Celebrate our Team of the Year!

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 SKCGS Publicity Team Honored at Annual Meeting




Friday evening, August 30, our team, along with committees and individuals were honored by genealogists across the state of Washington. 

The Washington State Genealogical Society is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements of local individuals and genealogical societies and organizations of the state. Each year, the WASGS presents special citations in recognition and appreciation of the dedication and commitment exhibited to the genealogical community in Washington State.

What We Do

Our effective, active SKCGS Publicity team supports everything that our society does. Some behind the scenes, such as our team email lists, shared calendar and file system, some publicly, such as the website and monthly emails which are sent out to each Member and every supporter of the society who wants to stay in touch, and help to promote our programs. This monthly email also is used by others to publicize our events, such as the Washington State Genealogy Blog, and ConferenceKeeper.org.

These assets mean that Members have access to recordings of the lectures given at our general meetings, handouts, convenient Zoom registration for all virtual meetings and so much more that makes SKCGS an exciting place to learn and volunteer. 

The Team

Our leader Tina does much of the behind-the-scenes work, setting up a website just for volunteers called The Hub, administering the private lists, as well as creating SKCGS.org and keeping it attractive, accurate and current. MaryLynn is another person who works behind the scenes, for instance editing our great blog. Credit her with creating our team photo above—we don't even all live in this state! Brenda is new to the team, and volunteered to keep our Facebook page current. Janet creates our Groups.io calendars, so that attendees to our meetings get timely invitations and reminders of our selection of meetings automatically. Valorie updates our Twitter/X & Facebook with the weekly blog post titles, links and images and writes some of the posts. 


Previous SKCGS Honorees 
2004 - Betty Ulrich Cooper, Barbara Stokey Heutchy
2007 - Waneta King Bosshart, Karen Lee Rosenberg Bouton
2010 - Glenn A. Gilbert, Charlotte Sue Kibbie, MaryLynn Strickland
2011 - Karen Lee Rosenberg Bouton, Sylva Jean Coppock, Linda Ann Stewart Van Nest
2012 - Barbara Stokey Heutchy
2017 – Catherine Wooden, Gilbert Wooden
2018 – Barbara Mattoon, Richard Thayer
2022 – Tina Lawson, Going Virtual Team (MaryLynn Strickland, Valorie Zimmerman)
2023 – Winona Hahn Laird

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Send your stories to m.strickland@skcgs.org




Valorie Zimmerman


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