The library will be closed for the holidays. We will be open by appointment if you schedule a time with us. Please call Linda at 541-337-1485 to schedule an appointment.

The library will be closed for the holidays. We will be open by appointment if you schedule a time with us. Please call Linda at 541-337-1485 to schedule an appointment.

The library will be closed for the holidays. We will be open by appointment if you schedule a time with us. Please call Linda at 541-337-1485 to schedule an appointment.

The library will be closed for the holidays. We will be open by appointment if you schedule a time with us. Please call Linda at 541-337-1485 to schedule an appointment.

The library will be closed for the holidays. We will be open by appointment if you schedule a time with us. Please call Linda at 541-337-1485 to schedule an appointment.

The library will be closed for the holidays. We will be open by appointment if you schedule a time with us. Please call Linda at 541-337-1485 to schedule an appointment.

The Book Repair Committee takes care of items in our library collection that are in need of minor and major repairs. Training is provided. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month from 10 AM to 2 PM at the OGS Library.

Contact Susan Lunas for more information.

The library will be closed for the holidays. We will be open by appointment if you schedule a time with us. Please call Linda at 541-337-1485 to schedule an appointment.

The Book Repair Committee takes care of items in our library collection that are in need of minor and major repairs. Training is provided. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month from 10 AM to 2 PM at the OGS Library.

Contact Susan Lunas for more information.

The Book Repair Committee takes care of items in our library collection that are in need of minor and major repairs. Training is provided. We meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month from 10 AM to 2 PM at the OGS Library.

Contact Susan Lunas for more information.

Everyone is invited to bring a piece of writing that they're working on to share with the group. Family history work is usual, but any genre may be shared. Visitors and non­members are always welcome ​to just come and listen to others read their work. It's a good way to get motivated to start your own writing.

 

For more information email Sandra Lawrence.

 

 

The education and seminar committee meets the first Sunday of each month from 1 PM to 2 PM at the OGS Library. 

This committee plans the spring and fall seminars and education classes and workshops. Your input is valuable and we welcome your suggestions for speakers, topics, and ideas for improving our offerings. All members are welcome to attend.

For more information please contact Dawn Carlile.

 

Parking: Free parking is available in the Overpark Parking Garage on Oak St.

Have an idea for a form? Want to keep track of your information but don’t like any form you have found? Or found a form but you want it digital so you can fill it in and save it so it is easier to update? This is the class for you. I will show you how to make the form that you want or take one and make it fill enable. 

With all the computer genealogy software out there, you would think our paper work would be less. But I find that it isn’t always that way. We now must keep track of what we have so we don’t spend time duplicating our research. And this takes time and spread sheets. I have found that I can’t find a spread sheet/form that has what I want so I end up making my own. OR there is a form but it doesn’t quite fit my needs. Or even worse is I want it digital and it isn’t

 

 

Maps can be a used to follow your ancestor’s route of migration, understand why they took a particular route or settled in an area. We will look at a variety of historic maps from US maps to township and land ownership maps, railroad maps, and Sanborn fire maps. Both online and offline resources for historical maps provided.

Instructor:  Dawn Carlile 

 

Class description will be posted soon.

Instructor:  Linda Forrest

 

Class description will be posted soon.

Instructor:  Dawn Carlile 

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Learn how researching land records can provide valuable information on your ancestors from where the land was located, how wealthy they might have been, confirm familial relationships, and identify neighbors. Covers Federal land states vs State land states, township and range systems, and metes and bounds.

Instructor:  Dawn Carlile