TAG: ancestry
The Hunt for a Family Tree: 3 Genealogy Tips from a Seasoned Amateur
Posted in Explore and Discover on September 22, 2021 at 6:00 am
I’m an amateur in every sense of the word, learning as I go without any real education and coming back to my tree whenever there’s a spare minute, sometimes after months at a time. Along the way I’ve learned a few genealogy tips and truisms—things I wish I’d known at the beginning and, in some cases, things I wouldn’t have appreciated u […]
Tags: adults, ancestors, ancestry, Ancestry Library Edition, books, census records, digital resources, family history, Gale, gale courses, genealogy, guides, HeritageQuest, public records, research
Learn to explore your family tree at the library
Posted in News on January 21, 2020 at 6:00 am
Genealogy: Researching Your Family History Donna Potter Phillips of Eastern Washington Genealogical Society introduces the hobby of genealogy and shows you how to find information about your family’s history from online resources. Learn how to find names, dates, and places and even the geographical and social history of your ancestors. For adults […]
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Family mystery solved at the library
Posted in Explore and Discover on May 12, 2016 at 6:00 am
by Gwendolyn Haley Recently, my father and I were trying to solve a family mystery. He is the sole surviving grandchild on his mother’s side. So if he doesn’t remember something about the family, there is no one left to ask who would know. In our collective family knowledge, we were aware that his grandfather […]
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