OGS Events

Date: October 08, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

October 2026 General Meeting

John Grenham: Mapping Ireland's Records

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1925 Boulevard Rd SE, Olympia, WA.

View the handout: Mapping Ireland's Records.

Contact John with questions at this address: grenhamsirishancestors@gmail.com.

The pre-recorded presentation will be made available to OGS members.

Date: September 10, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

September 2026 General Meeting

Billie Stone Fogarty: School Censuses: What, When, and Where

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1925 Boulevard Rd SE, Olympia, WA.

A recording of the meeting will be made available to OGS members. View the handout and supplemental handout (members only).

Date: June 11, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

June 2026 General Meeting

Crystal Hicks: Bureaucracy to the Rescue: Unlocking Family Mysteries with State Records

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1925 Boulevard Rd SE, Olympia, WA.

The Recordings and Handouts page has links to the recording and handout (must be logged in to your OGS account), available indefinitely. 

Date: May 14, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

May 2026 General Meeting

Billie Stone Fogarty: Researching American Indian Ancestry

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1925 Boulevard Rd SE, Olympia, WA.

A recording and handout from the meeting were available to OGS members for one month after the meeting.

Date: April 09, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

April 2026 General Meeting

Roxanne Lowe: Researching in the Evergreen State

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1925 Boulevard Rd SE, Olympia, WA. 

The Recordings and Handouts page has links to the recording and handout (must be logged in to your OGS account), available indefinitely.

Date: March 12, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

March 2026 General Meeting

Karen Wallace Steely: Bounders, Bigamists, and Grass Widows: Using Divorce Records in Genealogical Research

Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1925 Boulevard Rd SE, Olympia, WA. 

A recording and handout from the meeting were available to OGS members for one month after the meeting.

Date: February 12, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

February 2026 General Meeting

David McDonald: For Whom Are You Writing? A Guide to Genealogy Compilations

A recording and handout from the meeting were available to OGS members for one month after the meeting.

Date: January 08, 2026 Time: 07:00 PM to 08:30 PM

January 2026 General Meeting

J. Mark Lowe: Finding Uncle John's Grist Mill, His Neighbors and That Cemetery Using Maps, Records and Stories

A recording and handout from the meeting were available to OGS members for one month after the meeting.