Lewis County Genealogical Society

09/03/2025

This month at Legacy Family Tree -- Webtember! Check out these free webinars, held each Wednesday. Click this link to register:
https://familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars/?category=webtember&list_view=true&multiple=true

09/01/2025

The German Interest Group will meet IN PERSON this WEDNESDAY, September 3, 10AM to Noon at the FamilySearch Center at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2195 Jackson Hwy, Chehalis, WA 98532. https://maps.app.goo.gl/yDLXcMKEMnzVznjS7
At today's meeting, the topic of discussion will be the rich source of German genealogy education at Legacy Family Tree Webinars. We will briefly explore the website and a handout will be provided.
The focus of our group and our meetings is German research and how to find records for your German speaking ancestors, where ever they resided, using the Family Search catalog and other other sites and resources and the importance of location and knowing your ancestors' home town.
All skill levels are welcome. We are here to help and we all learn from one another. Anyone with an interest in German genealogy is WELCOME.
The meeting is officially over at noon, but many of us stay later and the center is staffed by volunteers until 8:00PM on Tuesdays.
If you are new to this facility, the FamilySearch Center it at the back of the building, handicap access is at the east side of the building as pictured. Ring the doorbell and someone will come to let you in.

★★★★★ · Christian church

08/28/2025

Breaking new from Ancestry! Document transcriptions now available (in beta).

Breaking news for family historians: Ancestry has quietly rolled out an AI-powered “Transcribe” button that reads handwriting from images you upload to your ...

08/20/2025

A great tip for hunting down those relatives who are hiding in plain sight on the US Census!! Connie Knox is one of my favorite YouTube genealogists. If you can navigate Excel, this one’s for you!

I used my famous data extraction trick to find a missing boy in the census. This is a must see video.❤️ JOIN the GENEALOGY TV ACADEMYhttps://genealogytv.org/...

08/18/2025

Ah yes, the card catalog. Anyone remember figuring out the Soundex codes & going thru Soundex fiche at the Archives?

Prehistoric googling in the wild, 1970s edition.😲

08/11/2025

https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/ancestry-news/document-transcription-feature

Learn how to transcribe images and handwritten documents using Ancestry's new document transcription feature.

08/04/2025

The German Interest Group will meet IN PERSON this WEDNESDAY, August 6, 10AM to Noon at the FamilySearch Center at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2195 Jackson Hwy, Chehalis, WA 98532. https://maps.app.goo.gl/yDLXcMKEMnzVznjS7
Our focus for this meeting will be German research and how to find records for your German speaking ancestors, where ever they resided, using the Family Search catalog and other sites. We will also talk about the importance of location and knowing your ancestors' home town.
All skill levels are welcome. We are here to help and we all learn from one another. Anyone with an interest in German genealogy is WELCOME.
The meeting is officially over at noon, but many of us stay later and the center is staffed by volunteers until 8:00PM on Wednesdays.
If you are new to this facility, the FamilySearch Center is at the back of the building, handicap access is at the east side of the building as pictured. Ring the doorbell and someone will come to let you in.

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07/25/2025

You may already know one or two of these tips, but they all bear repeating. Indexed records never tell the whole story!

Are there images when you see none? The do exist! Learn where they are and how to find the images not available on Ancestry.com (or any other similar site). ...

07/13/2025

Oh my. What next, Ancestry?

Ancestry's new Club 1890 membership is turning heads. Take a look inside this invitation-only offer. ✅ Pick up a free copy of Amy's guide "5 Online Search St...

06/30/2025

The German Interest Group will meet IN PERSON this WEDNESDAY, July 9, 10AM to Noon at the FamilySearch Center at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2195 Jackson Hwy, Chehalis, WA 98532. https://maps.app.goo.gl/yDLXcMKEMnzVznjS7
Our focus for this meeting will be German research and how to find records for your German speaking ancestors, where ever they resided, using the Family Search catalog and other sites. We will also talk about the importance of location and knowing your ancestors' home town.
All skill levels are welcome. We are here to help and we all learn from one another. Anyone with an interest in German genealogy is WELCOME.
The meeting is officially over at noon, but many of us stay later and the center is staffed by volunteers until 8:00PM on Tuesdays.
If you are new to this facility, the FamilySearch Center it at the back of the building, handicap access is at the east side of the building as pictured. Ring the doorbell and someone will come to let you in.

★★★★★ · Christian church

06/27/2025

If you use newspapers.com, this is a handy feature to locate newspapers in a specific area!
https://blog.newspapers.com/using-the-newspapers-com-map-feature/?xid=8043

06/18/2025

This article is a great description of Full-Text Search, with step-by-step instructions on how to use it to its fullest! Happy Hunting, and share your success stories below in the comments.

Now available in the catalog and all-collections search, full-text search can give you faster access to billions of unindexed records, using AI!