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Clallam County Genealogical Society

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Clallam County Genealogical Society

Founded in 1981, our mission is to educate and support individual genealogists and to preserve genea We are an all volunteer organization.

CCGS was founded in 1981 by a handful of genealogy enthusiasts. Our Research Center, located at 403 E. 8th Street, Port Angeles, is in a building we purchased and remodeled in 2020. Volunteer staff log in thousands of hours each year helping one another and members of the public. CCGS is managed by a Board of Directors elected from the membership.

04/08/2026

Saturday, April 18
Subscription Databases, Both Old and New at CCGS (Monthly Meeting)
9:30 am to 12:00 pm
CCGS Research Center
During this meeting we will look at the paid subscription databases available for use at the CCGS Research Center. This will include a brief review of what resources can be found in each subscription. We will look at American Ancestors, Find My Past, Fold 3, Genealogy Bank, Newspapers.com and the latest addition History Geo. (It will not include Ancestry, as most are familiar with it.)

03/14/2026

Saturday, March 21
Membership Meeting (Monthly Meeting)
9:30 am
Research Center 403 E. 8th St, Port Angeles, WA 98362
The meeting will begin at 9:30 am where we will also discuss the progress on our mural, and you can ask questions about what is happening. The hour long webinar will begin at 10:00 am. You can either catch the webinar on Zoom or you can come to the Research Center (403 E. 8th Street in Port Angeles). Appropriate munchies and beverages will be served. I will send the Zoom codes to you next Tuesday (if the program cooperates…)

CCGS will be presenting a webinar, Tracing Your Immigrant Ancestor to Ireland, gives an overview of the various techniques & records available in the US (and elsewhere) that can be used to help trace your ancestor back to where they came from in Ireland. These include shipping records, emigration records, but also surname dictionaries and distribution maps.

02/21/2026

The Clallam County Genealogical Society is proud to present a preview of the southern portion of our future mural. We have partnered with local artist Melissa Klein to develop the mural design and composition to reflect the ancestral people of Clallam County. The western facing portion of the mural remains in the design phase. Painting will begin later this year as we get the appropriate permitting completed and the weather improves. Preparations for our major improvements project began last year, with building improvements both inside and out. We repainted the outside of the building, restored the roof, and improved our media and computing capabilities and internet connection. Improvements to date, have been accomplished primarily with grants, donations and volunteer work. We are off to an exciting venture to highlight our Genealogy Research Center! Stay tuned for future design updates and fund-raising activities. Please consider making a donation to our mural project today.

02/20/2026

Membership Meeting and Webinar: Cluster Research Using the FAN Principle (Monthly Meeting)
9:30 am
403 E. 8th St Port Angeles, WA 98362
This month's membership meeting with feature the latest update on the CCGS mural project. Following with a Legacy Family Tree Webinar: Cluster Research Using the FAN Principle, by Michelle Goodrum C.G. Come into the Research Center to join us or watch from home on Zoom.

02/16/2026

Tomorrow – Tuesday, Feb 17th we will watch another installment of the webinar re. using AI for Genealogy. Bring a lunch and we will break bread together since these meetings will start around 11:30. There will be coffee or tea available, and I’ll bring some cookies for dessert.

01/24/2026

Tuesday, January 27
Writers and lunch (Education)
11:30 am
Research Center 403 E 8th St, Port Angeles, WA 98362
We can discuss how to get started writing someone’s story and read some we have already written.

01/20/2026

Saturday 31 January 2026 starting at 1:00 PM
Research Center 403 E 8th St, Port Angeles, WA
Class for beginning genealogists. The beginning class will cover basic information, census work, organizing & entering your research into a program, evaluating sources and evidence, using and finding research resources.

01/13/2026

Saturday, January 17 after Membership General Meeting starting at 9:30 AM
Research Center 403 E. 8th, Port Angeles or Zoom
Brian Rhinehart is a professional genealogist and speaker who specializes in research and record retrieval related to 19th-century military records (Civil War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War) and federal land records (bounty land, homestead land, etc.). He provides on-site research and record retrieval at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. He holds a Certificate in Genealogical Research from Boston University.

In this presentation, Brian talks about resources to help determine if you have a Civil War soldier in your family tree, with an emphasis on differentiating between soldiers who had common names.

You are invited to listen to the presentation at the Research Center (403 E. 8th Streete in Port Angeles) or by Zoom at home. Everyone who lived in America at that time was affected by the Civil War!

12/09/2025

Tuesday, December 23 through Monday, January 5, 2026
Holiday Season (Fellowship)
Research Center 403 E 8th St Port Angeles, WA 98362
Tis the season! We at the Clallam County Genealogical Center wish all of you a happy holiday season. We will be closed for the week starting Tue, 23 Dec through Mon, 5 Jan 2026. This is also membership season, just a gentle reminder that membership dues for 2026 are now accepted. Payment by Paypal, cash or check are welcome. $40/yr individual; $50/yr family Thank you and have a wonderful holiday!

11/10/2025

Due to a fire next to our local Internet Providers office, our internet is offline for an unknown period of time. We hope this will be repaired by tomorrow for opening of the center.

10/29/2025

Sunday, November 16
Membership Meeting (Monthly Meeting)
2:00 pm
Research Center 403 E. 8th, Port Angeles
Karen Trager will present “Researching Family History: One Author’s Journey Into Her Family and Herself”
Karen left her law practice to write the award winning book, My Soul is Filled With Joy: A Holocaust Story which chronicles her in-laws’ survival during WWII. Her latest book explores her immigrant Jewish family’s unique history and contributions to Seattle’s business and Jewish Communities. We are meeting Sunday afternoon to accommodate our speaker.

Sunday, November 16th at 2:00pm, the Clallam Genealogical Society will host Author and Genealogist, Karen Treiger who will present “Researching Family History – One Author’s Journey into Her Family and Herself.”
Karen Treiger was born in Seattle and attended Barnard College and NYU Law School, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. After retiring from her law practice in 2015, Karen dedicated herself to researching and writing her family histories. After three years of work, Karen published her first book, My Soul is Filled with Joy: A Holocaust Story. In it, Treiger chronicles both Sam and Esther's journey, including Sam’s escape from the death camp Treblink, and their survival in Polish forest where they hid until their liberation. As Treiger became inspired by the people she encountered, Sam and Esther’s story became her story too. The book won the PNWA Nancy Pearl Book Award for Best Memoir and the Bronze Medal in World History from the Independent Publisher's Association.
Her second book, Standing on the Crack: Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle’s Vibrant Gilded Age was recently published. It is the story of Karen’s search for her ancestors who settled in Seattle. Researching their story, she learned of their difficulties and tragedies as well as business and personal successes.
Karen provides an outstanding example of how genealogical research can be transformed into the “Story”, and the story is what makes family history captivating.
She will present the program via Zoom. To get the zoom codes, contact the Genealogical Society by email: [email protected] or by phone: 360-417-5000, or watch the presentation at the CCGS Research Center located in Port Angeles at 403 E. 8th Street.

10/15/2025

All Members Meeting (Monthly Meeting)
10:00 am
Research Center 403 E. 8th, Port Angeles
Workshop: “Finding Where They Lived – An Introduction to Land Records” We will use some of your examples of how to use the metes and bound surveys and the meridian system of ranges, townships, sections, etc. to locate where your ancestors lived.

Address

403 E. 8th Street
Port Angeles, WA
98362

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 4pm
Wednesday	10am - 4pm
Thursday	10am - 4pm
Friday	10am - 4pm
Saturday	12pm - 4pm

Website

http://www.clallamcogs.org/

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