Eastern Washington Genealogical Society Blog

  Ever been to a real barn dance? Likely not..... at least not like the ones our ancestors enjoyed.  In an old magazine, quoting a 1909 news...

  This darling photo is not me but surely could be. I think I was born with gills behind my ears because I do love to be around water, espec...

Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart, born Esther Pariseau in 1823 in Quebec, entered the convent of the newly founded Sisters of Charity in Mo...

Have you ever been to Danville? There are 24 places in America with the name of Danville, but our Danville is in Ferry County, Washington, j...

  Sue Kreikemeier is president of the Whitman County Genealogical Society. Her editorial in their November 2025 newsletter was a real zinger...

Do you know what an ossuary is? What it was used for....and when? Well, let's learn!   An ossuary was usually a smallish chest or box us...

  Ever been out on Fairchild Air Force Base and driven past the real-life B-52 parked on display there? My father, Francis Harold Potter, wa...