Library will be closed for carpet cleaning and to give Library staff time off during Labor Day activites.  Library will RE-open Monday, September 9th at 10 am.

Judy Clayton will give us a presentation on the importance of DNA in our genealogy work. 

We are passing this information on from the Yakima Valley Genealogical Society (YVGS):

 

YVGS will be holding their Fall Workshop on Friday, October 11, 2019 (from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.) and Saturday, October 12, 2019 (from 9:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.) at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church (7809 Tieton Drive in Yakima, WA).

 

Featured speaker will be Mary Kathryn Kozy.  Her Friday evening prsentation is entitled "I've Had My DNA Tested.... Now What?"  Saturday morning she will speak on "How Do I Know that's Right? - Evaluating Genealogical Evidence." and "Finding and Using Church Records."

 

Workshop attendees on Saturday afternoon will be able to choose between various class presentations that meet their particular interests.

 

Additional details about the workshop, including cost, food availability and Saturday afternoon class choices can be found on the YVGS Fall Workshop Registration form.

Gedsite is a program which makes web sites from GEDCOM files. GEDCOMs are exported by all the popular computerized genealogy programs. 

 

Flexible and powerful, it can easily make very simple presentations as well as extremely elaborate sites. Examples will be provided.

 

Robert Jacobs gives the presentation.