Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society: February 2017

There's a secret hidden in the 1840 U.S. Census!!

If you are researching Revolutionary soldiers in your family, here is a tip that is not extremely well known especially if your still starting out in research. On the back or the second page of the 1840 U.S.Census there is a row where Revolutionary pensioners names were listed. Above is a example of the "Second Page" of the census. Also later there was a book written called " A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service", published by the U.S. Census bureau in 1841.

This book is available on line at Internet Archives and is free to read or download.

https://archive.org/details/censusofpensione00unit

Writing Your Family History

Writing you family history and trying to put decades of personal, historical facts and stories can be daunting and sometimes stressful.

To make this endeavor a pleasant and rewarding experience here are some tips from the experts.
Cyndi's List provides links to how to get started, writing techniques, publishing and self publishing.
http://www.cyndislist.com/writing/

Planning a genealogy cruise or family history adventure???

One of the best resources for finding genealogical travel information is Cyndie's List.

The site offers 61 links to genealogy based cruises, tours, and past travel tours and information so your adventure can be the best.

Thank You Cyndie Howell!

http://www.cyndislist.com/travel/tours-and-cruises/

Facebook links to Oregon and Washington Genealogical Websites!

Social media has become the number one resource in finding information about genealogical organizations and linked websites for the research communities. Here is a list of Facebook links to help you get started and provide the latest posted information to seminars, research groups and commercial and personal websites.

Genealogical Forum Of Oregon

https://www.facebook.com/gfo.org/

Oregon Genealogical society

https://www.facebook.com/OregonGenSoc/

Oregon Historical Society

https://www.facebook.com/oregonhistory/

Oregon Genealogy Network

Washington State Genealogical Society

https://www.facebook.com/wasgs/

Eastern Washington State Genealogical Society

https://www.facebook.com/Eastern-Washington-Genealogical-Society-148784565153872/

Washington State Historical Society

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Washington-State-Historical-Society-Washington-State-History-Museum/150279898346364

Washington State Genealogy Network

https://www.facebook.com/groups/222494824442130/

Oregon Genealogical Society- March Events

Oregon Genealogical Society

The Oregon Genealogical Society has posted 38 events for the coming year on their website. Besides monthly meetings,events include boot camps, round-table' s and writers groups can enjoy several gatherings this year for all research levels. A link to their calendar is below.

http://oregongs.org/eventListings.php?nm=20

Have you been to Pinterest lately? Lots of new genealogy links and information

If you haven't visited Pinterest for some genealogy research you are missing tons of family history information. Not only do genealogy experts use this a s a way to get their information to the world but it is now one of the most popular social media sites to post you family history stories, research, photos and travel .

By starting a board with your family surname you can connect with other researchers that are researching the same family line. An example is linked below, The Stewert's of Scotland".

https://www.pinterest.com/riersonmary/stewarts-of-scottland/

Comparing Commercial DNA Tests- Some Surprises Here

Recently, Inside Addition, one of TV's investigative reporting programs compared findings of three popular genealogy DNA tests on triplets and quadruplets to see how multiple siblings tested out as far as accuracy. You might be surprised by the results.

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/investigation-puts-ancestry-dna-kits-225621040.html