Whatcom Genealogical Society

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Whatcom Genealogical Society is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting genealogical and family history research and to preserving local historical records needed for the search.

12/06/2025

There are millions of free genealogy records published by FamilySearch that could never be found until now! Learn to use the Full Text search tool.

12/03/2025

We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be in the public domain but which are being wrongly restricted by government archives, libraries, an...

12/02/2025

Get ready for our virtual events in December.

December 2nd: Join us for a Facebook live session at 2PM MT with Crista to discuss all things RootsTech 2026.

December 3rd: Records from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are a goldmine for family history research. Learn how to search through yearbooks and school catalogs in this virtual event at 11AM MT with Nicka Sewell-Smith. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4843afB

December 10th: Whether you just started exploring your family tree or you’ve been at it for a while and have hit the proverbial genealogy brick wall, this webinar, hosted at 11AM MT, will give you practical tools to dig deeper and make meaningful discoveries in your family tree. Sign up: https://bit.ly/48BnYuX

December 16th: Are you looking to expand on your family history research? An AncestryDNA test might just be your secret weapon. Tune into a Facebook live session at 2PM MT where Crista will discuss how DNA can help your research.

December 17th: Join Kyle Betit, Travel Program Manager from Ancestry ProGenealogists, for a virtual event at 11AM MT to explore why these ancestral visits are so meaningful and connecting. Sign up for the virtual event: https://bit.ly/49Hzp5s

December 30th: Please note that although Crista typically hosts her Facebook live sessions every other week, she will be taking this day off for the holidays and will see you in the new year.

11/22/2025

Registration for IGHR 2026 is OPEN! Choose from six courses during IGHR Week (July 27-31) and six once-a-week courses throughout the year. Subjects include genealogy methodology, DNA, land records, and Scottish, African American, New York, South Carolina and Southern cessions/territories research. There’s something for everyone and every level! Check out the course list and register at https://ighr.gagensociety.org/ighr-courses/.

11/22/2025

All are invited to the Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island's (JGSLI) 35th annual family history workshop, "Jewish Genealogy 101: Four Hours+ to Your Family Roots" The workshop is a half-day course on sources and strategies essential for Jewish Genealogy research and is recommended both for beginners and for family historians who want to brush up or expand their skills.
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. Virtual Seminar on Zoom.
Cost is $35 per person ($40 for Family). Attendees will receive a digital copy of the workshop manual, Jewish Genealogy 101 and membership dues through December 2026. Out-of-towners welcomed!
See flyer and payment options on their website: https://jgsli.org/jgsli-workshop/

11/20/2025

By popular demand, Karen Stanbary’s “Proving Your Pedigree with DNA” is BACK for Spring 2026 and seats will fill fast.

This isn’t another passive webinar. It’s a hands-on, expert-guided, lineage-proving bootcamp where you’ll walk away with the exact methodology experts use to document a lineage with DNA and records.

If you’re ready to finally prove that line—really prove it—this is the place to do it.
Registration is open now, so claim your spot before it is too late! https://academy.ugagenealogy.org/courses/proving-your-pedigree-with-dna/

11/18/2025

Join us this Thursday afternoon, November 20th, at the SVGS Library. The DNA Interest Group (DIG) will meet at 1 PM.

Open to any DNA topic and everyone of all DNA skill levels is welcome to attend. DIG meets the 3rd Thursday of month.

If you have a specific DNA topic you would like to discuss or have any other suggestions for how you would like this group to operate, please send an email to info@stillygen.org.

11/15/2025

OGS maintains a genealogical research library, offers educational programs, classes, workshops and seminars, collects & publishes records, and provides family history research assistance.

11/14/2025

Thanks to the many volunteers who helped index New York’s land records, a new, enhanced index is now available!

This is a free-to-use, enhanced index for FamilySearch’s digital collection, "New York, Land Records, 1630-1975." The original scans—capturing over 32 million land transactions in all—come from 59 of New York’s 62 counties (Franklin, Nassau, and Queens excluded) and were first microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, a precursor to FamilySearch. The collection includes a range of property documents: deeds, mortgages, patents, and land grants. https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/online-records/land-records

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Whatcom Genealogical Society

Monthly meetings are held the 2nd Monday of the month, with breaks for summer (July, August) and January.

Meetings are held at 2pm in the lower level of the Bellingham Elks Lodge, 710 Samish Way, Bellingham, Washington.

Visitors are always welcome, but we encourage folks to join our society -- it’s only $15/yr for 9+ hours of genealogy education and fun! And you don’t need to have family history in Whatcom County -- most of our members have research interests all over the United States and beyond.