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SGS Members - It's Time to Renew!

 
To renew your membership through May 31, 2026, log in to your account online at Members Home.  Or print a membership application and send it together with your dues payment to SGS. Or take a stroll through the spring blooms at the Good Shepherd Center and renew at the SGS Library in person!
 
Thank you for your participation and continued support!
 
Would you like to become a member? Read all about it at Join SGS.
 

 

Visit the SGS Library

Good Shepherd Center   
 
The SGS Library is located in
Suite 302 at the Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle WA 98103
 
Get Directions                    Take a Virtual Tour
 
The SGS Library is staffed by member volunteers and usually open for research Tuesday through Saturday. To be sure that the library is open or that the elevator is available, give us a call before you come: (206) 522-8658.
 
Tuesday through Saturday
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
 
New for a limited time:
Evening Hours 6:00 to 8:30 PM on the 3rd Wednesday of the month
with Lisa Oberg, SGS Vice President, as your host,
 
In addition to the library's collection of books and maps, access to the Internet is provided by four in-house computer workstations and a wireless network for portable computers. FamilySearch Affiliate records may be viewed on any Internet-connected computer within the library. Subscription databases, available only on library computers, include: Ancestry, Fold3, Newspapers Extra, American Ancestors by NEHGS, FindMyPast (UK), New! Archion (Germany), and Historygeo, a database of historical maps and landowners covering 29 US states and pre-statehood Texas. Unique SGS Databases and a digital Scanning Workstation are also available. 
 
Photo credit: Chris Robinson
 

Family Search LogoFamilySearch Affiliate Library
The Seattle Genealogical Society is an Affiliate Library for FamilySearch.org and the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. This means that when you are inside the SGS Library either using your own computer or our Patron Computers you will be able to access some of the "locked" records at FamilySearch.org. To view the locked records you will be prompted to sign in to your own account. If you don't already have an account you may create a free account through FamilySearch.org.
 

 

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SGS Logo - shadow, no backgroundSeattle Genealogical Society and Library
4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 302, Seattle, WA 98103-6955
sgs@seagensoc.org     (206) 522-8658
Seattle Genealogical Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, charitable organization.
 

May 25
1:00 pm
SGS Quarterly Program Planning (Virtual)
  May meeting rescheduled. As part of our SGS strategic planning effort, we will convene quarterly meetings of what we have dubbed our Education ...

May 26
10:00 am
Brags and Bricks (Virtual)
  Join us for an informal social gathering. Share your recent genealogical successes and challenges or just come to chat with other genealogists.    Meets ...

May 27
10:00 am
Tech Tuesdays (Virtual via Zoom)
  Need a helping hand? Drop in (virtually) on Tech Tuesdays, the popular informal consult time on DNA, hardware, software, and virtually all genealogy-related issues. ...

May 28
10:00 am
Fiske Genealogical Library Classes (Free!)
  The Fiske Genealogical Library continues its virtual classes in 2025. All classes will be by video meeting. All classes are Wednesdays, 10-11:15, unless ...

May 28
7:00 pm
Mexican SIG
  Share information and discuss Indigenous North American, Spanish, Cuban, and Hispanic genealogical research. Meetings are held via Zoom on the 4th Wednesday of each ...