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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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Step Up and Make a Difference

skcgs.blogspot.com/2026/02/step-up-and-make-difference.html

Service #Volunteer #Secretary #Officer #Skills #Contribute #Collaborate #Nominate
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February 9, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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Doubt
skcgs.blogspot.com/2026/02/doubt.html

#Doubt #Facts #Records #Context #GenealogicalProofStandard #FANclub #ResearchPlan #RecordHints
Image: drawing conveying doubt; bold question mark surrounded by scribbles, courtesy of Freepik.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Revisit

#Genealogy #Research #Ancestry®ProTools #DNAmatches #OldResearch
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January 26, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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The Hop-Pickers Murders https:/

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#BookReview #MurderMystery #NathanDylanGoodwin #Hops #HopPickers #UK #Poverty
Image: photo by Ron Strutt. Hop garden at Syndale Farm, Kent, UK. CC BY-SA 2.0
January 19, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Nominations Are Open
skcgs.blogspot.com/2026/01/nominations-are-open.html

#Leadership #Elections #Volunteer #Nomination #Candidate #Aging #Responsibility #NonProfit #Organization #Support
image: SKCGS logo celebrating 42nd Anniversary. https://www.skcgs.org/
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Unusual Sources
skcgs.blogspot.com/2026/01/unusual-sources.html

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CoalMining #GrundyCountyIL #Library #Theses
Image photo:Diamond_Mine_Disaster_Historical_Marker_Grundy IL, courtesy of WiikMediaCommons
January 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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025: What Happened skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/12/2025-what-happened.html

#Education #Outreach #Study #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Volunteer #Free #ecords #FamilyTreeMaker #Wikitree #Tech @KCLS #Libraries
“Father Time” by Linnaea Mallette: Public Domain license
December 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Spit & Polish skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/12/2026-spit-polish.html

#GenealogicalProofStandard #GPS #Ciations #PublicTrees #Maps #Timeline #Photos #Screenshot
Image: graphic of the Genealogical Proof Standard: https://bcgcertification.org/ethics-standards#genealogical-proof-standard-gps
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The Christmas Ornaments (reprinted) skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-christmas-ornaments-reprinted.html

#Heirloom #FamilyHistory #Depression #Genealogy #Holidays #Celebration
Image: birds on an open mailbox with a wrapped Christmas present
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Finding Tidbits skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/12/finding-tidbits.html

#JonathanMarney AnnPOliver #CaptNimrodAshby #MajStapleton #Crutchfield #FauquierCounty #HamptonVirginia #WarOf1812
Image: Marney's 1850 Warrant
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Thankful skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/11/thankful.html

#Genealogy #Research #Obituary #Census #PublicHealth #Medicine #Care #Disease #Science #DNA #Records #Context #Stories
Image: photo by James Wheeler: Free to use. Pitt Meadows, BC. CanadaCrop Field Under Rainbow and Cloudy Skies at Daytime
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Collaboration & Synchronicity=Magic skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/11/collaboration-synchronicitymagic.html

#WikiTree #FamilySearch #Genealogy #Projects #Collaboration #Synchronicity #Interdependence #DNA #DNAmatches
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November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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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
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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
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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