Jefferson County Genealogical Society

Mission

To bring together persons who are researching family history and to promote fellowship and cooperation. To foster, stimulate, and share ideas, information, methods and practices in family research. To collect, preserve and make available material on family history, with special emphasis on research data concerning past and present families in Jefferson County, Washington. To encourage officials in charge of public records and genealogical collections to preserve and make them accessible.

Description

Jefferson County Genealogical Society (JCGS) collects and preserves records relating to individuals and families who have lived in Jefferson County, Washington, providing family and local historians with valuable information. We also provide a social and educational framework within which our members, many of whom do not have Jefferson County ties, can improve their skills as family historians and further their own research.

We are passionate about helping you find and preserve your family history, whether your family is from Jefferson County or anywhere in the country or the world.  We support family history researchers by offering educational presentations and classes, as well as informal resource corners and study groups that provide information about how to research and preserve your genealogy.  We also maintain a Research Center in Port Townsend where we keep a library of databases, books, journals, and state-of-the-art computers where you can access Ancestry and other online tools and resources.  Our Research Center is staffed four afternoons every week and the second Saturday of each month by volunteer genealogists who can assist you to search and interpret your DNA, and guide you to resources that may reveal the elusive information you are seeking.  We are an all-volunteer organization, funded through membership fees, class registrations, and donations.