Upcoming Events:
The 2025 Antique Show will be February 22-23 at the Presidents' Hall at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. Please sign up to volunteer for this important fundraiser. We need to folks to help on Friday with set-up. On Saturday and Sunday we need entrance and appraisal area cashiers. Prior to the event we will need folks willing to put up road signs. You also help advertise this event by distributing show postcards at antique shops and area retirement homes, and posting flyers at local businesses and other high-traffic, public locations.
PSGS February Program: Feb 26, 1pm. (Wed). AI for Genealogy with Joleen Aichison. This will be hybrid. his will be hybrid. Join us in person at the Sylvan Way Library or on Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted on Feb.25. (Members will receive an email with the link on Feb 24) Open to the public.
We are looking for a New President, Vice-President , and Education Chair for 2026 as well as a new editor for the Backtracker. Sharon will be retiring from this position.
**Remember our Salt Lake City trip is March 9-15. Contact Diane Evans if you are interested.**
Research Forms (click here): Blank Census forms, checklists.
Other Events, classes, programs (click on the program title for more information.)
Feb 1, 8:50am (Sat). AI (Artificial Intelligence) Made Easy: Boosting Your Genealogy Research with Technology" with Blaine Bettinger. Seminar. Olympic Genealogical Society. Must register by Jan 30.
Feb 8, 1pm (Sat). I Have a Civil War Ancestor: Now What? with Brian Rhinehart. Seattle Genealogical Society.
Feb 11, 1pm (Tue). Ancestry Pro Tools: Are They Worth It? with Sue McNeil. Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society. (In person only)
Feb 12, 10am (Wed). Ten Things Every Eastern European Genealogist Should Know with Lisa A Alzo. Fiske Genealogical Library.
Feb 15, 10am (Sat). The Road to Independence: Revolutionary War Records with Michael Strauss. South King County Genealogical Society.
Feb 17, 5pm (Mon). Genealogy Do-Overs: A Year of Learning From Mistakes with Thomas MacEntee. Zion Genealogical Society
Feb 19, 7pm (Wed). Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: What's Buried in Cemetery Records with Janice Sellers. Genealogical Society of North Orange County CA.
Feb 21, 10 am (Fri). The National Road: America's First Federal Highway with Annette Burke Lyttle. Bainbridge Island Genealogical Society.
Feb 24, 4pm (Mon). Be A Super Sleuth: Accessing Images in Family Search with Jill Morelli. St. Mary's County Genealogical Society.
Feb 27, 4pm (Thu). Discover Your Past: Navigating Shifting German Surnames with Stephen Wendt. Avon Lake Public Library.