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f Seattle (genealogical ^ottetp ^ulletm Autumn 1996 Volume 46 "No. 1 # &mtiz <&timti4td feodety ^Bulletin jr':W;; i rtlZEJffKRt? PRESIDENT Jean A. Roth (206) 782-2629 VICE PRESIDENT Marilyn Rose ••*-••:-: :---"(206) 362-^240- SECRETARY Mary R. Pierce (206) 524-6920 TREASURER & JoAnneKing . (206)525-2685 DIRECTORS COMMUNICATIONS Sarah Thorson Littl§- (206) 365-3681 EDUCATION Sherrie Moore " (206) 485~722() , (360) 668-9048 LIBRARY Lynn Ready (206) 784-6439 OPERATIONS Paula Mullikin (206) 522-4169 PUBLICATIONS Sally Gene Mahoney (206)523-1941 PAST PRESIDENT Annette Dwyer (206) 938-5719 * " Appointed'Adviser^ J r_- s.p;i. LIAISON Darlene Hamilton (206) 386-4627 INTEREST GROUPS (All usually meet at SGS offices) 1 CANADIAN First Saturday, 10:15 a.m. Leaden James Pappin (206) 463-3578 COMPUTER Second Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Leader: Ida McCormick (206) 784-7988 GERMAN Fourth Saturday, quarterly, 10:30 a.m. Leader: William R. Heck (360) 374-5412 ij: IRISH Third Saturday, 10:15 a.m. Leader: Michael Powers (206)852-5202 1 SCANDINAVIAN Second Thursday, 12:30 p.m. Leader: Dorothy Wikander (206) 282-5864 1 SCOTTISH Call Director of Education (206) 485-7220, (360) 668-9048 BULLETIN EDITOR—^-^--^-SallyGen&Mahone y (206)523-1941 NEWSLETTER EDITOR Mary Ludvigsen (206) 782-4294 SGS Office and Library open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. j Monday, 6:30 p.m. - 9f|m. Closed Sundays and holidays Telephone Number: (206)522-8658 OFFICES AND LIBRARY: 851115th Avenue Northeast, Seattle Mailing Address: P.O. Box 75388, Seattle, WA 98125-0388 feeattl* 0mz&G$tti ftocfetp JSultein TABLE OF CONTENTS Calendar of Events : . 2 President's Letter 3 SPECIAL ARTICLES Life on a Norwegian Island 5 The Elusive Ancestor 11 About Those Mail Solicitations 33 RESEARCH AIDS Family History Research in Australia 12 Tide Abstract Reveals More Than Expected 13 TipCorner 32 Incorporated as a At the National Archives 34 non-profit organization Mrs. Ella Taylor's Bible 34 under the laws King County School Census of 1901 South Park School District #9 35 of the State of Columbia City School District #18 38 Washington REGULAR FEATURES Founded October 1923 SGS and Other Notes 4 Book Reviews Family Line Publications 24 Heritage Books, Inc. 24 BULLETIN Genealogical Publishing Co. 27 Park Genealogical Books 27 Ancestry, Inc. 27 Volume 46 No, 1 Other Recent SGS Library Acquisitions 28 Seattle Public Library Acquisitions r30 Autumn 1996 New Members 43 Queries 44 INDEX 45 Published Quarterly Seattle Genealogical Society P. O. Box 75388 American Library Assn. SAN #321-1053 Seattle, WA 98125-0388 The SGS Bulletin is indexed In the Genealogical Periodical Annual Index v (206)522-8658 Copyright ©1996, Seattle Gertlalogical Society Page 2 Seattle itewalojjiral ftadtfp bulletin Autumn 1996 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2 December 7:30 p.m., SGS Monday Evening program, an illustrated talk by Sally Gene Mahoney, "City Directories: Tracking Grandpa and Family From Coast to Coast." 14 December 1 p.m., SGS quarterly meeting, featuring SGS President Jean Roth on 'Holiday Customs Around the World," camaraderie and refreshments. 24*26 December Happy Holidays! SGS office closed. 31 December- -? 1 January Happy New Year! SGS office closed. ' 6 January 7:30 p.m., SGS Monday Evening program, with Waverly Fitzgerald speaking on 'Writing Family History: Essays, Articles, Memoirs." 24*25 January Gentech '97, Piano, Texas, with the theme, 'Technology Applied: The Genealogist's Craft." Details: P.O. Box 28021, Dallas, TX 75228-0021 or Gentech home page: htfe:// •:4- www.connect.net/beau/gentech; • . ;] 3 February 7:30 p.m., SGS Monday Evening program. 25*27 April New England Regional Genealogical Conference, sponsored by 20 societies at Cromwell, Connecticut Details: TIARA, P.O. Box 619, Sudbury, MA 01776. 7-10 May National Genealogical Society Conference in the States, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Write: Registration Brochure, 452717th St N., Arlington, VA 22207-2399. 3*6 September Federation of Genealogical Societies conference, Dallas, Texas, with the theme, "Unlock Your Heritage With Creative Problem Solving," Details later. ABOUT SGS BULLETIN ADVERTISING AND SUfMISSION OF ARTICLES The Seattle Genealogical Society editorial staff welcomes your contributions of original material you compile and write, including details on how and where you found the information. We also will consider material previously published, if the source and date of publication are indicated, plus the publication's address should reprint permission be required. ? • Editing: Submissions will reviewed and edited for style and length as needed. Help is available for inexperienced writers.'; Areas and eras? The Bulletin's main focus is on earlier Pacific Northwest regional material However, articles from across the country and around the world also will be considered, as will articles detailing more-current events. Soume ideas: Family records (Bible, letters, diaries, scrapbooks), family and community records (burials/obituaries^ passenger lists, directories, transcriptions of previously unpublished records), public records (vital statistics, census^ probate, land, immigration), original compositions telling of your research Experiences, genealogical-oriented |:our> hint^j I for fellow researchers, or an unusual research problem and how you solved it. •! ] Copy preparations ^Typewritten, double-spaced, on 81 /2 x 11" white paper or clear, readable computer printout. *Legibly handwritten or printed on lined notebook-style paper, either original or clear photocopy. *Macintosh or IBM 31 IT floppy disc, preferably in Microsoft Word or ASCII, with clear printout. :. Advertising: Bulletin advertising rates can be obtained from the Society office, or may be found elsewhere in this issue; The Seattle Genealogical Society has accepted advertisements in this publication in good faith, however it can not be. responsible for this advertising and suggests such caution as should be given any other private business transaction. Autumn 1996 &tmlt (genealogical feodetp bulletin Page3 PRESIDENT'S LETTER Dear SGS members: Eternity past, and eternity to come Impinge upon your life. TM$ is a season to give thanks, and like our ancestors The ancestor gave you who gave thanks for the bounties they had received, Your existence and striving. we also give thanks to the bounties that SGS contin The descendants carry on ues to receive from all of our wonderful members Your aspirations and yearning. who serve on committees, who contribute physi cally or financially to our projects, and who volun Between the two you ought teer their talents. Your help is greatly appreciated To preserve and enhance ? and we sincerely thank you for all your efforts. What you have inherited, As a valuable link Like most all-volunteer organizations, we rely on In the unending chain. i our members to help. The lack of volunteers is caus- r fag many research facilities to have to reduce their UPCOMING EVENTS hours or the services that they are able to provide. Unfortunately, we at SGS are not finding very many We have a variety of excellent programs planned for of you who are willing to contribute a few hours of the first Monday evening Of each month. These time. We need many more volunteers to help. We programs are of general interest and always offer hate to keep asking, but a few people cannot con something useful. tinue to do all the work alone. We are all busy doing other things, and it is not fair to expect one person to We also are planning a day-long Computer Geneal { dolOhoursofworkwhenlOpeoplecouldgetitdone ogy Seminar for sometime next spring. This will be in just one hour. designed for those who are considering using a computer for maintaining their research data, was t We especially need people to help at the front desk. well as for those who already have a computer but It is not a difficult job and there is of ten time to do don't really know what to do with it. Do you also your own research while on duty. Can you give us have a collection of computer guidebooks labeled •**•• one day a month? If you can not commit to a regular "for Dummies" and "for Idiots" and still can't figure schedule, we also need people who can be called on them out? Do you keep punching buttons on your occasionally to substitute if the regular volunteer is keyboard, hoping that your ancestors will miracu lously appear on the screen? Then this day will be for unable to work. We need people to assist in the you! library, to answer questions and help new research ers get started. We also need people to help prepare We understand that the PBS series, "Ancestors," will society mailings. Can you stamp, fold and sort? We be coming to the Pacific Northwest stations. This 10- even have some projects that can be done at home. part series on genealogy is planned to begin in January, Watch for it We must all be boosters for family history research and for the Seattle Genealogical Society. What are HOLID AY GXFT-GIVING doing to contribute to the genealogical community? Are you enthusiastic about the activities of the soci This is just a reminder that we have many items ety? Do you participate? Are there ways in which we available at SGS that would make excellent gifts for can expand the society's efforts? Are there research the holidays. Gift memberships are great for those items that you would like to see us obtain? How can who are beginning to express an interest in family- we best serve you? history research. Come browse and buy! .Sincerely, You are important—you are the present that pre serves the past for the future. I would like to share a favorite poem by the Euro Jean A. Roth pean writer, O. Krpepklin: President Page 4 Btmlt &me&l®£ttat &ma? Pollute Autumn 1996 SGS AND OTHER NOTES MORE ON CANADIAN ARCHIVES use [email protected], or if a CompuServe subscriber use 76701,263.