WAGS June Board Meeting Cancelled

Monday, May 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. “Not Who He Once Was: Tips For Finding Your Name-Changing Ancestor” Genealogy educator Mary Kircher Roddy will present what’s possibly the ultimate brick-wall-bashing concept: name-changing! Perhaps your ancestor just disappeared–or else they seem to have no background at all. A name-change might be the culprit. Monday, May 13,…

MONDAY, JUNE 10 at 2:00 p.m. — a hybrid meeting “How the Homestead Act Shaped My Family . . . and Maybe Yours” with Cyndi Ingle The Homestead Act of 1862 populated the American West. Learn about how it worked, and where to find the records, and what your homesteader ancestor’s life might have been…

Technology meets history! The Cashmere Museum has installed a unique kiosk that traces the development of Cashmere businesses from the town’s beginning. It will show the year the building was built, its location, ownership and occupants through the years, using pictures and newspaper clippings. WAGS will be a special guest of the museum, and one…

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2024 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. The Great War and Its Stories:Researching Your WWI Soldier by Jill Morelli Seattle-based genealogy educator Jill Morelli will tell us what records survive from World War I, and where to find them. Let’s look at our WWI soldiers through the lens of the available online and in-state…

February 12, 2024 — Monday, February 12 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom and in person at the FamilySearch Center, 667 10th Street NE, East Wenatchee: “The Railroad Built the Pacific Northwest,” with Mary Horabik, educator at the Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie. Zoom information: Topic: WAGS General Meeting – FebTime: Feb 12, 2024 02:00 PM…