Speaking of Archives....
Local Archives and Other Repositories After Saturday's inspiring panel discussion about how to find the majority of the genealogy and family history records which have been collected for research, we thought to consult our own repository: the blog index on our great website, skcgs.org . Since the beginning, we have been visiting local area archives and museums and reporting back to you, our readers. Katie led us off with Black Diamond, Washington about the history of Black Diamond and the great Black Diamond Museum and Historical Society. More here also her visit to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society in Boston. Cheri Sayer came to SKCGS from the Greater Kent Historical Societ y and she also visited the Highline Heritage Museum . Note: Highline Heritage has a new link . Barbara Mattoon visited and wrote about the Des Moines Museum ; r ead on to see even more examples of local repositories. Nearly every community in south King County has a museum or hist