Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society: April 2012

May Meeting and Program

Widge Johnson and Carolyn Wood will be our program guests on May 12.Widge and Carolyn are the editors of Phil and Linda Klint's book," Win-Quatt- A Brief History Of The Dalles". They will be giving their focus on sourcing someone else's research as well as providing us with some entertaining stories about their journey to complete the project.

Join us for a no host lunch in the Basalt Cafe at Noon, the meeting and program begins at 1:00 pm. Bring a friend or neighbor. Public welcome.

Google Drive released ......................

Yesterday Google released their newest application, Google Drive. Their newest application provides online storage for your folders, files and documents.It has actually taken the place of Google Documents . The best thing is that's the first 5GB's are free and additional space up to 25GB are at a very low fee of $2.49 a month. It syncs your computer , smartphone or tablet and if you update a file on one device, it updates everywhere so your always up to date. You can even get to your files after you go off line. Google Drive also works with many new apps from the Chrome Web Store . You can sign and fax documents, edit images and videos, and manage projects to name a few. Google also increased their storage limits on Gmail, Picasa and Google + . To see the latest "in the cloud" technology from Google :

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive?pli=1

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home#category/home

Clark County
Genealogical Society

2012 Annual Spring
Seminar
Save the
Date!
Saturday, May 5, 2012 for our CCGS Spring Seminar

Miriam
Robbins, author of an award-winning genealogy blog who lives in Spokane will be
our speaker.

She'll cover several
topics of interest to people doing genealogical research

How to Find
Volunteer and Low-Cost Researchers Online
Frugal
Genealogy -- or how NOT to spend a fortune on Your Family
Tree
Finding Your Ancestor in Online Historical
Newspapers

Finding Your Ancestors' Vital Records and Obituaries
Online

For more information
and a form with which to register,
please click on the link
below.

There will be two versions of the form.
One is PDF, the other
is Word..

http://www.ccgs-wa.org/p4329.htm

Overview of April's program

Darrell Hill led our April 14th program, "Unveiling the 1940 Census" starting with how the process of the census came about and what led to the current format of conducting the census. Also discussed was how the census was conducted in the early years and what information each one consisted of. Darrell gave pointers on finding information without an index and members contributed their input on their experiences researching on the first day of the unveiling.

IOOF Cemeteries seeking historical personal histories on loved ones buried there

In February, the IOOF Cemetery in The Dalles changed management . Under the new agenda for the cemetery is a history seeking project. Many of the inhabitants go back to the Civil War and the cemetery was founded in 1867. Among the first to be recognized in the project is Benjamin Franklin Lewis, b. 1824 in Erie County, New York. B.F. Lewis was the founder of Lewiston, California. A marker dedication is posted on the Facebook page for the cemetery at:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Odd-Fellows-Cemeteries/152646568104837

Also posted is a link to the Lewis family legacy and history page at http://www.oldlewistonschoolhouse.org/web5.htm

If you have loved ones or ancestors that have a story of historical significance ,please contact the cemetery.

Oregon 1940 Census, 99% indexed

"The Greatest Generation"

According to FamilySearch, the 1940 census indexing project for Oregon is 99% complete. For information on the indexing program and the progress that is being made on the indexing of states,

please follow the link:

https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/

The page above also includes facts of history of the 1940's and the profile of " The Greatest Generation".

2024 Program Schedule

January 6, 2024 - America's Extension Service - Resources for Genealogy - Georga Foster
February - Original Courthouse History Forums- Members are encouraged to attend.
March - Darrelll Jabin - Oregons Traveling Historian- March 23, 2024
June 10, 2024 - Hood River Museum Meetup - 1:00pm
July/August - Summer Break
September 14, 2024 - Solutions To Geneaogical Research In Todays Economy
October 5, 2024 - Thomas MacEntee LIVE
Nov. 9, 2024 - FamilySearch Workshop -LDS LIbrary
December- No Program- Merry Christmas

Pioneers of The West

Header Photo: Helen Lundeberg created this painting while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a New Deal program that employed artists during the Great Depression. Like other WPA artists, Lundeberg depicted a hopeful view of the United States during a time of turmoil and uncertainty by showing a dreamlike image of western expansion. The group of pioneers, with their backs to the viewer, follows an ox-drawn wagon into a valley. The monumental figures appear strong and assured in their forward progress. Rising mountains melt into the sun. Lundeberg's style of mixing fantastic images with reality is evident in the background: The pink, rolling mountains blend into the orange, pink, and bluish haze of the sky; it is difficult to determine where the mountains end and the sky begins. The careful use of space and dreamlike elements in Pioneers of the West is representative of Lundeberg's postsurrealist style. This movement, derived from surrealism, purposely combined fantasy with reality and was predominantly found on the West Coast. (Helen Lundeberg, Pioneers of the West, 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1985.8.27) GSA: Information and images created or owned by the GSA unless otherwise indicated, are considered in the public domain. They may be distributed or copied as permitted by applicable law.