Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 10:30 at the Public Library
— from Kathi Ciskowski —
Interested in researching your family tree? Come branch out with us!
The Orcas Island Genealogy Club is free and open to anyone who is interested in exploring family genealogy–whether you have years of experience or are just wanting to begin now. The monthly meetings happen on the third Tuesday of the month in the library Community Meeting Room from 10:30-12:30. The next meeting is on Oct 16, 2018. Bring a computer or other device that can connect to the internet.
The topic for October is “How to Search for Female Ancestors”. This is a challenging aspect of genealogical research but it is often the first place people want to explore. Collectively, we can share our tips and successes (or false trails) with each other. This topic is a change from the scheduled “Find-A-Grave” and field trip presentation that had originally been planned. That will be rescheduled.
After the meeting there is help available for learning how to connect to the free library version of Ancestry.com.
Coordinators, Vicki Leimback, Rebecca Johnson and Kathi Ciskowski are passionate about research and will bring their organizational and genealogical skills and resources to share. Rebecca Johnson is a professional genealogist with many areas of expertise. Vicki Leimback has been doing extensive research on her family history and many other topics including the history of houses. Kathi Ciskowski has a Certificate from the University of Washington Genealogy and Family History course and has taught and helped people with genealogy projects for 8 years.
All three live on Orcas. Call either Vicki (206-714-3348), Rebecca (360-298-6007) or Kathi (360-376-4186) for more information
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