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Valorie
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Family, PFLAG, genealogy, anthropology, history, gardens, KDE, Kubuntu,; lover of art, music, literature, books, film, nature, all things free and open. She/her
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On the Flip Side skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/11/on-flip-side.html

#Tactics #Strategies #Plans #Practice #Endogamy #DNA #Obits #Habits
Photo by Chris Hagerman: Two Face: The Flip Side roller coaster at Six Flags America. CC 3.0
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Explore! skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/11/explore.html

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Education #Goals #Happiness #LearningStyles #Research #Deadlines #Success
Image: Comic, by Creator: Gregg Evans Copyright: © 2025 GCE Inc.
November 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Double Paternity Mystery skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-double-paternity-mystery.html

#DNA #Mystery #Collaboration #NPE #CockeCountyTN #Bootlegging #FANclub
Photo: Chimney Rocks, Cherokee National Forest, Del Rio, TN, courtesy of wikimediaCommons
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Genealogy and...Baseball? skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/10/genealogy-andbaseball.html

#Genealogy #Research #Baseball #Team sport #FANclub #Relatives #Cousins #SkillBuilding
mage: photo of Safeco Field, the Seattle Mariners' basebaall stadium. summer_in_seattle_baseball_safeco_baseball_stadium_seattle Courtesy of pxhere.com CCO:Public domain
October 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Early Jewish Immigrant Databases Now Available skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/10/early-jewish-immigrant-databases-now.html

#JewishResearch #Charity #Poverty #Desertion #Database #Map #Podcast #NewYorkCity #Immigrants,#PaleOfSettlement #Russia #Archive #CaseFile #FamilyLocket
150YearsofCare.org website header image
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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We Are All Connected: Part 2 skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/10/we-are-all-connected-part-2.html

#Connections #Chicago #Indiana #Schools, #Teachers #FANClub #Associations #CoeurdAlene #Wyoming #InLaws
Part of Whiting, Indiana ©OpenStreeMap
October 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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We Are All Connected skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/09/we-are-all-connected.html

#Genealogy #Cousins #Connections #Conversation #Networks #Locations
Image by Vilkasss from Pixabay
September 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Childhood Disease Stories skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/09/childhood-disease-stories.html

#ChildhoodDisease #Vaccines #Memories #Polio #Chickenpox #Shingles #WhoopingCough #Measles #Cholera
Photo: American Red Cross fundraising campaign featuring Howard Keel,submitted by Karen Harrison
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Power Your Memories: Tell the Stories! skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/09/power-your-memories-tell-stories.html

#Memories #Stories #Vaccine #Innoculation #HerdImmunity #Disease #GrandparentsForVaccines #Prevention #History
Iron lung, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: a patient inside a Drinker respirator, attended to by a nurse and a doctor. Photograph, ca 1930. Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0)
September 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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What is History? skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/09/what-is-history.html

#History #FamilyHistory #Research #Stories #Crime #Tragedy #War #Accidents #Truth #Evidence #Context #Records
©Bizarro Piraro Comic image of people looking at photographs on the wall above a fireplace; the hosts say, "Our own ancestors were just too ugly. We got these at yard sales."
September 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Monday blog post: Outstanding!
skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/09/outstanding.html

#SKCGS #Service #WASGS #NGS #Volunteer #Training #Bylaws #Publicity #Team #BoardOfDirectors
Washington State Genealogical Society Outstanding Volunteer Award nominees Tina Lawson, Michele Mattoon, Valorie Cowan Zimmerman
September 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Outstanding! skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/09/outstanding.html

#SKCGS #Service #WASGS #NGS #Volunteer #Training #Bylaws #Publicity #Team #BoardOfDirectors
Washington State Genealogical Society Outstanding Volunteer Award nominees Tina Lawson, Michele Mattoon, Valorie Cowan Zimmerman
September 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Casting Your Net skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/08/casting-your-net.html
#TreeBuilding #Immigrants #DNAmatches #DataAnalysis #FloatingTree #Surnames #Obituaries #GenealogicalProofStandard #FANclub
Photo: Fishermen in a Rowboat Throwing the Net free image by fabianoshow; courtesy of pexels.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Time Horizon skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/08/time-horizon.html

#Time #Focus #Question #ResearchPlan #GPS #GenealogicalProofStandard #WorkFlow #Records #Ancestry #FamilySearch #MyHeritage #Wikitree #Databases #Repositories #FANClub #DNA
Image: Ttime Horizon by nicola2002f (pixabay.com). Clock superimposed over a country road heading to the horizon
August 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Family Bible skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/08/family-bible.html

#FamilyBible #Records #HandMeDowns #eBay #Ancestry #MyHeritage #FindMyPast FamilySearch.org #Ngsgenealogy #GenealogicalSociety #HistoricalSociety #Libraries #InternetArchive #DPLA #ArchiveGrid
Image generated by Vecteezy: "antique-bible-on-wood-table-with-gold-decoration" generated_24576675
August 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Personal Experiences skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/08/personal-experiences.html

#Disaster #Survival #Coping #Adapting #Storms #Recovery #Resilience #Community #Radio
Weather photograph of Hurricane David Savannah GA, Sept 4, 1979
August 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The Big Burn--Disaster Response Part 2 skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-big-burn-disaster-response-part-2.html
#Big Blowup #BigBurn #Disasters #ForestFires #Memories #Stories #Trains
Photo By National Photo Company - Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6992872
July 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Disaster Response skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/07/disaster-response.html
#Disasters #Volcanoes #Resilience #Creativity #SocialMovements #War #ComingTogether #Recission #PublicMedia #Charities #GreatFire
Photo: from https://catalog.archives.gov/ via Picryl.com Aerial photo of Mount St. Helens (center), with Mount Hood (in the distance, far left), Spirit Lake (on left with floating log mat), and St. Helens Lake with a little ice cover (lower left). USGS image taken by K. Spicer on June 6, 2024. Public Domain.
July 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Finding Your Pre-1850 Ancestors skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/07/finding-your-pre-1850-ancestors.html

#UsCensus #Strategy #RecordSets #ResearchPlan #FANclub #Details #Clues #Citations #Timelines #Correlation #Tables #DNA #TargetedTesting
Image of the William McBee (Mackbey) household with wife Louisa Smith, and at bottom, their daughter Martha Jane, with other relatives; Ancestry.com : accessed 10 July 2025
July 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Exploring Norwegian Genealogy, a Book Review skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/07/exploring-norwegian-genealogy-book.html

#BookReview #Norwegian #Genealogy #Research #Census #ParishRecords #FarmNames #Patronymics
Cover of "Exploring Norwegian Genealogy"; Christinsen, Liv Birgit and Strand, Margaret Helen, Exploring Norwegian Genealogy, Orting, Washington, Family Roots Publishing Co., LLC, 2023.
July 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Libraries and Archives skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/06/libraries-and-archives.html

#Books #Learning #Libraries #Archives #WashingtonStateLibrary
Library at St. Florian Monastery post by Goodwill Librarian at Facebook
June 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Tending A Forest skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/06/tending-forest.html
#History #Trees #Forests #Communities #Communication #Interdependence #Stories #KentHistoricalSociety #Storytelling
mage: trees in native american style, in a circle: Resilient Roots from announcement from the Kent Historical Museum 855 E Smith St, Kent, WA. More at their Facebook or Square: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/MLDCP64VB80HW/checkout/FMFA5ZW2MLZUI23FGL6J3SVB
June 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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In Praise of Hopscotching Around Your Tree skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/06/in-praise-of-hopscotching-around-your.html

#GenealogyResearch #DuplicateProfiles #OnlineTrees #Identity #Fun #Hopscotch #ProTools #TreeAnalysis #RabbitHoles #Discoveries
Image: two young children playing hopscotch. "Hope & Megan" CC BY-NC 2.0.
June 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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100% Immigrant Origins: No Kings. Today at 4 Corners, Maple Valley, WA
More photos: photos.google.com/album/AF1Qip...
Me today. 100% Immigrant Origins: #NoKings. Tshirt courtesy of my lovely daughter-in-law Tara & the honorable Hillary Clinton <3
June 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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What Do You Want to Learn? skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/06/what-do-you-want-to-learn.html

#IntentionalLearning #Lectures #Topics #Speakers #Records #Methodology #History #Genealogy #GenealogicalEducation
La Fenice Opera House from the stage. Pietro Tessarin, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
June 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM