Whittier Area Genealogical Society
Whittier Area Genealogical Society
Whittier College Girls Glee Club
Whittier College Girls Glee Club: In front of the D. E. McDonald Packard dealership, 1925
Welcome to the Whittier Area Genealogical Society
A genealogical society serving the Whittier area
in Los Angeles County, California


Life Story Writers Group
WAGS members and the public are invited to attend our next 
Life Story Writing Group Meeting
Wednesday, July 24th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 
 
This meeting is held in person only.
Whttier Uptown Senior Center
13225 Walnut Street'
Whittier CA 90602.
 
See the current writing suggestions at:  https://wagswhittier.org/blog.php?sid=2
 
For more information, contact Kristina Newcomer at newcomerok@charter.net


 
We will be meeting in person only on
Saturday, August 17, 2024
10 am to 4 pm Pacific Time
 
Family Research Road Trip in August 
 
Location for August Only:
Orange County FamilySearch Library
674 S Yorba St
Orange, CA 92869
There will be no General Meeting in August.
We will not be meeting on Zoom in August.
 
For August, join us to take advantage of the great genealogy research resources available at the Orange FamilySearch Center. 
 
Please arrive at 10 a.m. so you can take advantage of the orientation that will provided for us by the staff.
 
Bring your laptops, flash drives, a brown bag lunch and your research goals.
 
Get ready by using the valuable search techniques we learned from Dana Palmer at the July Meeting.
That way you can hit the ground running to take advantage of the services and find the records you can only access from a FamilySearch Library.
 
See you on August 17th in the OC!


 
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