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Genealogy of the Oregon Trail
Saturday, May 4
Genealogy of the Oregon Trail  (EWGS Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Hybrid Meeting at The Hive - 2904 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99202
Oregon Trail by Travis Boley, Manager of the Oregon and California Trails Association
 
“Join Travis Boley from the Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) as he presents on Paper Trail, OCTA's online index to thousands of emigrant diaries from the 19th century. The diaries are indexed in a fashion to make it simple for researchers to find people, places, tribal interactions, and even numbers of wagons and animals in a train. Mr. Boley will walk us through Paper Trail and show us how to most efficiently use this valuable genealogy tool."
1:00-3pm, doors open at 12:30
 
The Hive is a secured building, visitors please contact webmanager@ewgsi.org for the code.
 
There will be no handout for this program.


REFOCUS GROUP
Monday, May 6
REFOCUS GROUP  (Special Interest Groups)
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
ZOOM MEETING
"How to Utilize the Tools in Zoom" by Lynda Keenan and Karen Lehfeltd will be discussing "Start Me". 
 For more information, contact Pat Bayonne-Johnson at pbj524@aol.com . 
 
Here is the Zoom Invitation for this meeting:
 
EWGS is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: EWGS Re-Focus Meeting
Time: May 6, 2024 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
 
Meeting ID: 844 8573 7762
Passcode: 702000
 


TAG
Thursday, May 9
TAG  (Special Interest Groups)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
ZOOM ONLY
TOPIC: Maximizing Ancestry searches and working with hints. For Mother's Day, share a memory of your Mom.
 
For more information or to join TAG meetings, contact Janice Moerschel (moerschelj@gmail.com).
Join Zoom Meeting
 Link will be posted before meeting.


IRISH GROUP
Monday, May 13
IRISH GROUP  (Special Interest Groups)
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
ZOOM MEETING
The Irish Special Interest Group will meet on the second Monday of the month via Zoom from 3 pm to 5 pm.  Our goal will be to discuss resources and tools to help us  with our Irish genealogical research.   If you would like to join this group, please contact Kelly Martin at fox.ak.kelly@gmail.com.


ROOTSMAGIC Monthly Meeting
Monday, May 20
ROOTSMAGIC Monthly Meeting  (Special Interest Groups)
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
ZOOM ONLY
Monthly sharing of techniques and Q&A session.
If interested in joining this group please contact John Wilson. Please take note of the new time.
wilsonjb@gmail.com
 
 
 


Newspaper Research
Saturday, June 1
Newspaper Research  (EWGS Meetings)
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Hybrid Meeting at The Hive - 2904 E Sprague Ave, Spokane, WA 99202
Newspaper Research by Sunny Jane Morton

Comparing the U.S. Newspaper Giants:

Over a billion digitized newspaper pages are now searchable at online historical newspaper archives such as Chronicling America, FultonHistory.com, GenealogyBank, NewspaperArchive and Newspapers.com. But which should you use? Is it worth subscribing to one of the premium sites? Learn how they stack up for total amount of digitized content; geographic coverage; unique features and tools; subscription options; and more. My tips and comparative analyses will help you more confidently choose and use these newspaper websites. 

1:00-3pm, doors open at 12:30


AUGUST RETREAT WORKSHOP
Thursday, August 8
AUGUST RETREAT WORKSHOP  (Workshop)
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August Retreat TIME DATE AND LOCATION  TBD
 
As event gets closer details will be shared. 
ANY MEMBER MAY ATTEND THE ANNUAL RETREAT.