Note that this meeting is on the first Wednesday. There is no general meeting in December.

Maggie Coswell. a preservation archivist, from the Washington State Archives will be our guest speaker. She will be giving us hints and ideas on how to protect our family heirlooms. She will suggest how to preserve our family treasures, so they can be handed down to the next generation. Bring your questions for Maggie to answer.

Writing your own obituary-Your obituary is probaly the most important thing that will ever be written about you. So why not write it yourself? no one knows better then you what you want to be remembered for. And wouldn't it be great to be able to say the last word? Join Roxanne Lowe, long-time genealogist and family researcher, for tips and examples of humorous, serious and poignant obituaries.

Lynda Keenan, member of the Eastern Washington Genealogy Society will be our guest speaker.She will doing a class on basic DNA. We all have questions from time to time on this subject and she may be able to answer them for us.

Barry McCombs will be presenting interesting and new updates for family Search. Barry always has new and wonderful ideas to help us with our family history thoughts and ideas.

The guest speaker for this meeting will be Madilane Perry. She is the President of the Ferry County Historical Society. She gave a Power Point on the Ferry County railroads at a convention of the Great Northern Historical Society. Come with questions about the railroad lines in our area. Hopefully she will be able to answer or help solve a question or two about the railroads in Northeast Washington.

Brick Walls!!!!!!!!! Have you come to a "dead end" of researching for a ancestor? Do you need help idenifiying where a city might have been located? Where do I go to find a old cemetery? the list goes on and on. Brick Walls is a favorite program for all of us-so come with your questions, maybe a old picture or two-and let the fun begin!! Problem solving can be so much fun.

Helen Sowards, will be our guest speaker and the topic will be Old Family Cookbooks. Do you have old recipe books passed down to you? Learn what you can gleem from them-maybe a family story, how the recipe was written. It could be memories of when they made the recipe or served the recipe or just examples of food they loved. Get hints of how to make a family Cookbookwith your old recipes. Bring a old family recipe and share with us-maybe a story, picture or a memory.
 

Lee Pierce from the Eastern Washington Branch of the Washington State Archives will be our guest speaker. Lee always brings wonderful updates on new items that have been donated to the archives. He is always happy to answer questions about what may be found in the archives.

Sue Richart will be presenting a program on Google Maps. This is a very useful tool for us when trying to locate old boundaries of cities or counties. A very informative subject for all genealogists.

Steve Rigan, did a family discovery roadtrip to the midwest. His program will discuss the preperation for the trip, family surprises and many other fun and interesting topics. Steve always has many funny family adventure tales to share with one and all. He will have a trick or two to share with you about solving a family question.

Honoring our Veternans. This is a very special program to honor our forefathers and other family members with their militay duty.We welcome one and all to bring a favorite story, picture or memory of a veternan member in your family.