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.

09/02/2025

BREAKING: Findmypast announces 'biggest offer ever', with an incredible 50% off one-year subscriptions! 🥳

09/01/2025

We're heading "back to school" on Monday, September 8! Please join us at the Pavilion in Pioneer Park, 2007 Cherry Street in Ferndale at 2pm - doors open at 1:30. We'll share what we've been working on over the Summer break and get reacquainted with each other. Not a member? No problem! Please feel free to join us and find out about our society. No local ancestors? Again, not a problem. Many of our members are first generation Whatcom County residents, with ancestors from all over the country and world.

Questions?? Check out our website: www.whatcom-gen-soc.org

We hope to see you there!

08/29/2025

The wait is almost over! ⌛ Relative Race Season 16 kicks off September 21st! 🙌 New teams, new challenges, and powerful reunions you’ll never forget. It all begins in Alabama at 9:10 pm ET / 6:10 pm PT. Mark your calendars! 📅

08/24/2025

Join us for our fourth and final week of Midwest Mondays! For this Monday, August 25th, the topic is the Oregon and California Trails. Click here to register for this free HYBRID program: https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/programs

08/17/2025

Join us!
DIG (DNA Interest Group) meets the 3rd Thursday of each month.

All DNA skill levels are welcome to attend.

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

Also if you have not joined us yet and would like to receive emails in the future for the DIG group, please send an email to info@stillygen.org and request to be added to the DIG email list.

08/16/2025

It's almost September...which means it's back-to-school time! And since we're adults, let's get back to something fun: genealogy!

08/15/2025

Did you know... All Whatcom County Library System libraries have free access to the library edition of Ancestry.com? In most cases, all you need is a library card! Need help navigating the site? Contact a librarian or reach out to our society for assistance.

08/15/2025

On this day in Washington (August 15, 1870), Seattle’s first public schoolhouse opened. Previously, students attended private schools. Sorely needed, the two-story, two-room building on Third Avenue downtown welcomed 50 students on day one and 100 within a week. To relieve overcrowding, a second school opened downtown in 1875.

The first teacher, Lizzy Ordway, a former Mercer Girl, likely ran the school in line with the common practices of 19th-century education. Adherence to discipline and moral development were highly valued. Rules of conduct would challenge the most devoted students today. They demonstrated knowledge through recitation, writing, and memorization. Respecting teachers and good manners meant everything. Students frequently brought the teacher an apple or flowers.

Post written courtesy of David J Jepsen - Historian

Theodore E. Peiser, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Central School class with principal E.S. Ingraham, 1883.

08/12/2025

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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.