February 2014 OGS Newsletter Page 2 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 Page 2 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
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