Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society: July 2014

New WikiChicks Blog for Genealogy News and Information

Check out this new genealogy news blog that went online today. It is information packed along with the latest event calendar for genealogical research, webinars and provides social media posts from Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest.

Recap of the July Tech Fest

It was an extreme warm day but 11 members attended our annual Tech Fest. Sandy Bisset demonstrated how to publish your own book with MixBook application online and discussed the advantages of self publishing. Georga Foster demonstrated various Google applications for research, storage and editing. Subjects also covered were portable scanners, genealogy research software, and members answered questions pertaining to genealogy in general.

Are You Missing Most of the Available Genealogy Information? Also, check out "WikiChicks"

This week , Dick Eastman has two posts on his newsletter blog which may be of interest to you.

Just how much information are we missing by doing genealogy research just on the Internet and the
introduction to a new genealogy website- The WikiChicks".

http://blog.eogn.com/2014/07/27/are-you-missing-most-of-the-available-genealogy-information/

http://blog.eogn.com/2014/07/28/wikichicks-genealogy-news-network-officially-launches/

2024 Program Schedule

January 6, 2024 - America's Extension Service - Resources for Genealogy - Georga Foster
February - Original Courthouse History Forums- Members are encouraged to attend.
March - Darrelll Jabin - Oregons Traveling Historian- March 23, 2024
June 10, 2024 - Hood River Museum Meetup - 1:00pm
July/August - Summer Break
September 14, 2024 - Solutions To Geneaogical Research In Todays Economy
October 5, 2024 - Thomas MacEntee LIVE
Nov. 9, 2024 - FamilySearch Workshop -LDS LIbrary
December- No Program- Merry Christmas

Pioneers of The West

Header Photo: Helen Lundeberg created this painting while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program that employed artists during the Great Depression. Like other WPA artists, Lundeberg depicted a hopeful view of the United States during a time of turmoil and uncertainty by showing a dreamlike image of western expansion. The group of pioneers, with their backs to the viewer, follows an ox-drawn wagon into a valley. The monumental figures appear strong and assured in their forward progress. Rising mountains melt into the sun. Lundeberg's style of mixing fantastic images with reality is evident in the background: The pink, rolling mountains blend into the orange, pink, and bluish haze of the sky; it is difficult to determine where the mountains end and the sky begins. The careful use of space and dreamlike elements in Pioneers of the West is representative of Lundeberg's postsurrealist style. This movement, derived from surrealism, purposely combined fantasy with reality and was predominantly found on the West Coast. (Helen Lundeberg, Pioneers of the West, 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.27) GSA: Information and images created or owned by the GSA unless otherwise indicated, are considered in the public domain. They may be distributed or copied as permitted by applicable law.