Eastern Washington Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 1826, Spokane WA 99210-1826

Eastern Washington Genealogical Society

     EWGS was founded in 1935 with six interested people and a handful of books. In 2005, EWGS celebrated its 70th anniversary, now counting 270 folks and partnered with the Spokane Public Library to house a collection numbering over a thousand items.
     The Society meets the first Saturday of the month in February, March, April, May, November and December. Meetings for January and June are usually luncheon meetings, held in different locations. There are no meetings held in July and August, and the September meeting can sometimes be the second Saturday, depending on how Labor Day falls. The first Saturday in October is the Annual Fall Workshop, held at different sites. The regular meetings officially begin at 1:00pm, but the "Coffee, Cookies & Conversation" part of the meetings begins at 12:30. The Society also tries to have a Spring Seminar (usually in April). All those interested in genealogy are welcome at any meeting.

SPOKANE COUNTY HISTORY

     A little local history, just in case you didn't already know where we come from.

EWGS BLOG

     Stay up-to-date with the latest news from the world of genealogy, see what you missed at recent meetings and classes, and learn tips and techniques from our team of bloggers, Donna Potter Phillips, Charles Hansen, and Miriam Robbins Midkiff.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

     Schedule of events, present, future and the past.

MISSION STATEMENT

     If you want to see what our goals/objectives are, take a look at the Mission Statement.

DATABASES & INDEXES

     Index to the Holdings at the Spokane Library's Genealogical Section. Also indexes to various works also held in the library's Genealogical Section, as well as Transcriptions from Members.

RESEARCH HELP

     If you have a Request for info, please fill out the Form and send it to our Onsite Researcher, Charles Hansen

WHAT'S NEW AT EWGS?

WA STATE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 2009 STATE CONFERENCE - Sept 11-13: Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak will be the featured speaker. Check out the brochure and Saturday schedule. You can download and print the Registration Form now and mail it to us or use our online registration form.

More information:
Davenport Hotel: Tell them your attending the conference for special room rates.
Local Activities
New: Conference Check in and Driving Directions

06/06/2009 - "2nd Annual Salad & Serendipity" -- Members' potluck and stories of unexplained genealogical good luck!

See our Upcoming Events

EWGS MAIL LIST

Charles Hansen maintains the Mail List for EWGS. This is mostly for information and discussion for EWGS members, but open to anyone. You can subscribe on the Rootsweb page.

RESOURCES AND LINKS

Local related links, member homepages, and statewide and national resources.

PUBLICATIONS

     EWGS has publications available for sale in Book form and Microfilm form

EWGS MEMBERSHIP

     A membership into the Society is chocked full of benefits, including The EWGS Bulletin, a 50-60 page quarterly journal which contains excellent genealogical research stories and records in each issue, reduced admission to seminars & workshops, and access to FREE classes.

CONTACTS

     If you have any suggestions for this site, links you would like to see added or wish to contact various members, please check out the Contact/Submit Info page. Note that suggestions are presented to the Web Committee, and could take time for results to transpire.