Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
General Meeting
Saturday, February 3, 2024
10:00 a.m.
Y.V.G.S. Library
Speaker: Richard Kyle
Subject: Townships
Richard will be giving a presentation on “Townships”. Come and find out about the different types of townships and where to find them.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 S. 12th Avenue
Union Gap, WA 98903
Phone: (509) 248-1328
Email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Kathleen “Kathy” Weddle Sizer of Granger has been nominated to serve a second two-year term as WSGS President. Additionally, Jill Scott of Yakima has been nominated as Secretary. The term of offices is 01 Jan 2024 through 31 Dec 2025.
Online voting for the slate will begin 22 Jan 2024 and run through 29 Jan 2024. All WSGS members will receive an email with a Google link to their anonymous ballot. Members are asked to vote for each position. Write-in nominations are allowed.
Kathy’s candidate statement
Through the years it has been hard to fill board positions. Many enjoy the benefits of organizations and clubs but few run for office. I am running for president for a second term to fill a need; I enjoy being the “play crew” and not the “actor,” but see the need. I joined Yakima Valley Genealogical Society in 1975 and have served as president, vice-president, secretary and currently treasurer. At the state level, I was appointed membership chair in 2017 and am still in that position and have served as secretary and one term as your president of WSGS.
WSGS has become a clearinghouse for local societies and, as such, is very important to our state. The Pioneer Pursuit contest added 3,696 more names of individuals who lived here before statehood, including those who were indigenous to the area. Check out Chief Sealth’s family history in our Pioneer Pursuit index. I have enjoyed working with our board, but encourage all of you to step outside your box and run for a WSGS office in the future. We meet virtually once a month on the third Tuesday of the month at 2:00 PM and I, as president, like to keep the meeting to an hour.
Jill’s candidate statement
I am thrilled to be nominated to the Washington Society Genealogy Society Board as Secretary. I eagerly anticipate contributing to the betterment of our membership. Here’s a little about me:
I was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho. After graduating from high school, I moved to Spokane and attended Kinman Business University. I found not only a job, but a husband in Portland while I worked for Pacific Power & Light as an executive secretary. We moved to Klamath Falls where my only child, Alison, was born. Then we moved to Sunnyside for Charlie’s job and retired to Tucson in 1994. In 2000, I moved to Escondido, California to take care of my aging dad. After his death in 2003, I decided to stay in Southern California and then moved to Yakima in 2017.
I am a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution – Narcissa Whitman Chapter in Yakima, where I am the immediate Past Honorary Chapter Regent; P.E.O. Chapter FR; Daughters of Utah Pioneers; Huguenot Society; Daughters of the Republic of Texas; U.S. Daughters of 1812; Flagon & Trenchers and a Utah Genealogy Society supporter of their Utah Founding Pioneer program.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
General Meeting
Saturday, January 6, 2024
10:00 p.m.
Y.V.G.S. Library
Speaker: Head Librarian Linda Lantis
Subject: Immigration Records
Linda will be giving a presentation on “Immigration Records.”
Come and learn about what information you will find in the
hundreds of books in the library. How immigration records
will help with your research.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 S. 12th Avenue
Union Gap, WA 98903
Phone: (509) 248-1328
Email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Saturday, October 28th will be held at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church.All day Seminar (9:00am – 3:45pm).
Registration is $45.00 Lunch included.
No Refund of Registration fee after October 22.
The day of the Seminar, the Y.V.G.S. Library will be closed.
The Registration form is on line at www.yvgs.net Click on Society News. Fall Seminar announced. “Forms are available in the library”.
Nationally known and respected author, researcher and instructor Gena Philibert-Ortega is focusing her presentation on “Women’s History.”
– Unsung Heroes: Women’s Contributions During WW1.
– Rediscovering Female Ancestors through Historical Newspapers.
– Learning more about American Female Ancestors Prior to 1850.
– Tracing Her Legacy: 20 Records that Document Female Ancestors in the Colonial Period to the 20th Century.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 So. 12th Ave.
Union Gap, WA 98903
Phone: (509) 248-1328
Website: https://yvgs.net
Saturday, October 7h – General Meeting will be held at 10:00 a.m. Following the Business Meeting, Barbee Buchanan will give a presentation on “Works Progress Administration (WPA)”. During the Depression, WPA employed most of the unemployed people on relief until the economy recovered. WPA employees-built bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports. Barbee will be giving a talk on the projects that were of a genealogical nature. These ranged from collecting oral histories to inventories of county records to compiling large collections of cemetery records.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 So 12th Ave
Union Gap, WA 98903
Telephone: 509-248-1328
Email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 So. 12th Ave.
Union Gap, WA 98903
Telephone: 509-248-1328
Website: https://yvgs.net
Y.V.G.S. Fall Seminar
Saturday, October 28th will be held at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church.All day Seminar (9:00am – 3:45pm).Advanced Registration before October 21 is $40.00Lunch included.Registration after October 22 is $45.00. On-site Registration between 8:30am & 9:00am $45.00.
No Refund of Registration fee after October 22.
The day of the Seminar, the Y.V.G.S. Library will be closed.
The Registration form is on line at www.yvgs.net Click on Society News. Fall Seminar announced. “Forms are available in the library”.
Nationally known and respected author, researcher and instructor Gena Philibert-Ortega is focusing her presentation on “Women’s History.”
– Unsung Heroes: Women’s Contributions During WW1.
– Rediscovering Female Ancestors through Historical Newspapers.
– Learning more about American Female Ancestors Prior to 1850.
– Tracing Her Legacy: 20 Records that Document Female Ancestors in the Colonial Period to the 20th Century.
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society
1901 So. 12th Ave.
Union Gap, WA 98903
(509) 248-1328
Website: https://yvgs.net
General Meeting in the Library
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Speaker: Jerry Shepard
Subject: Mexican Research
Jerry, is an expert in Mexican Research. He has been able to trace his wife’s family back to the original Spanish conquerors. Jerry will tell us about his personal experiences in doing in-person research in Mexico and his trip to his wife’s ancestral village in Spain. I am looking forward in hearing how to research Spanish records. After the Civil War, some Confederates moved south and settled in Mexico. Researchers have found excellent church and census records in Family Search.
Yakima Valley Generalogical Society – Library
General Meeting
Saturday, August 5, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Presenter: Ellen Allmendinger
Subject: Mennonite Immigration & Redemptioners
1901 So. 12th Ave.
Union Gap, WA 98903
Phone: (509) 248-1328
email: yvgs@yvgs.net
Website: https//yvgs.net
Help find the books a new home.
The surplus books are listed on the WSGS website here: https://wasgs.org/cpage.php?pt=108
Yakima Valley Genealogical Society General Meeting
When: July 1, 2023
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Where: 1901 S 12th Ave, Union Gap, WA 98903 – Yakima Valley Genealogical Society Library
General meeting followed by presentation from Susan Maza – Revolutionary War Stories: Susan is a member of D.A.R. Narcissa Whitman Chapter. She had an interest in educating herself about the time period and is now sharing what she has learned. Step back in time as she, in costumed character, shares Colonial America with us through her stories she has discovered.