OGS Events
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.