• Black and White Southern Families in Southern Plantation Records
• Mysterious Relatives
• Reconstructing Communities Using Sanborn Maps, Census Records, and City Directories
• Friends of Friends: Quakers and African American Communities

Attention! All writers of family history stories. The deadline for this year's SGS Family History Writing Contest is now 30 September.

Guidelines for submission:

1. Keep the word count under 3,000, and submit an MS Word document.
2. Cite your sources as endnotes (interviews, letters, books, websites, censuses, etc.).
3. Unpublished works are preferred. If your story has been published before, ensure you have permission to republish. Let us know the name and date of publication.
4. A committee will review all submissions and award prizes. Some entries selected for publication will receive prizes.
5. Subjects need not relate to Washington, the Pacific Northwest, or the United States.
6. The committee makes all decisions, and all decisions are final.
7. Need to talk about your ideas? Email us at publications@seagensoc.org, and we will get in touch.
8. Submit your entry by 30 September 2021 (extended) to publications@seagensoc.org.

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Since we are hard at work preparing to move our library this fall, the material in our stacks (e.g., books and journals) will not be accessible. However, the SGS computers and network will be available, allowing access to SGS subscription services like Newspapers.com and records through the FamilySearch Affiliate program.  

We encourage members and patrons to bring personal computers such as laptops or tablets rather than depend on SGS computer stations, which may be in high demand. Six work locations with “sneeze guards,” including two with computers, will be limited to 60 minutes at a time if others are waiting.  Because resources are limited, we recommend calling ahead (206-522-8658) to inquire about expected wait time before traveling a long distance to get here.

For the present, masks will be required and social distancing will be enforced. 

Group meetings will continue to be held virtually until after we complete the move to the Good Shepherd Center.
 

Special thanks to all our members, family historians, and genealogists who waited so patiently for the library to open again.

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Take a few moments now to renew your membership for our 98th year!  When you renew online you can pay your dues with a credit/debit card right away, or print out your invoice and send it with your dues payment to SGS. Log in at Members Home, then click the green “Renew Membership” button. If you haven’t logged in before or have questions, send an email to membership@seagensoc.org. 

 

 

FamilySearch Affiliate Library The Seattle Genealogical Society is an Affiliate Library for the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and FamilySearch.org. This means that when you are inside the SGS Library either using your own computer or our Patron Computers you will be able to access the "locked" records at FamilySearch.org. You will be prompted to sign up for a FREE account through FamilySearch.org, or to sign in to your own account and then you can access the records. The service is available during normal hours at the SGS research library.

 

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