Lower Columbia Genealogical Society What to Do with What We Have

YVGS received several years ago (2006) genealogical materials that include pictures, correspondence, deeds, etc from a house in Seattle that was going to be demolished. Items received by YVGS include the following names, items, etc. If this is your family please contact me: ericksensue@gmail.com A F Foltz, Seattle; Jack Lindsley; Burchett, Harry J, b.1889; Frank Lary,…

by Donna Phillips I‘ve posted before about Coats of Arms and do we believe them….. or deserve them….today?  Here’s a story that I just HAD to share: “At the town of Stirling began the great wood of Caledon where roamed a number of white bulls, with crisp and curly manes, like fierce lions….and more wild than…

More than 1,500 Washington Pioneers have been documented in our Pioneer Pursuit Contest. Thank you to all who have submitted genealogies, but we’re looking for more! It is estimated there were nearly 350,000 people living here in 1889, and thousands more who came and went before 1889. As an incentive for submitting (and having approved) a genealogy…

Stillaquamish Valley Genealogical Society Presentation: Difficult Women-The Ways Our Female Ancestors Confound Our Research and SVGS monthly meeting- In-person and virtually Tuesday, February 14 – Happy Valentine’s Day! 1:00 pm – SVGS Library 6111 188 PL NE, Arlington, WA You are invited to an educational presentation at our society library. If you prefer to watch…

CIVIL WAR RECORDS TO BE FOCUSOF SECOND SATURDAY PRESENTATION    Do you have ancestors who fought in the Union Army during the Civil War? Were they in any of the other wars from the 1800s? Military records can be among the most genealogically significant sources you can find. Join Brain Rhinehart, owner of CivilWarRecords.com, on…

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS ELEPHIND TIP? Elephind, is a the Search Engine for Historical Newspapers. Many genealogist love the Library of Congress –  Chronicling America – historical, digitized newspapers website, but have you heard of Elephind.com? Their goal is to search all the world’s digitized, historical newspapers from one place at one time; it’s similar to the…