SGS members share the following announcements:

From Jacquie Beveridge:
With recent reports that Ancestry.com may be up for sale, Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems blog makes several suggestions regarding safeguarding your research data.
Read more.

From Mary Colgan-Bennetts
Tracing your Irish roots? Parish records have long been considered the most important source of information on Irish family history before the 1901 Census. Ireland’s Catholic Church records will be going online and available for free. Read more.

Pat Rongey on the Radio
Pat was interviewed last week on community radio KXCR 90.7 FM.  She discussed her recycling efforts and mentioned the SGS recycling project. The show airs this Friday, June 5 at 11:30 a.m. and again this Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m.  Tune in!

The next SGS monthly meeting is June 17.  See you there!