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Meetings are the SECOND TUESDAYS on the months that we meet and begin promptly at 6:30 pM (Unless Otherwise Noted)
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Notes And Handouts From Previous Speakers
As A Courtesy To Our Members We Will Include The Highlights From Our Monthly Speakers Presentations Along With Any Printed Information They Gave Out To SGS Members, (NOT ALL DO THIS) So That Those Who Were Not Able To Attend Can Still Have Some Of The Benefits Of Membership. GO TO: SPEAKERS NOTES/ SYLLABUS
As A Courtesy To Our Members We Will Include The Highlights From Our Monthly Speakers Presentations Along With Any Printed Information They Gave Out To SGS Members, (NOT ALL DO THIS) So That Those Who Were Not Able To Attend Can Still Have Some Of The Benefits Of Membership. GO TO: SPEAKERS NOTES/ SYLLABUS
2019 CALENDAR
SCHEDULED MEETINGS AND EVENTS FOR 2019/2020
- JANUARY- FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT - Phil Ellison
- FEBRUARY - Meeting cancelled due to weather
- MARCH- DIARIES AND JOURNALS-Continuing the Family Story - Stacy Wells
- APRIL- WORKSHOP – DNA Triangulation – Berta Schumacher
- MAY- DNA EXPLAINED -Part II -Dan Earl
- JUNE (elections) - POTLUCK PICNIC AT PRESIDENT PAVLIKS PLACE!!!
- JULY- NO MEETING, SUMMERTIME FUN
- AUGUST- NO MEETING, SUMMERTIME FUN
- SEPTEMBER- UNDERSTANDING LAND PATENTS - Berta Schumacher
- OCTOBER - DIGITIZING AND RESTORING OLD PHOTOS- Jeff Haney
- NOVEMBER- CREATING FAMILY STORIES - PART II - Stacy Wells
- DECEMBER- NO MEETING- MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- (CALENDAR subject to changes, please check monthly)
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May Meeting
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Tuesday, May 14th 6:30 pm
DNA Explained Part II – Dan Earl
DNA Explained Part II – Dan Earl
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The family history guy
Our returning speaker from DNA 101
Dan is an entertaining yet informative speaker. One you sure won't want to miss! So you just got your DNA test results back. Now what? Maybe you're not as Irish as you thought, and where is that Native American DNA you grandma always talked about? This lecture will discuss what to do now that you have your results such as how to interpret ethnicity estimates, how to look at cousin matching, and DNA circles, as well as how to use a chromosome browser. Downloading and upload raw DNA data is also discussed. If you have your results and are wondering what to do next, this is the class for you! Bring a friend, bring two! Light refreshments follow. |
SGS NEWS
3 EASY STEPS
1. FILL OUT PAYMENT PAGE ONLINE 2. PRINT IT 3. MAIL WITH YOUR CHECK (Please print a separate page for each family member) FOR ALL MEMBERS: PLEASE FILL OUT THE ONLINE MEMBERSHIP PAGE. Do not send in handwritten information ANNUAL DUES MUST BE TURNED IN DURING APRIL OR MAY AND NEED TO BE FILLED OUT ONLINE CLICK THE LINK ABOVE FOR ONLINE MEMBERSHIP FORM THIS MONTHS SPEAKER A better Understanding of DNA through DNA Triangulation
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SGS PIONEER CERTIFICATES
Pioneer, Settler or First Family certificates are for any PROVEN ancestors who may have lived in Saginaw County from 1822-1884.
Give a gift the family will forever remember. Your ancestor will be noted in our website and you will receive a handsome embossed Certificate of Record that will be vetted by our Society. Suitable for framing, or for documentation, of your ancestors presence in our county along with their pedigree.
Dr Matt Deibel and wife Emily Deibel and SGS President Nancy Pavlik for First Family Awards
John Cammin and the first Certificate in the Pioneer/Settler/First Family Awards Program
The Saginaw Genealogical Society began the issuance of Pioneer, Settler and First Family Certificates in 2017, and so far they are a big hit. To date, the Society has issued OVER 50 certificates! We welcome anyone who is interested to go to the History tab in the menu and then to PIONEERS or just click on the pioneers link.
MORE INTERESTING STUFF
NEWSBANK can be used for free with your public library card ID number. This website has newspapers to search for obituaries!
sAVING THE BEST FOR LAUGH
GENTLE REMINDER
THIS SATURDAY APRIL 27TH
IS THE LANSING FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR
THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW CLASSES TO
SIGN UP FOR. (BUTS ITS PRETTY LATE)
BROWN BAG YOUR LUNCH OR EAT NEARBY
OVER 50 CLASSES ARE OFFERED
AND BEST OF ALL ITS FREE!
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
DON'T FORGET TO PRINT OUT YOUR SCHEDULE!
IS THE LANSING FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR
THERE MAY STILL BE A FEW CLASSES TO
SIGN UP FOR. (BUTS ITS PRETTY LATE)
BROWN BAG YOUR LUNCH OR EAT NEARBY
OVER 50 CLASSES ARE OFFERED
AND BEST OF ALL ITS FREE!
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!
DON'T FORGET TO PRINT OUT YOUR SCHEDULE!
MILITARY HISTORY & NEWS
Desperate bid to track down Original life-saving 'clickers' British soldiers used in D-Day landings
News › UK
Desperate bid to track down life-saving 'clickers' British soldiers used in D-Day landings in time for the d-d anniversary.
By OLIVIA TOBIN
The Acme 470 Clicker
A desperate bid has been launched to track down devices which were a lifeline for British soldiers during the D-Day landings.
Manufacturers from ACME Whistles are trying to trace the “lost clickers” of the Normandy Landings, a life-saving tool, to mark the 75th anniversary.
TO READ MORE PLEASE CLICK LINK BELOW
Desperate bid to track down life-saving 'clickers' British soldiers used in D-Day landings in time for the d-d anniversary.
By OLIVIA TOBIN
The Acme 470 Clicker
A desperate bid has been launched to track down devices which were a lifeline for British soldiers during the D-Day landings.
Manufacturers from ACME Whistles are trying to trace the “lost clickers” of the Normandy Landings, a life-saving tool, to mark the 75th anniversary.
TO READ MORE PLEASE CLICK LINK BELOW
WWII NEWS:DAKS over Normandy
75 YR COMMEMORATIVE JUMP IN FRANCE
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...and how Tabasco sauce went with the men to war. to read more about it..
DIGGING UP THE PAST
By Sue Shellenbarger
Updated Jan. 15, 2013 9:33 p.m.
Amateur genealogists, beware! Researching your ancestry doesn't always turn up heroes and royalty. It may turn up a felon, a bigamist or another unsavory character.
New York filmmaker Heather Quinlan found more than a few skeletons when digging into her ancestors' closet. Among them: Thomas Fagan, her grandmother's great-grandfather, who had killed a man during a drunken bar fight in 1868 (reportedly hitting him over the head with a chair in self-defense)....
CLICK LINK FOR VIDEO
Updated Jan. 15, 2013 9:33 p.m.
Amateur genealogists, beware! Researching your ancestry doesn't always turn up heroes and royalty. It may turn up a felon, a bigamist or another unsavory character.
New York filmmaker Heather Quinlan found more than a few skeletons when digging into her ancestors' closet. Among them: Thomas Fagan, her grandmother's great-grandfather, who had killed a man during a drunken bar fight in 1868 (reportedly hitting him over the head with a chair in self-defense)....
CLICK LINK FOR VIDEO
THIS JUST IN
From Karen Grohol
Anyone planning on going to the National Genealogical Society Conference in St. Charles, Missouri in May 2019? If yes, start looking into hotels ASAP! I called a few places and many hotels, especially close by, were sold out at the special conference rate! I went to the 2018 conference this year and had a great time! Hope to see some of you there! Registration begins from May 8 to May 11, 2019.
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Anyone planning on going to the National Genealogical Society Conference in St. Charles, Missouri in May 2019? If yes, start looking into hotels ASAP! I called a few places and many hotels, especially close by, were sold out at the special conference rate! I went to the 2018 conference this year and had a great time! Hope to see some of you there! Registration begins from May 8 to May 11, 2019.
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aMAZING STORIES
HOW AN UNLIKELY HISTORY WEBSITE TRANSFORMED COLD CASE INVESTIGATIONS
Fifteen murder and sexual assault cases have been solved since April with a single genealogy website.
This is how GEDmatch went from a casual side project to a revolutionary tool.
Curtis Rogers enjoys helping people solve family history puzzles. He inadvertently created a database that can now identify 60 percent of Americans of Northern European ancestry.
TO READ MORE ABOUT IT
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
This is how GEDmatch went from a casual side project to a revolutionary tool.
Curtis Rogers enjoys helping people solve family history puzzles. He inadvertently created a database that can now identify 60 percent of Americans of Northern European ancestry.
TO READ MORE ABOUT IT
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW
Do you have an interesting genealogy story?
Send us an email and we will be happy to post it!
sgsmi1971@gmail.com
Send us an email and we will be happy to post it!
sgsmi1971@gmail.com
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(Discover, Index, Genealogy)
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TUTORIALS ON :
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HOW TO LOOK FOR INFORMATION
HOW TO INDEX
INFORMATION ON THE NEXT GENEALOGY CONFERENCE
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FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME, OR WITH HELP AT THE FAMILY HISTORY CENTER, INDEX RECORDS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN ENJOY THE AVAILABLE ONLINE DATA TO USE FOR FREE! *OR*
GO TO HISTORY4YOU.COM AND FOLLOW THE STEPS TO LEARN HOW TO INDEX
GO TO HISTORY4YOU.COM AND FOLLOW THE STEPS TO LEARN HOW TO INDEX
- In this project,index only documents pertaining to a death. Any image that does not show at least one death record should be marked as a No Extractable Data image.
- The obituaries and death notices are typically in chronological order.
- Each batch includes up to five images.
- Each image usually shows just one document, but some obituaries may extend across multiple images, and some images may contain more than one obituary.
DID YOU KNOW
SAGINAW NEWS OBITUARY INDEX
With over 200,00+ obituaries for you to find.
Click on the photo link below or go to:
http://obits.netsource-one.net/
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TOO FUNNY
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Many, many years ago, when I was twenty-three,
I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were
wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my very life, My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife. To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw,
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own
grandpa!
I was married to a widow who was pretty as can be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon they, too, were
wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my very life, My daughter was my mother, cause she was my father's wife. To complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy, I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother-in-law to Dad,
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grown-up daughter, who, of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son who kept him on the run,
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother, and it makes me blue,
Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandmother, too.
Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild,
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild,
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw,
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own
grandpa!
FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS
NEAR YOU?
No Problems...check this out...
FamilySearch has 4,600 local facilities in 126 countries where anyone can access genealogical records and receive personal assistance with their family history. These centers include the world-famous Family History Library in Salt Lake City, large regional facilities in places like Mesa, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California, and smaller centers that are usually found inside Latter-day Saint meetinghouses.
Family history centers are free and open to the public and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Each facility offers both novices and experienced family historians the tools and resources to learn about their ancestors.
NEAR YOU?
No Problems...check this out...
FamilySearch has 4,600 local facilities in 126 countries where anyone can access genealogical records and receive personal assistance with their family history. These centers include the world-famous Family History Library in Salt Lake City, large regional facilities in places like Mesa, Arizona, and Los Angeles, California, and smaller centers that are usually found inside Latter-day Saint meetinghouses.
Family history centers are free and open to the public and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Each facility offers both novices and experienced family historians the tools and resources to learn about their ancestors.
STRANGE BUT TRUE
Finding Lisa: A Real-Life Murder/Mystery/Genealogy Story
From the Blog by Dick Eastman · May 15, 2017
A fascinating story by Shelley Murphy, published in the Boston Globe, seems to be almost too strange to be true. Sadly, it is not only true, but pieces of the whole story are still missing. Dozens of law enforcement officers around the country, social workers, investigators from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, genealogists, and others have worked together to find as much information about a serial killer as possible. There may be even more information waiting to be found. Law enforcement officials feel there may be even more victims than are known so far.
A fascinating story by Shelley Murphy, published in the Boston Globe, seems to be almost too strange to be true. Sadly, it is not only true, but pieces of the whole story are still missing. Dozens of law enforcement officers around the country, social workers, investigators from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, genealogists, and others have worked together to find as much information about a serial killer as possible. There may be even more information waiting to be found. Law enforcement officials feel there may be even more victims than are known so far.
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You can even use it to visit any of the Seven National Park venues in the state!
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You can even use it to visit any of the Seven National Park venues in the state!
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Your Michigan Library Card Is Good At More Than Just Libraries!
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