WHAT'S NEW

August 3, 2009
Updated Membership/Hours/Meetings meetings information at request of President Wieking

July 24, 2009
Added April, July & October 2008 items to Kittitas Kinfolk listing

July 21, 2009
Removed Friday Library hours from Membership application.
Corrected bad URL for Super 8 motel in Accommodations while visiting us.

July 18, 2009
Updated Membership/Hours/Meetings with 2009 Society Officers 
and monthly program schedule for 2009.

July 17, 2009
Deleted Friday Library hours from Membership/Hours/Meetings 
page after conversation with Mary Christensen.

July 15, 2009
Fixed multiple broken links on home page.  
Still a few to correct or delete if no longer active.
Updated e-mail address of Society Webmaster on bottom of home page.

March 2, 2008
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburg Capital, May 28, 1909
       Ellensburg Capital, May 3, 1917
Updated Kittitas Kinfolk page.

December 27, 2007
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburg, Localizer, January 24, 1891
       Ellensburg Dawn, October 4, 1902
Added to Kittitas County History a 1903 article on education in the County.

October 26, 2007
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburgh Localizer, August 27, 1892
       Ellensburgh Localizer, October 8, 1892
Added to Publications page some new items

August 13, 2007
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburgh Localizer, December 20, 1890
       Ellensburgh Localizer, March 14, 1891
Added to History page an article from the Ellensburgh Localizer of Jan. 24, 1891.

June 26, 2007
Added links to three Kittitas County Message boards.

June 22, 2007
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburg Capital, February 1, 1902
       Ellensburg Capital, November 7, 1903
Added item to Publications page.

May 31, 2007
Added new e-mail address for society to bottom of home page.

May 3, 2007
Added 1936 Miner Echo article on Pays Family to Biographies page.
Added to County Newspapers:
       The Evening Localizer, January 2, 1908

April 12, 2007
Added link to free pedigree chart source for Pioneer applications.

March 24, 2007
Added page for Kittitas county obituaries.
Added link to 1895 US Atlas Map Of Kittitas Co under Local Links on home page.
Updated Kittitas Kinfolk listings.
Added link to Biographies page.

March 23, 2007
Updated Membership/Hours/Meetings page for internet usage and monthly programs for 2007.
Added to County Newspapers:
       The Evening Record, January 3, 1910
       Ellensburg Capital, June 19, 1919 (one article on some deaths)
       Ellensburg Capital, March 7, 1912
Added link to Linkpendium on index page.
Added links on Churches page.

February 24, 2007
Changed mailing address of society on several pages. (Let me know if I missed any!)
Added links to Accomodations page.
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburg Dawn, September 15, 1899
Added Kittitas County Churches page, with link to First Lutheran Church history.

January 24, 2007
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburg Dawn, October 13, 1894
       Ellensburgh Localizer, November 24, 1894

January 9, 2007
Added 2007 program schedule and KCGS officers to Hours, Meetings, Membership.

December 22, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellensburg Capital, March 22, 1894
       Ellensburgh Localizer, July 21, 1894

December 10, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
       Ellenburg Capital, November 7, 1906
       Ellensburg Capital, June 5, 1907
Made changes in hours of operation for the library at Hours, Meetings, Membership.

November 25, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
       The Register, October 10, 1890
       The Register, February 18, 1893
       The Register, July 17, 1893
       The Register, February 17, 1894

November 3, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
       Yakima Record, October 21, 1882
       Yakima Signal, February 17, 1883
       Ellensburgh Capital, May 23, 1889
Added list of early Kittitas County School districts to Kittitas County Schools   

October 20, 2006
Added more photos to Cemeteries page.  Photos added for Laurel Hill, Holy Cross, High Valley, Greenwood, Swauk, Thorp, and Thorp-Splawn
Cemeteries.  Added link to off-site listing of Anderson cemetery.

October 15, 2006
Began adding photos to Cemeteries page.  Currently only Roslyn cemeteries are shown, but others are to be uploaded soon.  New photos
include a map of the Roslyn cemeteries.

October 2, 2006
Made temporary changes in hours of operation (Oct-Dec 2006) for the library at Hours, Meetings, Membership.

September 23, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
      Yakima Record, April 17, 1880
      Yakima Record, December 18, 1880
      Kittitas Standard, July 21, 1883
Added link to a page for the  History of Kittitas County. 

August 30, 2006
Completed Early Land Records name index (surnames S-T and U-Z)

August 17, 2006
Added to Early Land Records name index (surnames N-R)

August 11, 2006
Added to Early Land Records name index (surnames Mc)
Added off-site links to the Biographies section
Added to County Newspapers:
     Yakima Signal, April 7, 1883

August 1, 2006
Added to Early Land Records name index (surnames G-J and K-M)

July 14, 2006
Added to Early Land Records name index (surnames D-F)

July 5, 2006
Added Biographies section with first bio that of Douglas A. Munro, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
Added a start Early Land Records name index (surnames A-C)
Added to County Newspapers:
    Ellensburg Capital, May 2, 1918
    Yakima Record, December 1, 1883
Added link to Ellensburg Public Library's "Through Open Eyes" pictoral database.
Updated Accomodations page.
Updated Kittitas Kinfolk listing

June 6, 2006
Added FreeFind Search Engine!

June 3, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
    Ellensburg Capital, July 30, 1896
    Ellensburg Capital, October 1, 1896

May 9, 2006
Added a link to membership application.

May 3, 2006
Added Swauk Basin History a 36-page booklet written by Wes Engstrom, a society member, with his permission for it to be
   posted here on line in it's entirety. (Thanks Wes!) Adobe Acrobat is required to view it.
Added to County Newspapers:
    Kittitas Localizer, April 13, 1889
    Ellensburgh Capital, November 7, 1889
    Ellensburgh Capital, November 28, 1889    

March 30, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
    Ellensburgh Capital, November 15, 1888
    Ellensburg Capital, September 11, 1919
Added two pages to Schools:
    Roslyn Schools attendance, 1901-02
    Roslyn Schools teachers remarks (only if "deceased" or "moved")
Updated Kittitas Kinfolk listing
Updated accomodations page for new hotel.

February 22, 2006
Added to County Newspapers:
    Ellensburgh Localizer, September 21, 1889

January 16,2006
Added to County Newspapers:
    Yakima Record, September 4, 1880
    Yakima Record, May 28, 1881
    Yakima Record, December 24, 1881
    Yakima Record, April 8, 1882
    Yakima Record, September 16, 1882
Updated Kittitas Kinfolk listing
Corrections and additions to Kittitas Valley Places
Added links to two Roslyn miners websites on our home page .

December 20,2005
Added link to Gerrit d'Ablaing Insurance Books, 1897-1907, at State Archives. 

November 11, 2005
Added to County Newspapers:
    Ellensburg New Era, August 10, 1888
    Ellensburg News, March 26, 1918
Added links on index page to all libraries in county.
Added future link to Schools for information currently being compiled.

October 27, 2005
Added to County Newspapers:
    Ellensburg Localizer, August 24, 1901
Added link to on-line books and maps about Kittitas County 

September 29, 2005
Added to County Newspapers:
   Yakima Record, January 15, 1881 - with about 20 marriages!
   Yakima Signal, September 8, 1883
   Yakima Record, January 26, 1884
   Yakima Signal, March 22, 1884
   Ellensburg Capital, February 7, 1918
Updated Kittitas Kinfolk listing

August 10, 2005
Added to County Newspapers:
   Ellensburg Dawn, May 25, 1900
   Ellensburg Capital, October 8, 1909
   Ellensburg Capital, September 19, 1912
   Ellensburg Capital, May 29, 1913
Updated Kittitas Kinfolk listing
Added link to the newspaper page for a listing of newspapers abstracted in our past newsletters.

July 6, 2005
Added to County Newspapers:
   Kittitas Standard, October 3, 1885 
   The Herald, April 23, 1887

June 20, 2005
 Added to County Newspapers:
   Ellensburgh Localizer, May 14, 1892 (includes Roslyn Mine disaster article)
   Ellensburg Dawn, October 14, 1909

June 8, 2005
Added to Places corrections and additions supplied by Liberty researcher Wes Engstrom. Thanks, Wes!
Added to County Newspapers:
   Yakima Record, February 28, 1880
   Yakima Record, October 1, 1881
   Yakima Weekly Record, March 17, 1883

June 7, 2005
Added to Liberty an enlarged photo of the miners.
Added Letter to the Editor, Big Bend Country, 1887
Added to County Newspapers: 
   Ellensburg Capital, February 10, 1916

May 21, 2005
Added The Snoqualmie Pass Wagon Road, 1883
Added to County Newspapers page:
   Ellensburgh New Era, August 26, 1887
   Ellensburg Localizer, February 22, 1896
   
May 20, 2005
Added Liberty and Swauk Mining District research.

May 13, 2005
Pictures of our Library were added by a link beginning at the library's address line.

May 10, 2005
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Ellensburgh Localizer, July 12, 1890
    Ellensburgh Capitol, January 18, 1894
    Ellensburg Capitol, April 4, 1895
    Ellensburg Dawn, June 15, 1905
    Ellensburg Dawn, January 11, 1906

May 5, 2005
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Yakima Signal, February 2, 1884

May 2, 2005
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Cle Elum Tribune, April 23, 1891
    Cle Elum Tribune, June 11, 1891
    Cle Elum Tribune, October 29, 1891
    Cle Elum Tribune, February 3, 1892

April 28, 2005
Added a Guestbook to our website.  Please sign in!
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Yakima Record, November 20, 1880

April 27, 2005
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Yakima Record, September 16, 1879
    Yakima Record, February 7, 1880
Corrections and additions to Kittitas Valley Places

April 24, 2005
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Ellensburg Capital, October 15, 1887
    Ellensburg Dawn, January 6, 1899
    Ellensburg Dawn, May 26, 1899
    Ellensburg Dawn, December 31, 1903

April 17, 2005
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Ellensburg Capital, April 26, 1917
    Yakima Record, July 10, 1880
    Yakima Record, December 11, 1880
    Yakima Record, July 29, 1882

April 14, 2005
Added to County Newspapers page:
    Ellensburg Capital, March 23, 1916
    Yakima Record, February 18, 1882
Added enrollment list of Troop A, 1917