SPRING 2025 GENEALOGY CLASS
"Time to Start on Your Geneaology"
Dates: Class 1 Monday March 17, 2025
Class 2 Monday March 24, 2025
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Center 50+, 2615 Portland Rd NE, Salem
Insructor: Liz Tice, WVGS Member
Cost: $10 each ($12 ea for non-Salem residents)
Have you been wondering how to get started on researching your family history? Willamette Valley Genealogical Society will have two Genealogy Classes at the Senior Center 50+ in the Spring of 2025. Each one will have a presentation and handout on the topic. You may bring your own laptop/tablet, but it is not necessary.
This your chance to learn about how to do your family research.
The first class will show you how to get started, what forms to use and how to stay organized.
The second class will cover the two biggest genealogy sites online—Ancestry .com (which is free at Salem Public Library) and FamilySearch.org which is free to use for all.
Register online at https://egov.cityofsalem.net/Center50Plus
Class 2 Monday March 24, 2025
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Center 50+, 2615 Portland Rd NE, Salem
Insructor: Liz Tice, WVGS Member
Cost: $10 each ($12 ea for non-Salem residents)
Have you been wondering how to get started on researching your family history? Willamette Valley Genealogical Society will have two Genealogy Classes at the Senior Center 50+ in the Spring of 2025. Each one will have a presentation and handout on the topic. You may bring your own laptop/tablet, but it is not necessary.
This your chance to learn about how to do your family research.
The first class will show you how to get started, what forms to use and how to stay organized.
The second class will cover the two biggest genealogy sites online—Ancestry .com (which is free at Salem Public Library) and FamilySearch.org which is free to use for all.
Register online at https://egov.cityofsalem.net/Center50Plus
Fall Genealogy Class 2025
Dates: Mondays, Sept. 29th, Oct. 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, & Nov. 3rd
(6 classes)
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 PM
Location: Center 50+, 2615 Portland Rd NE, Salem
Contact: The Senior Center, (503)588-6303
Insructor: WVGS Member
Cost: $10 for each 3 hour class ($12 for non-Salem residents.)
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society will have a series of genealogy classes on a variety of genealogy topics. You can sign up for each one separately, or all of them. Each one will have a presentation and hand-out on the topic. The last hour is for
attendee’s research; WVGS will help you search for your records on the topic of the class. You can bring your own laptop/tablet. This is your chance to learn more about how to research your family.
Class Schedule
(6 classes)
Time: 10:00 am to 1:00 PM
Location: Center 50+, 2615 Portland Rd NE, Salem
Contact: The Senior Center, (503)588-6303
Insructor: WVGS Member
Cost: $10 for each 3 hour class ($12 for non-Salem residents.)
Willamette Valley Genealogical Society will have a series of genealogy classes on a variety of genealogy topics. You can sign up for each one separately, or all of them. Each one will have a presentation and hand-out on the topic. The last hour is for
attendee’s research; WVGS will help you search for your records on the topic of the class. You can bring your own laptop/tablet. This is your chance to learn more about how to research your family.
Class Schedule
Class 1 Sept. 29, 2025: How to Get StartedClass 2 Oct. 6, 2025: Ancestry.com and Family SearchClass 3 Oct. 13, 2025: Vital RecordsClass 4 Oct. 20, 2025: Military Records & Land RecordsClass 5 Oct. 27, 2025: Immigration & Cultural SourcesClass 6 Nov. 3, 2025: Googling and Free Genealogy Sites
Special Notice:
Statewide birth certificates are now available at the Oregon State Archives (OSA) for the first time from mid 1903 through 1922 (birth records are restricted for 100 years from the date of birth). They are sent from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) in Portland to the OSA. Some of the earlier year's records aren't complete, because the counties didn't always send the records in to the state.
The OSA is allowing the WVGS to publish their index of the Oregon 1916 birth certificates. This index was compiled by volunteers at the Archives and includes birth name, date of birth, county, names of parents and additional updates such as later name changes. A copy of the 1916 index in searchable PDF format is available on our [Member Page], and the birth certificates for 1903-1922 are available at the OSA.
See the [Membership] page for information on how to become a WVGS member with full access to the 1916 index along with all issues of our 'Beaver Briefs' quarterly publication, many other WVGS documents, and publications from societies we exchange with. Members also receive discounted pricing on search requests (see the [Research] page for more information).
The OSA is allowing the WVGS to publish their index of the Oregon 1916 birth certificates. This index was compiled by volunteers at the Archives and includes birth name, date of birth, county, names of parents and additional updates such as later name changes. A copy of the 1916 index in searchable PDF format is available on our [Member Page], and the birth certificates for 1903-1922 are available at the OSA.
See the [Membership] page for information on how to become a WVGS member with full access to the 1916 index along with all issues of our 'Beaver Briefs' quarterly publication, many other WVGS documents, and publications from societies we exchange with. Members also receive discounted pricing on search requests (see the [Research] page for more information).