Lewis County Genealogical Society News

Lewis County GS is pleased to announce a Cooperative Genealogy Project with the Timberland Regional Library System, alternating between the Chehalis & Centralia Timberland Libraries.
“Genealogy Help at the Library” will be 10:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
Centralia Timberland Library …. Sat. SEPT. 9   &   Sat. OCT. 14
Chehalis  Timberland Library ….  Thurs. SEPT. 21 & Thurs. OCT 19
A Genealogy Workshop will be held Sat. SEPT. 30 from 1:00 – 4:00 P.M.
Topics:  Getting started or restarted, research, records & library research.
Genealogy specialists from both groups will help you begin or restart your Family Tree beginning with yourself and what you know about your parents & grandparents. Computers will be there for your genealogy helpers to start your amazing trail.
The Workshop will encourage you to bring your Brick Wall or other problems to get special one-on-one-help or a panel to solve your genealogy problems.
On-going educational opportunities in the area include; Locating and informing members of research libraries, special interest groups, record repositories and other societies programs.
Any person joining Lewis County Genealogical Society after September 1, 2017 will enjoy an extended Membership good thru December 2018 for the annual fee of $12.
The Lewis County Genealogical Society meets the 3rd Tuesday monthly, January thru December except July, August & December at
St Johns Lutheran Church   2190 Jackson Hwy, Chehalis at 6:30 p.m.
A Genealogy Program will be presented by a well known Genealogical Speaker follow the meeting at 7:30p.m. All meetings are open to the public.
Please Join us Tues. Sept.19 for Mary Kircher Roddys’ presentation of:
“The Ins & Outs of Indexes: Keys to Unlocking Probates, Deeds & More”
And Tues. October 17 for Jerri Thorpe McCoys’ presentation of:
“Using Land Records to Break Down Brick Walls”