Yamhill County Genealogical Society

03/22/2026

12/22/2025

How is this not everyone's Wish List? 😜

12/16/2025

It is our pleasure to workshop with you this Saturday... our YCGS December Meeting on 20 December 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

If you find family research exciting but are less enthused about writing your family’s history, come learn a process to get you started and keep you going.

Workshop: Writing Your Family History One Photo at a Time

Bring a photo or two (or more) that you have some information about. It can be anything from a candid photo you’ve taken yourself to a historic portrait of an ancestor. We’ll go through a process using the photo to create a family story to preserve and share. Physical photos, or even a few favorites on your phone, works! Choose a holiday, vacation, birthday, every day candid... whatever you'd like!

We will be in-person at the First Federal Community Room, 111 NE Third St., McMinnville. Parking is available on the street, or in the First Federal parking lot (across the street from the Community Room). You may also attend via Zoom (link to be emailed Friday).

PS: This week, we will not be rushed out of the meeting room, so if you'd like to workshop for longer, you're more than welcome to stay until sometime around 2pm.

06/30/2025

The more you know…

05/03/2025

Participating in Yamhill County Historical Society - Yamhill Valley Heritage Center’s annual Farm Fest, YCGS Board Members Doris Cruickshank, Laura Alston, and Dawnette Bowlin could be found encouraging family history, exploring connections to Revolutionary War Patriots, and handing out Family Tree charts to visitors and children.

03/17/2025

Sláinte is táinte! ☘️

*Cheers and Good Health!

03/02/2025

Three of Yamhill County Genealogical Society members are headed to Salt Lake City to work on genealogical projects at the Family History Library, and attend RootsTech 2025 “DISCOVER”! If you aren’t able to attend in person, we encourage you to register for their online conference for FREE! Watch pre-recorded videos at any time, and join in LIVE for keynote speakers and broadcast sessions.

06/07/2024

Today, June 6, 2024, is the 80th anniversary of D-Day. According to the National Archives, 3,757 Oregonians from all branches of the service died during their World War II service. One of these Oregonians was Ashley “Bob” Russell, a well-regarded Portland artist. Russell was one of the first to land in France on D-Day and was tragically killed over a month later by a German sniper in Normandy on July 15, 1944.

OHS has in our research library collections the last known photograph of Russell, pictured here, which was taken in France on D-Day, as well as letters he wrote to his family from France. OHS also has several of Russell’s artworks in our museum collection, many featuring subjects from the Portland jazz clubs he frequented in the 1930s and 1940s as well as works that reflect his military service. You can explore Russell’s paintings preserved in OHS’s museum collection by visiting the OHS Museum Collection Portal at museumcollection.ohs.org.

Image Credit: OHS Research Library, Ashley R. Roberts Collection, 021798.

04/26/2024

Happy National DNA Day!

04/05/2024

HPNW is presenting a cemetery workshop in Gaston, Oregon, on Saturday, April 20, 2024. Sponsored by the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries and Hills Cemetery. Details for the workshop are on the poster. I've put a link to the required registration in the comments.

03/05/2024

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