Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society

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

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.