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February 2014
OGS Newsletter
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Temp. Editor, Pat Harper
Volume 24, No. 6
Olympia, Washington
February 2014
Annual Dinner Completely Booked plus March Meeting
by Peggy Cooley
February is dinner month! Time for us to gather with good food and friends and go on an
adventure...to France. In fact, it's so popular, we have filled the dining room and are unable to
accept any more reservations, unfortunately.
In March, Steven Morrison will talk about buckling down to writing along with citing
sources. April is our Annual Seminar; don't forget to register! Barbara Houtenbrink and
Connie Bailey round out the year.
I need to ask for help with what I'm now calling the Surname Project. This is much bigger
than I initially imagined, so I'd like to make the product something our Society will be proud
to present. Even if you have not volunteered before, please consider it.
Message from President Eileen Dodge
How to Tell If You Are An Addicted Genealogist
When you are in a different city do you look through the phone book to find people
that have the same surname as one of your ancestors?
Do you get excited when you drive by a cemetery?
Do you talk about your deceased ancestors as though they were still a live?
Does your librarian or the person that works at the archives know your whole life story?
Do you check the obituaries everyday?
Do you spend your vacation tracking down ancestors in county courthouses?
Can you remember the date an ancestor died but you can't remember to feed the pets?
Instead of an emergency kit in your car you have a research kit?
If you said yes to more than one of these you are an addicted genealogist!
Anonymous
February 2014
OGS Newsletter
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April is Seminar Month: Get Started Now
Monday, February 3, 2014 there will be a Annual Seminar planning meeting
at the Double Tree (Phoenix) Inn. If you are interested in helping out, the meeting
starts at 6:30 p.m. If you can’t attend the meeting, but would like to help contact
David Purtee: kpurtee@juno.com
Note from Ann Olson, Seminar Registrar: Please fill out the entire registration
form, especially the email for receipt notification, and include it with your
payment. Thank you for your help.
February 2014 OGS Calendar
OGS Seminar Meeting
Monday, February 3, 2013
6:30 p.m.
Double Tree Inn
(Old Phoenix Inn)
OGS Annual Dinner
Thursday, February 13, 2014
5:30 p.m. River’s Edge
for 6 p.m.
OGS Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
6:30 p.m. Olympia Timberland Library
Meeting Room
OGS Genealogy Café
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Thursday, February 20, 2014
1-3 p.m. Olympia Timberland Library
Meeting Room
March 2014 OGS Calendar
OGS Meeting
Thursday, March 13, 2014
Speaker Steve Morrison
7 p.m.
Thurston County Courthouse
Building 1, Room 152
OGS Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
OGS Genealogy Café
Saturday, March 15, 2014 1-3 p.m. Olympia Timberland Library
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Meeting Room
Olympia Timberland Library
Meeting Room