During the month of May 2023, we added 46 million records from 30 collections around the world, with records from Belgium, Canada, Finland, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S. The collections include birth, marriage, divorce, death, military, naturalization, and student records.
You can find a full list of the newly added collections and some sample records from them in our blog post.
PBS is debuting a new television show, “Your DNA Secrets Revealed!” on November 26th. Diahan Southard was originally interviewed as a DNA expert by the producers of the show. They liked her so much that they asked her to host the show. She was thrilled and honored, and gladly accepted the invitation. If you are…
FamilyTree University is sponsoring a free interactive webinar called “Don’t Be Square — Discover Your Family in the 1950 Census.” Thursday, April 7 at 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The instructor will be Jim Ericson who manages the marketing efforts of FamilySearch in Europe and North America. Click here to sign up! We live in a remarkable time! New…
by Donna Phillips First news of all is the name change: our favorite genealogy library is now the FamilySEARCH Library and new signs on the building proclaim that. Makes sense; FamilySearch is the “umbrella” program we all use. Second big change is the arrangement of each floor. The first floor is a welcome-and-entry-level-help with an army…
Janet O’Conor Camarata, speaking on Making Sense of Supplemental Census, will be the program Lower Columbia Genealogical Society will present at the Thursday, September 8th Zoom meeting. Meeting will open at 6:30 pm for greeting guests, and announcements. The program will begin at 7:00 pm The public is welcome to join. Contact the following for a Zoom link, lcgsgen@gmail.com Janet…
When: Friday, October 7, 2022 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm PDT (Virtually) Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/ye262t7k Topic: “Discovering German Church Records at Matricula Online” Obtaining German church records can be challenging unless you know where to find them. Discover the abundance of these Catholic records at Matricula Online. This lecture will show you how to effectively use the Matricula Online…
EASTERN EUROPEAN GENEALOGY Pam Vestal, professional Genealogical speaker, writer, and biographer from Oregon, has chosen this topic for the April 14th Zoom program for the meeting of the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society. The meeting opens at 6:30 pm for announcements and visiting. The program starts at 7:00 pm. The public is welcome to attend. Contact lcgsgen@yahoo.com to request…
