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Welcome to the Twin Rivers Genealogy Society


Purpose

- Research our own families
- Help others research their families
- Teach classes to beginning genealogists
- Provide help at the Genealogy Desk
  at the Lewiston City Library
- Promote research projects to increase the
  resources available to people,
  i.e., update cemetery records, etc.

Meetings

    2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
    at Orchards United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston
    (Entrance is at the back wheelchair ramp)

     Each month's meeting supplies a learning
     experience in the field of genealogy.

     (No meetings in July, August, or December)


Contact us:

Twin Rivers Genealogy Society
PO Box 386
Lewiston, ID 83501

If you have any questions about our society,
you can reach us at .

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UPCOMING ATTRACTIONS & PROJECTS

2013:

TRGS Meetings:
July 4 - 3rd Annual Walking with Ancestors (see link below)
September 12 - Phyllis Van Hoff, How to Use Family Tree
October 10 - Steven Branting, "A Continuing Story: Living in the Cradle of Idaho's History"
November 14 - Dennis Hastings, What Information Can Be Released By a Funeral Home and Babette Peterson of PCS Laser and Memorial, QR Codes on Headstones; Election of Officers


TRGS Field Trips:


Walking with Ancestors


News from Others:
Book signings at ...and BOOKS, too!, 918 6th Street, Clarkston, WA

June 22, 2013, 2-4 p.m. -- Orofino area author Wendell M. Stark will sign his book, North Fork of the Clearwater River: The Almost Forgotten History. Stark is an avid outdoorsman with a great appreciation of the wilderness. He was raised on the banks of a river in Priest River, Idaho. He moved with his wife to Headquarters, Idaho, a small company town where they raised their two daughters. He spent 40 years working for Potlatch along the North Fork River. The book is full of wonderful black and white maps and photos of the people who settled the area and made a living working in the woods.

July 11, 4-6 p.m. -- Portland, Oregon, author Greg Nokes will sign his new book, Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory. Greg previously wrote Massacred for Gold, about the Chinese men who were murdered and buried in Lewiston.

July 25, 3-5 p.m. -- Kevin Royce White will sign his book, Angels of Hells Canyon: The Journal. Kevin is a decorated Vietnam veteran who served in the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division’s 326th Combat Engineers. He is a former law enforcement officer and an avid outdoorsman. He lives in Oklahoma. This Native American mystic novel explores life’s challenges through unwavering love and a little help from guardian angels. This poignant story illustrates lessons to be remembered for a lifetime.


July 10 - Dedication of the First Territorial Capitol, 12th & Main, Lewiston, at 11am
October 18-19 -- Mark your calendar for a genealogy weekend! More details will be posted as we get closer.

The 2015 Lincoln Funeral Train Coalition



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Milestones
Newsletters
Obituaries
Photos and Postcards
Remembering the Pratt Family
Towns

Castle Garden, America's First Immigration Center
Cyndi's List
DNA explained
Lewiston Morning Tribune via Google News Archive
How to Obtain Idaho Vital Records
Idaho Museums
Idaho State Death Index 1911-1951
Lewiston Orchards Life
Norway-Heritage
Western States Historical Marriage Records Index

GenWeb Links
IDGenWeb County Map
USGenWeb

2013 Officers

President:  Jill Nock
Co-Vice Presidents:  Lee & Rae Von Flerchinger
Secretary:  Sally Wassmuth
Treasurer:  Kerry Kasza
Board Members at Large:  Betty Meloy, Sam Oliver, Joanne Pickett, Fred Rauch, Pat Van Buren, and Judi Wutzke
Newsletter Editor:  Darlene Larson

Mission Statement

Twin Rivers Genealogy Society is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of Idaho and serves Lewiston, ID, Clarkston, WA, and surrounding areas.

Our Research Holdings

Our research holdings are in the genealogy section of the Lewiston City Library.

Copyright Notice

All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged in researching their family origins. Any commercial use or distribution, without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. All images used on these pages were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages do so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission.

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