Other Local Events
Saturday, April 17: The Olympia Genealogical Society presents a Spring Seminar featuring John P. Colletta, one of America's most popular genealogical
lecturers. Entertaining, knowledgeable, and experienced, he is based in
Washington, D.C., where for 20 years he conducted workshops for the
National Archives and taught courses for the Smithsonian Institution.
His publications include two manuals -- "They Came in Ships: A Guide to
Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record" and "Finding Italian
Roots: The Complete Guide for Americans" -- and numerous how-to articles.
Colletta will present four topics at the seminar. $35 OGS members, $40 nonmembers. Register by April 10. For registration and details, go to http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~waogs/seminars.htm
For information about past programs, see Recent Events.
For information regularly-scheduled JGSWS meetings, see our Meetings page.
Ongoing local events:
The Mac Genealogy group meets on the first Thursday of the month, October to June, from 7-9 p.m. in the dBug Center at 9620 Stone Ave N, Ste 202, Seattle WA 98103. Programs include general research topics, as well as Mac-specific topics such as instruction on the Reunion genealogy database. To be added to the contact list, e-mail dhettrick@earthlink.net. The Mac Group is a special interest group of both dBug and the Seattle Genealogical Society.
Classes and "brick wall workshops" at the National Archives, Pacific Alaska Region,
6125 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-7999. Workshop schedule: http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/public/workshops.html. Most classes cost $10 and advance registration is required. To register, call (206) 336-5115 or e-mail seattle.archives@nara.gov.
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