Bend Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 8254

Bend, OR 97708-8254

541-317-9553

 

 

 

 

The Bend Genealogical Society is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the state of Oregon

and is an approved charitable and tax-exempt organization under Sections 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

 

Bend is located in Deschutes County, Oregon.  The goal of Bend Genealogical Society (BGS) is to record and preserve the family history of Deschutes County.

 

 

BGS SPRING SEMINAR

Saturday, April 25    9:00 am–4:15 pm

 

EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA:

Why They Came & How To Find Them

 

Featuring:  Gary A. Zimmerman, Ph.D.

President, Fiske Genealogical Foundation

Seattle, Washington

 

$35.00, if registered by 4/20

Call BGS at 541-317-9553 for more information

 

 
Contents

·       Mission Statement

·       Membership

·       BGS Meetings

·       Special Events

·       Library

·       Duplicate/Used Inventory for Sale

·       Deschutes County Cemetery Books

·       Deschutes County Cemetery Website

·       Other Deschutes County Books

·       Pioneer Certificates

·       BGS T-Shirts and Sweatshirts

·       BGS Queries

·       Contact Information

 

BGS Mission Statement

 

To provide essential resources for researching, teaching, exchanging and preserving the records of family history in the Deschutes County area.

 

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Membership

 

Annual membership fees:

 

$20.00   Single

$25.00   Household

$50.00   Sustaining

 

Membership is annually from September through August.  Send your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, geographical areas of interest and choice of newsletter delivery (regular mail or email), along with your check to:

 

Bend Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 8254

Bend, OR 97708-8254

 

As a member of BGS, you will have the opportunity to:

 

·       Learn from speakers

·       Receive instruction about research methods

·       Receive help with genealogy and the computer

·       Receive the BGS newsletter each month

·       Submit queries to the BGS chart file and ancestral database

·       Avail yourself of other members’ family research

·       Support groups

 

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BGS Meetings

 

All meetings are held at Williamson Hall Recreation Building for Rock Arbor Villa Mobile Home Park located at 2200 NE Highway 20, unless indicated otherwise.

 

Meetings are on the third Tuesday of each month, September through May, unless indicated otherwise.  The meeting begins at 10:00 AM with a speaker followed by questions and answers.  A brief business meeting will conclude the event. 


 

Special Events

 

The theme for this year is “Footsteps to Your Ancestors”.  The topics and scheduled speakers are:

 

2008

 

September 16   “Build A Book”

                         Speaker: Marian Woodall – Author, Professional Business Consultant

 

October 21        “The Lost Meek Train in Central Oregon

                         Speaker: Steve Lent of the Bowman Museum in Prineville

 

November 18    “Researching at the LDS Family History Center

                         Speaker: Janie Erickson

 

December 16     “Repairing Books and Preserving Textiles”

                         Speaker: Sue Frewing, Conservator
Potluck luncheon to follow

 

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

 

2009

 

January 20        “Searching Branches of the Military”

                         Speaker: Chuck Morris

 

February 17      “Where’d I Put It?  How Can I Find It?”

                         Methods of Organization of Genealogical Materials

                         Speaker: Curt Lantz

 

March 17           “Evaluating Evidence – Deductive Reasoning in Genealogy”

                         Speakers: Kay Stein and Vern Threlkeld, Graduates of the University of Washington Genealogy and Family History Certificate Program

 

April 21             “Research at the NSDAR Library in Washington, D.C.

                         Speaker: Kathryn Andrews, Regent, Bend Chapter DAR

 

May 19              “Using Census Records – What’s Hidden Within”

                         Speaker: Karen Goodman

 

First Tuesday Interest Groups

 

October 17 – December 2 – February 3 – April 7

Beginning Genealogy;  Writers Group

 

November 4 – January 6 – March 3 – May 5

Genealogy Software Programs;  Popular Websites

 

 

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Library

 

The Bend Genealogical Society Library is located at Williamson Hall and is free to the public.  It is opened from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  The library has a large collection of books, reference material and CDs covering Oregon and many other areas in the United States.  There are two dedicated computers available for research.  A librarian will be on duty to assist with research questions.  In addition, the library has wireless (i.e., WiFi) Internet access, and the use of personal laptop computers with WiFi capability is allowed.

 

                                    

 

 

 

 NEW Publication

From the Bend Genealogical Society

 Bend, Oregon

By Karen Windheim

 

The 1st Land Deed Index book

of Deschutes County, Oregon

1893 to 1928.

 

 

          This book was transcribed into an excel file [also PDF file] which can be searched either by grantee or grantor, file date or section & township.  Listed in the note section is the name of the town or neighborhood, whether it was an estate, affidavit, power of attorney, guardianship, or any of several other reasons why that event was recorded.  Each file contains 22,036 lines of information, which took the author-transcriber over two years to complete.  Now, you can easily order a copy of the original papers, since the book and page number are accessible from these files.  Order instructions for copies are on the disk.

Order the disk today from BGS, orders shipped in 3-5 days

$21.00 includes postage and handling

 

This book is the first deeds of record after the Patent Deeds. When the first files were recorded, Deschutes County was still part of Crook County. These records are only the lands that lay in Deschutes Co.

   

Records extracted by Karen Scott Windheim  2005-2007

      “End of the trails series” ® May 2007

 

 

 

Duplicate/Used Inventory for Sale

 

The following duplicate inventory has been removed from our research library and is available for sale.  Most items are in fair to good condition and priced accordingly.
Please add $5.00 postage for first book ordered, plus $2.00 for each additional book.

 

Legacy from the Past: A Portfolio of 88 Original Williamsburg Buildings

         $1.00

The Gardens of Williamsburg

         $1.00

Ancestral Roots of Sixty New England Colonists 1630-1650, 5th Edition

         $5.00

“The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy”.  By Val D. Greenwood.  Published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988

         $8.00

“A Handy Guide to Record Searching in the Larger Cities of the United States” by E. Kay Kirkham.  Everton Publishers, Inc.  1974.  Hardbound.  Contains wonderful maps of cities in 1850 time frame

         $3.00

“Search and Research” by Noel C. Stevenson.  Deseret Book Co., 1969

         $2.00

“Research in American Genealogy  by E. Kay Kirkham.  Deseret Book Co.,  1956

         $2.00

“Guide to Genealogical Records in the National Archives” 1964

         $1.00

“Genealogical Research in England and Wales” – Volume 1 by Smith and Gardener.  Bookcraft Publishers, 1976 – (11th printing.)

         $3.00

“Genealogical Research in England and Wales” – Volume 2 by Smith and Gardener.  Bookcraft Publishers, 1975 – (11th printing.)

         $3.00

U.S. Catholic Sources:  A Diocesan Research Guide by Humling

         $7.00

“Handbook for Genealogical Correspondence” – Revised edition.  Prepared by The Cache Genealogical Library, Logan, Utah.  Everton Publishers Inc. – 1978 (Third Printing)  (Two copies available)

         $8.00

“How to Find Your Family Roots”

         $1.00

“Searching for Your Ancestors” by Doane & Bell, 1982

         $1.00

SOLDGenealogical Record Binder, black, 5 x 7.5” with folded census sheets

         $  .50

“Handy Book for Genealogists” by George Everton, 5th Edition, 1967

         $2.00

SOLD“Handy Book for Genealogists” by George Everton, 8th Edition, 1991

       $10.00

“Handy Book for Genealogists” by George Everton, 9th Edition, 1999

       $15.00

Alabama Genealogical Quarterly”.  Vol. 2:1 Winter 1980

Alabama Genealogical Quarterly”.  Vol. 1:4 October 1979

Alabama Genealogical Quarterly”.  Vol. 1:3 July 1979

Alabama Genealogical Quarterly”.  Vol. 1:2 April 1979

         $1.00

         $1.00

         $1.00

         $1.00

“The Carroll County Historical Society Quarterly”, Arkansas.  Fourteen individual issues ranging from 1979-1983

$1.00 ea. or all for $14.00

Connecticut Sources for Family Historians & Genealogists” by Kip Sperry.  Everton Publishers, 1980

         $  .50

“Ebenezer Record Book 1754-1781”.  Births, Baptisms, Marriages & Burials of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly known as Ebenezer Church.  Translated & Edited by George F. Jones & Sheryl Exley.  Published by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991

         $6.00

Georgia Genealogical Research by Schweitzer

         $6.00

“Rats, Lice and History:  The Biography of a Bacillus” by Zinsser

         $2.00

New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGR) Quarterly

$2.00 each

 

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“Historical Collections of Harrison County, Ohio” by Charles A. Hanna.  Published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1975

       $25.00

Lane County Historian, The Way It Was.  Volume 33, No. 3, Fall 1988

          $ .50

Oregon 1910 Crook County Census

         $5.00

Pennnsylvania Genealogical Research by Schweitzer

         $6.00

CD-ROM’S

 

Master Index for Pedigree Resource File for Discs 1 – 115

                        Disc 1  A-D

                        Disc 2  D-J

                        Disc 3  K-Q

                        Disc 4  R-Z

         $4.00

 

          Please add $5.00 postage for first book ordered, plus $2.00 for each additional book.

 

Teddie Allison, Librarian

 

  

Deschutes County Cemetery Books

 

The BGS has an ongoing project to collect information on all burials in Deschutes County.  The data that we accumulate will be published in book form.  Included in these books are descriptions and histories of the cemetery, plot locations, names of the people buried there and pictures.  So far, we have completed 5 books.  These books can be purchased from the BGS (see Contact Information).  The books and their prices are as follows.  Please add $5.00 postage for each book ordered plus $2.00 for each additional book.

 

Limited number of books on hand.
When they are gone, there are no plans to reprint them.

 

Laidlaw Oddfellows Tumalo Cemetery, Deschutes Co., OR”

$15.00

$ 8.00

Small Cemeteries and Lone Graves of Deschutes Co., OR”

8.00

5.00

“Terrebonne Pioneer Cemetery, Deschutes Co., OR”

17.00

10.00

“Camp Polk Cemetery, Sisters, Deschutes Co., OR”

23.00

12.00

“Redmond Cemetery, Redmond, Deschutes Co., OR”

12.00

Currently Sold Out

LaPine Cemetery, LaPine, Deschutes Co., OR”

8.00

 

 

 

From “Camp Polk Cemetery book

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Deschutes County Cemetery Website

 

The Deschutes County Cemetery page that was developed by the Bend Genealogical Society can be found at

 

http://www.orgenweb.org/deschutes/dcemetery.html

 

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Other Deschutes County Books

 

There are other books about Deschutes County written by BGS members that can be purchased from the BGS (see Contact Information).  The books and their prices are as follows.  Please add $5.00 postage for each book ordered, plus $2.00 for each additional book.

 

“Collected Memories of Terrebonne, Oregon” by Debbie Harrison – $20.00 – Currently Sold Out

 

“Patent Deed Records from Books 1 & 2, Deschutes Co., OR” by Karen Windheim – $ 8.00

 

“Index of Probate Records, Vol. 1 & 2, Jan 1917 to May 1962, for Deschutes Co. OR”

by Karen Windheim – $12.00 – Currently Sold Out

 

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Pioneer Certificates

 

The Bend Genealogical Society issues certificates to persons who are directly descended from pioneers who settled in Central Oregon (i.e., counties of Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson, Wasco, Klamath or Lake) before 1950.  The certificate is an attractive sequentially serialized 8 ½” x 11” parchment and suitable for framing.

 

Applicants must prove direct descent and prove that the ancestor settled in Central Oregon.  Applicants may apply for certificates to be issued to themselves or to other persons.  The person to whom the certificate is issued does not need to currently live in Oregon.

The purpose of the program is to recognize families of the pioneers, encourage people to undertake genealogical research and to provide genealogical resources for researchers in our library.  An application for the Pioneer Certificate can be requested by either calling or mailing to the BGS at the respective information noted at the top of this website.

 

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BGS T-Shirts and Sweatshirts

 

 

We have a few very attractive T-Shirts and Sweatshirts left.  At this point there are no plans to order more when these are gone, so if you want one it’s best to get it now.

 

 

Inventory in Stock:

                    Sweatshirts     XL size         $20.00        4 remaining

                    T-Shirts           XL size         $12.00        3 remaining

                    T-Shirts            L size         $12.00         13 remaining

 

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BGS Queries

 

The BGS library staff will be happy to search our Deschutes County resources for a donation of $15.  This includes one hour of research time.  Photocopies are an additional 10 cents per page. Send your request along with $15.00 to the attention of Jinny Collins at Bend Genealogical Society, PO Box 8254, Bend, OR. 97708-8254.

 

Jinny Collins, Director at Large II

 

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BGS Contact Information

 

Bend Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 8254

Bend, OR 97708-8254

541-317-9553

 

For additional information call:

                              Teddie Allison                 541-317-8978

                              Hugh Pickering               541-504-7003

                               


 

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