Seattle Genealogical Society
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Beginning Genealogy 2025.1

Motivated to learn more about
your family’s story?
Want to learn how DNA can help?
Fun, online, interactive. 
 
Tuesday afternoons or
Wednesday evenings
 
Starts May 13, 2025
 
Details, click here.
 


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,
on the 4th Saturday of the month.
 
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.
 

April 21
4:00 pm
North Hills Genealogists (Virtual Event-Free)
  Join North Hills Genealogists and author Steven Cowie on Monday, April 21, 2025, at 4pm Pacific as he discusses his book When Hell Came ...

April 21
7:00 pm
Write It Up (Virtual)
  Are you looking for inspiration to write up your family history research? This group meets online the third Monday of the month. Join us ...

April 22
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. ...

April 23
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 ...

April 23
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 ...