White River Valley Museum Our soggy Puget Sound weather may have you seeking a warm, dry indoor activity. If so, I recommend a visit to the White River Valley Museum. It is conveniently located adjacent to the Auburn Public Library. You might even combine a research trip to the genealogy section of the Library with a visit to the museum. This small museum features high-quality exhibits including one about the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (the original settlers of this region), a replica of a 1915 Japanese farmhouse and an exhibit about downtown Auburn in the 1920s.  The museum also features an extensive oral history collection and over 13,000 photographs.[1]  Several historic newspapers of the area are available to search online, and the extensive library of books and newspapers is open to researchers.[2] Family Tree Maker User Group Back across the parking lot to the KCLS Library, the FamilyTree Maker Users Group will meet there Saturday, February 1, from 10:15 – 11:45 am.  Co

Used with permission from Randy Majors  https://www.randymajors.com/p/ancestorsearch.html For a change, this post focuses on Google  Search  rather than the Google  Maps  tools on this website. If you've tried searching for a mention of your ancestors (or living people) using Google Search, you've no doubt run into this little issue from time to time: 175 MILLION results?  OK, this might take a while... Enter  AncestorSearch on Google Search , a free search tool that uses Google search enhancements so that you are much more likely to find mentions of the ancestors (or living people) you're looking for that are otherwise buried in thousands of Google search results.  Basically, it uses Google advanced search operators  behind the scenes  so you don't have to spend time typing a bunch of awkward symbols. An example is probably the easiest way to illustrate how  AncestorSearch  works.  Let's say I am looking for mention of a marriage of a coupl