Beginning Monday, October 11, 2021, the library will be open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays,. Wednesday hours will continue to be 10--2pm for the present time.
HQRL is closed on Sundays.
Any questions or concerns, leave a message for Susan at the library, 253-863-1806.
-- Susan Nolan, Volunteer Coordinator
August 8, 2021
By: Rachel Farley
HQRL transactions on hold
EasyNetSites is moving our data files on Tuesday, August 10 to a new server as part of their infrastructure upgrade. The site will still be available for members but no one should do, e.g. renewals after midnight 8/9 to midnight 8/11. Any transactions would not be picked up by them if it happens in that window of time.
July 22, 2021
By: Rachel Farley
Online resources for e-books
Link to article from the Dick Eastman blog highlights five places to download free digital e-books, audiobooks etc.
HQRL is grateful for the Washington State Department of Commerce Artsfund NCR grant. NCR stands for Nonprofit Community Recovery Grant and covers the time period of March 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 -- to cover expenses incurred during our COVID closure.
Special thanks to Joyce Phillips and Jo-Anne Huber for writing the grant application and Carolyn Pasquier for suggesting it.
Good job everyone!
For further information about this grant click on this link to the Artsfund.
April 9, 2021
By: Rachel Farley
Full open at HQRL...
From Jo-Anne Huber, HQRL Director:
"Beginning next Monday, April 12, 2021, we will be open with changes in hours and open on Tuesdays.
Monday to Friday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
We are still social distancing and following the protocols set by the state. We're here to help you with your genealogical research."
March 31, 2021
By: Rachel Farley
ROOTS Tech follow-up
If you missed some of the 1500+ sessions from ROOTS TECH 2021 you can search on your areas of interest here.
March 7, 2021
By: Rachel Farley
Animate your old family photos....
This takes some getting used to - seeing your long-dead relatives come to life! My Heritage has a program called "Deep Nostalgia" that will animate photos with facial expressions as though they are in a video. Just wow!
Looking back on Veterans Day and Election Day I am reminded of my grandmother and her letters written in 1896 while she was attending the Ogontz School for Young Ladies in Philadelphia. She wrote that as part of their history class they were allowed to vote in class for president, for either McKinley or Bryan. But this was just a school exercise because she and her female classmates would not be legally able to vote until they were 42 years of age, (24 years later). It's important to think back to them not having that freedom to vote, and that slavery was a part of this country's past, and remember all the veterans that have fought for our freedom.
I am thankful for this project work called genealogy, where we constantly learn about the past that helps us appreciate our here and now.
