Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society: Our Founding Members - 45 Years

It's been 45 years since this group of ladies got together to research and share their family history. Thanks to them many families have been brought to together, recorded in history and burning the midnight oil for that one clue or record that connects them to a unknown part of the family.

Yes, genealogy can be a curse and frustrating, but at the same time it is exciting and rewarding following our ancestors lives and gaining a broad view of history past. Some of these ladies have passed on and are no longer with us but their families history will live on for future generations to continue the quest. .

Founding Members

Sybil Pereira

Sherry Kaseberg

Emma Jean Smith

Anita Drake

Kay Chestnut

Christine Knowland

Naomi Schick

Mary Watts

Margaret Sharkey

Josephine West

Present Lifetime Members

Earline Wasser

Mary Watts

Dee HIll

Mark Adams

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.

Our Founding Members - 45 Years - Founded July 9, 1977