Consider this unique opportunity! Celebrate SGS’s Centennial with a community of family history writers in a beautiful, tranquil setting. Sound good to you? Then please click on the link below to fill out a short form to let us know you are interested. We’ll get back to you with details as they develop. SGS members…

You are probably a member of a paid or free genealogy site that allows you to create a link to an image of a record of genealogical importance to you and attach it to a member in your family tree. Do not depend on the link to that image being available to you forever. It is…

The German Interest Group of the Eastside Genealogical Society When: Friday, December 1, 2023 from 12:30 to 2:30 pm PT Zoom Registration required:  https://tinyurl.com/ktbcsaww           Topic: “German Advent, Christmas and New Year’s Traditions and Superstitions” The speaker will share stories about German Advent, Christmas and New Year’s traditions for the period from December 1st to Epiphany, with superstitions thrown in….

The SVGS Library will be closed due to forecasted snow and the holidays starting December 20, 2022. We will reopen Tuesday, January 3 2023. Happy holidays!

Dawn Carlile is a native Oregonian who grew up in Eugene and Springfield.  She has been doing research for more than 25 years. Dawn is a professional genealogist, educator and lecturer.  CENSUS RECORDS, the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How. The census has always been a valuable asset to genealogists and a better understanding of the who,…