Celebrate Oregon's birthday! 165 Years! CGGS will be hosting Darrell Jabin, Oregon's Traveling Historian on March 23, 20024 at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center. Presentation will be held in the downstairs classroom. This is a free program and public is invited to attend. A $1.00 donation to cover room rental is much appreciated. You do not have to pay admission fee to the museum to attend.
Members are encouraged to support and attend this years forum. Members Julie Reynolds and Roger Nichols will be presenting programs in February.
In 1750 the Quaker religion was the third largest in the colonies. So, if you have an English sounding surname, a dead-end pointing the British Isles or Ireland, and if your kin could have arrived before the American Revolution … well you could be looking for a Friend (Quaker)! Learn about the Quakers and their meticulous record keeping, now available online.
Steven Waltz Morrison is a past-president of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists and the Olympia Genealogical Society. He attained a Master’s degree from The Evergreen State College where he taught for seven years as an adjunct faculty. Quaker records are Steven’s area of expertise. In 2018 he coordinated a Quaker course at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), in 2020 co-coordinated a virtual course for the Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP), and will coordinate Discovering Quaker Records - In the US and the British Isles at 2023 SLIG Fall Virtual. Presenter at a National Genealogical Society conference, Steven has addressed international audiences on Quaker topics at the Ulster American Heritage Symposium in Omagh, Ireland & Toronto, Canada, and the Yearly Meeting of Friends in Ireland. In 2016, the American Society of Genealogists awarded him their Scholar Award
This is a free presentation and the public is invited. You must register however to participate.
Registration link:
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You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Oct 14, 2023 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpf--vrT8iGNDz63-nBBRuAxxCBz-tEuFC
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Our first fall meeting will be on
September 14, 2023 at 7:00pm.
This is a virtual meeting via ZOOM
Members and Friends,
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 14, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Members and Friends,
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: Sep 14, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtd-2srjMtEtafIMKx2xiLeuppG9rVmb7S
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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In addition to our regular meeting the society will be participating in the Columbia County
Biennial Genealogical Conference sponsored by the St. Helens Library.
This years theme is "River of Wonder". The conference is free and will take place on
September 15-17 at the Columbia Center, 575 S. 18th St. in St. Helens , Oregon.
The event is hybrid, in person or online.
For details visit the library website or their Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/StHelensPublicLibrary/