YAKIMA VALLEY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
1901 S 12th Avenue, Union Gap, WA 98903
509-248-1328
Web address: www.yvgs.net Email address: yvgs@yvgs.net
Social media: Facebook
Library hours of operation: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Membership Dues $25.00 annually; membership year January-December
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society meets the first Saturday of the month at 10:00 AM at the library 1901 S 12th Ave, Union Gap with a general meeting and a program. Narcissa Whitman Chapter D.A.R. usually meets the 3rd Saturday of the month at our library. We have mini seminars.
We offer simple research to the public for free (donations are accepted). We are handicap accessible. We have 6 computers, printers and a copier for members and nonmembers alike to research family history. Our librarians are trained to help you find your family and the source records you need as proof.
We use Ancestry library subscription and are an affiliate library with LDS Salt Lake City and have inter-library loan with libraries across the country. We offer a comfy couch and Wi-Fi for tag-alongs. We have bathrooms and a kitchen on site for your comfort. We also have microfilm and microfiche and readers. Parking is on site.
We have many special collections. A few of our most well-known are:
- Yakima County and some Benton, Kittitas and Klickitat County obituaries, funeral and grave records; some marriage and births as well
- Yakima County School Census Records
- Map collections
- Complete set of Mayflower through Five Generations books
- City directories from around the state though not complete
- High school and college/university annuals from around the state, not complete
- Some excellent Indigenous (Indian) sources
- All 50 states – many books including many county histories
- The Connecticut Barbour collection of town records
- The Doomsday English census requested by William the Conqueror
- Many country books from around the world (Canadian and Germans from Russia, etc.)
- Excellent collection of ship passenger lists
- Many church materials
- War room – America’s wars before and after the Revolution including Indigenous conflicts
- Narcissa Whitman Chapter D.A.R. records collection available for research as well
- Shelves of Family Histories already published or donated
COME VISIT US!
