Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society: 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

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.