
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 S. 12th Avenue
Union Gap, WA 98903
Phone: (509) 248-1328
Email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
Event: Annual Fall-Seminar
Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm
Speaker: Crystal Hicks is head of Collections for Washington State Library in Olympia.
Crystal is giving two presentations:
1. Hidden in Plain Sight: Using Historical Washington Newspapers for Genealogy Research. Both Digital & Microfilm.
2. Routes & Routes: Tracing how families came to Washington State during the great migration that built our communities.
Using Free Library resources, historic newspapers and government publications.
This Annual Fall-Seminar is FREE. To help pay for the expense of the handouts and refreshments, donations are accepted at the door.
Door-Prices during breaktime.
We will need a number of attendees, so handouts can be made and refreshments purchased.
Sign-up sheet on the librarian’s desk in the library. Or call the library at (509) 248-1328,
Tuesday thru Saturday, between 10:00am and 4:00pm by Wed. Nov. 4th.
You can also sign up by emailing Richard Kyle at rkyle98902@charter.net







Presenter: From a young age, Paul Woodbury fell in love with genealogy research. To pursue his passion for this field, he studied genetics and family history at Brigham Young University. To aid in his desire to share his knowledge with others, he has also received a master’s degree in instructional design and educational technology from the University of Utah. Over the course of his career, Paul has solved hundreds of challenging genetic genealogy research challenges. He currently works as a senior researcher on the VIP Hosting and Research Services team at FamilySearch. In addition to genetic genealogy, Paul enjoys French, Spanish, Italian, and Scandinavian research.
