Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Blog

Genealogical news from Spokane, Washington, USA, and the Inland Northwest.

Friday, May 30, 2025

Honoring Memorial Day Part 2

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     In a small cemetery in the Dutch city of Roermond, one can visit this most unique set of tombstones. It comprises two almost identical ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Honoring Memorial Day

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        Available from Amazon. Who would have guessed? 
Friday, May 23, 2025

Fidalgo Island Pioneer's 1923 Obit

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  This Washington-Pioneer-History-Tidbit comes from the Anacortes American , April 19, 1923. Titled "First Fidalgo Settler Buried,...
Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Bison or Buffalo?

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     Buffalo or Bison? Which do we have in the American West? I recently taught a lesson to my 11yo and 7yo great-grandkids on this subject....
Friday, May 16, 2025

Remembering Mt. St. Helens

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  If you were living in Washington on Sunday, May 18, 1980, do you remember what you were doing? I was walking to church on that sunny day a...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Wreck of the Peter Iredale

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   (note the horse and wagon)    Strollers along a particular stretch of Oregon beach sometimes are lucky enough to see the fading remnants ...
Friday, May 9, 2025

Old Postcards

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        I confess: I cannot help myself from browsing through the boxes of old postcards that I may encounter at a thrift shop. Case in poin...
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