SGS participates in various festivals and community events throughout the year. These events help make SGS more visible in the community.
Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games – Yearly
For nearly a thousand years, clansmen, chiefs and competitors came from all over Scotland and banded together to compete against one another in what is often defined as one of the most rigorous forms of competitions in the world – the Scottish Highland Games. We’ll need volunteers for two hour sessions on the last Saturday and Sunday in July. The Games are fun and feature a number of activities for the peoples of the Celtic nations. There are pipe bands, musical performers, dancers, athletics, clan tents, animals, food stands and vendors for shopping as well as informative workshops. We have been participating for years and bring a number of reference books from our Library to answer basic questions on genealogy and finding surnames.
If you are interested in volunteering or would like more information, please contact Jean A. Roth at (206) 782-2629 or e-mail jeanaroth@juno.com.
Irish Festival – Yearly
SGS hosts an information booth each March during the Irish Festival at the Seattle Center. We bring books and other resources about Irish and Scottish ancestry and our wonderful volunteers help festival visitors find information on their family names. Whether you’re Irish or not, it’s a lot of fun! We also co-sponsor a yearly Irish workshop with the Irish Heritage Club.
The Generations Project
On On July 19, 2010, a film crew from BYUTV came to SGS to film shots for an episode in theirGenerations Project TV series. The episode, which first aired on March 29, 2011, followed Xander and Carrie, whose twin boys were saved from a genetic disease by an anonymous bone-marrow donor. With some help from one of our members, they set out to test the relationship between genetic and genealogical ancestry while searching for the disease in their own family histories. The entire episode can be viewed online at the Generations Project website.
Outreach Programs
The Seattle Genealogical Society offers speakers for small and large groups. Please contact education@seattlegenealogicalsociety.org to learn more and/or to schedule a speaker.