Category Archives: Announcement

The June SGS meeting features a webinar with Careen Valentine, an international research specialist at the Family History Library.  Her presentation focuses specifically on using Kevan Hansen’s Map Guide to German Parish Registers to find the Lutheran or Catholic parish … Continue reading →

The May monthly meeting will feature a video and a discussion on haplogroups.   May 16 at 7:00 p.m. Siuslaw Library Bromley Room The public is invited! A member business meeting will follow the evening’s presentation.   

MyHeritage is providing DNA kits to help eligible adoptees reunite with their birth families.  If you are an adoptee and unable to afford genetic testing, click HERE to apply and see if you qualify.  Hurry, deadline is April 30, 2018.

In celebration of National DNA day (April 25th), special reduced pricing on DNA test kits are being offered by Ancestry DNA, Family Tree DNA (All of its tests), MyHeritageDNA, 23andMe and LivingDNA.  Ending date on this offer varies by company. … Continue reading →

Member Merilee Mulvey shares a link to look up Meritorious Service Medal recipients from WWI in England.  Read the article from Dick Eastman’s blog post HERE. As a follow up to the discussion at our last SGS meeting on biological … Continue reading →

The March 21st SGS meeting presentation features Jacquie Beveridge, Pat Rongey and Debby Wright.  They will be demonstrating Apps and Videos for recording your family history. Some things have to be seen to be believed!  Before it’s too late… YOU … Continue reading →