Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society: October 2019

November general meeting and program

Linda Colton will be teaching a class on "DNA: Whys, Hows and What to Do With Your Results". This class will briefly touch on why testing your DNA is helpful, the various companies and tests available, but mostly the class will focus on what to do with your results and how you can boost your research using DNA cousin matches. Come and learn how to figure out those hundreds of cousin matches and see the latest awesome tools from the testing companies to help you find more relatives!

November 9, 2019

Downstairs classroom

Columbia Gorge Discovery Center

10:30am-12:00pm

Come join us!!

Thank You Craig Hector!

Thank you Craig Hector for giving a great program in September

on the IOOF Organization and its cemeteries.

Everyone enjoyed hearing the history and tales of the cemetery here in The Dalles.

We learned new things too!

If you have not been to the cemetery lately, go and visit.

This time of year its beautiful.

Heritage Brunch Saturday

Our annual Heritage Brunch is Saturday , October 12th at the

Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in the downstairs classroom.

This has been a hit in the past with members bringing dishes

from their ancestors heritage homelands.

Exchanging family stories and recipes is always a treat.

The brunch starts at 11:00am.

Plates and utensils provided.

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.