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.
A little local history, just in case you didn't already know where we come from.
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.
Schedule of events, present, future and the past.
If you want to see what our goals/objectives are, take a look at the
Mission Statement.
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.
If you have a Request for info, please
fill out the Form and send it to our Onsite Researcher, Charles Hansen
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.
Local related links, member homepages, and statewide and national resources.
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.
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.
