“My Civil War Ancestor”

“Memory, myth and history remain in competition as ways of explaining the past”.

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There are many variations in fact that appear when we research, as has been experienced by member

LOLA WEBER.

She will be sharing what she’s learned at our October meeting, and you won’t want to miss her presentation.

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

October 10, 2019

Guests are welcome and encouraged to attend.

CITING SOURCES AND CITATIONS

Any statement of fact that is not common knowledge must carry its own individual statement of source. This fact is known by many researchers, and we will be fortunate to have help with this at our September meeting. Experienced researcher,

MARY KATHRYN KOZY,

will share her experiences.

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

September 12, 2019

Guests are welcome and encouraged to attend.

I HAVE MY DNA RESULTS;

……. NOW WHAT???

FRUSTRATED BY FINDING A DNA MATCH BUT NO LINKED FAMILY TREE??? FOR HELP WITH FINDING YOUR MATCHING ANCESTOR, YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS THE AUGUST MEETING OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.

Member TERRY MATTISONhas pursued this subject extensively, and will be sharing her approaches to the mystery. Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend!

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

August 8, 2019

DICK MOODYpresentsMILITARY HISTORY

WWI, WW2, KOREA, AND VIETNAM

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this outstanding speaker!

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

JUNE 13, 2019

Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Join us for our May meeting!!

Our speaker will be professional genealogist

STEVEN W. MORRISON,

presenting

ASSEMBLING YOUR PROOF…

HUNTING FOR HIGH QUALITY RESOURCES

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

MAY 9, 2019

Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend!!

WE ALL NEED HELP WITH OUR RESEARCH, AND THEREFORE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR MARCH MEETING

WITH ADVICE BEING PROVIDED BY TRACY REBSTOCK FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE ARCHIVES. COME AND SEE HOW MAPS AND LAND RESEARCH CAN HELP WITH YOUR GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY. SHE WILL BE SHARING DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND WHERE THEY CAN BE LOCATED.

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

MARCH 14, 2019

Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Moving into February, our society is pleased to present

Round Table Discussion:

Family Search & General Genealogy

led by member, JOAN ENDERS, to help us learn the most effective ways to use FamilySearch. We look forward to a good discussion session with help from her colleagues, and varied round table topics.

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

February 14, 2019

Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend.

As we begin the new year, Please join us for a shared presentation by Paul Galli, plat map expert with Cowlitz county, together with Joseph Govednik, director of the Cowlitz county museum.

They will help us learn the creation and function of plat maps over the years, which can help us

locate our ancestors in ways many of us were unaware.

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

JANUARY 10, 2019

Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend.

As the holidays approach, the Lower Columbia Genealogical Society is happy to welcome to our December meeting

CHARLES GOURDE, representing the

CHILDREN’S JUSTICE & ADVOCACY CENTER OF COWLITZ COUNTY

whose mission is to provide abused children with a coordinated community approach to investigation, prosecution, treatment, and advocacy that promotes their safety, healing and well-being.

Anyone wishing to bring donations to the meeting should use the following guidelines:

Small value gasoline gift cards, children’s snacks, art supplies, copy paper, stuffed animals and bottled water.

LOWER COLUMBIA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walcolgs/

SOMERSET RETIREMENT APARTMENTS

2025 TIBBETTS DRIVE, LONGVIEW

DINING ROOM 7:00 PM

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend.