2026 Renewed Antique Show Ocean Shores, WA

Celtic Music Festival Oct 2025

Genealogy Cafe on July 17th

In what may become a quarterly series of events (depending on continued audience reception), NBGS is holding another Genealogy Cafe on Wednesday, July 17, from 11:30 until 3:30. Location is at the Ocean Shores Library.

I believe Carrie can certainly use more volunteers and it is more fun that way anyway. No special equipment needed.

In addition to the information on the flyer at left, Carrie notes that we have an added Cafe planned for Wednesday, October 16th 2024. Appointments are not being scheduled for October at this time, but keep that date on your calendar.

Departed Member Updates in March

Hi all,

Carrie Bergquist got an update from the Turners which has been added to the departed member as an update, along with the Dindinger update. Our departed member post is here.

Michael & Elizabeth Turner check in from Nauvoo

North Beach Genealogical Departed Members

Our members come and go. Sometimes members move away and continue their interest in genealogy. Sadly, sometimes their days simply run out. This collects some of those departures. Mostly going from newer to older communications:

Updated in August 2026. Michael Dindinger Passed Away on 2 August 2026 in Pennsylvania

Michael passed away in Fayetteville Pennsylvania. His obituary (with a very large photo at the start) may be found here. A "Legacy" version without the photo may be found here. The Franklin County Free Press also published an obituary here with another version on Facebook

Michael & Carole

Michael Dindinger has been a major inspiration to my genealogical efforts and helped our NBGS Society and this site immensely. Our society has had membership turn over so many didn't meet Michael at our meetings, but some older "inquiring minds want to know!"

I was somewhat at odds on how to describe the adventures of Michael Dindinger, his wife Carole and our past president Anna. Instead of trying to summarize it myself, it seemed better to simply include excerpts from  some emails. These follow below, including one from earlier this week.

North Beach Society Photo Gallery

Below are many of the events and activities that the North Beach Genealogy Society and its members have put on or participated in. Scroll down the page to view the different events, which are (mostly) organized chronologically.

From our Facebook Page: At RootsTech.org. Michael Turner & Elizabeth Turner with Carrie Cartwright Bergquist.

One Blog to Another

 The Washington State Library Blog joined with the Washington Secretary of State blog FROM OUR CORNER

and can be reached at this address: https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/fromourcorner/

New North Beach Genealogy Facebook Page

Carrie, with a slightly Photoshopped sign

Thanks to Carrie, we now have a "non-Zombie" Facebook page which may be found here.

I suggest visiting and following it, since I suspect Carrie will use it frequently.

Ocean Shores FamilySearch Center has new directors

Steve & Anita at Center

News - Feb 2024 -  Steve & Anita Johnson have just been installed as new directors of its FamilySearch Center in Ocean Shores. Michael and Elizabeth Turner are departing for a mission in Nauvoo, Illinois. The FamilySearch Center remains in the church at 228 Albatross Street, Ocean Shores WA 98569. While a comprehensive comparison awaits, it looks like the FamilySearch Center has pretty much all the resources it had before the pandemic and some new ones as well. Our previous post provided a descriptive list, here. Michael and Elizabeth Turner remain at mlturner351 at gmail dot com.

Ocean Shores Genealogy News Scoop

 

Last Summer - Facility was for sale

Hello all,

New Owner

Remember - you saw it here first!

Not long ago, the Yoga Center at the intersection of Ocean Shores Boulevard and Minard Street was newly vacant and the building was for sale. However, as of yesterday, everything changed!

A new sign went up and it looks as if we will have one of the premier genealogical storage facilities on the west coast of Washington State.

Zoom Made Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

Does Keitha Look Like a Seahawk Fan?

This post started out with all sorts of fancy stuff. However, our Ocean Shores Librarian, Keitha Owen, showed that simple can be best. In an email, she wrote:

Hi Steve

Have people that are interested in learning about Zoom call the library between 11 - 3 Tuesday - Saturday and make a Book a Techie appointment with Nick

360.289.3919

Keitha

Nearby Libraries

Nearby Libraries are those which are, at most, an express bus ride away. These ought to be the first ones someone doing genealogical research considers. Two of the three can be of significant help to the researcher. The first of these is the Ocean Shores Public Library, the second is the Timberland Regional Library System, with libraries in Aberdeen and Hoquiam, and the third, much less useful one is the Gray’s Harbor College Library in Aberdeen. The first two both offer Interlibrary Loan (ILL) connected with the Worldcat system, have good in-library Wi-Fi, and the Timberland System adds some genealogy-specific online resources. Both are free to residents and cards can be purchased by nonresidents for either short or longer terms. The GHC is less useful because it is oriented towards its student population who aren't generally interested in genealogy. It is included since it is nearby and people might wonder about its genealogy research facilities.

OSPL Photos From Their Website

Grays Harbor Genealogical Society

Updated in May 2021

Diane Carter, of our society is a member of Gray's Harbor Genealogical Society. They meet in Hoquiam, and their collection was destroyed in a fire in 2018. Perhaps Diane will present a program on our neighboring society at some future time.

FamilySearch Center Portal

Ocean Shores FamilySearch Center
Information updated in August 2026

FamilySearch has arranged for several premium online research services to be available at our Ocean Shores FamilySearch Center. The special access that FamilySearch centers have been granted to these databases only works when the online services are accessed through a computer in a FamilySearch Center.* Please note that entering the web sites of these providers through their regular, public URLs will not provide access to the full versions that have been authorized for FamilySearch center use. This is what is available:

British Library Newspapersdigital archive This fully searchable database of the British Library's newspaper holdings provides a complete run of 48 national and regional Victorian British newspapers for the 19th century from 1800 to 1900. These support the study of colonial history, genealogical research, politics, urban studies, and media courses.

Alexander Street Press, American Civil War

• ResearchData: Contains indexed, searchable information on over 4 million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 15,000 photographs.
• Letters and Diaries: Contains approximately 100,000 indexed pages of diaries, letters, and memoirs, including 4,000 pages of previously unpublished manuscripts, such as the letters of Amos Wood and his wife and the diary of Maryland planter William Claytor.
• Images,Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera: Provides a vivid history of the American Civil War with over 1,400 images.
• Social and Cultural History: Personal accounts of well-known historical figures.
• Women and Social Movements in the United States: Organized around the history of women in social movements in the United States between 1600 and 2000 A.D.

American Ancestors Created by the expert staff at the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), America's founding genealogical organization, AmericanAncestors.org is the portal to the nation's leading resource for the highest-quality, comprehensive family history services.

Ancestry Institution (similar to Ancestry library) is available at the FamilySearch Center, providing access to millions of records from around the world, including immigration, census, voter, vital, and military records; newspapers and periodicals; family trees; photos and images; directories, maps, court records, land records, wills and financial records, stories, memories, and histories; and detailed records about births, marriages, deaths, land ownership, and much more.

ArkivDigital Online is the largest private provider of Swedish Church Records and other historical records online! All images are newly photographed color images of the original documents.
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FamNet online family history network for those who have New Zealand roots.

Findmypast makes it easy to research UK ancestry. Search census records, and trace births, marriages, and deaths to bring your family history to life. Please note that not all of the content from findmypast is available in FamilySearch centers.

Fold3 has focused their efforts on gathering the best online collection of military records and stories. From the FamilySearch Center, it appears the entire Fold3 site is available.

Geneanet With 3 billion referenced individuals and 600,000 trees online, Geneanet is the first site dedicated to genealogy in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany.

Goldie May is a suite of software power tools. It is helpful to keep FamilySearch and Ancestry results.

Irish Ancestors - Irish ancestral research with extensive records.

MyHeritage Library Edition Used by millions of people worldwide to help research family history, build a family tree, and add photos, historical records, and more.

Newspaper Archive is a large historical newspaper database.

Paper Trail provides access to 19th-century westward American migration.Provides access to 19th-century westward American migration

Puzzila provides new research opportunities on descendant lines in Family Tree.

Ocean Shores FamilySearch Center

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

228 Albatross Street

OS FamilySearch Center showing entry

 

Current Hours of Operation

• Tuesdays from 10AM until Noon.
• Wednesdays from 6PM until 8

In-house Resources

• 3 hardwired computers
• 1 printer
• Wi-Fi access

* Parking lot access with a Chrome web browser extension (contact the Center for details on how this works)


Family History Guide
5 Minute Genealogy series


New to Genealogy – Beginners First Step
FamilySearch Library
YouTube Presentations here and here