, in search of my grandparents' origins, I sent off to the Bureau of Land Manage­ment for a copy of the Land Entry File associated with their homestead. After almost a year's wait, and a letter of inquiry, the file finally arrived! A Land Entry File contains all of the documents re­quired to demonstrate compliance with the Home­stead Act (in this case the Act of 1862 with amend­ments). Under that act, an actual settler on public domain land who was a United States citizen would be granted title to 160 acres if he lived upon it for at least 5 years and made certain improvements on the property. This file gives a glimpse into the lives of my grandparents, whom I never met. I know little else about their lives in America, except what was in their obituaries, but have now found their fami­lies in Sweden.

The land in question was the NE quarter of Sec­tion 20, Twp. 25N, Range SE, Willamette Meridian.

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The first improvement Grandpa made was a single­story log house, 15 by 26 feet, which was finished when his wife and baby arrived from Indiana in May, 1877. By the time he gained title to his 160 acres in 1889 he had cleared about 12 acres, fenced about 15 acres, planted about 400 fruit trees, and built a barn and a two-story frame house, 21 by 30 feet with a lean-to 12 by 21 feet. The improvements were valued at about $2500. The witnesses who at­tested to all this were Samuel Greene and Neils S. Anderson, with Benson L. Northup and James H. Northup as alternates. Among the papers in the file are a copy of Grandpa's naturalization certificate dated 29 December 1884, and his Declaration of In­tention to become a citizen, dated 12 October 1868 (in Indiana), which I had not found before.

Four more children were born while the home­

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eral different metropolitan regions in the United States. Inspired by the usefulness of these guides, she would like to see a similar guide produced cov­ering Western Washington - especially for King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties. She is putting to­gether a task force recruited from the JGSWS.

At the same time, she has called upon me to as­sist her in this endeavor. Accordingly, at the EGS Board Meeting held on February 6th, I outlined the scope of the project to the Board and obtained the EGS Board1s approval to solicit volunteers from the EGS ranks to help with this project.

As it happens, the Washington State Genealogi­cal Society began a project some years ago to pro­duce such a resource for the entire state. Unfortu­nately, the project remains incomplete. I also learned at the EGS Board Meeting that the Pierce

-J County Genealogical Society has re-'t source information on its web site.

stead was being proved, in 1878, 1879, 1-

1881, and 1883. The next one, my father, :r'

was born in 1890, and the last in 1892. The 1878 baby, I'm told, was the first white child born on the east side of Lake Washington (Fanny Othelia Fagerberg,

Life takes its toll,

What Myra and I envision is a listing of the genealogical institutions of interest within the region, detailing hours of op­eration, location, genealogical informa­tion held, restrictions on accessing the information, fees, telephone and inter­net access details, and historical back­ground on the institution if appropriate.

have

Feb. 24, 1878). Anybody know other-wise?

As a boy, I lived on the homestead from 1941 to 1947. We still had pears, prunes, cherries, and several varieties of q, apples from Grandpa's trees, and we I_

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kept a cow in Grandpa's barn. Today the orchard has given way to an office park which lies on the north side of Hwy. 520, a long block east of Belle­vue Way. Gene Fagerberg, EGS President

GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES WESTERN WASHINGTON· FROM PETER ROBERTSON

Myra Rothenberg, the newly installed President of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State UGSWS], has been greatly impressed with ge­nealogical resource guides she has obtained for sev-

rf Between the many talents of the JGSWS and the EGS, we have an excellent

chance of producing a truly useful and worthy re­source for everyone doing genealogical research in the area.

If working on this project sounds interesting and exciting to you, please e-mail me, Peter Robert­son, at pnrmercer@earthlink.net or call me at (206) 236-2473.

FEBRUARY EGS MEETING SUMMARY

Kemper Freeman, Jr., spoke to us about "The History of the East Side," following the develop-

GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EGS MEMBER

EGS needs a treasurer for the Society. Term of office begins in June.

Qualifications are: Some computer skills Knowledge of Quicken useful

This is a wonderful chance to participate with a great group of people.

Please call: Maxine Klink 425-836-0930 or Marty Gale 206-232-6471

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ment of the Bellevue area through the eyes of a na­tive son. Mr. Freeman was born here in 1941, but his father moved the family to California for a time. They returned to rent part of the Clise Mansion at Marymoor in the 1950's, where Kemper, Jr. worked in the dairy starting at age 9, and from where he rode his bike up the hill to school.

Mr. Freeman described how Bellevue changed from a 1930' s farm community with a small commer­cial district on Main Street and a few summer homes along the lake shore, to the present urban area where many residents find work without commuting to Se­attle. Before 1940, the way to Bellevue was either by

ferry to Meydenbauer Bay or by auto or train around the ends of Lake Washington. In 1940 the Mercer Is­land floating bridge opened, having been invented, designed, and built in only two years! The original purpose of the bridge was to provide a route for Eastern Washington agricultural products to reach a saltwater port without going down the Columbia River. Once built, however, the bridge provided a conduit for settlers to flock eastward from Seattle in search of affordable land and home sites. For the next couple of decades, Bellevue grew in that man­ner, becoming a residential community that had little in the way of industry or commerce. Mr. Freeman's

ROOTS FAIR .. MARCH 15

ROOTS FAIR EGS will be hosting a Roots Fair on Saturday,

March 15th. Everyone is invited to attend, take in the displays and items offered for sale by'the par­ticipants, and to enjoy the great entertainment.

The Roots Fair will be held at Crossroads Shop­ping Center from 10 AM - 5 PM and it is Free! Some of the participating groups are: Computer SIG, Redmond and Bellevue'Family History Centers, Legacy Software, German SIG, Italian SIG, Czech/ Slovak SIG, Shore to Shore SIG, National Archives and Records Administration, Scandinavian SIG, Puget Sound The_Master Genealogist Group, Roots UsersGroup of Washington State, Seattle Genealogi­cal Society, Puget Sound Regional Archives, North­west Genealogy (Everton Products), Senior Net, Eastside Heritage Center, DAR Cascade Chapter, Scrapbooking, EGS Supply Table, Redmond Histori­cal Society, Used Books/Magazines, and the Roots Diggers table, where you can come ask your genea­logical questions.

We will also be having some great entertain­ment, including The Comerford School of Irish Dance, Hilltop Heritage Dancers, Northshore Folk­dancers, Enzian Schuhplatter, Main Street Cloggers, and the Eclectric Cloggers.

Those of you who plan to attend, if you would like, please wear an Ethnic or Cultural Costume or Outfit.

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ENTERTAINMENT AT ROOTS FAIR It's not just genealogy help you will get if you

attend Roots Fair at the Crossroads Shopping Cen­ter on Saturday March 15. Ethnic dancers are sched­uled all day long, at the stage at the south end of t..11e shopping center. So come and browse the geneal­ogy tables, and be entertained by colorful ethnic dances, both children and adults, at the same time.

10:30 Comerford School of Irish Dance (children)

11:30 Hilltop Heritage Dancers (children)

12:30 Northshore Folkdancers (international folk dances)

1:30 Enzian Schuhplatter (Bavarian/Tyrolean dances)

2:30 Main St. Ooggers (children)

3:30 Eclectic Ooggers

USED BOOK AND MAGAZINE SALE We are looking for donations of genealogy re­

lated magazines and books to sell at our Used Book table at the Roots Fair on March 15th. If you have items to donate please call Gene Fagerberg 206-783-a4649 to arrange for delivery or pickup. All dona­tions MUST be in by Saturday March 8th. No dona­tions can be accepted on the day of the Fair.

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family was instrumental in changing all that. In 1941 Kemper's father was involved in plan­

ning for the City of Vancouver, which needed to double in size to provide wartime labor for the ship­yards there. In that job, he was given a little hand­book that contained a set of "guidelines" for city planning -- how many square feet of drugstores, schools, etc., a community should have per 100,00 population. When he returned to Bellevue, he used these guidelines to help determine what kind of fa­cilities this city would need to support its growing population. Kemper, Sr.'s father, Miller Freeman, had an option to buy 10 acres next to N.E. 8th, and Kemper convinced him he shouldn't let it expire, but instead should try to develop a shopping center there. That land became Bellevue Square, which has since undergone five phases of re-development, and remains a very successful commercial center. Kemper regaled us with several stories of white­knuckle negotiations that took place over the years in that development, all of which came out just fine but could have led to quite different results.

Bellevue incorporated in 1953, having something less than 6,000 inhabitants. Through the 1960' s it re­mained a suburb of single families, with almost all homeowners working in Seattle and only 3 percent of its population over 50 years of age. In the 1970's it began to look more urban, with 4-story and 13-story office buildings. In the 1980' s more tall buildings went up, one having 24 stories. In the 1990's came the "dot-com boom" with its spectacular but short­lived riches. By the year 2000, Bellevue had about a half-million square feet of office space, remarkable even though only half of what had been predicted in 1980. We are again in a period of more deliberate development, with at least one very large building project on hold due to intended tenant financial con­siderations.

Next month we'll celebrate Bellevue' s 50th anni­versary. Thanks, Mr. Freeman, for giving us a glimpse of how we got here!

HERITAGE QUEST ACCESS AT KCLS For those of you attempting to get into the Heri­

tage Quest censuses through the King County Li­brary homepage on the internet, they have changed the way you access it. After getting on to the home­page, and clicking on databases, click on "H" for Heritage Quest, rather than "G" for genealogy, as they previously had it. All the rest is the same.

APRIL EGS PROGRAM

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The April EGS General Meeting will feature Laura Wise speaking on "Illustrating Your Geneal­ogy,'1 regarding digital photographs in Word files.

GET WELL WISHES We wish Lois Robertson a speedy recovery from

knee surgery.

NOTABLE BOOKS IN THE BELLEVUE LIBRARY There are many surname books you might want

to use to locate your surname in a particular ethnic group or nationality, and from there continue your research. In the Bellevue Library, you will find books on American, Spanish, Hispanic, African­American, English and Welsh, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Jewish surnames and more. Look for the books in sections R929.4, R929.4-, R929.209--, or check in the computer catalog for others.

If you can locate of copy of Family Chronicle for December 2000, look for the article "What's in a Name?" by Barbara Krasner-Khait, page 40. This ar­ticle tells all about the significance of surnames, and l}qw n~!Jlg practices developed. The four main categories of surnames listed by the author are:

1. Patronymics 2. Occupational names 3. Place names 4. Nicknames

Then we are led into a discussion of exceptions to the rule, variations in spelling, and the value of learning the original name.

Other surname resources are found on the inter­net at Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.com, Roots Web Surname List, JewishGen FamilyFinder, and at Ge­nealogy Resources on the Internet. Surname mes­sage boards are also found online at FamilyHistory. com, GenForum, and Queryone.com.

A reminder to check through genealogies to be found in the Library of Congress: these family histo­ries, often written by family members, are titled Ge­nealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography, R929.1 LIB. There are six volumes covering the dates of publication 1972-1986, and arranged in alphabeti­cal order. Another volume (two copies) has a slightly different name - Genealogies Catalogued in the Library of Congress Since 1986, R929.1 LIB- but con­tains the same arrangement of names. Here's a chance to discover whether a book has been written about your ancestral family and placed in the Li-

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brary of Congress. If you find a book about your family, you can make arrangements to have the book copied for you, for which service there is a reason­able charge.

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restaurant, and they were asked to vacate the prem­ises by January 1, 2003. After a frantic couple of months trying to locate storage, office and exhibit space, they have pieced together a short-term solu­tion. Shurgard Storage made a generous offer to

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW store most of their collection while plans are made Nina Edwards, an EGS member and mother of for fundraising and development of a new facility.

Kim Nichols, appeared on the season premier of the After an initial reaction that found them trying to en-Antiques Roadshow! gage legislators, members, media, and the public to

The Antiques Roadshow was here on June 15, keep going, they were able to secure additional time 2002, and Nina was chosen to receive tickets. So, to move their collections, received Nina and Kim gathered up some an- some financial help from the tiques and went down to the conven- FREE GENEALOGICAL ( county, began to develop new part-tion center where the show was to be RESEARCH HELP: I nerships in the community and held. Genealogical research I gained new members. They will

One of the things Nina brought help is available at the continue to host programs at the with her was an antique, porcelain, Bellevue Regional Library at Winters House. hand-painted music box that when NE 12th St. and 110th Ave. NE Since this will take several years, opened, has a bird which twirls, in Bellevue. Eastside _ they are working on programs to moves his beak and chirps. The bird Genealogical Society take exhibits into schools and to

volunteers are waiting to help is covered with real hummingbird community events and to develop a you with problems and feathers. 'virtual' museum on their website. questions. They are available

When they arrived at the conven- in room 6 on the second floor They are negotiating with the city of tion center, Nina showed her bird box of the library, to the left of the Bellevue for office space and also to an appraiser and was asked if she reference desk. Hours are looking for commercial space for could be filmed. Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m. and temporary exhibits.

They waited quite a long time in Wednesdays from 1-3 p.m. They continue to need assistance to the "Green Room," and then it was her ,ao5ilili;;;;.;~B1.llca~~m.:~=~ finish packing artifacts, organize the turn to be filmed. The appraiser, Ken archives and photos, put on programs and are look-Farmer, interviewed her, asked her about the bird ing for volunteers. If you want to help, call 425-885-box, and then told her what he knew about it. 3684 or e-mail

"After the filming we had no idea whether she director@eastsideheritagecenter.org would actually appear on the show or not. So on [Excerpted from the January 2003 issue of the publication of the East-January 27th, the first show of the season, everyone side Heritage C-enter]

in our family was glued to their respective televi­sions. We were all pretty excited when the show started, because in the opening part, they showed a close up of her bird box with the bird tweeting! Then about half way through the show, there was her interview!" She has now received e-mails and phone calls from people all over the U.S. who saw her.

For those who might be interested, the appraiser told her the box was worth $3000 - $5000! [Submitted by EGS member Kim Nichols]

IT'S OFFICIAL The Marymoor Museum is now closed perma­

nently. King County notified the Eastside Heritage

Center in September 2002 that the Clise Mansion was to be turned into a rental facility and eventually a

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WEBSITES WORTH A LOOK " Michigan Death Index (GENDIS) for 1867-1884 www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/ osr/ gendisx/index. htm

Ohio Death Certificate Index for 1913-1937 www.ohiohistory.org/ dindex/ search.cfm

American Battle Monuments Commission for WWll Casualties Buried Overseas. www.abmc.gov/ abmc4.htm

Detailed modem maps, many with grade and high schools www.topozone.com

Scottish Archive Network

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www .scottishdocuments.com

Maps Our Ancestors Followed Old Atlas maps including Indian cessions www.tngenweb.org/maps/

LOCAL HISTORY-RELATED WEBSITES redmondhistory.org

, issaquahhistory.org lakesamm.com lakesamm.com/ events history link.org kokogiak.com/ projects/ seawftj reveal2.html

ESTHETICALLY CHALLENGED ANCESTOR The EGS Computer Special Interest Group de­

cided to hold an Ugly Ancestor contest but decided to give it a more acceptable (politically correct?) name, "the Esthetically Challenged Ancestor." There were 11 entries and voting was a challenge to the 34 members that attended the meeting.

Each entry was given a number and their ances­tor's picture posted on a wall with the number. Members were given a ballot to vote by number.

The winner of the contest was Pat Sanders. Her entry was that of an ancestor named James W. Shirk, Sr. He was Pat's great-great grandfather. At the time his picture was made, he was 95 years old. The picture was from the Monroe County, Tennessee Heritage book. James W. Shirk was born about 1826 in Knox County, Tennessee. He spent most of his life in the mountains of Monroe County in East Ten­nessee. A farmer, and the operator of Bacon's Ferry on the Little Tennessee River for 30 years, James was also a veteran of the Mexican War. For hisser­vice he was awarded a pension in 1887. In 1922,

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when the Chattanooga Medicine Company sent a lady out on horseback to interview and photograph "interesting" people who would give testimonials for their patent medicines, she found James. By this time, 95 year old James believed he was 103 years old, and some neighbors thought he was even older but wouldn't admit it! The interviewer's story, 11Here1s a Doughboy of 1847, Veteran of the Mexican War, 11 along with drawings made from photographs and James' signed testimonial for Black Draught, dated 16 August 1922, appeared in the booklet Little Journeys to the Homes of Friends of Cardui, No. 2. James died 4 October 1922 at age 96. His picture is shown with this article.

Perhaps we can hold a similar contest next year.

8TH GRADE EDUCATION Remember when our grandparents and great­

grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education? Well, check this out. Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

This is the eighth grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas. It was taken from the original docu­ment on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical So­ciety and Library in Salina, Kansas, and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

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Grammar (Time, one hour) 1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters. 2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those

that have no Modifications. 3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph. 4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give

Principal Parts of lie, play and run. 5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case. 6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal

marks of Punctuation. 7 -10. Write a composition of about 150 words

and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

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Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours) 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of

Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3

ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it

worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare? 4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000.

What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for

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incidentals? 5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton. 6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and

18 days at 7 percent. 7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide

and 16 ft. long at $20 per metre? 8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no

grace) at 10 percent. 9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per

acre, the distance around which is 640 rods? 10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and

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U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes) 1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is di­

vided. 2. Give an account of the discovery of America

by Columbus. 3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolu­

tionary War. 4. Show the territorial growth of the United

States. 5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas. 6. Describe three of the most prominent battles

of the Rebellion. 7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney,

Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe? 8. Name events connected with the following

dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849,1865.

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Orthography (Time, one hour) 1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet,

phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication? 2. What are elementary sounds? How classified? 3. What are the following, and give examples of

each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate let­ters, linguals?

4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u.' 5. Give two rules for spelling words with final

1e. 1 Name two exceptions under each rule. 6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Il­

lustrate each. 7. Define the following prefixes and use in con­

nection with a word: bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.

8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.

9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze,

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raise, rays. 10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced

and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.

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Geography (Time, one hour) 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate de­

pend? 2. How do you account for the extremes of cli­

mate in Kansas? 3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the

ocean? 4. Describe the mountains of North America. 5. Name and describe the following: Momovia,

Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. He­lena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.

6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.

7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.

8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pa­cific in the same latitude?

9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.

10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Also notice that the exam took six hours to com­plete. Gives the saying "he only had an 8th grade education" a whole new meaning, doesn't it?

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2003 Family Roots Fair

Entertainment Schedule:

10:30 Comerford School of Irish Dance (children)

11:30 Hilltop Heritage Dancers ( children)

12:30 Northshore Folkdancers

1:30 Enzian Schuhplatter

2:30 Main Street Ooggers (children)

3:30 Eclectic Cloggers

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Saturday, March 15, 2003

1 O a.m.-5 p.m.

Crossroads Shopping Center

NE 8th and 156th Ave. NE, Bellevue WA

Sponsored by the

Eastside Genealogical Society

Come enjoy the

FREE Fair and Entertainment!

Fair Participants include:

Computer Interest Group, Redmond and Bellevue Family History Centers, Legacy Software, German Interest Group, Italian Interest Group, EGS Supply & Book table, Czech/ Slovak Interest Group, Shore to Shore Interest Group, EGS Used Books & Magazine Sale, National Archives and Re­cords Administration, EGS Membership, Scandinavian In­terest Group, Puget Sound The Master Genealogist Group, Roots Users Group of Washington State, Seattle Genealogi­cal Society, Into EdVentures, Northwest Genealogy, Senior Net, Eastside Heritage Center, Puget Sound Regional Ar­chives, DAR Cascade Chapter, Scrapbooking, and Red­mond Historical Society.

Bring your genealogical questions and ask the

Roots Diggers!

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EGS Group Name Regular Schedule)

EGS Board Meeting (First Thursday 10:00 a.m.)

EGS General Meeting (Second Thursday, 7:30 p.m.)

Computer Interest Group (Third Saturday, 9:30 a.m.)

Czech/Slovak Interest Group (Check EGS Bulletin each month for meeting time information) EGS Lunch Bunch (Fourth Thursday, 11 :30 a.m.)

German Interest Group (First Friday, 1 :00 p.m.)

Italian Interest Group (Third Saturday, 1:30 p.m.)

Scandinavian Interest Group (Second Tuesday, 10:00 AM)

Shore to Shore Interest Group (Third Thursday, 10:00)

Snoqualmie Valley Interest Group (3rd Wednesday, 9:30 AM)

Bellevue Regional Library NE 12th St. and 110th Ave. NE Bellevue, WA 425-450-1760

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FHC - Kirkland 7910 NE 132nd St

Kirkland, WA 425-821-8781

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EGS MEETING CALENDAR

Meeting Notice (Information Contact)

The EGS Board will meet on Thursday, March 6th at 10:00 AM in the Redmond Public Library. Note meeting Rlace. The Eastside Genealogical Society will hold its general meeting on Thursday, March 13th at 7:30 PM in the Bellevue Regional Library. The Supply Table opens at 7:00 PM

Will not meet Saturday, March 15th since we will be participating in Roots Fair at Crossroads Mall Shopping Center. (Ray French, 425-746-7730, rayf@oz.net)

Will not meet again until June .. (Rosie Bodien, 425-828-0170, rosebodt@jps.net).

Will meet on Thursday, March 27th at 11 :30 AM in the Crossroads Mall Food Court. (Myra McDowell, 425-641-4650, mogan@foxintemet.neQ

Will meet on Friday, March 7th from 1 :00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Lake Hills Library. (Contact Jan Pankratz 425-222-7583 or rjpankratz@msn.com.)

No meeting in March due to hosting an Italian table at EGS Roots Fair. Call Mary to volunteer at the booth. At 5:30 pm on March 15th, we will meet for dinner for our 13th Anniversary of IIG at Firenze Ristorante, RSVP to Mary. (Mary Sangalang, 425-649-2250, collectingroots@att.net)

Will meet Tuesday, March 11th 10:00 AM to 12 noon at the Archives Building on the BCC campus. [Call Carol Owings 425-641-9930, Owings3(X@msn.com]

Will meet Thursday, March 20th at 10 AM (Call Jan Henderson 425-603-9337)

For information can.Ann Lamb 425-557-0440 or Mary Lou McKibbon 425-888-2053 or Tove Burhen 425-788-1266 (Ann Lamb, 425-788-7918, annl7777@aol.com)

LOCATION ADDRESSES

Crossroads Mall Shopping Center Community Meeting Room

NE 8th and 156th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA. - .. -· ·- ·-·--·-·· ·- --- ·-- - -- - -- ---- --

Issaquah Public Library 140 East Sunset Way

Bellevue, WA 425-392-5430

FHC - Bellevue 10675 NE 20th St

Bellevue, WA 425-454-2690

Lake Hills Library 15528 Lake Hills Blvd. SE

Bellevue, WA 425-747-3350 " " • •-·-•••• ••• ·· ·--- •• • • •· ·--••••• •• • • • -•• • o ••••-•- •• • -•-••• •• ••••- . -- -- . . .... .. . .. · ··-

National Archives and Records Admin. 6125 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115-7999

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Newport Way Library 14520 SE Newport Way

Bellevue WA 425-747-2390

LOS Fam. History Center-Factoria 4200 124th Ave. SE

Bellevue, WA 425-562-0361

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North Bend Library 115 East Fourth St

North Bend, WA 425-888-0554

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Seattle Public Library 1000 Fourth Ave

Seattle, WA 206-386-4636

EASTSIDE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY - Bellevue, Washington

LOS Fam. Hist Center - Redmond 10115172nd Ave. NE

Redmond, WA 425-881-7488 ·-·- ---- - - - ..

Redmond Library

Snoqualmie Public Library 38580 SE River Street

Snoqualmie, WA 425-888-1223

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2002 CALENDAR OF UPCOMING SEMINARS AND CONVENTIONS 2003

Eastside Genealogy Society will once again sponsor a Roots Fair on Saturday, March 15th, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, WA There will be EGS members on hand to answer questions, give advice about researching your ancestors, a used book sale and entertainment by various ethnic groups.

South King County Genealogical Society presents a Gene-A-Rama 8 AM to 4:30 PM at the First Baptist Church of Kent, 11420 SE 248th Street in Kent, Washington. Program will be presented by Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG of San Jose, California. For more information visit their website at www.rootsweb.com/ ~waskcgs/.

Sonoma County Genealogical society holds its 11th annual spring seminar at The Coop­eridge at Sonama State University in Rohnert Park. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, CG, FUGA will present an all-day seminar on Family History. Email LoisNim@aol.com or visit the website at www.rootsweb.com/ ~cascgs/ carmack.htm.

The Annual Spring Seminar of the Sacramento German Genealogy Society will be held on Saturday, April 5, 2003 in Carmichael, California. The featured speaker will be Robert Min ert, nationally acclaimed researcher and lecturer on German genealogy. For additional in formation, contact boisseree3@aol.com

The Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island announces an all day Spring Seminar, Saturday, April 12, 2003, at China City in Freeland (Whidbey Island) Washington featur­ing renowned genealogy speakers Gerald and Connie Lenzen. The topics are: Exploring Your Roots in the County Court House, The Taxing Details: Tax Records for Genealogists, Explore Family Traditions: Over the Pond to Ger many, Probate Research: Where there is a will ... Connie and Gerald focus on methods of research so that participants go away with some practical ideas for doing their own family histories. The registration fee of $35.00 includes all four seminars, Chinese buffet lunch (including-a vegetarian-selection) and morning and after noon coffee/ tea and goodies.

The annual Utah Genealogical Association conference will cover three days and two nights, and is called "Family History The Drama The Dream". The evening courses are designed to provide an opportunity to learn research skills after your "day job".

Everton Research Retreat at Salt Lake City, Utah presents professional guidance at the Family History Library from friendly, highly skilled professional genealogists. Call 800-443-6325 or go to www.everton.com/retreat/2003.php.

The NGS 2003 Conference in the States will be held in Pittsburgh, PA with our hosts, the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society and celebrates the NGS 100th Anniversary. The Conference will feature a number of first time events such as in depth colonial American research, several GENTECH events,, the continuation of the Master Lecture Series, and oth ers. For more information go to the NGS Conference web site at www.ngsgenealogy.org

The Norman Morison Sesquicentennial (150th) Anniversary will be held in Victoria, British Columbia on August 16, 2003. The Hudson's Bay Co. ship, 'Norman Morison's' last trip to Victoria arrived in 1853 and in 1953 a celebration was held to commemorate this. 2003 will mark the 150th anniversary of that final arrival and a celebration is planned for descendants of passengers on any of the 3 trips of the 'Norman Morison'. Information may be found at www.joansjoy.ca/Reunions.

The FGS 2003 Conference, "Countdown to Discovery: A World of Hidden Treasures", will be hosted by the Florida State Genealogical Society next fall in Orlando, Florida at the Ren aissance Orlando Resort at Seaworld. For additional information write Federation of Genea logical Societies, PO Box 200940, Austin, TX 78720-0940 or visit www.fgs.org.

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EASTS I DE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY CONT ACTS

President' Gene Fagerberg 206- 783-4649 wefagerberg@jps.net Vice President' Barbara Guyll 425-7 46-5603 guylbl@prodigy.net Secretary* Jan Henderson 425-603-9337 popy1@earthlink.net Treasurer* Earl Sutherland 425-641-0876 e_sutherland@msn.com Trustee* Peter Robertson 206-236-2473 pnrmercer@earthlink.com Past President* Mickey Main 425-747-2038 Mickey Main@msn.com Audit Chair* Education Chair* Carol Pattison 425-228-2510 maycreek@aol.com Historian Walta McCarley 425-746-7557 wmccarley@yahoo.com Hospitality Mary Ellen Scott 425-454-7896 ellie454@aol.com Library Chair* Shirley Deffenbaugh 425-7 46-6966 rzelle22@aol.com Acquisitions Carl Cason 425-402-1635 ccason@compuserve.com

Sarah Fleming 425-957-1134 sarah.r.fleming@boeing.com Periodicals /Vertical Files Mary Daniels 425-688-1060

Volunteers Ann Miller 425-454-6121 Mary Ellen Scott 425-454-7896 ellie454@aol.com

Meeting Set Up Chair Dave Bennett 425-7 47-6926 davidandbetty@seanet.com Membership Chair* Dorothy Mehrer 425-822-7316 dmehrer@aol.com Newsletter Editor* Pat Clarke 425-643-4855 pbclarke@comcast.net

News Contributors Fay Littlefield 425-788-1898 fay3428@aol.com Mickey Main 425-747-2038 Mickey Main@msn.com

Newsletter Mailing Jim Flexer 425-747-3217 jasblev@juno.com Nominating Chair* Marty Gale 206-232-6471 martygale@futuretense.net

Maxine Klink 425-836-0930 marymaxklink@comcast.net Program Chair* Judy Meredith 425-702-9321 ja.meredith@verizon.net Program Summary Kimberley Lackey 360-886-9383 bnklackey@gocougs.wsu.edu Publicity Kimberley Lackey 360-886-9383 bnklackey@gocougs. wsu.ed u Representatives:

DAR Donna Hart 425-831-5978 carldonna@earthlink.net AKCHO Bob Sandbo 425-454-5606 bobpat9@jps.net Bellevue Reg Library PatSandbo 425-454-5606 bobpat9@jps.net FGS Peter Robertson 206-236-2473 pnrmercer@earthlink.net

Sunshine Chair* Ielene Edmonson 425-454-1943 jojo4@earthlink.net Supply Table Chair* Winifred Sihon 425-7 46-3573 wsihon@prodigy.net Surname File Kim Nichols 425-402-9050 knichols@attbi.com Webmaster Gordon Young 425-883-0500 gyoung@seanet.com * EGS Board Member Interest Grou:Q Contacts

Computer Ray French 425-746-7730 rayf@oz.net Czech/Slovak Rosie Bodien 425-828-0170 rosebode@jps.net German Jan Pankratz 425-222-7583 rjpankra tz@email.msn.com Italian Mary D. Sangalang 425-649-2250 collectingroots@att.net Irish Mary Magnuson 425-7 46-6627 mari46@juno.com Lunch Bunch Myra McDowell 425-641-4650 mogan@foxinternet.net Original 13 Colonies [ temporarily disbanded ] Portuguese Barbara Guyll 425-7 46-5603 guylbl@prodigy.net Scandinavian Carol Owings 425-641-9930 Owings3o@msn.com Shore to Shore Jan Henderson 425-603-9337 popy1@earthlink.net Snoqualmie Valley Ann Lamb 425-788-7918 annl7777@aol.com

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THE EASTSIDE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

PURPOSE: The EGS provides members a forum for learning and the exchange of information related to genealogy. The Society obtains and provides resources for use by members, encourages genealogical research and education, and provides community outreach through programs, classes, seminars and library volunteers.

MEETINGS: EGS monthly meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month (except December) at 7:30 p.m. at the Bellevue Regional Library, NE 12th Street and 110th Ave. NE, Bellevue WA. The Supply / Book Table, get acquainted, browse, ask questions session is open at 7:00 p.m.

MEMBERSHIP: Effective 1 January 2001, membership dues are: Individual-$17, Couple-$22, Senior-$15, Senior Couple, $19, Lifetime-IS times annual membership. To join the society, send your check with your name, phone number, address (nine digit zip please) and e-mail address (if applicable) to the address at the bottom of this page.

NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE: The Bulletin Board is published each month, except December. Submis­sion of news and articles to the Bulletin Board must be in writing and re­ceived by the 15th of each month for inclusion in the following month's newsletter. If you are unable to meet the deadline, please call Pat Clarke at 425-643-4855 to make special arrangements. Please mail submissions to: Pat Clarke, 6000 145th Ave SE, Bellevue WA 98006 or e-mail to: om Note: The EGS Board and the Bulletin Board reserye the right to limit and prioritize event announcements, space permitting, to non-profit organi­zation items of genealogical interest. Neither the EGS nor the editors of the Bulletin Board accept responsibility for errors of fact or judgment in the material submitted to and printed in the Bulletin Board. If errors are brought to our attention, we will try to correct them. The Bulletin Board is a publication of:

The Eastside Genealogical Society P.O. Box374 Bellevue, WA 98009-0374

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